“The 46-year-old author of such contemporary classics as Ghostwritten (1999), The Bone Clocks (2014) and Cloud Atlas (2004) will be the featured author at the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Literary Evenings, Monday Night Lectures Series at the Carnegie Music Hall Monday, where he will read selections from his latest novel, Slade House, and participate in a Q&A session. The event, sponsored by Carnegie Library and the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, will mark Mr. Mitchell’s first visit to Pittsburgh.”
“David Mitchell’s new novel, Slade House, (Random House, $26) started as a series of tweets. But being born on Twitter is not the sole reason for the brevity of the novel, which is a mere 238 pages.
‘I think I can only write a ghost story that’s about 50 pages long,’ says Mitchell, who will appear Nov. 2 at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland as a guest of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ Literary Evenings. ‘Within the structure of (Slade House), there are five of them. It’s the nature of the beast. It’s got to be short.'”
We're excited for @david_mitchell's #LiteraryEvening! Thanks to our sponsors @carnegielibrary & @pghwriterseries. https://t.co/oJmAisaYb3
— Pgh Arts & Lectures (@PghArtsLectures) October 28, 2015
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