4/22: Richard Vetere & Anthoula Katsimatides at ASTORIA Bookshop
4/22: Richard Vetere & Anthoula Katsimatides at Astoria Bookshop
Three Rooms Press presents an evening of fresh-look reading with
RICHARD VETERE
Author, The Writers Afterlife
Plus Special Guest
ANTHOULA KATSIMATIDES
Actor, Producer, Writer, Philanthropist, Radio Host
7 pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Astoria Bookshop: 31-29 31st Street | Astoria | btwn Broadway & 31st Ave.
Free Admission
In his new novel THE WRITERS AFTERLIFE (Three Rooms Press; March, 2014), playwright, actor, novelist and Queens native Richard Vetere tells the hilarious and poignant story of story of Tom Chillo, a 44-year-old writer on the verge of fame, who suddenly dies of a stroke and finds himself transported to a place where all writers are sent after they die. He mingles with “The Eternals” — including Shakespeare, Wilde, Keats, and Tolstoy — then discovers that the only way to stay with them is to make himself famous on Earth. He has one week. Failure is not an option.
Publishers Weekly raves, “In this utterly unique story, novelist Vetere unfolds a caper of inter-dimensional scope. The scenes taking place in the afterlife are written with classic magic-realist gusto; those taking place on earth will have readers rooting for Chillo’s success.”
Special guest actor, producer, writer, philanthropist and fellow Queens native Anthoula Katsimatides will read with Richard at the event. Copies of THE WRITERS AFTERLIFE will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Additional information: Three Rooms Press, 212-731-0574, info@threeroomspress.com
About Richard Vetere
Richard Vetere is a playwright, novelist, poet, screenwriter, TV writer and actor. He wrote the novel The Third Miracle (Simon & Schuster), which is now in several languages. He co-authored the screenplay adaptation for the movie produced by Frances Ford Coppola, starring Ed Harris. His plays, performed globally, include Machiavelli, Caravaggio, Gangster Apparel, The Marriage Fool and his Pulitzer-nominated One Shot, One Kill. He’s a member of the Writer’s Guild, the Author’s Guild, Dramatist Guild, Poets & Writers and the NY Playwright’s Lab. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and teaches a master screenwriting class at NYU and Queens College. He lives in New York City.
About Anthoula Katsimatides
Anthoula Katsimatides is an actress, producer, writer, philanthropist, radio host, teacher and an inspiration to the Greek community in New York. She recently starred in the world premiere of her one-woman show “”WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK?”
About Three Rooms Press
Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of creative content, including poetry translations, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2011, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW/Perseus.
