Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award Competition

On Thursday, November 5th, at 6pm, at the BPL’s Central Library in Copley Square, the Associates of the Boston Public Library will present our annual Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award competition, weighing the enduring literary merits of bestsellers published in 1915.

Contenders for this year’s prize are John Buchan’sThe Thirty-Nine Steps, P.G. Wodehouse’s Psmith, Journalist, and Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier. The books will be defended by Peter Keough, James Parker, and Alan Andres. WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti will moderate the irreverent debate, after which the audience will vote to determine the winner of the Retroactive Book Award of 1915. A reception with the panelists will follow.

Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis on the night of the event; but for planning purposes, please RSVP for this free event at www.BookAward.Eventbrite.com.