by Wesley Fairman
John Burnham Schwartz is one of those authors who has the corner market on cool. His stark and awe-inspiring style in Reservation Road translated beautifully into a film, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Connelly, and was heralded as being, “A dark and irresistible miracle…” by The Los Angeles Times. His books have been translated into more than fifteen languages, and his work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe and Vogue. This summer, Schwartz published the sequel to Reservation Road, and will be stopping through Louisville as part of his author tour for Northwest Corner.
Clearly, The Writer’s Block Festival could not be more thrilled to welcome Schwartz to Louisville, beginning with a reading and book signing for his latest on Thursday, October 13, at Carmichael’s Books. On Saturday, October 15, Schwartz will be part of two literary panels that are free to the community. First, Schwartz will participate in our screenwriting panel, Screenwriting: A Craft Conversation, at 10:00 AM in The Green Building, where he will discuss his recent screenplay for Showtime, Den of Thieves. Later, local fiction author Kirby Gann will interview Schwartz in a panel entitled: Writing is a Process, which will begin at 11:30 AM. Schwartz and Gann will discuss frankly the ways in which they write their stories, including overcoming––you guessed it––writer’s block.
To see this event listing, as well as other free events scheduled for The Writer’s Block Festival, click here.
