Writers in the Loft to Present Laura Lippman in The Music Hall Book Club Discussion

Laura Lippman, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning crime writer, comes to Portsmouth with her just-released new novel, WILDE LAKE, celebrated coast-to-coast for its emotional insight and superb writing. The bestselling author of After I'm Gone, I'd Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, challenges our notions of memory, loyalty, responsibility, and justice in this evocative and psychologically complex story about a long-ago death that still haunts a family. This Writer in the Loft evening is the season-end event for The Music Hall Book Club. Leader Dawn Heffron will guest moderate; book club members and ticketholders are invited to a pre-event reception with the author in the Loft lobby.

When/Where: Tuesday, June 14, 2015

7:00pm event - 5:30pm member reception, 6pm reception opens to all The Music Hall Loft theater and lobby

131 Congress Street

Portsmouth, NH 03801

Tickets/Price: The ticket package for Writers in the Loft: Laura Lippman on Tuesday, June 14 at 7pm is $41. In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of WILDE LAKE (hardcover, $26.99), a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.org Call the box office for specially-priced $36 ticket packages for members of the The Music Hall Book Club and Music Hall members at the Contributor Level ($150) and up.

About Writers in the Loft: Akin to The Music Hall's anchor literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, Writers in the Loft features bestselling authors in a smaller, more intimate space. The series brings audiences today's top authors, the best of fiction and nonfiction, and award-winners across categories. The evening package includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.

About The Music Hall Book Club: The Music Hall Book Club is a benefit Music Hall members at our Contributor level ($150) and above. This club meets the second Monday of the month in the lounge at The Residences at Portwalk Place in downtown Portsmouth from 6-7:30pm. Moderator: Dawn Heffron.

Series Sponsor: RMC Research Corporation

Contributing Partner: The University of New Hampshire

Season Sponsors: Carey & Giampa Realtors; Portwalk Place; The River House restaurant

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

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