Milwaukee Press Club

Barbara Walters Set for Members-Only Press Club Gathering

Event Details

Thu, May 29, 2008
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Cost: $20.00 Members
Location: Newsroom Pub
137 E. Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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For questions please call: 262-894-2224

BARBARA WALTERS TO VISIT MILWAUKEE PRESS CLUB AS PART OF NATIONAL BOOK TOUR FOR AUDITION

MILWAUKEE, WI, April 28th, 2008 –  Barbara Walters, one of the most prominent women in the history of broadcast journalism, will visit the Milwaukee Press Club on Thursday, May 29th as part of her nation-wide book tour for her new memoir, Audition.  Ms. Walters will be signing copies of her book for readers beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub, 137 E. Wells Street.

This MPC members-only event.  It will begin with registration and a buffet lunch at Noon.  Each current member is allowed to bring one non-member guest. The cost for the event is $20 per person, and includes lunch.  We will consider event registration for people who wish to join the MPC now after all current members are accommodated.

In Audition (published by Alfred A. Knopf), 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 élan.  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.”

The first printing for Audition has been set at 550,000 copies, and an exclusive excerpt from the book will appear in Vanity Fair magazine. Oprah Winfrey will conduct the first broadcast interview with Barbara Walters in concert with the release of the book: the interview is scheduled to air on Oprah Tuesday, May 6.

Copies of Audition will be available to purchase at this event.  Ms. Walters will be available to sign copies of her book Audition only, but due to time limitations, she will not be able to personalize.  No photos or video cameras are allowed.

Registration and lunch will begin at Noon.  Ms. Walters will speak briefly beginning promptly at 12:30 p.m.  The book signing will begin immediately following her comments and end at 1:30 p.m. 

Advance registration is required, and seating is limited.  Members may register for this event on-line at www.milwaukeepressclub.org or by calling Joette Richards at 262-894-2224.  Payment must be made in advance to reserve your space.  Checks may be mailed to the MPC at PO Box 223, Hales Corners, WI  53130-0223; or credit cards will be accepted when registering on line or by calling Joette.

CONTACT:
Joette Richards, Milwaukee Press Club, 262-894-2224.
Paul Bogaards, Senior Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity, Promotion and Media Relations, Knopf Publishing Group, (212) 572-2177 <pbogaards@randomhouse.com>