Barbara Walters Book Signing - "Audition" May 19, 2008

Barbara Walters, the most important woman in the history of broadcast journalism, will visit the Georgia Center for the Book on Monday, May 19th, 2008 as part of her nation-wide book tour for her new memoir, Audition. The program will be presented at Presser Hall on the campus of Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Avenue in Decatur. Ms. Walters will sign copies of her book for readers following the program which begins with an on-stage interview with Jovita Moore of WSB-TV at 7:00 P.M.

In Audition, Ms. Walters writes with candor about her private life and professional career, reflecting on the choices she has made, the work she has done, the people she has met, the heartbreak she has faced, and the challenges she has coped with and overcome. Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: I want to be you, Walters writes in Audition. My stock reply is always: Then you have to take the whole package. Walters also talks about the extraordinary range of interviews she has conducted during her forty years on the air, and speaks with candor about the television industry and how it has changed. Barbara Walters is a totemic figure in the world of broadcast news, said Sonny Mehta, Chairman of Alfred A. Knopf, and her long-awaited memoir is striking for its honesty and lan. Her story is fascinating, inspiring and altogether riveting, and I am certain her candor about both her good fortune and travails will prove especially resonant with readers.

Wordsmiths Books is excited to be the bookseller for Barbara Walters' appearance in Decatur at Agnes Scott College. Wordsmiths is accepting pre-orders for signed books, but please note that Ms. Walters will not be personalizing. Sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book.

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