Ever wonder what happens to the papers of an author after they're gone? Here's an intriguing event that Sisters of Crime New England asked me to mention. Hey, it's a pandemic -- you might as well sign up for this, especially considering the promised "juicy secrets"!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNTOLD TALES FROM THE STACKS:
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT ACQUIRING AUTHORS’ PAPERS
A webinar with Sue Hodson, retired curator of literary manuscripts, The Huntington Library, on January 20, 2022 at 7 pm.
Ever wonder what happens to the personal papers of famous authors? How do biographers unearth those juicy secrets about their private lives?
This presentation will tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how the personal papers of five authors - Charles Bukowski, Octavia E. Butler, Christopher Isherwood, Hilary Mantel, and Paul Theroux - were acquired by the Huntington Library. The Huntington is one of the world’s foremost private research libraries, located in San Marino, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Speaker Sara S. “Sue” Hodson, retired curator of literary manuscripts and a staff member for 38 years, acquired the collections for the library. She will tell the untold stories of the various ways these collections came to be housed at The Huntington.
This virtual event is free and open to the public. Please register at: https://bit.ly/3Cj6Bvy
A zoom link will be provided closer to the date.
This event is sponsored by Sisters in Crime New England. We are authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers, and librarians bound by our passion for the mystery genre and our support of women who write mysteries.
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