Rose Gray with author Tansy Chapman
and
I’ll Be Here for You: Diary of a Town with author Robert McKean

Readings and Conversation moderated by authors,
Kathleen Hirsch and Kevin McIntosh

Tansy Chapman, a co-founder of Bethany House of Prayer, retired Episcopal Priest, spiritual director and writer, now lives in Mendocino, CA. 
“Those who grew up in the aftermath of WWII in England’s North Country will find Rose’s story ringing true, …readers who will accompany her on her journey will reap rewards that only good novels can give us, not least the challenge to revisit our own struggles towards self-understanding and emotional truth.” –Martin Smith, author and Episcopal priest.

 Robert McKean’s short story collection I'll Be Here for You: Diary of a Town, published in 2020, was awarded first-prize in the Tartts First Fiction competition. His novel, The Catalog of Crooked Thoughts, published in 2017, was awarded first-prize in the Methodist University Longleaf Press Novel Contest.
“A masterful assemblage of tales that illuminate life in a flagging American town.”  --Kirkus Review.

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