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Author Night with Lawrence Bechtel
Venue: Blacksburg Books, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Lawrence Bechtel
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
Blacksburg Books presents Author Night with Laura Stassi on Friday, September 16, 2022.

Author and sculptor Lawrence Bechtel will present "Welcome to the House of Poetry and Other Stories". Some humorous, some not, some drawn from life, others invented from whole cloth, these selected stories span the years 2004-2020. His presentation will include a reading followed by Q&A and a book signing.

Born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, Lawrence Bechtel graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in English in 1971 and spent some years after that experiencing the wider world. Eventually, he settled in Southwest Virginia, raised a family, earned an MA at Virginia Tech, and began teaching in the Virginia Tech English Department. He also begin writing and figurative sculpture and over time secured significant public commissions. He became the designated storyteller for children at the Blacksburg New School and from that experience eventually recorded three CD’s worth of original stories.

Lawrence has published the first two novels of his historical fiction trilogy, "The Tinsmith's Apprentice, A Partial Sun" in 2019 and "That Dazzling Sun" in 2020. He is working on the third, "A Slow Eclipse", which he expects to publish in 2022.

Lawrence Bechtel is also a celebrated sculptor as well as a published author. Indeed, sculpture and writing are for him deeply intertwined. In fact, his trilogy of novels, The Tinsmith's Apprentice, began with sculptures: first a portrait bust of Thomas Jefferson, followed by one of Isaac Granger Jefferson.

Links:

• http://www.lawrencebechtel.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/lawrencebechtelbooks

Admission is free. No advance registration is required, just show up!

For more information, visit: https://www.blacksburgbooks.com/events/author-night-with-larry-bechtel or https://www.facebook.com/Blacksburg.Books or call 540-315-9650.