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1455 A Place for Writers Author Series at Handley Library with Cliff Garstang

Program Type:

Friends Events, Performances & Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

1455 A Place for Writers ( new name for VCLA)  Author Series at Handley Regional Library continues with Cliff Garstang, who will read from his latest book The Shaman of Turtle Valley. Clifford is a fiction writer and former international lawyer. His novel in stories, What The Zhang Boys Know, won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. He is also the author of a story collection, In an Uncharted Country, and the editor of three anthologies, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction From a Small Planet, Volumes I, II, and III.

 

Founding Director Sean Murphy and the author will discuss the process of writing this book, the contemporary literary scene, followed by an open Q&A.

 

Copies of Cliff’s book will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of the Winchester Book Gallery. This is a free event!

 

More about Cliff. https://cliffordgarstang.com/