Official Web Site of Laura Treacy Bentley
Author of Lake Effect
NEWS/EVENTS
* November 13-14, 2008 * 2008 WV Reading Association Conference, Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia. I am participating in the Meet and Greet West Virginia Authors on Thursday from 6-8 pm, attending the Authors Luncheon on Friday, and signing my books Friday afternoon.
* November 15, 2008 * Writers Read Open reading of prose and poetry at the Our Town Theatre, Oakland, Maryland, 7pm.
* November 22, 2008 * Author's Forum/Signing at Empire Books, Huntington, WV, 2-6pm. Stop by!
* December 5, 2008 * Signing at the Jesse Stuart Foundation in Ashland, Kentucky, from 5-7pm.
* December 9, 2008 * Reading/signing at the Proctorville Women's Club's annual Christmas dinner in Proctorville, Ohio.
* December 15, 2008 * Guest speaker/poetry workshop for Amy McElroy's AP English classes at Huntington High School, Huntington, WV.
* February 1, 2009 * Reading of prose and poetry from the latest issue of Backbone Mountain Review at the Avilton Inn in Lonaconing, Maryland, starting at 2pm.
* February 5, 2009 * Guest speaker for Amy McElroy's AP English classes at Huntington High School, Huntington, WV.
* March 13, 2009 * Writing Workshops for Ironton and Huntington High School students at Marshall University. Workshop leaders include Marie Manilla, Eliot Parker, and myself.
* April 20, 2009 * Reading by a number of writers included in the new literary anthology devoted entirely to music, Motif: Writing By Ear. It will take place at Marshall University's Birke Art Gallery from 7-9pm.
* April 21, 2009 * Guest speaker for Eliot Parker's Contemporary West Virginia Writers class at Marshall University Community and Technical College, Huntington, WV.
* April 24, 2009 * Keynote speaker for the Coalfield Writers Satellite Summer Institute kick-off banquet at the Logan Shrine Club in Logan, WV, starting at 6:15pm.
* June 19, 2009 * Reading at West Virginia Folk Festival in Glenville, WV.
* June 20, 2009 * Poetry Workshop Leader at Literary Arts Day in Morgantown, WV, Monongalia Arts Center,
* June 17 - July 10, 2009 * Writer-in-Residence for the Marshall University Writing Project, Huntington, WV.
* September 26, 2009 * Keynote Presenter/Advanced Poetry Workshop for "Fall Retreat" of the Marshall University Writing Project at Cedar Lakes, WV.
* October 20, 2009 * Guest Speaker for Eliot Parker's Contemporary West Virginia Writers class at Marshall University Community and Technical College, Huntington, WV.
* November 13, 2009 * 2009 WV Reading Association Conference at Charleston, WV.
* December 4, 2009 * Guest Speaker for Laura Womack's Creative Writing Club at Paul Blazer High School, Ashland, Kentucky.
* February 26, 2010 * Guest Speaker for Chris Green's Appalachian Literature class at Marshall University, Huntington WV.
* March 5, 2010 * Presenter at the Marshall University Writing Fair, Huntington, WV.
* April 14, 2010 * Co-presenter with Mark DeFoe at The Ohio River Festival of the Book, Huntington, WV. Program: "Demystifying Poetry."
* June - July 2010 * Writer-in-Residence for the Marshall University Writing Project, Huntington, WV.
