From Moncton’s Times & Transcript
Adam Gopnik to make appearance on Oct. 29 at city hall
A New York Times bestselling author will appear in Moncton later this month during the Frye Festival’s Fall Community Read.
Adam Gopnik, a writer for The New Yorker, will appear in the lobby of Moncton City Hall on Friday, Oct. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The event will be followed by a reception with refreshments.
Born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal, Gopnik left the familiarities of New York City in 1995 for the charm of Paris. His wife and their infant son went along, and for five years they tried to catch on to the quirks of French culture. Gopnik recorded his experiences, frustrations and delights in his “Paris Journal” for The New Yorker, which won him awards.
A collection of the Paris Journals was published in 2000 by Random House as “Paris to the Moon.”
“We encourage everyone to come discover this bestselling and award-winning author,” says Frye Festival executive director Danielle LeBlanc. “The way Gopnik relates the meeting of two cultures in Paris to the Moon fittingly reflects the realities of our daily lives here in Moncton.”
Those who want to read some of Gopnik’s work before the event can go to www.frye.ca.
A reading guide with information on the author and chapter summaries is also available on the website.
Admission to the event is “pay what you can,” with donations requested.
The Frye Festival’s Community Read series presents bilingual authors whose books are available in translation. The aim is to encourage dialogue between the linguistic communities by rallying them around one author and one book.
