SBAI is pleased to announce that author and activist Ru Freeman is the 2014 recipient of our annual Kafka Prize for Fiction for her novel, On Sal Mal Lane!
Join us for the award ceremony in the Welles-Brown room on Thursday, October 23rd at 5:00 pm. No RSVP is necessary for the event which is free and open to the public.
A reading from the novel, book signing, and hors d’oeuvres reception will follow the ceremony. Copies of the award-winning novel will be available for purchase.
Freeman’s novel was selected from over 120 works of fiction by this year’s Kafka Prize committee. “In this haunting novel of a Sri Lankan neighborhood in the years leading up to the country’s civil war, Ru Freeman explores the interactions, small events and increasing national tensions that gradually transform life on Sal Mal Lane,” writes Kathy McGowan, chair of the Kafka Prize committee of the winning novel. Read more about Freeman and her novel here.
We hope to see you on Thursday!