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From: Kathleen Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:09:52 -0500
*PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature* *New York City, April 25-May 1, 2011*
More than 100 writers from 40 nations will convene to New York City t o celebrate the power of the writer's voice as a bold and vital element of public discourse. Don't miss an exciting week of cross-cultural exchange, including panel discussions, one-on-one conversations, readings, performances, and much more. With *Gioconda Belli, Harold
Bloom, Ernesto Cardenal, Deborah Eisenberg, Jonathan Franzen, Malcolm
Gladwell, Hanif Kureishi, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Andrea Levy, Amйli e Nothomb, Cynthia Ozick, Salman Rushdie, Elif Shafak, Wallace Shawn, Vladimir Sorokin, Wole Soyinka, Irvine Welsh, and Edmund White *, among many others._ Check out our complete schedule of events._
*EVENTS FEATURING CHILDREN BOOK AUTHORS:*
Who Tells the Story? Children's Book Authors Talk About Voice* *When*: Thursday, April 28 *Where: *Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46
Barrow St., New York City *What time*: 7:30 - 9 p.m.
With *Giaconda Belli, Peter Lerangis *and *Rebecca Stead*; moderated by *Lisa von Drasek*.
Must the writer get inside the head of the child in order to find an
authentic voice for a young character? Or does the authentic voice co me from someplace else? Three distinguished writers share ideas about how their lives shape their books. With Nicaraguan novelist and poet Gioconda Belli, author of the children's book /The Butterfly Workshop /; Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medalist and author of the /New York Times/
bestseller /When You Reach Me/; and Peter Lerangis, author of 160 boo ks for children and young adults, including two in the /New York Times/--bestselling series /The 39 Clues/. Moderated by Lisa Von Dras ek, Children's Librarian at the Bank Street College of Educations, blogge r for EarlyWord.com, and contributor to the /Barnes and Noble Review./
/Co-sponsored by PEN Children's and Young Adult Committee /
*Tickets:* $10/$5 PEN Members, students with valid ID. Call _(866)
811-4111_ or visit _pen.org_
_Check out our complete schedule of events._
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 07:09:52 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:09:52 -0500
*PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature* *New York City, April 25-May 1, 2011*
More than 100 writers from 40 nations will convene to New York City t o celebrate the power of the writer's voice as a bold and vital element of public discourse. Don't miss an exciting week of cross-cultural exchange, including panel discussions, one-on-one conversations, readings, performances, and much more. With *Gioconda Belli, Harold
Bloom, Ernesto Cardenal, Deborah Eisenberg, Jonathan Franzen, Malcolm
Gladwell, Hanif Kureishi, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Andrea Levy, Amйli e Nothomb, Cynthia Ozick, Salman Rushdie, Elif Shafak, Wallace Shawn, Vladimir Sorokin, Wole Soyinka, Irvine Welsh, and Edmund White *, among many others._ Check out our complete schedule of events._
*EVENTS FEATURING CHILDREN BOOK AUTHORS:*
Who Tells the Story? Children's Book Authors Talk About Voice* *When*: Thursday, April 28 *Where: *Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46
Barrow St., New York City *What time*: 7:30 - 9 p.m.
With *Giaconda Belli, Peter Lerangis *and *Rebecca Stead*; moderated by *Lisa von Drasek*.
Must the writer get inside the head of the child in order to find an
authentic voice for a young character? Or does the authentic voice co me from someplace else? Three distinguished writers share ideas about how their lives shape their books. With Nicaraguan novelist and poet Gioconda Belli, author of the children's book /The Butterfly Workshop /; Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medalist and author of the /New York Times/
bestseller /When You Reach Me/; and Peter Lerangis, author of 160 boo ks for children and young adults, including two in the /New York Times/--bestselling series /The 39 Clues/. Moderated by Lisa Von Dras ek, Children's Librarian at the Bank Street College of Educations, blogge r for EarlyWord.com, and contributor to the /Barnes and Noble Review./
/Co-sponsored by PEN Children's and Young Adult Committee /
*Tickets:* $10/$5 PEN Members, students with valid ID. Call _(866)
811-4111_ or visit _pen.org_
_Check out our complete schedule of events._
Received on Tue 19 Apr 2011 07:09:52 AM CDT
