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Twenty-eighth Annual
MEET THE WRITERS
Book Fair
will be held at Southampton Graduate Campus
239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY
Friday, May 6th, 2005
4:00 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.
Rain or Shine
Tickets $20 in advance and $25 at the door
For information please e-mail Carol Gilbert (631)287-8347, Development Office, Southampton Graduate Campus.
The 17th Annual John Steinbeck Writer's Award
for
"Contributions to literature and humanity by an East End Writer"
will be presented to
Joe
Pintauro
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Joe Pintauro, winner of the 2005
Steinbeck Writers Award
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Author of:
"By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea"
"State of Grace"
"Cold Hands"
Past Steinbeck Writer's Award winners include: Robert
Caro, Tom
Wolfe, Gregory
Rabassa, Kenneth
Koch,
Dava Sobel, Susan
Isaacs, James Salter, Edward
Albee, Wilfrid Sheed, E.L Doctorow, Lanford Wilson, Peter
Matthiessen, Kurt Vonnegut, Terrence McNally, Betty Freidan, and
David Ignatow.
There will be 75-80 authors present this year
to autograph their works!
SEE YOU THERE!
The Book Fair and the John Steinbeck Writers Award are sponsored by the John Steinbeck Project, based at Southampton Graduate Campus.
Proceeds from the Book Fair fund writing scholarships for students at Southampton Graduate Campus and acquisitions for the Southampton Graduate Campus Library.
Members of the John Steinbeck Project Steering Committee
Philip Appleman, Laura Baudo Sillerman, Jean Boone, Anthony Brandt, Lorraine Dusky, Indira Ganesan, Robert Gerbereux, Carol Gilbert, Kimberly Goff, William Henderson, Gloria Jones, Nancy Love, Mary Mothersill, Mary Peterson, William Peterson, Betty Prashker, Sheridan Sansegundo, Harvey Shapiro, Wilfrid Sheed, Miriam Ungerer, Simon Van Booy, Joan Whitman, and Galen Williams.
Past Press Releases
April 15, 2005
From “Pat the Bunny” to “Ghosts of Vesuvius”, Authors Gather at Southampton Graduate Campus
January 27, 2005
Neither Rain, nor Sleet, nor Snow Can Stop the Meet the Writers Book Fair
December 5, 2004
Celebrated Playwright Joe Pintauro Recipient of Annual Steinbeck Writers Award
May 10, 2004
Another Successful "Meet The Writers" Book Fair for Southampton Graduate Campus
March 15, 2004
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Robert A. Caro Headlines Popular Southampton Graduate Campus Book Fair
November 27, 2003
Robert A. Caro to Receive Steinbeck Writers Award
April 21, 2003
Southampton Graduate Campus ?Meet the Writers? Book Fair Features Array of Authors
April 7, 2003
Tom Wolfe Headlines Popular Book Fair With 90 Other Authors
November 11, 2002
Tom Wolfe to Receive John Steinbeck Award at Meet the Writers Book Fair
May 2, 2002
Bookman Press Poetry Award to be Presented at Steinbeck Book Fair
April 30, 2002
Best-selling Novelist Nelson DeMille Joins Over 90 Authors at "Meet the Writers" Book Fair
April 16, 2002
John Steinbeck "Meet the Writers" Book Fair to Recognize 100th Anniversary of Writer's Birth
February 11, 2002
Gregory Rabassa to Receive John Steinbeck Award at Meet the Writers Book Fair
April 16, 2001
Let The Summer Begin..."Meet the Writers" Book Fair To Be Held on May 11
February 28, 2001
Kenneth Koch to Receive John Steinbeck Award
February 6, 2000
"Meet the Writers" Book Fair Attracts 70 East End Authors
February 14, 2000
"Meet the Writers" Bookfair Honors Dava Sobel
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Last Revision: April 26, 2005
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Southampton Graduate Campus of Long
Island University
239 Montauk Highway
Southampton, NY 11968
(631) 287-8347 E-mail: carol.gilbert@liu.edu
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