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Books as Passports: Traveling the World with When in Rome and Paris by the Book

  • L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Riverview Room 400 Eau Claire Street Eau Claire, WI, 54701 United States (map)

Liam Callanan

If you weren’t able to join us for Callanan’s live event or are interested in watching it again, click below to watch the recording.


Join Wisconsin author Liam Callanan as he takes the audience on a dynamic European tour through the pages of his most recent novel, When in Rome, and a very special audiovisual display. Building on the virtual tour, Callanan will discuss the important role of “place” in building a novel.

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LIAM CALLANAN is a writer and teacher. His novel, Paris by the Book, a national bestseller, was translated into multiple languages and won the Edna Ferber Prize. He’s also won the Hunt Prize, and his first novel, The Cloud Atlas, was a finalist for an Edgar Award. Liam’s work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and he's recorded numerous essays for public radio. He's also taught for the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Learn more about Liam Callanan at liamcallanan.com.


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