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Aug 26, 2008: The Paisano gives rave review of How Best to Avoid Dying

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August 26, 2008 Rave reviews of Egerton’s stories won’t die soon: “How Best To Avoid Dying, a collection of short stories by Owen Egerton, is mind-blowing. This collection is not an escape from everyday problems; it is a celebration of them.”

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Sept. 28, Banned Books reading at BookPeople

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September 28, 2008

Austin, Texas
Banned Books reading at BookPeople to kick-off Banned Books Week

2:30 - 5pm

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Sept. 18, Funniest Fiction (and Nonfiction) in Austin!

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September 18, 2008

Austin, Texas
Hosting Funniest Fiction (and Nonfiction) in Austin! at BookPeople

7pm

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Sept. 12, The Dollar Store Show at the Hideout

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September 12, 2008

Chicago, Illinois
The Dollar Store Show at The Hideout

7pm

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Owen Egerton at Dalton Gang Reading on July 15

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July 15, 2008

Austin, Texas
2nd Annual Dalton Gang readings at BookPeople

7pm

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Rain Taxi reviews How Best to Avoid Dying

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March 2008 Rain Taxi Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: “This is a serious book, no question, about matters of faith and love and mortality, yet it is also playful, sardonic, silly, chatty, and sometimes curt. And while this work is clearly reminiscent of the best of its kind, in a strange and intoxicating universe that includes writers from Vonnegut to Barry Yourgrau, Egerton’s take is all his own.”

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Owen Egerton Named Best Austin Writer 2007

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October 12, 2007 Owen Egerton Voted Best Local Author: Austin readers name Owen Egerton, author of How Best to Avoid Dying, Best Author in the Chronicle’s 2007 Best of Austin Issue.

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Owen Egerton book reading at Katherine Anne Porter House in Kyle, TX

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December 7, 2007

Kyle, Texas
Book reading at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center

7:30 pm

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Owen Egerton Emcee for Lit Smackdown: Fiction vs. Nonfiction

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November 3, 2007

Austin, Texas
Emcee for Lit Smackdown: Fiction vs. Nonfiction at the Continental Club Gallery

8 pm

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AUSTIN AUTHOR PART OF EMERGING WRITERS SERIES

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Deltina Hay
512.567.4955
deltina@daltonpublishing.com
www.daltonpublishing.com

Owen Egerton, author of How Best to Avoid Dying, on Character-Driven Fiction panel at 2007 Texas Book Festival

Austin, Texas - November 3, 2007 - Dalton Publishing author and humorist Owen Egerton has been selected to be a part of the 2007 Texas Book Festival’s Emerging Writers Series. Egerton’s collection of short stories, published in June 2007, How Best to Avoid Dying, is featured as Character-Driven Fiction. Other authors representing this category with Egerton include Claude Stanush, Shelby Hearon, and Masha Hamilton.

Who: Owen Egerton
What: Character-Driven Fiction discussion panel
Where: Texas State Capitol: Capitol Extension Room E2.026, Austin, Texas
When: November 3, 10-11 am

MULTIMEDIA:

PODCAST OF AUTHOR READING

About Owen Egerton: Humorist and popular NPR commentator, Owen Egerton has made his living making people laugh. As past director of ComedySportz Troupe and Austin’s National Comedy Theatre, Egerton has entertained thousands with his unique blend of imagination, comedic energy, and dry wit. Best known for the creation of The Sinus Show and co-creator of Plays Well with Others, his comedy translates from stage to film to page, seamlessly. Egerton is also the author of the novel Marshall Hollenzer is Driving.

Owen lives with his wife and daughter in Austin, Texas. He founded, and is active in, The Right to Marry movement, and is a dedicated Hospice volunteer.

About Dalton Publishing: Dalton Publishing, an independent press based in Austin, Texas, adheres to the highest editorial and printing standards, while respecting the cutting-edge visions of its world-class stable of authors. Through a model of support, marketing, publicity, and social media, Dalton Publishing provides authors a platform for success in the highly competitive publishing market. Genres for publication include poetry, fiction and non-fiction. www.daltonpublishing.com

About Texas Book Festival: The Texas Book Festival was established in 1995 by First Lady Laura Bush, a former librarian and an ardent advocate of literacy. Mrs. Bush created a task force to plan the book festival to honor Texas authors, promote the joys of reading and serve to benefit the state’s public libraries. The first Festival took place at the Capitol in November 1996; the Festival has quickly evolved into one of the premier literary events in the country, annually hosting over 200 Texas and nationally known authors. In 2006, more than 45,000 visitors participated in a week-end of author readings and presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and musical entertainment at the State Capitol in Austin.

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