An Evening with Stephen King

BevVincent

Hi



Today I spoke with the nice people over at Maple Street School (where An Evening with Stephen King will take place on June 24 and got some info about the event that you might all be interested in. You can read about it on the site.



Lilja

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BevVincent

Last chance to purchase tickets to see Stephen King at MSS



MANCHESTER - As a writer, he's spooky; in public, he's highly entertaining. Stephen King, one of today's most prolific authors with many best-selling horror classics to his credit and the author of the recently published "Faithful" account of the Boston Red Sox's most celebrated season, comes to Maple Street School for a one-time reading on June 24 in the school's Hunter Hall at 7 pm. He will be introduced by fellow author and friend, John Irving. Tickets for the community event, a special fundraiser for scholarships for Maple Street School, are $30 and can be purchased at the school by calling 362-7137.



There will also be a "King's Ransom" raffle featuring great prizes. A $10 ticket (or three tickets for $25) could win a deluxe two-night stay at the luxurious Auberge du Vieux-Port in Old Montreal, a pair of stunning, drop earrings donated by award-winning Vermont jeweler Phillip Burnham, a Wilderness Systems Kayak donated by Equipe Sport, or a local gift pack of certificates from Nina Jewelry, Fringes Salon and a local restaurant, valued at $400.



Tickets for the raffle can be purchased at the school or at the Spiral Press Cafe. Winners will be selected and announced at the King reading on June 24. Ticket holders need not be present to win.



All net proceeds from the festive, literary evening at Maple Street will benefit the School Scholarship Fund, which ensures that one third of students at the K-8, independent school receive tuition assistance. For tickets or more information, call 362-7137.

jhanic

Too bad King didn't donate anything for the raffle! I would have considered buying tickets.



John

BevVincent

MANCHESTER -- Bestselling author Stephen King frightened an entire audience at the Maple Street School on Friday evening by reading a passage from his upcoming novel "Lisey's Story." And listeners were delighted.



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The legendary author was introduced by Academy Award-winner John Irving, who said that he and King "both believe a story isn't worth telling unless it's disturbing."



Irving praised King's ability to begin a story and, to demonstrate, he read the first lines from several of the horror writer's novels.



King, the author of "Carrie" and "The Shawshank Redemption," took the stage to a loud cheer from the audience. "I'm going to test your squeamishness," he promised the crowd.



King described his novel-in-progress as "a love story, with monsters ... some of them human."



He also gave the audience a disclaimer. "This sort of thing might come back to you tonight," King said, "when it's dark, and you're alone, and there's no one around to hear you scream."



The reading did not disappoint.



The audience heard a story about a man remembering one of the traumatic experiences of his youth. The fictional boy watched his older brother going mad, "snarling like a dog" with a face like "a Halloween mask."



After the reading, King took questions from the audience.



When asked how he had started out as a writer, King recalled that as a young teacher with two small children, he began mailing chapters of "Carrie" to magazines.



"Those chapters found a following," he said, "and the book took off from there."



Responding to a question about the source of his ideas, King cited the folktale "Three Billy Goats Gruff" as one of the inspirations for the novel "It."



King occasionally made reference to the fact that he had been hit by a car in 1999.



He compared complications with the microphone system to a hip operation, which he had to undergo, and he mentioned his work for the Wavedancer Foundation, an organization that provides support for disabled artists, writers and performers.



Audience members Joseph and Marie Bamford said that they both enjoyed the reading. "I don't find it scary, though," Marie Bamford said. "I'm amazed by King's imagination to invent these stories."



Joseph Bamford said the event was "a good cause for the school and a good advertisement" for King's new work.



The event raised nearly $40,000, according to school officials, which will be used to fund need-based scholarships to the Maple Street School. The school was founded by John and Janet Irving.

SpamQueen

Bev... , I'm not sure that the link you have is the picture that goes with the article. Is it IN there somewhere?



Lin

CRinVA

I will say there are some "interesting" pics on that link - nuthin to do with SK but interesting to say the least! ;D

BevVincent

Link fixed -- the one I had before was to some photos of The Historian author Eleanor Kostova, which were partway down the page.

SpamQueen

CRinVA wrote: I will say there are some "interesting" pics on that link - nuthin to do with SK but interesting to say the least!   ;D

.. I was thinking the same thing... but I did see the author Bev was referring to, let's give him the benefit of the doubt, shall we?



Lin  :P (oh! and the pic of Stephen is great! ~ thanks Bev)

CRinVA

Oh I was never doubting anyone or anything! I just thought the pics were "interesting" to say the least! ;D

CRinVA

I was just reading in the SKEMERs newlsetter a retelling of this event by a few SKEMERs that attended. Seems that King was quite friendly and that loads of pics were taken and he was signing anything you handed him! And then therye were flat signed books for saile to benefit the school. Seems as though Mr King brought all the books with him in his car too!



Dam wish I had gone - I had the chance and passed it up - something to do with baseball!!!!!!

BevVincent

Here's a long interview with King and Irving from the event, including photos.