Christine Hale


Margot Livesey says, “Christine Hale effortlessly transports her readers to Bermuda, not the Bermuda of tourism - bright flowers and blue seas - but a fiercely complicated place where political, racial and romantic passions run high. In a manner reminiscent of Graham Greene in The Quiet American, Hale braids together romance and politics as her heroine, the white American, Lucy Langston, and her hero, the black politician, Marcus Passjohn, struggle to keep their footing in this dangerous place. Page by beautiful page the suspense builds to an inevitable and shattering crisis. Basil's Dream is an ambitious, absorbing and important novel.”

Events

March 18, 2010
VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK
"Women in Transition: Novels of Change"
10:00 a.m.
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

December 11, 2009
Book signing, 4-5 p.m.
Malaprop's Bookstore
Asheville, NC

November 14, 2009
Reading and Workshop
1-2:30 p.m.
Osondu Booksellers
Waynesville, NC

October 13, 2009
Tuesday Club
4:00 p.m.
Davidson, NC

October 11, 2009
"Word Play," hosted by Jeff Davis
archived at www.ashevillefm.org
Asheville, NC

September 25, 2009
Inkwood Books
6 p.m.
Tampa, FL

September 23, 2009
University of Tampa
Host: Sigma Tau Delta
8 p.m.
Tampa, FL

September 22, 2009
University of South Florida
(USF-Tampa CHE 217)
7:30 p.m.
Tampa, FL

September 20, 2009
Malaprops Bookstore
3:00 p.m.
Asheville, NC

September 5, 2009
The Women's Show - "From a Woman's Point of View"
WMNF 88.5 Community Radio
Tampa, FL
10:30 a.m.

June 8, 2009
Bibliophillies Book Club
7:30 p.m.
Cleveland, TN

May 28, 2009
Piper Glen Book Club
Charlotte, NC

May 17, 2009
Release Party, 6-8 p.m.
Warren Wilson College Pavilion
Swannanoa, NC

May 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Seattle, WA

May 9, 2009
Blue Ridge Book & Author Showcase
Hendersonville, NC
blueridgebookfest.org

May 8, 2009
8 p.m., Sage Cafe
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC

February 13, 2009, 1 p.m.
AWP Bookfair Chicago, IL

January 6, 2009
Murray State University
Murray, KY

















Selected Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

Fiction
Basil's Dream
A novel of love, lies and struggles of conscience, set in Bermuda
Creative Nonfiction
A Christmas Tattoo
Excerpt from memoir-in-progress
The Loving Cup
Excerpt from memoir-in-progress