Canaan Meetinghouse Reading Series: Summer 2016

Moderator: Phil Pochoda

July 7:   Ellen Fitzpatrick:   The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency; PBS election commentator; author of NYT bestseller, Letters to Jackie

Mary Gaitskill :   The Mare; author of National Book Award nominee, Veronica

July 14: Sy Montgomery: Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Conciousness: 2015 National Book Awards finalist.

Diane Les Becquets :  Breaking Wild; national bestseller and Indie Next Pick, American Booksellers Association.

July 21:   Vievee Francis:  Forest Primeval: Poems

Dawn Tripp: Georgia: A Novel; national bestseller and Indie Best Pick, American Booksellers Association

July 28:    Pagan Kennedy:  Inventology: How we Dream Up Things that Change the World;  former Who Made That? columnist for New York Times magazine; author of eleven books

Tommy O’Malley & Doug Purdy: We Were Kings: (The Boston Saga); sequel to acclaimed, Serpents in the Cold; O’Malley is author of New York Times Editor’s Choice, This Magnificent Desolation

All readings start at 7:30 at the Meetinghouse, Canaan Street, Canaan, NH.

The Norwich Bookstore will sell current and past books by each author at the Meetinghouse. (Many of the books can be purchased at the bookstore in advance, and can be signed by the authors in July).