[Yale-readings] A.S. Byatt - award-winning author - coming to New Haven

[Nancy Kuhl]

>
>A.S. Byatt, author of Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize for 
>fiction in 1990, will be reading from Little Black Book of Stories  -her 
>latest work of fiction.  The event will be held at the New Haven Free 
>Public Library (133 Elm Street, Performing Arts Area in the lower level) 
>Saturday,  May 1st at 3 pm.
>
>Here's what the critics are saying about Little Black Book of Stories:
>
>"Her finest collection yet . . . Bleak then surprisingly funny, very dark 
>indeed then full of inconceivable sources of light." -TheGuardian
>
>*"Worth crossing a desert to read . . .Gorgeously sensual prose . . .Of 
>all [Byatt's] fictions, it seems to me that it is the short stories that 
>are the most likely to endure." -Literary Review
>
>
>Books will be on sale the day of the reading and Ms. Byatt will be signing 
>copies.
>The reading and book signing are free and open to the public. Don't miss 
>this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a reading by one of our most 
>critically admired and respected popular writers.
>
>For more information call or email me at 203-777-8105 -
>john at bookrounds.com.
>
>This event is sponsored by:
>Bookrounds.com, New Haven Reads,  RJ Julia Booksellers, and the New Haven 
>Free Public Library.