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SUMMARY:RAGDALE’S 13th ANNUAL NOVEL AFFAIR – A LITERARY HAPPENING
DESCRIPTION:Ragdale's 13th Annual Novel Affair brings together acclaimed authors for a two-day celebration of arts education and engagement in support of Ragdale\, the historic artists' retreat in Lake Forest.  \n\n \n\nFor the third year\, featured writers will offer presentations in schools from Chicago to Zion on Friday\, April 26\, as part of the Ragdale in Schools program.  Discounted tickets will be offered to local educators to attend Novel Affair's Saturday reception. \n\n \n\nThe Saturday\, April 27\, cocktail reception will be held at Shoreacres\, the historic golf club offering stunning views of Lake Michigan from its elegant David Adler-designed clubhouse. All celebrated writers will attend and their books will be available for signing. The reception will be followed by intimate dinners in distinctive North Shore homes\, each dinner featuring a pair of writers.\n\n \n\nThe reception at Shoreacres begins at 4PM\, followed by dinners at 6:45PM. Shoreacres is located at 1601 Shoreacres Road\, Lake Bluff IL 60044 http://shoreacres1916.com/  Ticketed guests will be advised of dinner locations in North Shore homes.\n\n \n\nThe 2019 lineup includes twelve celebrated authors:\n\n-Rumaan Alam\, fiction\, novels Rich and Pretty\, That Kind of Mother https://rumaanalam.com\n\n-Melanie Benjamin\, historical fiction\, The Swans of Fifth Avenue\, The Aviator's Wife\, Mistress of the Ritz (May 2019)\n\nhttp://www.melaniebenjamin.com\n\n-Jamel Brinkley\, short fiction\, A Lucky Man https://www.jamelbrinkley.com\n\n-Benjamin Dreyer\, non-fiction\, Dreyers English https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/182489/benjamin-dreyer\n\n-Carmen Gimenez Smith\, poetry and memoir\, Milk and Filth\, Cruel Futures https://www.carmengimenezsmith.com\n\n-Julie Klam\, fiction\, The Stars in Our Eyes\, Friendkeeping\, You Had Me at Woof https://www.julieklam.com\n\n-Jean Kwok\, fiction\, Girl in Translation\, Searching for Sylvie Lee (June\, 2019) https://www.jeankwok.com\n\n-Laura Lippman\, crime fiction\, Wilde Lake\, Sunburn\, The Lady in the Lake\, (July\, 2019) http://www.lauralippman.net/\n\n-Rebecca Makkai\, fiction\, The Great Believers\, The Hundred-Year House\, Music for Wartime http://rebeccamakkai.com/\n\n-Faisal Mohyuddin\, poetry and creative writing\, The Displaced Children of Displaced Children http://www.faisalmohyuddin.com\n\n-Kathleen Rooney\, poetry and fiction\, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk\, The Listening Room: A Novel of Georgette and Loulou Magritte http://kathleenrooney.com/\n\n-Mona Simpson\, fiction\, Steps\, Casebook\, The Lost Father http://monasimpson.com/\n\n \n\nTickets can be purchased online at http://ragdale.org or by phone at 847.234.1063.\n\n$500/person for dinner and reception\; $150/person for Reception only\; $125/person for teachers and book clubs (5 minimum)   Reception only\n\n \n\nProceeds from Novel Affair support the Ragdale in Schools program which brings distinctive arts-based learning and artists to 50 area schools\, primarily in underserved communities. Ragdale provides exceptional artists and scholars from around the world with supportive residencies of up to 25 days and then taps their expertise to advance local teachers and their students.\n\n \n\nNovel Affair 2019 is coordinated by Ragdale's Program and Events Committee and the Novel Affair Curatorial \n\ncommittee. \n\n#  #  #\n\n \n\nRagdale is a nonprofit artists' residency\, located in Arts and Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's Lake Forest country estate.  Ragdale hosts nearly 200 writers\, artists\, and composers each year making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. For more information\, visit www.ragdale.org
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Ragdale&rsquo\;s 13<sup>th</sup> Annual Novel Affair brings together acclaimed authors for a two-day celebration of arts education and engagement in support of Ragdale\, the historic artists&rsquo\; retreat in Lake Forest. &nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For the third year\, featured writers will offer presentations in schools from Chicago to Zion on Friday\, April 26\, as part of the Ragdale in Schools program.&nbsp\; Discounted tickets will be offered to local educators to attend Novel Affair&rsquo\;s Saturday reception. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Saturday\, April 27\, cocktail reception will be held at Shoreacres\, the historic golf club offering stunning views of Lake Michigan from its elegant David Adler-designed clubhouse. All celebrated writers will attend and their books will be available for signing. The reception will be followed by intimate dinners in distinctive North Shore homes\, each dinner featuring a pair of writers.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The reception at Shoreacres begins at 4PM\, followed by dinners at 6:45PM. Shoreacres is located at 1601 Shoreacres Road\, Lake Bluff IL 60044 <a href="http://shoreacres1916.com/">http://shoreacres1916.com/</a></span>&nbsp\; Ticketed guests will be advised of dinner locations in North Shore homes.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The 2019 lineup includes twelve celebrated authors:</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">-</span></span><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rumaan Alam</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, fiction\, novels <em>Rich and Pretty</em>\, <em>That Kind of Mother </em></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://rumaanalam.com">https://rumaanalam.com</a></span></span><br />\n<em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Melanie Benjamin</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, historical fiction\, <em>The Swans of Fifth Avenue\, The Aviator&rsquo\;s Wife</em>\,</span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"> <em>Mistress of the Ritz</em> (</span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif">May 2019)</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.melaniebenjamin.com">http://www.melaniebenjamin.com</a></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif">-</span><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jamel Brinkley</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, short