NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHORS TO READ FROM THEIR WORKS
THREE NIGHTS AT THE BLAKE LIBRARY
Martin County Library System and Florida International University, cosponsors
FIU Writers' Conference - Faculty Author Readings
Ten nationally recognized authors will read from their works
7:00-8:00 p.m. October 22-24 in the John F. Armstrong Wing of the
Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart, as part of the 2009 FIU Writers' Conference, co-sponsored by the Martin County Library System and Florida International University. The
nightly readings by participating conference faculty writers and poets are
free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing.
The lineup includes Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and memoirist
Madeleine Blais, poet and WW Norton Editor
Jill Bialosky, award winning fiction writer
Matthew Sharpe, Inkwell Management founding partner
Kim Witherspoon, Akashic Books Editor and Publisher
Johnny Temple, and best-selling novelist
Debra Dean. FIU faculty include prose writers
John Dufresne,
Lynne Barrett, and
Dan Wakefield and poets
Denise Duhamel and
Campbell McGrath. Conference director is novelist and historian
Les Standiford, head of the FIU Creative Writing Program.
Registrations will be accepted for daytime classes held at the Hutchinson Island Marriott up to the day of the conference. For details call 305-919-5857 or go to
http://w3.fiu.edu/crwriting. MCLS cardholders receive a $25 discount on registration fee.
Schedule of free readings:
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.:
· Memoir non-fiction writer
MADELEINE BLAIS (
Uphill Walkers)
· Fiction writer
JOHN DUFRESNE (
Requiem, Mass.)· Poet
CAMPBELL MCGRATH (
Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Friday, Oct. 23, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.:
· W. W. Norton editor and poet
JILL BIALOSKY (
Intruder)
· Conference director and non-fiction writer
LES STANDIFORD (
The Man Who Invented Christmas)
· Poet
DENISE DUHAMEL (
Ka-Ching!)
· Non-fiction writer
DAN WAKEFIELD (
The Hijacking of Jesus)
Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.:
· Fiction writer
MATTHEW SHARPE (
Jamestown; The Sleeping Father)
· Fiction writer
LYNNE BARRETT (
The Secret Names of Women)
· Best-selling novelist
DEBRA DEAN (
The Madonnas of Leningrad)
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 22 through Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart
HOW: Nightly faculty readings are free and open to the public.
For more information or to learn more about the Martin County Library System call 772-221-1403, pick up a
Library Connection at any branch library or visit the library Web site, http://www.library.martin.fl.us.