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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 17, 2005 -  Contact: Joseph Giomboni King’s College Public Relations Office, (570) 208-5957.

'WRITER'S WRITER' CHARLES BAXTER

LECTURES AT KING'S ON OCTOBER 26

October 17, 2005 – Novelist Charles Baxter, author of Saul and Patsy and The Feast of Love, will be at King’s College as a guest of the English department’s Visiting Writer Program. Baxter will read excerpts from his novels and discuss his craft on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.

Baxter’s other novels include First Light and Shadow Play. He has received the award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and his novel, The Feast of Love, was a finalist for the National Book Award. His fiction has been widely anthologized and translated into ten languages.

Charles Baxter’s reading will be held in the Burke Auditorium of the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. The event is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow. For more information, visit the “Experiencing the Arts Calendar” at www.kings.edu <http://www.kings.edu/>  or contact Jennifer Yonkoski, English department, at (570) 760-8374.  

King’s College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross