Literary Consortium to Present Author Orson Scott Card Free to the Public
This release provided by Karen L. Gill, Community Relations and Programs Coordinator, who may be contacted at (757) 926-1357. Photo by Bob Henderson, Henderson Photography, Inc.
Orson Scott Card, the best-selling author of “Ender’s Game,” will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, at Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts. His appearance is free to the public, but tickets are required.
Best known for his science fiction novels, Card also writes contemporary fiction, biblical novels, the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker, poetry, plays and scripts.
Free tickets for the author talk, question-and-answer session and book signing are available beginning Sept. 28 at the sponsoring libraries of the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium, which consists of the public libraries of Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County and the academic libraries of Christopher Newport University, Hampton University and Thomas Nelson Community College.
Tickets will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to two per person while supplies last. Open seating at the event, to be held in the Music & Theatre Hall, is limited, and attendees are advised to arrive early. Ticket holders will be seated first. Any remaining seats will then be open to the general public.
The Orson Scott Card event is the fourth free author event sponsored by the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium, which presented the best-selling authors Amy Tan in 2007, Walter Mosley in 2008 and David Baldacci in 2009. The Consortium formed in 2006 to encourage the study and enjoyment of books and to foster cooperation among all types of libraries on the Peninsula.
More About Card
Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels “Ender's Game,” “Ender's Shadow” and “Speaker for the Dead,” which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.
Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (“Magic Street,” “Enchantment,” “Lost Boys”), biblical novels (“Stone Tables”, “Rachel and Leah”), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with “Seventh Son”), poetry (“An Open Book”), and many plays and scripts.
Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970's. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He recently began a long-term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University.
Card currently lives in Greensboro, N.C., with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret.
There is more information about Card on his web site at http://www.hatrack.com/.
For more information about the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium and its other author events, please visit the Consortium’s website, http://library.cnu.edu/vplc.htm to sign up for the emailed newsletter, or call the administrative offices at 757-926-1350.
The Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium brings together the public libraries of Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County and the academic libraries of Christopher Newport University, Hampton University and Thomas Nelson Community College, collectively serving all residents of the Virginia Peninsula. Programs presented by the Consortium are free and open to the public. For more information on Consortium programs, please call 757-926-1350 or visit http://library.cnu.edu/vplc.htm.
"The VPLC presented best-selling authors Amy Tan in 2007, Walter Mosley in 2008 and David Baldacci in 2009. The Consortium formed in 2006 to encourage the study and enjoyment of books and to foster cooperation among all types of libraries on the Peninsula." (From a press release by Karen L. Gill, Community Relations and Programs Coordinator, who may be contacted at (757) 926-1357.)
As you click on the links on the left to view past events, consider how you can help to bring major authors to the area. If you would like to support the goals of the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium, please call the Consortium’s administrative offices at 757-926-1350.
The Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium presents regionally and nationally recognized authors to entertain and inspire the citizens of the Virginia Peninsula. There have been several successful author events.
As you click on the links on the left to view past events, consider how you can help to bring major authors to the area. If you would like to support the goals of the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium, please call the Consortium’s administrative offices at 757-926-1350.
