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An Evening of Magical Stories with Zuni Chopra
April 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
Yolo County Library, the Yolo County Library Foundation, and Stories on Stage Davis will present a free evening of magical realism stories featuring author Zuni Chopra on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Davis. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the event starts at 7:30 p.m.
First, a local high school actor (TBD) will read the winning story of our high school writing contest “Dream. Write. Enchant.” The contest is open to all Yolo County 9th-12th grade students until January 20, 2024. Find more information about the contest on the submission page: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/magicalrealismcontest.
Second, an established local actor (TBD) will read an excerpt from Zuni Chopra’s novel The House that Spoke. Following the reading, Dr. Andy Jones will moderate a Q&A with Chopra. Chopra’s novel will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Zuni Chopra is a 22-year-old Indian author with four published works. She released her first collection of poetry at the age of 9 and her debut novel, The House That Spoke, at 15. She is most interested in magical realism and blurring the lines between our reality and our imagination. Her favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Madeline Miller, T.S. Eliot, and Lewis Carroll. She is currently an undergraduate at Stanford University, pursuing a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing.
Hosting the event is Dr. Andy Jones, who teaches at UC Davis and serves as academic associate director of Academic Technology Services. As a poet laureate emeritus of Davis, he hosts Stories on Stage Davis and the Poetry and Technology Hour on the KDVS radio station and leads the Poetry Night Reading Series at the Natsoulas Gallery.
To register for the event, go to http://tinyurl.com/eveningofmagicalstories2024.
For more information, visit the Library’s website (https://yolocountylibrary.org) or Facebook (www.facebook.com/yolocountylibrary.org) and Instagram (@yolocountylibrary) feeds. Find Stories on Stage Davis at http://storiesonstagedavis.com or www.facebook.com/storiesonstagedavis. Stories on Stage Davis is a fiscally sponsored project of YoloArts and supported by the 2022 City of Davis Arts Grant.