Author Archives: Bookworm
“BC grad” Jack Ryan returns
Best-selling author Tom Clancy didn’t attend Boston College, but Jack Ryan, the central character in many of Clancy’s novels, did. Ryan, a CIA operative who ascended to the presidency of the United States over a two decades-long series of Tom … Continue reading
Event rescheduled
Notice: Tonight’s appearance by author Mikey Weinstein has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7:00 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101.
Irish writer Anne Enright coming to campus
Novelist Anne Enright, winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize for The Gathering, will speak on Feb. 9 in Devlin Hall, room 008 at 7 p.m. Enright also has received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Her work has appeared … Continue reading
Breaking News: Skloot event postponed
Rebecca Skloot’s reading scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8 has been postponed. According to a Winston Center email: A medical emergency has forced Rebecca Skloot to postpone several events this week, including her visit to Boston College. Ms. Skloot says she … Continue reading
Military religious freedom
Mikey Weinstein, founding president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and author of With God on Our Side: One Man’s War Against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military, will speak at BC on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in Devlin … Continue reading
Talk by best-selling author Rebecca Skloot
Rebecca Skloot, author of the best-selling book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will talk and sign copies of her book on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Yawkey Center. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is about the … Continue reading
BC student is published illustrator
Check out the Boston College Chronicle story on BC junior Rachel Gregorio who has illustrated two children’s books, Basketball with Big Baby and Pitching with the Papelbons. Gregorio has also applied her creative talents to many Boston College projects. She … Continue reading
Wave: A poet’s debut volume
The winner of numerous poetry awards, Boston College English Department Associate Professor Andrew Sofer has written Wave, his first book of poems. Named a finalist for the Morse Prize, the Donald Justice Award and the New Criterion Prize, Wave is … Continue reading
Congrats to Blair & Bloom
Congratulations to Norma Jean Calderwood University Professors of Islamic and Asian Art Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, winners of the World Prize for the Book of the Year by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic … Continue reading
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Deep Down True
Deep Down True, the latest novel by BC alumna Juliette Fay, will hit bookshelves next week. Juliette has a number of book events both in Massachusetts and across the country in the coming days. According to the publisher, Deep Down True is the … Continue reading
