Friday, February 18
Just Announced! Writers Ann Patchett & Ben Mezrich
On Friday, June 10, Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Bel Canto and Run, will take the stage to discuss her provocative new novel, State of Wonder, a tale of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazonian jungle.
Ben Mezrich, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Accidental Billionaires (the basis of the movie, The Social Network) will join the series on Thursday, July 21. He will present his latest work, Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, an Ocean’s Eleven style thriller about a theft of moon rocks from an impregnable hi-tech NASA vault. As with Mezrich’s previous works, the book is a larger-than-life true story.
Each author’s presentation will be followed by an interview with Virginia Prescott, host of New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth.” Live music will be performed by the award-winning house band Dreadnaught. The live shows are rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio.
Said Margaret Talcott, Associate Producer of Writers on a New England Stage, “these authors are each wonderful, and they are very different from each other, representing the great range of Writers on New England Stage and its audiences. The New York Times says ‘expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction,’ and I know many of us who love her work are doing just that. With this June date, we’ve got the first of many miracles,” added Talcott.
“Adding icing on the cake, Ben Mezrich and his “cinematic flair” are truly something to look forward to. Of course we’re all enthralled with the movie The Social Network, but I also really enjoyed 21: Bringing Down the House about a group of MIT guys thrown out of Vegas for knowing too much about probability. Ben is a smart writer, writing about very smart people,” added Talcott.
Look for additional authors to be announced for Writers on a New England Stage and Writers in the Loft, The Music Hall’s newest author series situated in The Music Hall Loft, a new space around the corner from the historic theater on Congress Street. For more information about the Music Hall Loft and its programs see “The Loft” at http://www.themusichall.org/
Writers on a New England Stage was created by executive producer Patricia Lynch, also executive director of The Music Hall, and is presented in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio and in collaboration with Yankee Magazine and Portsmouth’s independent RiverRun Bookstore. Since 2005, the series has spotlighted a broad range of celebrated authors including Mitch Albom, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dan Brown, Isabel Allende, Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, E.L. Doctorow, Anita Diamant, Madeleine Albright, the late John Updike, Wally Lamb, Jodi Picoult, Greg Mortenson, and Cokie Roberts, among many others. Next up in the series Writers on a New England Stage is Joyce Carol Oates, one of America’s leading novelists (the author of 50 novels as well as short stories, poetry, and nonfiction), who will discuss her new memoir A WIDOW’S STORY, on Monday, March 28 at 7:30pm. Event tickets ($13) and book vouchers ($25.99, $23.40 in advance) are on sale now.
Tickets to these Writers on a New England Stage: Ann Patchett and Writers on a New England Stage: Ben Mezrich go on sale to Music Hall Members on Monday, February 14, at noon, and on sale to the public on Monday, February 28. Event tickets are $13 ($11 for members of The Music Hall), available through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603-436-2400 or online at http://www.themusichall.org. Autographed hardcopy editions of STATE OF WONDER and SEX ON THE MOON are available on the evening at The Music Hall or in the days following at RiverRun Bookstore for $26.99 and $26.95, respectively. The book price is discounted 10%, to $24.30, when reserved in advance through the purchase of a voucher through The Music Hall box office and at RiverRun Bookstore at 20 Congress Street in downtown Portsmouth.
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