36th Annual Boston Globe Book Festival to Take Place October 1 Through 30.Business Editors/Calendar Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 Author Series, Panel Presentations And Children's Book Fair At Various Locations In And Around Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. The 36th Annual Boston Globe Book Festival - one of the nation's longest running book festivals - takes place throughout the month of October with an all-star line up of best-selling authors, editors, and other industry leaders. Nationally acclaimed authors Mitchell Zuckoff & Dick Lehr ("Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind The Dartmouth Murders The Dartmouth Murders were the double homicide of married victims Half Zantop (born April 24, 1938) and Susanne Zantop (born Susanne Korsukwitz on August 12, 1945), Dartmouth College professors originally from Germany, who were killed at their home in Etna, New Hampshire on January ,") discuss their recent book on October 1st at the Boston Public Library's (BPL See broadband over power lines. ) main branch in Back Bay, Boston. Other highlights of this year's festival include "The Children's Book Fair" on October 4th, the "Panel on Publishing" on October 5th, "Scriptwriting: Perils & Pleasures"on October 15th, a presentation by this year's Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe Spotlight Team on October 25th, author Toni Morrison Noun 1. Toni Morrison - United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931) Chloe Anthony Wofford, Morrison ("Love") holds a reading on October 29th, and author Nikki Giovanni Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni (born June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Grammy-nominated American poet, activist and author. Giovanni is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ("Quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers The Black-Eyed Pea") speaks on Thursday, October 30. The Children's Book Fair takes place on October 4th from 10AM - 2PM at Bright Horizons on the Charles in Watertown, MA. A total of 14 authors will be present with featured names like Barbara McGrath ("The Baseball Counting Book"), Judy Love ("First Year Letters"), Irene Smalls ("Don't Say Ain't"), Matt Tavares ("Twas The Night Before Christmas n. 1. The popular name for a poem by Clement Clarke Moore erson> titled A Visit from St. Nicholas ltname>, a popular poem with the theme of St. Nicholas erson> (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve. "), and Susan Yost-Filgate & Beda Schmidthues ("Rip Squeak Series"). The full list of 14 authors is attached. Also appearing at the Children's Book Fair: musicians Hugh Hanley, Judy Wingfield, and Steve Songs, book vendors... and more! The October 5th "Panel On Publishing" is a forum for writers, featuring Editor Frank Bidart Frank Bidart (b. 1939 in Bakersfield, California) is an American academic and award-winning poet. In 1957, he began to study at the University of California at Riverside and went on to Harvard, where he was a student and friend of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. ("Robert Lowell's Collected Poems Among the numerous literary works titled Collected Poems are the following:
(UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m at the BPL. The Book Festival's readings and signings continue on October 7th with Gail Collins ("America's Women"), followed by Sena Jeter Naslund ("Four Spirits") on October 8th, and concluding with James Caroll ("Secret Father") on October 9th. All of these events will take place at the Rabb Lecture Hall at the BPL from 6-8 PM. Also taking place is a panel discussion on "Scriptwriting: Perils and Pleasures" at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA on October 15th from 6-8 PM. Featured are the Mailer Family: Norman, Norris, Michael, Matthew and John ("Tough Guys Don't Dance Tough Guys Don't Dance may refer to:
The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning Spotlight Team will present "Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church" at the Old South Meeting House, Boston on October 25th from 12-1:30 PM. The Author Series continues on October 26th with William Martin William Martin can refer to:
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36TH ANNUAL BOSTON GLOBE BOOK FESTIVAL
Calendar of Events
www.boston.com/bookfestival
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Tuesday, October 1, 6-8 PM
Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr
"Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders"
(HarperCollins)
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
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Saturday, October 4, 10 AM - 2 PM
The Children's Book Fair
Bright Horizons on the Charles
400 Talcott Avenue South
Watertown, MA
BARBARA MCGRATH
"The Baseball Counting Book"
LESLIE EVANS
"The Spice Alphabet Book"
JUDY LOVE
"First Year Letters"
ALAN WITSCHONKE
"Hail to the Chief"
LESLIE SILLS
"In Real Life: Six Women Photographers"
IRENE SMALLS
"Don't Say Ain't"
TIMOTHY BASIL RING
"The Story of Frog Belly Ratbone"
MATT TAVARES
"'Twas The Night Before Christmas"
SUSAN YOST-FILGATE AND BEDA SCHMIDTHUES
"Rip Squeak Series"
THALIA MARAKAS
"If Gumdrops Fell Like Raindrops?"
REBECCA GUAY
"Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic"
BIG JOE AND HIS BOX OF STORIES
NICOLETTE HEAVEY
"The Story Weaver"
Also appearing: musicians, special guests, book vendors...and more!
Visit www.brighthorizons.com/bookfair for the latest information.
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Sunday, October 5, 3-5 PM
PANEL ON PUBLISHING
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
FRANK BIDART, Editor
Robert Lowell's Collected Poems
On "The Importance of Shaping Your Manuscript"
DIANA DER-HOVANESSIAN, Author
The Burning Glass
On "Preparing Your Public Reading"
JOSEPH PARISI, Author
Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters
On "Correspondence with Editors"
ALICE QUINN, Director
Poetry Society of America
On "Fiction, Poetry at the New Yorker"
HELEN REES, Literary Agent
On "Do you Need an Agent? How to Get One"
TONY ROSE, Publisher
Amber Books
On "How to Start a Boutique Press"
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Tuesday, October 7, 6-8 PM
Gail Collins
"America's Women"
(HarperCollins)
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
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Wednesday, October 8, 6-8 PM
Sena Jeter Naslund
"Four Spirits"
(William Morrow)
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
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Thursday, October 9, 6-8 PM
James Caroll
"Secret Father"
(Houghton Mifflin)
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
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Wednesday, October 15, 6-8 PM
Scriptwriting: Perils & Pleasures
The Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA
THE MAILER FAMILY: NORMAN, NORRIS, MICHAEL, MATTHEW AND JOHN
"Tough Guys Don't Dance"
Laura Bernieri, Producer
"Fade In, Inc."
Moderator
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Thursday, October 16, 6-8 PM
Patricia Cornwell
"Blow Fly"
(G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Great Hall, Historic Faneuil Hall Square
Congress & North Sts.
Boston, MA
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Saturday, October 25, 12-1:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize Winning Boston Globe Spotlight Team Reporters:
Kevin Cullen, Thomas Farragher, Stephen Kurkjian, Michael Paulson,
Sacha Pfeiffer and Walter V. Robinson
"Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church"
(Little, Brown)
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA
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Sunday, October 26, 3-5 PM
William Martin
"Harvard Yard"
(Warner Books)
The Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA
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Wednesday, October 29, 6-8 PM
Toni Morrison
"Love"
(Alfred A. Knopf)
Great Hall, Historic Faneuil Hall Square
Congress & North Sts.
Boston, MA
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Thursday, October 30, 6-8 PM
Nikki Giovanni
"Quilting The Black-Eyed Pea"
(William Morrow)
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Copley Square, Boston, MA
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