The Writers Life

The Troy Public Libary is presenting “The Writing Life”, a discussion with Steven Leibo of the Sage Colleges on challenges that face writers in the 21st century.

The author of both non-fiction and fiction books including Beyond the Heavenly Kingdom which is set in part in Troy in the 1870s, Leibo is a commentator on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

This special event takes place on  October 16th, at 6:00pm. For more information contact Stephanie Dudek at the Troy Public Library at 518-274-7071

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.