Michael Swanwick
F. Brett Cox
Jeanne Beckwith
Dragon Press Bookstore
10 Champlain Avenue, Westport, New York
October 8th & 9th, 2011
Saturday, Oct 8th
2pm: Reception & meet the authors Michael Swanwick, Jeanne Beckwith, F. Brett Cox, including a short but fascinating dramatic presentation of Michael Swanwick’s Cigar-Box Faust
3pm: Introduction and Michael Swanwick reading
4pm: Discussion with Brett Cox, Kathryn Cramer, Michael Swanwick
5-8pm: Dinner break
8pm: Reception in honor of out of town guests.
Sunday, October 9th
1pm: Discussion with Michael Swanwick & David G. Hartwell, followed by Michael Swanwick signing
2pm: Jeanne Beckwith reading from her play that won first prize for Best Full Length Script in the Redd Tale Theatre Company’s 2011 sci-fi festival
3pm: F. Brett Cox reading
4pm: Reception with authors.
Michael Swanwick (michaelswanwick.com) is one of the most interesting and unpredictable writers in science fiction today. He is the author of eight novels and five major collections of short fiction. Swanwick lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter.
F. Brett Cox is a writer and teacher. He is the Chair of the Department of English and Communications at Norwich University in Northfield, VT.
Jeanne Beckwith (jeannebeckwith.com) is a award-winning playwright who for the past few years has worked with Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier, Vermont. She teaches at Norwich University in Northfield, VT.
Dragon Press Bookstore (www.dragonpress.com) is located 4 miles east of the Northway (I-87) of exit 31. Amtrak service to Westport, New York is available from Albany and Montreal; there is one train a day.
There are overnight accomodations available (see website for links), October 8-9 is the height of the fall foliage season, and in addition the Boquet Valley Studio Tour is Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, 10AM to 6PM, featuring Edward Cornell, Kevin Raines, Alison Weld, and others, and well worth it. There are even other bookstores in the area, even one in walking distance.
For more information, email kathryn.cramer@gmail.com or call 518-962-2346.
