FATHER JIM HOGAN
Signing
YES WE ARE!
5:00 to 7:00 pm
F&F Downtown
As part of the University of Montana's Creative Writing Fall Series 2009, award-winning fiction writer and oral historian Peter Orner will read from his recent work and sign books Friday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. at the Dell Brown Room, Turner Hall of the University of Montana
More about Peter Orner. . .
Peter Orner is the author of the novel, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (Little, Brown, 2006--a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), and the story collection, Esther Stories
(Houghton Mifflin, 2001--awarded the Rome Prize from the American
Academy of Arts and Letters and the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction).
A film version of one of Orner's stories, The Raft, is currently in production and stars Ed Asner. A book of oral histories, edited by Orner, Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives, was published in 2008 by McSweeneys for the Voice of Witness Series. For more information, go to voiceofwitness.org. Orner's stories have been anthologized in Best American Stories and the Pushcart Prize Annual.
Orner has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim and Lannan
Foundations. Currently, Orner is an associate professor at San
Francisco State University. He can be found online at www.peterorner.net
Heidi Anderson
Signing
GOODNIGHT TINY MOUSE
11:00 to 1:00
F&F Downtown
BIPIN PATEL
Signing
TIPU'S TIGER RECIPE BOOK
1:00 to 3:00 pm
F&F Downtown
ANA GREER
Signing
JUST PERFECT
2:00 to 4:00 pm
F&F Downtown
DORIS PULIS
Signing
HOW IT LOOKS GOING BACK
1:00 to 3:00 pm
F&F Downtown
ANNIE HANSHEW
Presentation & Signing
BORDER TO BORDER:
HISTORIC QUILTS AND QUILTMAKERS OF MONTANA
7:00 pm
F&F Downtown
This lecture series, "Put Your Writing to Work",
will feature three different professionals who use writing in their
various careers. The lectures will take place on the second Thursdays
of October, November, and December.
The talk on December 10th will feature Joyce Brusin, who is a prominent freelancer in the Missoula area. Join her as she talks about her career in writing!
Read more on Joyce's description of her work:
A full-time freelancer, I specialize in researching, writing, and
editing materials for medical publishers and Continuing Medical
Education (CME) providers. I also research, write, and edit consumer
health education materials. I take pride in making dense scientific
material readable and interesting, and providing accurate and timely
information that professionals and consumers can put to immediate use.
I also provide research, writing, editing, proofreading, and indexing
services to general interest and scholarly publishers.
I am a published essayist, features writer, and book reviewer who
freelanced part-time for many years before starting my own freelance
writing and editing business.
SHERRY JONES
Signing
THE SWORD OF MEDINA
10:30 to Noon
F&F Downtown
