BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170726T230000Z DTEND:20170727T003000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Talk and Book Signing with Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter John Pielmeier for Debut Novel Hook's Tale DESCRIPTION:Savoy Bookshop & Caf presents an author talk and book signing with playwright and screenwriter John Pielmeier\, the author of Hook's Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself. \n\nA rollicking debut novel from award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Pielmeier reimagines the childhood of the much maligned Captain Hook: his quest for buried treasure\, his friendship with Peter Pan\, and the story behind the swashbuckling world of Neverland.\n\n\n\nLong defamed as a vicious pirate\, Captain James Cook (a.k.a Hook) was in fact a dazzling wordsmith who left behind a vibrant\, wildly entertaining\, and entirely truthful memoir. His chronicle offers a counter narrative to the works of J.M. Barrie\, a "dour Scotsman" whose spurious accounts got it all wrong. Now\, award-winning playwright John Pielmeier is proud to present this crucial historic artifact in its entirety for the first time.\n\n\n\nJohn Pielmeier is a three-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated playwright and screenwriter. His successful plays\, television movies\, and miniseries include Agnes of God\, Gifted Hands\, Choices of the Heart\, The Memory Keeper's Daughter\, and successful screen adaption of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. He has received the Humanitas Award (plus two nominations)\, five Writers' Guild Award nominations\, a Gemini nomination\, an Edgar Award\, the Camie Award\, and a Christopher Award. He is married to writer Irene O'Garden and lives in upstate New York. Hook's Tale is his first novel. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Savoy Bookshop &\; Café\; presents an author talk and book signing with playwright and screenwriter \;John Pielmeier\, the author of \;Hook'\;s Tale: \;Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself. \;

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A rollicking debut novel from award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Pielmeier reimagines the childhood of the much maligned Captain Hook: his quest for buried treasure\, his friendship with Peter Pan\, and the story behind the swashbuckling world of Neverland.
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\nLong defamed as a vicious pirate\, Captain James Cook (a.k.a Hook) was in fact a dazzling wordsmith who left behind a vibrant\, wildly entertaining\, and entirely truthful memoir. His chronicle offers a counter narrative to the works of J.M. Barrie\, a &ldquo\;dour Scotsman&rdquo\; whose spurious accounts got it all wrong. Now\, award-winning playwright John Pielmeier is proud to present this crucial historic artifact in its entirety for the first time.
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\nJohn Pielmeier is a three-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated playwright and screenwriter. His successful plays\, television movies\, and miniseries include \;Agnes of God\, Gifted Hands\, \;Choices of the Heart\, \;The Memory Keeper&rsquo\;s Daughter\, \;and successful screen adaption of Ken Follett&rsquo\;s \;The Pillars of the Earth. \;He has received the Humanitas Award (plus two nominations)\, five Writers&rsquo\; Guild Award nominations\, a Gemini nomination\, an Edgar Award\, the Camie Award\, and a Christopher Award. He is married to writer Irene O&rsquo\;Garden and lives in upstate New York. \;Hook&rsquo\;s Tale \;is his first novel.

\n LOCATION:Savoy Bookshop and Caf 10 Canal St. Westerly\, RI 02891 UID:e.726.18102 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T222949Z URL:https://www.oceanchamber.org/events/details/author-talk-and-book-signing-with-award-winning-playwright-and-screenwriter-john-pielmeier-for-debut-novel-hook-s-tale-18102 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR