Dramatic Reading of The Etruscan by Richard B. Simon and Lauren Grosskopf

Although author Linda Lappin lives in Italy, we're thrilled to be celebrating her newest novel The Etruscan with a dramatic reading by two Bellinghamsters! Don't miss this amazing event! The author will join us on Zoom, followed by a fifteen-minute reading with Lauren and Rich.

In Lappin's prize-winning, literary gothic tale, the tantalizing love story between American heroine Harriet Sackett and the enigmatic Count Federigo, self-proclaimed Etruscan spirit, is played out in 1922 against the backdrop of eerie Etruscan tombs, boar-infested woods, and elegant Tuscan villas. The mystery at the heart of Harriet's experience draws the reader on: who is Federigo del Re? Noble lover, unscrupulous conman, Etruscan ghost, village shaman, or simply the product of Harriet's delusion? Lappin keeps the suspense pulled taut till the very last page.

A former Fulbright scholar to Italy, Linda Lappin has lived mainly in Rome and Tuscia for over thirty years. In 2023, Pleasure Boat Studio published a deluxe, illustrated, paperback edition of Signatures in Stone to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Bomarzo Park of Monsters. The 2024 publication of The Etruscan by Pleasure Boat Studio is the first U.S. print edition of this book and the first paperback edition in any country. The author is at work on volume 3 of her Tuscia trilogy—Melusine—set in the area of Lake Bolsena, and featuring Daphne DuBlanc, heroine of Signatures in Stone. Her website is www.lindalappin.net. Follow her on Substack at LL in Italy https://lindalappin.substack.com/ Instagram @linda_lappin_author

Lauren Grosskopf is a native Seattleite. She has been the publisher of Pleasure Boat Studio: A Nonprofit Literary Press since 2017. She creates book and cover designs for Pleasure Boat, as well as for other authors and some covers for Empty Bowl Press. She enjoys this work, occasionally making art and hanging with her 13 year old daughter, Maude and other friends and family.

Richard Simon is an adjunct literary professor at Fairhaven and has been a music journalist for Rolling Stone in the past.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, United States