Author dinner, soiree

Here’s your chance to meet Valerie Nieman, whose new novel, Blood Clay, is reviewed on this blog. The Press 53 Center for Creative Writing in Winston-Salem is having a dinner and author talk with Nieman and Marjorie Hudson, the author of Accidental Birds of the Carolinas, on Wednesday, July 27.

The dinner, from 5:30 to 7:30, is for members only, at a price of $53. Not a member but want to go? For $80, you can get your ticket and become a member of the center for a year.

Those who don’t want to go to the dinner but would still like to meet the authors can show up for a free “Summer Soiree” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. that evening. The soiree will be in the lounge area at the Press 53 Center for Creative Writing, 411 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem, lower level.

For more information, visit http://www.press53.com/CenterforCreativeWriting.html.