Adichie reading kicks off BWC 2010

For the first time, the Baltimore Writers Conference will begin with a

free Friday night reading. Chimamanda Adichie, our keynote speaker, will read from her work at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, in Lecture Hall 238 near the center of Towson University's campus. A Q&A and book signing will follow. Come here this internationally renowned author give voice to her work.

Adichie part of New Yorker's 20 under 40

The New Yorker magazine recently named twenty writers to watch who are under the age of 40, and included Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the keynote speaker for BWC 2010. The online edition of magazine includes a story, "Birdsong," and an interview.

SAVE THE DATE!

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!