PEN/Faulkner Reading Series: Emma Donoghue & Chris Adrian November 7, 2011

The PEN/ Faulkner Foundation's annual reading series continues with this anticipated event. Two of the year's most acclaimed writers read from their most recent, best-selling novels.

Born in Dublin, Emma Donoghue is a writer of contemporary and historical fiction whose novels include Room, Slammerkin, The Sealed Letter, Landing, Life Mask, Hood, and Stirfry. Her story collections are The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Kissing the Witch, and Touchy Subjects. She also writes literary history, and plays for stage and radio.

Chris Adrian is the author of three novels—Gob’s Grief, The Children’s Hospital, and The Great Night—and a collection of short stories, A Better Angel. Adrian’s work has also appeared in The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, McSweeney’s, and The Best American Short Stories. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Adrian was named one of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” in 2010.

Read more about Donoghue’s highly-acclaimed novel, Room, as well as read an excerpt: http://bit.ly/cDCbuq
Purchase books by Emma Donoghue: http://bit.ly/pUnh9W

Read a conversation, including excerpts, from NPR with Adrian: http://n.pr/mMlNFL
Purchase books by Chris Adrian: http://bit.ly/qE1Zyd

Support for this event is provided as part of the Imagine Ireland program.

Official Website: http://www.penfaulkner.org/2011/11/07/emma-donoghue-chris-adrian-2/