fiction\, <em><span style="color:#212121">A Lucky Man </span></em></span><a href="https://www.jamelbrinkley.com">https://www.jamelbrinkley.com</a></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:#212121"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Benjamin Dreyer</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, non-fiction\, <em>Dreyers English </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/182489/benjamin-dreyer">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/182489/benjamin-dreyer</a></span></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carmen Gimenez Smith</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, poetry and memoir\, <em><span style="color:#1A1A1A">Milk and Filth\, Cruel Futures </span></em><a href="https://www.carmengimenezsmith.com">https://www.carmengimenezsmith.com</a></span></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Julie Klam</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, fiction\, <em>The Stars in Our Eyes\, Friendkeeping\, You Had Me at Woof </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.julieklam.com">https://www.julieklam.com</a></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jean Kwok</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, fiction\, </span></span></span><em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.jeankwok.com/book_girl.shtml"><span style="color:black">Girl in Translation</span></a></span></span></span></em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, Sea</span></span></span><em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">rching for Sylvie Lee</span></span></span></em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (June\, 2019) </span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.jeankwok.com">https://www.jeankwok.com</a></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Laura Lippman</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, crime fiction\,</span></span></span><span style="color:#0E0E0E"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Wilde Lake\, <em>Sunburn\, </em></span></span></span><em><span style="color:#1A1A1A"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Lady in the Lake</span></span></span></em><span style="color:#0E0E0E"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, (July\, 2019)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.lauralippman.net/">http://www.lauralippman.net/</a></span><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Rebecca Makkai</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, fiction\, <em><span style="color:#141414">The Great Believers</span></em><span style="color:#141414">\,&nbsp\;<em>The Hundred-Year House</em>\, <em>Music for Wartime </em></span><a href="http://rebeccamakkai.com/">http://rebeccamakkai.com/</a></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#0E0E0E"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Faisal Mohyuddin</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, poetry and creative writing\, </span></span><em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Displaced Children of Displaced Children </span></span></span></em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.faisalmohyuddin.com">http://www.faisalmohyuddin.com</a></span></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kathleen Rooney</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, poetry and fiction\, <em><span style="color:black"><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250113320" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk</span></a>\, The Listening Room: A Novel of Georgette and Loulou Magritte </span></em><a href="http://kathleenrooney.com/">http://kathleenrooney.com/</a></span></span></span><br />\n<em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-</span></span></span></em><strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mona Simpson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, fiction\, <em>Steps\, Casebook</em></span></span></span><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif">\, </span></span><em><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Father_(Novel)" title="The Lost Father (Novel)"><span style="color:black">The Lost Father</span></a> </span></span></span></em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://monasimpson.com/">http://monasimpson.com/</a></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Tickets can be purchased online at</span></span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> <a href="http://ragdale.org">http://ragdale.org</a></span> <span style="color:windowtext">or by phone at 847.234.1063</span></span>.<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">$500/person for dinner and reception\; $150/person for Reception only\; $125/person for teachers and book clubs (5 minimum) &ndash\; Reception only</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Proceeds from Novel Affair support the Ragdale in Schools program which brings distinctive arts-based learning and </span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">artists to 50 area schools\, primarily in underserved communities. Ragdale provides exceptional artists and scholars </span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">from around the world with supportive residencies of up to 25 days and then taps their expertise to advance local teachers and their students.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Novel Affair 2019 is coordinated by Ragdale&rsquo\;s Program and Events Committee and the Novel Affair Curatorial </span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">committee. </span></span><br />\n<em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">#&nbsp\; #&nbsp\; #</span></span></em><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Ragdale is a nonprofit artists&rsquo\; residency\, located in Arts and Crafts architect Howard Van Doren Shaw&rsquo\;s Lake Forest country estate. </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">&nbsp\;Ragdale hosts nearly 200 writers\, artists\, and composers each year making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. For more information\, visit <a href="http://www.ragdale.org">www.ragdale.org</a></span></span></em><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Shoreacres is located at 1601 Shoreacres Road\, Lake Bluff IL 60044.
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