Next Slate Of Writers Announced For Connecticut Authors Reading Series
The Connecticut Authors Reading Series continues at C.H. Booth Library, spotlighting the work of four authors who live and write in the Nutmeg State.
The next event in the recently launched series will take place Sunday, January 24, from 2 to 4 pm, in the main meeting room of the library, 25 Main Street in Newtown. The writers include Heather Webb, author of the historical novels Rodin’s Lover and Becoming Josephine; and humor writer Elizabeth Hilts. The reading series is curated by Newtown author Sophfronia Scott.
The writers will read from both published works and works in progress, with time in between each reading for discussion and Q&A with the audience about the craft of writing.
Refreshments will be served, and books will be available for purchase.
The Writers
In addition to Ms Webb and Ms Hilts, the January 24 program will also feature two additional guest authors. Following is information about all of this month’s guest speakers.
Sandra Rodriguez Barron was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in El Salvador, and lives in Connecticut.
She is the author of The Heiress of Water, which won first place for debut fiction at the 2007 International Latino Book Awards and was a Borders Original Voices selection.
Her second novel, Stay with Me, was a finalist for the 2011 Connecticut Book Award. Ms Barron was the recipient of support from The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, The Greater Hartford Arts Council, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University and teaches in the WCSU MFA Program.
Elizabeth Hilts: The author of four internationally best-selling humor books including Every Freaking Day! With Rachell Ray: An Unauthorized Parody, Elizabeth Hilts earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Fairfield University.
In addition to teaching at local colleges and universities and leading writing workshops, she is working on a novel and a collection of personal essays. Her work has appeared in Feast: Poetry & Recipes for a Full Seating at Dinner, Spry Literary Journal and Extracts.
Sonya Huber is the author of two books of creative nonfiction, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir and Opa Nobody, and a textbook, The Backwards Research Guide for Writers: Using Your Life for Reflection, Connection, and Inspiration. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Fourth Genre, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Washington Post Magazine, and other journals.
She received the 2013 Creative Nonfiction Award from Terrain and her work appears True Stories, Well Told: From the First 20 Years of Creative Nonfiction.
Ms Huber teaches in the Department of English at Fairfield University and directs the Fairfield Low-Residency MFA Program.
Heather Webb writes historical novels for Penguin and HarperCollins, which have been translated to three languages and have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, France Magazine, Reuters News, and Huffington Post, as well as received national starred reviews. Her latest novel is Rodin’s Lover.
Ms Webb is also a freelance editor, and contributor at the award-winning writing site WriterUnboxed.com. When not writing, Ms Webb can be found teaching craft courses at a local college.
For additional information or to make a reservation for Connecticut Authors Reading Series, call 203-426-4533 or visit chboothlibrary.org.