Hedgebrook Literary Series presents An Evening with Ruth Ozeki and Karen Joy Fowler - Hedgebrook - Sat Mar 16 at 7:30PM Whidbey Island Center for the Arts and the Hedgebrook have partnered to create a program that brings together writers and book-lovers. The Literary Series offers intimate conversations with bestselling Hedgebrook authors and a chance to see local artists bring excerpts of the authors’ works to life in short, staged readings. Be the first to hear a preview of Karen Joy Fowler’s latest book, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. The book comes out in May and those in attendance at this event will get the exclusive opportunity to hear excerpts and ask questions of the author. Ruth Ozeki is a filmmaker-turned-novelist-turned-Zen-Buddhist-priest. Her first novels, My Year of Meats and All Over Creation, were both New York Times Notable Books and garnered critical acclaim for their ability to integrate science, technology, environmental politics and global popular culture into unique hybrid narrative forms. A long-time meditator, Ruth was ordained as a Soto Zen Buddhist priest in 2010. Viking Penguin will publish her new novel, A Tale for the Time Being, in 2013. Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels and three short story collections. Sarah Canary won the Commonwealth medal for best first novel by a Californian; Sister Noon was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner; and The Jane Austen Book Club was a New York Times bestseller. Her collection, What I Didn’t See, recently won the 2010 World Fantasy Award. A frequent teacher at the Squaw Valley and Clarion Workshops, Karen has taught Hedgebrook Master Classes on Fiction and storytelling. She has a new novel coming out from Putnam in May of 2013 entitled We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Langley WA - https://www.hedgebrook.org/page.php?pageid=106 source categories: literary event syndication by Syndical