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Scheduled Readings and Appearances
Last updated 01/28/2008
- Saturday February 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- "The Independent Creative Writing Center" Panel Discussion
- AWP Conference
- Sheraton Hotel New York
- Room L
- New York, NY
- Web site
- Wednesday March 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- Single Voice Reading Series
- Tillotson Room, Cochran Hall
- Allegheny College
- Meadville, PA
- Web site
Book Clubs
If you are a member of a book club in the Southern New England or Greater Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia areas, and would like to invite Christopher to attend a meeting or event, please contact him directly.
News
January 2008
- Chris has contributed an essay to Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, by Bret Anthony Johnston.
- Chris was interviewed by Boston's WBUR radio on January 16 and asked for his opinion on Boston's choice of its first ever Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish.
- Christopher's first novel, A Kiss From Maddalena, has been published in Thailand by Matichon.
November 2006
- The Saint of Lost Things has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The short list will be announced in April 2007, with the winner announced in June.
October 2006
- The Saint of Lost Things is now available in paperback in the United States and Canada from Penguin/Berkley. It will also be published in January 2007 in Germany by Goldmann.
December 2005
- The Saint of Lost Things will be published in The Netherlands by Ambo|Anthos, the same publisher responsible for A Kiss from Maddalena's success there. The novel will be titled In de Schaduw van Santa Cecilia ("In the Shadow of Saint Cecilia"), echoing a slightly different perspective on the story of Antonia and Maddalena's experiences in America (their village in Italy was named 'Santa Cecilia'). It will be available in bookstores from April 2006.