‘Woe Is I’ Author To Speak

In Southbury, Monday

SOUTHBURY — The next BookTalk program at Southbury Public Library will feature Patricia O’Conner, the author of three books about language and writing. Ms O’Conner will speak on her book Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide To Better English in Plain English, on Monday, April 4, at 2 pm.

First published in September 1996, Woe Is I answers all those troubling aspects of grammar and writing with humor and gentle education. Chapters include “They Beg To Disagree: Putting Verbs in Their Place,” “Comma Sutra: The Joy of Punctuation,” and “Saying is Believing: How to Write What Your Mean.”

Ms O’Connor is also the author of Worlds Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing and You Send Me: Getting It Right When Your Write Online; she co-authored the latter book with Stewart Kellerman.

Details about BookTalk are available from Hilja Wescott, 264-1716, or Lois Wolsch, 262-6123.

Southbury Public Library is at 561 Main Street South (Route 6), between Southbury Town Hall and Pomperaug Elementary School.

Next in the BookTalk series is Katherine Valentine, who will talk about her book Grace Will Lead Me Home on May 2.