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星期一, 10月 19, 2015

Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award of 1915 on 11/5

  Associates of the Boston Public Library to Host Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award of 1915

Boston, MA – October 19, 2015 – Following a brief Annual Meeting, the Associates of the Boston Public Library will conduct its Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award competition, weighing the enduring literary merits of bestsellers published in 1915. John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps, P.G. Wodehouse’s Psmith, Journalist, and Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier. The books will be defended by Peter Keough, James Parker, and Alan Andres respectively. WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti will moderate the irreverent debate, after which the audience will vote to determine the winner of the Retroactive Book Award of 1915. A reception with the panelists will follow.

The lighthearted event will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6 PM in the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square. It is free to attend and open to the public. Please register for this fun event by visiting: http://BookAward.Eventbrite.com.

Debate Moderator:

Meghna Chakrabarti
Ms. Chakrabarti is the award-winning co-host of Radio Boston, WBUR's acclaimed weekly show with a focus on news, in-depth interviews, and analysis on issues that have an impact on Boston and beyond. Before taking the helm at Radio Boston in 2010, she produced and directed WBUR's national news and talk program, On Point.
  
Speaking for the Candidates:

Peter Keough
Mr. Keough is a contributing writer to The Boston Globe. He was previously the film editor for the Boston Phoenix. He also edited Flesh and Blood: The National Society of Film Critics on Sex, Violence, and Censorship.Mr. Keough will be defending The Thirty-Nine Steps.

Mr. Andres is a freelance writer, book doctor, and book editor. He previously worked in editorial, marketing, sales and operations for a leading American publishing house. He has served on the board of the Associates of the Boston Public Library since 1997. Mr. Andres will be defending The Good Soldier.

James Parker
Mr. Parker is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and has written for Slate, The Boston Globe, Arthur Magazine and others. He was previously a staff writer at the Boston Phoenix, and in 2008 won a Deems Taylor Award for music criticism from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Mr. Parker will be defending Psmith, Journalist.


About the ASSOCIATES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Associates of the Boston Public Library is an independent nonprofit dedicated to conserving the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections of rare books, manuscripts, works of art, musical scores, and other items of historic significance. The Associates is working to ensure continued public access to these irreplaceable treasures by underwriting their conservation, cataloging, digitization, and exhibition. Through these efforts, the Associates aims to help the Boston Public Library fulfill its most essential mission of providing the finest free educational resources to the public, as well as preserving knowledge, culture, and history for the benefit of all.

Since its founding in 1972, the Associates has created and underwritten a wide array of programs, including: Literary Lights, (an annual black tie dinner honoring outstanding New England authors); art and architecture tours; readings; lectures; curatorial evenings featuring select Library holdings; exhibitions; musical performances; and discussions of current events featuring key decision makers. In addition, the Associates sponsors a Children’s Writer-in-Residence program annually. To learn more, visit www.TheAssociates.orgwww.Facebook.com/AssociatesBPL, or follow the Associates on Twitter at @AssociatesBPL.

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