WINTER WORDS

Après Ski for the Mind

Celebrating its 11th season in 2008, Winter Words is a series of unforgettable evenings with remarkable writers. These singular events feature award-winning and bestselling authors who bring their books to life during readings and talks. Winter Words events also include book signings, a rare chance to purchase a book and have it personalized by the author.


Co-presented by
Town Center Booksellers
Louise and Clay Bennett

Author Salon: Exclusively for Members
We invite members to join us for our Winter Words readings and book signings, plus the Author Salon, a series of privately-hosted after-parties held in each author’s honor. Don’t miss this rare change to break bread and raise your glass with world-class writers in the intimate setting of a private home.

Author Salon Sponsors:
Lois Smith Brady and Tom Van Allen

“Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”
New York Times Book Review

Thursday :: February 7 :: 5:30 pm [doors at 5 pm]
Given Institute
Bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont

“Riveting…a worthy sequel to The Perfect Storm.”
New York Times Book Review

Friday :: February 22 :: 5:30 pm [doors at 5 pm]
Wheeler Opera House
Bestselling author of A Long Way Gone with award-winning Kenyan author

“A breathtaking and unselfpitying account of how a gentle spirit survives a childhood from which all innocence has suddenly been sucked out.”
Time Magazine on A Long Way Gone

On February 22, following the Ishmael Beah event, Action in Africa presents legendary hip hop artist DMC in a benefit concert at 9 pm.

More information on this Aspen High School student fundraising initiative are available at Action in Africa.

Thursday :: March 6 :: 5:30 pm [doors at 5 pm]
Given Institute
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Bridge of Sighs

“The novel Russo was born to write.”
Booklist, starred review

Thursday :: March 13:: 5:30 pm [doors at 5 pm]
Given Institute
Bestselling author of Normal and Away

“Away reads like dry wood bursting into flame: desperate and impassioned, erotic and moving — absolutely hypnotic.”
Washington Post Book World

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS.

Thursday :: March 20 :: 5:30 pm [doors at 5 pm]
Aerie Lounge at The Gant

Award-winning poet and author of How To Read a Poem and the forthcoming Special Orders

“Hirsch is without question heir to all the great poets of the past, and when he considers his own life, he writes lyric poems nearly incandescent in their sensuality.”
–Donna Seaman, Booklist