I spent an hour or so on Friday evening listening to Steve Berry discuss his novel and answer questions. It was an interesting way to get a sense of an author’s style, personality and interests. I am sure for the die-hard fans who have read all of his books it was even more fun.
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The author of The Lincoln Myth is coming to Columbus for a special Thurber House event. Unfortunately, the reception and master class workshop are sold out. But you can still hear Berry read from his latest novel on Friday. Like all the cool kids, I will be there.
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The author of The Lincoln Myth is coming to Columbus for a special Thurber House event. Unfortunately, the reception and master class workshop are sold out. But you can still hear Berry read from his latest novel on Friday. Like all the cool kids, I will be there.
Continue readingI was prepared for a somewhat brief introduction of the book and what led to its being written followed by a reading. But instead what Hoffman presented was more of a an audio/visual report on the work that led to the book and why he wrote it the way he did.
Continue readingWhat: Thurber House Evenings with Authors
Who: Carl Hoffman (author of Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art)
When: Monday, March 31
Where: Columbus Museum of Art
When: 7:30 p.m.
Note: I plan on attending and will report back on the evening.
Thurber House has announced the Winter/Spring 2014 Evenings with Authors events:
Wednesday, January 29: Isabel Allende, Ripper
Thursday, February 27: Claire Messud, The Woman Upstairs
Monday, March 10: J.A. Jance, Moving Target: A Novel
Monday, March 31: Carl Hoffman, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
Wednesday, April 9: Bruce Weber, Life is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America
Tuesday, May 6: Lynn Cullen, Mrs. Poe: A Novel
Evenings with Authors are held at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad Street, and begin at 7:30 p.m. The featured guest reads from his or her most recent work and chats about writing; this is followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience. Each event closes with an informal coffee and cookies reception and an opportunity to buy the author’s book(s) and get them signed.
Thurber House’s Evenings with authors Fall Season is wrapping up. But next week’s event features bestselling mystery author Laurie R. King.
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For anyone in the Central Ohio Area be sure to check out the latest Summer Literary Picnic event:
Who: Sharon Short
When: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:00 pm
Cost: $30 for Dinner and Reading; $15 for Reading Only
For more than ten years, Sharon Short wrote “Sanity Check,” a column in the Dayton Daily News, covering a variety of subjects like ‘The Dog Ate My Lipstick’ or ‘Love Is a Duct Tape Purse’ – all reflecting Short’s philosophy in life: we all goof up at one time or another, so let’s deal with it with humor. The result became Sanity Check, a warm and delightful collection of these columns. The director of the renowned Antioch Writers’ Workshop in Yellow Springs just had her first novel published, My One Square Inch of Alaska.