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Fiction Days Presents Anne Berest
French writer Anne Berest will present a lecture on “Family Fictions: The Postcard, Gabriële, and Writing True Novels” at Boston College on April 23 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall 110. Berest’s novel The Postcard was a national bestseller, a … Continue reading
Accolades for ‘Kantika’
Professor of English Elizabeth Graver’s critically acclaimed novel, Kantika, is winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture. Kantika was inspired by Graver’s grandmother, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul and … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, historical fiction, Jewish history, novel, novelist
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Novelist Celeste Ng
Bestselling author Celeste Ng will give a talk on February 12 as part of Cornerstone Conversations for first-year students. Her appearance will take place in Gasson Hall 100 and begins at 7 p.m. Ng is the author of Little Fires … Continue reading
Colm Tóibín’s ‘The Magician’
Irish novelist Colm Tóibín will present “Writing Thomas Mann: Fact into Fiction” at Boston College on February 22 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Tóibín’s acclaimed 2021 novel, The Magician, dramatizes the life of Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas … Continue reading
Nostalgic look back at ‘Chocolate Days, Popsicle Weeks’
A comment on the Boston College Alumni Facebook page about books by BC alumni prompted BC Bookmarks to dig into the writings of the late 1958 alumnus Edward Hannibal, a novelist and advertising executive who died in 2014. The Facebook … Continue reading
Kevin Barry
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry will give a lecture on the influence of place, dialect, and hauntedness in his fiction on April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Barry is the author of the novels City of Bohane, Beatlebone, and Night … Continue reading
Heavy
Kiese Laymon, the Ottilie Schillig Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi, will give a lecture on his award-winning memoir Heavy: An American Memoir (Scribner, 2018) on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, memoir, novelist
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Banville & Ford
Boston College will host two award-winning authors and friends, John Banville and Richard Ford, for a writers talk on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 110. Irish writer Banville has written 17 novels, including The Sea (winner … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Libraries, English Department, Institute for the Liberal Arts, novelist
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In conversation with Emma Donoghue
Bestselling author Emma Donoghue will talk about her writing with Burns Visiting Scholar of Irish Studies Ciaran O’Neill on Dec. 1. The event, which will be held in Devlin Hall, room 101, from 4:45 to 6 p.m. is supported by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, Irish, novelist
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Mike Lupica
Boston College alumnus and legendary sportswriter Mike Lupica will present “The Next Moment is the One that Can Change Everything” on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 305. A member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Lupica was a … Continue reading
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