| | 84,050 (85,611) | 1,308 | 97 |  (3.88) | 673 | 0 | John Irving published his first novel at the age of twenty-six. He has received awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation; he has won an O. Henry Award, a National Book Award, and an Academy Award. (Publisher Provided) John Irving was born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. on March 2, 1942 in Exeter, New Hampshire. His named was changed to John Winslow Irving when his stepfather adopted him at the age of six. He was a dyslexic child and it took him five years to get through Exeter Academy, which is where his adoptive father taught Russian history. He received a B.A. (cum laude) from the University of New Hampshire in 1965 and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, in 1967, where he studied with Kurt Vonnegut Jr. His first novel was Setting Free the Bears (1969) but it wasn't until The World According to Garp was published in 1978, that he became a literary star. The novel spent six months on the bestseller list and won the American Book Award in 1980. It was also made into a movie in 1982 starring Robin Williams and costarring Glenn Close and John Lithgow. In 1981, he received an O. Henry Award for the short story Interior Space. Some of his other novels were also made into movies including The Hotel New Hampshire starring Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe; A Prayer for Owen Meany, which was titled Simon Birch starring Jim Carrey; and The Cider House Rules starring Michael Caine. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules in 2000. Irving also wrote two memoirs; one detailing his wrestling adventures entitled The Imaginary Girlfriend, and another concerning his novels made into Hollywood films entitled My Movie Business: A Memoir. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from A Prayer for Owen Meany … (more) |
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John Irving has 13 past events. (show)  Playhouse in the Park Book Club reading and discussing A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving This part 2 of the Playhouse in the Park Book Club will take place after you've had the opportunity to watch the production of " A Prayer for Owen Meany". You'll have the chance to discuss what you saw on stage with the artistic team who helped create it. Every play's journey from the page to the stage is a fascinating one that involves the collaboration of numerous theatre artists, both onstage and off, to create the world envisioned by the author. This season, in partnership with Joseph-Beth Booksellers, the Playhouse is launching a book club for audience members interested in better understanding this process. (archaism)… (more) In Conversation with David Nicholls David Nicholls, the author of the bestselling love story One Day, discusses his Man Booker-longlisted new novel, Us, with Bert Archer. The book offers a clever and authentic meditation on marriage and family today. Bert Archer is a writer for the National Post, The Globe and Mail, Hazlitt, Toronto Life and Yonge Street Media. He was a full-time book reviewer and literary journalist in Canada and the USA for the better part of a decade. He has written one book and contributed to half a dozen others. Archer also spent this past April visiting the battlefields of Nord-Pas de Calais and Normandy, and July retracing the first war's first steps in the Balkans.
David Nicholls is the author of the bestselling One Day, adapted into a film staring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. Trained as an actor before making the switch to writing, Nicholls’s previous novels include Starter for Ten, which was adapted into a film starring James McAvoy, and The Understudy. Nicholls presents his latest novel, Us, a witty and authentic meditation on what holds marriages and families together—and what we learn about ourselves when everything falls apart.
Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 4:30 PM
Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8
Cost: $18/$15 supporters/FREE students & youth 25 and under (Jenni_Canuck)… (more)  Book Club! Every Third Thursday You’re cordially invited to attend our every third Thursday of the month Book Club. This month's book is The HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE by John Irving. Moderated by longtime bookseller Michelle and events gal Suzanne, our book club is multi-generational, friendly, casually well read, and one of the best groups to talk about a book with we've ever met!
There's no need to register or RSVP. Just show up and join the lively discussion. As always, our club books will be discounted 10% every month. Additionally, if your book club buys 3 or more copies of one title, we’ll happily discount any and all other book club’s titles too!
Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) The SFLGBT BOOK CLUB at Books Inc, in The Castro The SFLGBT BOOK CLUB will discuss In one person by John Irving. Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)Parlem amb... John Irving EVENT SOLD OUT - Free Library of Philadelphia - John Irving - In One Person EVENT COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE TO: HARRSION AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 3260 SOUTH STREET In one person John Irving Influenced by the sprawling, plot-driven novels of Victorian authors, John Irving is acclaimed for his intricate, multi-level stories that feature an unsettling juxtaposition of life-affirming compassion and shocking brutality. As Peter Matthiessen notes, Irving's work "has a sense of myth and time and weight and resonance. He's certainly not just 'a good plot man.' He’s probably the great storyteller of American literature today." Five of his 12 novels have been adapted into acclaimed films, including The Cider House Rules, for which Irving received an Oscar for best adapted screenplay. His new novel is narrated by a nearly 70-year-old bisexual man, reflecting on his life and the "crushes he had on the wrong people." The title stems from Shakespeare’s Richard II: "Thus play I In one person, many people." Mr. Irving will not sign books at this event. A signed bookplate will be given to the first 200 people who purchase a copy of In one person at the event. Limit of one bookplate per household. Harrison Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 This is a TICKETED event; $20 General Admission. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Additional: 3260 Broad Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding " Chad Harbach has hit a game-ender with The art of fielding. It's pure fun, easy to read, as if the other Fielding had a hand in it--as if Tom Jones were about baseball and college life." John Irving, author of The world according to Garp"An intricate, poised, tingling debut. Harbach's muscular prose breathes new life into the American past-time, recasts the personal worlds that orbit around it, and leaves you longing, lingering, and a baseball convert long after the last page." Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
Chad Harbach grew up in Wisconsin and was educated at Harvard and the University of Virginia. He is a cofounder and coeditor of n+1.
Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) World Book Night Be a part of this wonderful outreach as readers all across the country spread the joy of reading by giving away half a million free books. Givers across the USA will spend the evening handing out free books to their selected recipients in non-traditional locations, with a focus on books for low and non-readers. With books like The Hunger Games, Wintergirls, Little Bee, Ender’s Game, The Kite Runner, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Stand and many more, lucky recipients will not be disappointed. Givers are invited to join us at Mysterious Galaxy for our World Book Night wrap-up and Reflection Mixer on Monday April 30th. On the day of WBN April 23rd we will have reliable staff available to answer any questions you might have about distribution. Location: Street: Throughout San Diego, Redondo Beach ... and the World , (added from IndieBound)… (more)Howard Frank Mosher, The Great Northern Express “Like Howard Frank Mosher, I am A Novelist and a cancer survivor, and I live in northern New England. The journey Mr. Mosher describes is very familiar to me—made more poignant by the faultless details and inimitable characters the author encounters on his odyssey of self-discovery. Mosher has always been a gifted storyteller; this time, there is an added euphoria in his storytelling—borne by the hope he and I share: for now, we have dodged a bullet that thirty thousand American men don’t dodge every year.” John Irving, author of A Prayer for Owen Meany
"Mosher colorfully weaves stories...to create a brilliantly vibrant quilt that covers us with his warmth, humor, and love of discovery, reading, and writing.” Publishers Weekly, starred review
Howard Frank Mosher is the author of ten novels and two memoirs. He was honored with the New England Independent Booksellers Association's President's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts and is the recipient of the Literature Award bestowed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel A Stranger in the Kingdom won the New England Book Award for fiction and was later made into a movie, as were his novels Disappearances and Where the Rivers Flow North.
Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)John Irving for Last Night in Twisted River John Irving , Last Night in Twisted River. Author: John Irving, International Bestselling Author of Until I Find You (2005), The Fourth Hand (2001), A Widow for One Year (1998) (made into a 2004 Major Motion Picture Titled: The Door in the Floor), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1996)(made into a 1998 Major Motion Picture Titled: Simon Birch), The Cider House Rules (1985)(made into a two-time 1999 Academy Award-Winning Major Motion Picture by the same name) and The World According to Garp (1977)(made into a 1982 major motion picture by the same name).
Title: Last Night in Twisted River, $28.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400063840, On Sale Date: October 27, 2009
What: John Irving will talk about his New Book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his New Book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.
When: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00 PM Where: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button): $28.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of Last Night in Twisted River
(Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation. Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) in the Notes field of your Online Order. If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order. Thank you. Book Orders can be shipped worldwide. All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable. (booksense)… (more)
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