BWC 2010 is scheduled for Nov. 19 - 20 this year, with panels and quick critiques on Saturday and a reading by special guest Chimamanda Adichie on Friday night at 8 p.m.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a writer of international acclaim, the author of three books: the novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of Yellow Sun, and the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Having earned a graduate degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins, she has since won the prestigious Orange Prize, given annually for the best novel written by a women in English. She has also received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Adichie's reading is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Baltimore Writers' Conference, the Towson Literary Reading Series, the Department of English at Towson University through the Clarisse Mechanic Fund, the Dean's Office in the Towson University College of Liberal Arts, and Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Writing Program.
The Baltimore Writers' Conference is sponsored by City Lit, Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Writing program, and Towson University.
We hope to see you at BWC 2010!
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