Simon Winchester
in conversation with André Bernard
July 7, 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Due to 80+ degree humid weather and scattered thunderstorms predicted tomorrow afternoon, we will host Simon Winchester and André Bernard in the Stable auditorium rather than the lecture tent. The Stable has a cooling system and UV filters to purify the air.
Join author André Bernard, vice president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, in conversation with three masters of the nonfiction narrative, all unquestionably at the top of their literary game!
July 7, 4 pm: Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, whose recent titles include The Perfectionists, Land, and the newly released Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic, an all-encompassing look at learning and the human mind.
July 28, 4 pm: David Michaelis, author of six books, including the national bestsellers N.C. Wyeth, Schulz and Peanuts, and, most recently, Eleanor, a breakthrough portrait of America’s longest-serving First Lady and one of the most widely admired and influential women.
August 11, 4 pm: Stacy Schiff, hailed as “perhaps the most seductive writer of nonfiction prose in America,” her six biographies include Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, Cleopatra: A Life, and Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, a revelatory biography of arguably the most essential Founding Father that was named one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best 10 Books of 2022.
The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact The Mount at 413-551-5100 or by email, info@edithwharton.org, to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event.
Thanks to our sponsors:
- $25 Members, $30 General Admission; Free for graduate, undergraduate students & children 18 and under.
- The July 7th event is in the Stable auditorium.
- A book signing and refreshments follow the talk.
- Books are available for purchase through The Mount's Bookstore before and during the event.
- July 28, 4 pm: David Michaelis
- August 11, 4 pm: Stacy Schiff
Buy your books through The Mount's bookshop.org page!
Biographies
Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. His recent title, Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic, was published in April.
The author of five books of literary miscellany, André Bernard was a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, Editorial Director of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and VP and Publisher of Harcourt Brace before joining the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as its Vice President, administering its Fellowship program.