University Book Store presents Brad's Annual Christmas Reading 2024

“It’s fruitcake weather!” For seventeen years beloved bookseller Brad Craft has been reading aloud Truman Capote’s holiday classic, A Christmas Memory at the bookstore. Please join us Monday, December 9th, at 6pm for this edition of Brad’s annual reading which will also feature Brad’s book of personal essays, Plates a Christmas Concatenation. Please come out and show your support for a bookstore holiday tradition!

This event is free to attend, though registration is requested through the link provided. If you have questions about this event, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for supporting your local independent bookstore!

Originally published in 1956, A Christmas Memory is a short story based on Capote's childhood in Alabama. It tells of a young boy who lovingly makes fruitcakes from scratch at Christmastime with his elderly cousin. Now an American holiday classic.

Brad Craft is a beloved bookseller at University Book Store with over 30 years of experience. His passion for literature can be seen on his usedbuyer2.0 blog. Brad is also the gifted author and illustrator of Just a Few Clerihews and The Hat and Other Sentimental Essays, and Plates: A Christmas Concatenation.

Truman Capote (1924-1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas.

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