LECTURE/READING
Monday, February 16
Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Leatherby Libraries
John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum
Francesca Duranti
7 p.m.


Chapman University’s John Fowles Center for Creative Writing promotes and advances the discipline of creative writing in all its aspects: fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction and film. The Center offers students and non-students alike an opportunity to gain a greater appreciation for the written word and those who write it. Each year a distinguished group of international writers is invited to Chapman University, making access to those writers available not only to the Chapman community, but to the public. This evening, the 2009 Literary Forum Series kicks off with Italian novelist Francesca Duranti. The author will read from her book On the Opposite Side, followed by a book-signing. Duranti’s works include La Bambina, Piazza Mi Bella Piazza, La Casa Sul Lago Della Luna (The House on Moon Lake), Lieto Fine (Happy Ending), Effetti Personali (Personal Effects), Ultima Stesura, Progetto Burlamacchi and Sogni Mancini (Left-Handed Dreams). Her next book, Un Anno Senza Canzoni, will be published by Marsilio in March. Her latest book, Canaria, has yet to be published in English. Her major awards include the Premio Bagutta, Premio Basilicata, Premio Hemingway, Premio Super-Campiello and Premio Rapallo (twice). Admission is FREE! Information: (714) 997-6750.