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Volume 130, Number 1 |
July 14, 2009 |
RIB
Rensselaer in Brief
Posted 01-14-2009 at 10:15PM
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- McKinney speaker announced
| | | McKinney speaker announced
Peter Carey has been selected as the speaker for this year’s McKinney ceremony. Carey is an Australian novelist and short story writer, and is one of only two writers to have won the Booker Prize twice. In May 2008, he was also nominated for the Best of the Booker Prize and has won the Miles Franklin Award three times. His novel Oscar and Lucinda is among his works that have been made into notable films.    
The McKinney ceremony will start at 8 pm in DCC 308 on April 7, 2009, during which Carey will present writing prizes to McKinney winners, read from his novels, and take questions. There will also be a book signing following the ceremony.
The McKinney Writing Contest is open until March 17. Information about prizes, categories, and submissions can be found at the following website: http://www.llc.rpi.edu/web/mckinney/. | |
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