Literary events Archives - Michelle Richmond

A reading from Hardy Boys, just because…

For years, Peg Alford Pursell has been hosting a fantastic San Francisco reading series called Why There Are Words. A couple of years ago, I joined a few other writers for a Why There Are Words event for Litquake in the Mission. I just unearthed the video of my reading, which, for reasons you’ll soon understand, involves Sean Cassidy and the Hardy Boys. (FYI: This video, like the Sexy Sean Cassidy puzzle I received for a birthday gift decades ago, is actually not suitable for kids).

Doris Lessing on Winning the Nobel in Literature

as reported by Publishers Weekly

“I can’t say I’m overwhelmed with surprise. . . . I’m 88 years old and they can’t give the Nobel to someone who’s dead, so I think they were probably thinking they’d probably better give it to me now before I’ve popped off…This has been going on for 30 years. I’ve won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one, so I’m delighted to win them all. It’s a royal flush.”