Meet Hot Writers

August 29, 2014

By Nancy Kuhl

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Literary Speed Dating with the 2014 winners of the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes
 
Tuesday, September 16, 6 PM
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.
 
Free & open to the public
 
Organized by a committee of Yale undergrads, Literary Speed Dating offers audience members the opportunity to sample the prizewinners in short, exciting conversations on a range of topics. Featuring Nadeem Aslam, Kia Corthron, Jim Crace, Aminatta Forna, Sam Holcroft, Noëlle Janaczewska, Pankaj Mishra, and John Vaillant.
 
Audience members will be assigned to a group and sent to a table for an intimate conversation with one of the prizewinners. After ten minutes, groups will move on to the next table until they have had the opportunity to meet all the prize-winning writers up close. Free food and refreshments for everyone.
 
Donald Windham-Sandy Campbell Literature Prizes Festival:
Readings, Conversations, Master Classes and other events with 2014 Prize Winners
Monday, September 15-Thursday, September 18
Yale University Campus, Multiple Venues
Donald Windham-Sandy Campbell Literature Prizes