Experience level: All ages
Enjoy tales of suspense and the supernatural, set within rural communities, at an Author Talk with Ron Erskine on Wednesday, February 10 from 6:00-8:00 pm. in the Mansion Library.
Erskine will blend history, storytelling, and his personal experience as a veterinarian in an insular Amish community in central Pennsylvania. He will then discuss his latest suspense novel, The Coigreach, which takes place at Allerton. The novel follows a young traveler working as a farmhand, who discovers a nearby estate with unsettling sculptures and old gardens, where something ancient and watchful begins to stir. He will share readings of select passages, as well as a Q&A and book-signing.
For more details about Erskine, his writing, and summaries of his books, please visit strayvoltagepress.com.
$10/person. Register here. Registration closes February 8 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.
Learn more about the space where your course will take place here. If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email owarren@illinois.edu.
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About the Author:
Author and veterinarian, RJ Erskine, served on the faculty at Michigan State University for 30 years. In his suspense novels, he relies on personal experiences while practicing among an Amish community in Pennsylvania, and how crises brought about by natural forces and human depravity impacted their lives. His fifth book, Stories from Michigan’s Changing Rural Landscape, is a collection of essays and photographs based on interviews with small business owners and farmers who strive to make a living in an age of consolidation. The author lives on a small slice of pastoral Michigan with his wife and misbehaving cats
About the Farms
The Farms: An Allerton Folk School, offers classes, workshops, and gatherings focusing on art, outdoor education, science, storytelling, and wellness. All experiences value hands-on, experiential teaching and learning, and are facilitated by and for the members of the community.
