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Literary Lovers Flock to Adelphi's Inaugural Writers & Readers Festival

Garden City, NY (04/25/2024) — On April 5 and 6, approximately 300 fellow book lovers visited Adelphi University's inaugural Writers & Readers Festival, a free celebration of storytelling, literature and the power of the written word. Adelphi alumna and best-selling author Alice Hoffman, founded and inspired the two-day event.

The festival included panels and keynotes with bestselling authors professional development workshops and interactive conversations with literary agents, book editors and writing coaches.

In addition to Hoffman, festival attendees had the chance to meet and hear from well-known authors including Mona Awad, Kevin Baker, Lisa Belkin, Ada Calhoun, Rebecca Chace, Liana Finck, Kim Coleman Foote, Robin Gow, Julie Klam, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Ann Leary, Charles Leerhsen, Matt Pasca, Adam Powell and Laura Zigman.

Learn more about Adelphi's Writers & Readers Festival.

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university in the United States with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, US, is a highly awarded, internationally ranked and powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives. It is recognized for small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in its 'Core Four' academic areas: the Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.

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Best-selling author and podcaster Adriana Trigiani (holding microphone) and Alice Hoffman. The moderator and author Laura Zigman is at right. Zigman's first novel Animal Husbandry was made into the movie Someone Like You starring Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd Photo credit: Adelphi University

Panelists and guests from the Syllabus: Writing and Teaching discussion (L-R): The poet Matt Pasca; attendees Jamilah Musa and LynAbby Bogard; poet, writer and Adelphi faculty member Jacqueline Jones LaMon; writer Rebecca Chace; and poet Andy Powell. Photo credit: Adelphi University

Alice Hoffman ’73, ’02 (Hon.) is the author of more than thirty novels, including The Dovekeepers, which Toni Morrison called “... a major contribution to twenty-first century literature. Photo credit: Adelphi University

Adelphi University / New York

Taylor Damian, 516-877-4040, tdamian@adelphi.edu

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