Books Out Loud

Books Out Loud Weekend
October 11, 2007 - October 14, 2007
Most events are free
The full schedule of the week is finalized with a number of exciting readings and a performance of Selected Shorts!

Thursday, October 11

Women Writers Panel
Moderated by author, critic, and scholar Martha Ackmann and featuring Kris Holloway, author of Monique and the Mango Rains, Patricia Coit Murphy, author of What a Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring, and Sonia Shah, author of The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients.
@ Hooker Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. 4 p.m.

John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in The Eye
Reading and booksigning @ Food For Thought Books, Amherst. 7 p.m.

Bruce Watson, author of Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind
Reading @ Booklink Booksellers, Northampton. 7 p.m.

Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife.
Reading and booksigning @ Stoddard Auditorium, Smith College, Northampton.
7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 12

Michael Korda, author of Ike: An American Hero
Reading and booksigning @ Graham Hall in the Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College, Northampton. 3 p.m.

Julius Lester presentation, "The Place of Books in Our Lives" @ University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, UMass-Amherst. 3 p.m.

Daniel E. Kelm lecture
@ Stoddard Hall, Smith College, Northampton. 5:30 p.m.

Dean Cycon, author of Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee.
Reading and booksigning @ Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley. 7:30 p.m.

Barry Moser speaks on "God, Posterity, and the Well Made Object."
Lecture @ Graham Hall in the Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College, Northampton 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 13

Rosemary Wells, illustrator of Mother Goose's Little Treasures (My Very First Mother Goose)
Reading and booksigning @ The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst. 1 p.m.

Erica Verrillo, author of Elissa's Quest.
Reading and booksigning @ Jeffery Amherst Bookshop, Amherst. 1 p.m.

Richard Russo, Valerie Martin, and Andrea Barrett, read from their new books Bridge of Sighs, Trespass: A Novel, The Air We Breathe.
Followed by a discussion moderated by novelist John Crowley and a booksigning with the authors @ Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College, Northampton. 2 p.m.

Selected Shorts: An evening of short stories read aloud by actors and actresses: "Church of No Reason" by Andrea Barrett; "Wildwood" by Junot Diaz; and "For Only 99 Cents" by Etgar Keret
@The Academy of Music, Northampton. General Admission Tickets for this event are available from www.tix.com for $15 and $8 for students. 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 14

Readings for children with Jeffrey Shandler, translator of Emil and Karl and children's book writer Johanna Hurwitz, author of Rabbi's Girl, Dear Emma, and Faraway Summer.
The event is for children 8-12 years old. A booksigning follows. @ National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst. 11 a.m.

Traditional Japanese Storytelling with Kamishibai Cards
@ The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst. 12 p.m.

Patricia MacLachlan, author of Edward's Eyes
Reading and booksigning @ Broadside Bookshop, Northampton. 1 p.m.

Camilo Mejia, author of Road from Ar Ramada and Alice Rothchild, author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams
Reading and booksigning @ Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. 1 p.m.

God, Man and Devil
Film Screening @ National Yiddish Book Center. 2 p.m.

Special BookMarks Film Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Amherst. 2 p.m.

Francisco Goldman, author of The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop.
Reading and booksigning @ Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. 3:30 p.m.

Poet Sue Owen and fiction writer Catherine Arnoldi read from their work.
@Amherst Books, Amherst. 5 p.m.