Wordplay, at Papyri Books
NORTH ADAMS - Saturday, October 11, at 7:00 p.m. Wordplay, a monthly reading series co-sponsored by Inkberry and Papyri Books, will be held at Papyri Books, 45 Eagle Street. The two award-winning authors and editors will be reading from their most recent book, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide.Wayne G. Hammond is Assistant Librarian in the Chapin Library (rare books and manuscripts) at Williams College. He is author of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography and Arthur Ransome: A Bibliography, among other works.
Christina Scull was the librarian of Sir John Soane's Museum, London from 1971 to 1995. She served on the Committee of the Tolkien Society and chaired the committee that organized the Tolkien Centenary Conference at Oxford in 1992. Scull is the author of The Soane Hogarths and editor of the occasional journal The Tolkien Collector.
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have together written numerous volumes on J.R.R. Tolkien. Their work on J.R.R. Tolkien has been honored a record five times with the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies.
Gail Burns of Williamstown will host the event for Inkberry. After the reading there will be a brief intermission, followed by the popular Wordplay open mic. Refreshments will be available, and admission is free and open to the public.
For additional information regarding Inkberry or these readings, contact Inkberry by phone at (413) 664-0775 or visit www.inberry.org.
About Inkberry - Inkberry promotes the literary arts in the Berkshires with events and community partnerships that celebrate and support writing and reading. Inkberry is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
