Time: Oct 5 4:00 PM
Location: DC 218
Welcome to Mansfield

Book-Talk with Q&A

Thursday, October 5, 2023, DC 218, 4.00-5.00PM

Writer Anthony Russell Farina, M.F.A. will read from his novel, Welcome to Mansfield.

Please join writer and Associate Professor of Humanities at Siena Heights University, Anthony Farina, as he reads from his novel, Welcome to Mansfield, the first in his series, The Austen Chronicles. In this series, he revisits the novels of Jane Austen through the perspectives of young adults on a college campus. A brief Q&A and book-signing will follow the reading.

Light refreshments will be served. Books will be available for purchase.

A.R. Farina is an Associate Professor of Humanities and the Liberal Arts Studies Coordinator at Siena Heights University, MI. He has both an M.A. Ed. and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Welcome to Mansfield, the first book in his series The Austen Chronicles, a modern-day retelling of Jane Austen's novels, is available now. He is an avid writer and shares his empty nest with his wife, a librarian, where they read books and watch sunsets. 

Sponsored by the Honors Program, Kaplan Family Library, and the Center for Adolescence Research and Development.