October 6, 2005 Source: University of New Brunswick - Saint John:
http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=854 INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR TO READ AT UNB SAINT JOHN October 6, 2005
UNB Saint John News Release: 05-049
Patty O'Brien, Information Officer (506) 648-5707 Internationally acclaimed author Alberto Manguel – novelist, essayist, editor, translator, and anthologist - will read from A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books on Monday, Oct. 17 at 7 pm at the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. This is the third event in the Lorenzo Reading Series at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. In A Reading Diary, Manguel rereads, over the course of a year, a favourite book a month, beginning a journey which takes him through memories and observations on the world. This intimate journal opens the discussion as to how books affect us – the journeys on which they take us – and the difference between imagination and experience. He reminds us why we read, "why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find the words we already know." Among Manguel’s many award-winning books are, A History of Reading (1996 winner of the Prix Médicis), Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate (shortlisted for the 2001 Governor-General’s Award), and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Among his many other acclaimed books, there’s The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1981, 1990) – "A Book no self-respecting dreamer should be without," according to The Economist – and the novels News From a Foreign Country Came, winner of the UK McKitterick Prize, and Stevenson Under the Palm Trees. A Reading Diary (2004) is a finalist for the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize. The reading is hosted by the Lorenzo Society and the UNB Saint John Bookstore. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information contact The University Bookstore at (506) 648-5540 or e-mail sjbooks@unbsj.ca. The Lorenzo Reading Series gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council of the Arts. - 30 -
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