Johnston to speak in Wolfville April 8
A.J.B. Johnston will make a presentation “History and Fiction” in Wolfville on Wednesday (April 8), a talk originally scheduled in February but postponed because of weather.
In this presentation, Johnston outlines his transition from historian to novelist and give some background on his research and sense of 18th-century France and England in the crafting of his Thomas Pichon novels #pichonnovels (Thomas, A Secret Life, and The Maze (both CBU Press).
His talk is sponsored by the Wolfville Historical Society, and is scheduled for 7 p.m., Room 132, Beveridge Arts Centre, Acadia University.
Mr. Johnston recently made presentations and readings in Fredericton, Moncton, Sackville, Liverpool, Sydney and Port Hawkesbury. Johnston will also address the Old Sydney Society on April 23.
The series is thanks, in part, to an “Author Promotion” grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.