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08.26.2007 Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding)
In singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding’s second novel, penned under his real name, Wesley Stace, the author both investigates and celebrates the art of ventriloquism while simultaneously lampooning every storyteller’s dilemma: finding just the right voice in which to tell a story. Read The Seattle Times review.
08.24.2007 A Blog by Wesley Stace
This featured blog is by Wesley Stace. Wesley Stace, born in Sussex, England, published his first novel, Misfortune, to critical acclaim in 2005. One of the Washington Post’s Books of the Year and Amazon.com’s Ten Best Novels of 2005, Misfortune was also nominated for the Guardian First Book Award, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and the James Tiptree Award. Misfortune was also the occasion of a rollicking Bumbershoot performance subsequently released on DVD. Stace’s reading is on the occasion of his second novel, By George, which features a ventriloquist and the dummy’s memoirs.
Wesley Stace will read portions of his new novel on Monday, September 3 at 2:30 at the Leo K. Theatre. He will also perform as John Wesley Harding on Sunday, September 2 at 8:00 on the Wells Fargo Stage, and participate in “Nick Drake Words and Music” at the Leo K on Sunday at 3:45.