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July 9, 2008

Garrison Keillor boldly returning to Dallas

2:44 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

keillor2006.jpgGarrison Keillor has a new Lake Wobegon book coming out this fall. Liberty is slated for publication on Sept. 16.

And he'll be in Dallas to discuss it 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Unity Church of Dallas. (A $10 donation is being requested.)

This should be good. Fans current and former might recall his 2006 visit to Highland Park United Methodist Church, where he charmed an overflow crowd of 900. A week later, in a syndicated column (excerpt here), he correlated Dallas Methodists with Nazi sympathizers. Which did not go over so well with some people.

I'm told he specifically requested that his tour be routed through Dallas. I'm guessing he figures either:

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Scott Burns book signing Thursday in Dallas

12:32 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

While everyone is abuzz about the Harry Potter conference, a wizard of another type is also appearing in Dallas on Thursday: Financial columnist Scott Burns will be signing Spend Till the End 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

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Portus 2008: What's it all about?

8:57 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

As promised, here's our first look at the Harry Potter symposium in Dallas this week. As Jeffrey Weiss points out: Pointy-headed academia is meeting pointy-hatted Potter fandom.


Watch for more on Portus 2008 in days to come.

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