Encouraged by John Fowles and supported by the Wilkinson College of Letters & Sciences and the Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Center promotes and advances the discipline of creative writing in all its aspects: fiction, poetry, drama, and cinema. The Center enables students and non-students alike to gain a greater appreciation of the "written word"; they see and hear writers explore subjects such as modern romance and human rights abuses, and how those writers shape these and many other subjects into works of literature. Each year a diverse and distinguished group of national and international writers will be invited to Chapman University, making access to those writers available not only to the Chapman community, but to the Orange County and, by extension, the Southern California community. The Fowles Center is directed by Mark Axelrod.

Visiting Writers in Spring 2008

All readings except for Salman Rushdie begin at 7:00 pm in the Leatherby Libraries, Henley Reading Room; admission is free and open to the public.

February 25
David Unger (Guatemala): In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful and Life in the Damn Tropics
Introduction: Jim Blaylock

March 10
Yuri Tarnawsky (Ukraine): Life in the City, Without Spain, and Meningitis
Introduction: Kevin O'Brien

March 24
Doug Rice (USA): Director of Nobodaddies Press
Introduction: Mark Axelrod

March 31
Salman Rushdie (England): Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children, and The Ground Beneath Her Feet
(Please direct all inquiries to (714) 289-2050.  For further information please go to the Salman Rushdie information page.)

April 14
Davis Schneiderman (USA): Multifesto: A Henri d'Mescan Reader and Abecedarium
Introduction: Kent Lehnhof

April 28
Luisa Valenzuela (Argentina): Other Weapons, Strange Things Happen Here: Twenty-six Short Stories and a Novel and The Lizard's Tail
Introduction: Laura Lousteau

May 5
Mike Daily (USA): ALARM and Valley
Introduction: Raymond Federman

JOHN FOWLES