California Writers Club Orange County presents Richard Bausch

Guest Speaker: Richard Bausch
Topic: Author's Journey

The California Writers Club meets monthly for our featured speaker series focused on the craft and business of writing. Topics are presented by major authors, publishers, self-published writers, college professors, literary agents, and other professionals.

■ 9:00am - 9:30am Networking
■ 9:30am - 11:00am Guest Speaker

An acknowledged master of the short story form, Richard Bausch’s work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Gentleman’s Quarterly, Harper’s, The Missouri Review, The New Yorker, Narrative, New Letters, Playboy, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and they have been widely anthologized, including New Stories From the South, The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Pushcart Prize Stories; The Granta Book of the American Short Story, The Vintage Book of the Contemporary American Short Story, among others.

He has won two National Magazine Awards (one for The Atlantic and one for The New Yorker), a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lila-Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund Writer’s Award, the Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The 2004 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize for his novel PEACE, and most recently the 2013 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence and the prestigious REA Award for Influence on the Form of Short Fiction. He has been with the Writing Program faculty at Chapman since 2012. His story collection, The Fate of Others, was released in May, 2025.
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The Anaheim Packing House is excited to host our group in a historic building has been converted into a “food hall” hosting dozens of food vendors. This is a great place to grab your morning coffee, donut, or pastry and listen to our featured speaker.
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The California Writers Club has been uniting and inspiring writers for over 100 years. The membership is comprised of local writers at varying levels in their careers; the club is committed to sharing inspiration, motivation, information, and resources. This local writers group is a great place to become an active participant in the OC writing community.
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Location:
Anaheim Packing House (Open Dining Area)
440 S Anaheim Blvd
Anaheim, CA 92805
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Admission:
FREE