Truro, MA -  Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill will host Writing the Outer Cape, a virtual discussion featuring three authors whose new novels are set in Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet. The discussion, on August 12 at 6 pm, will be moderated by Mindy Todd, the host and producer of WCAI Radio’s The Point. Tickets to access the online talk are $10, with proceeds going to support Truro Center for the Arts. Register here.

The three novelists featured are: Jamie Brenner, whose new novel Summer Longing is a story of motherhood and second chances in Provincetown; Christina Clancy, whose debut novel The Second Home delves into estranged siblings as they navigate the inheritance of a summer house in Wellfleet; and Karen Dukess, whose debut novel The Last Book Party follows a young woman from the publishing world of New York City to a literary enclave in Truro during the summer of 1987.

The authors will talk about their novels, the art of fiction, and what drew them to depicting this unique and rugged landscape as well as the locals and visitors who contribute to the character of the Outer Cape. In support of the event, the Wellfleet Marketplace will give registered ticket holders a 15 percent discount on signed editions of each novel.

“We’re thrilled to host this celebration of the Outer Cape Writers and host a Zoom Event to support them and their new books! Says, Cherie Mittenthal, Executive Artistic Director

About the authors:

Jamie Brenner is the author of five novels, including the national bestseller The Forever Summer, also set in Provincetown. She studied literature at The George Washington University before moving to New York City to work at HarperCollins Publishers, then later Barnes & Noble.com and Vogue.com before becoming an author. People Magazine calls Summer Longing “a delightful escape wherever you are.” Jamie divides her time between New York City and Provincetown.

Christina Clancy’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Sun Magazine and in literary journals, including Glimmer Train, Pleiades and Hobart. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In a starred review, Booklist called The Second Home “a riveting family saga.”

Karen Dukess has been a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia and, for nearly a decade, a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations Development Programme. She has a degree in Russian Studies from Brown University and a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. The New York Times Book Review called The Last Book Party a “spare, bittersweet page-turner.”

For more information or for questions, please contact: Cherie@castlehill.org or call 508-349-7511 To