Best-selling author Gail Godwin's 2006 Annual Conference speech on writing now on RUSA Website

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September 12, 2006

Best-selling author Gail Godwin's 2006 Annual Conference


speech on writing now on RUSA Website

CHICAGO-The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) hosted best-selling author Gail Godwin at its President's Program, "What You'll Read Next: The Buzz of Books," on June 26, 2006, during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans.
The full text of her speech, "The Two Faces of Authorship in 2006," is now available on the RUSA Website at
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusapubs/pastpresidentpro/pastpresident.htm.

Godwin spoke about the experience she has gained as a writer and how readers and critics had influenced her.
Godwin is a prolific author who has written 11 novels including "Queen of the Underworld: A Novel" and "The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963," poetry, short stories, libretti and other works. Her insightful, entertaining presentation provides perspectives on writing, the relationship between an author and her literary characters, the book business, building momentum and promoting a novel, and musings on her literary career.

To learn about RUSA past programs with speaker information, visit the RUSA Program Archive at
http://www.ala.org/RUSATemplate.cfm?Section=rusaevents.

RUSA (
www.ala.org/rusa), a division of the ALA, is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need.