Writer's on the NE Stage begins 2010: With The Blind Side currently a #1 NY Times Bestseller, Michael Lewis steps forward to present his new work THE BIG SHORT: Inside the Doomsday Machine  

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Wednesday, April 7 at 7:30pm
Portsmouth, NH 

Writers on New England Stage announced that journalist and author Michael Lewis will take the stage on Wednesday, April 7. Lewis is the author of the scathing Wall Street expose Liar’s Poker as well as other investigative nonfiction books, Moneyball (about baseball), The Blind Side (about football), and The New New Thing (about Silicon Valley). Lewis will present his new book, THE BIG SHORT: Inside the Doomsday Machine.

In this new book, Lewis gives a character-rich and darkly humorous account of how the U.S. economy "was driven over the cliff" by a collection of professionals entrenched in the financial world. NH Public Radio reporter Jon Greenberg (once a Washington reporter at National Public Radio and now Executive Editor of NHPR) will conduct the interview. House band Dreadnaught willl perform. The live show will be rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio.

"Among journalists, Michael Lewis is top notch. Those who’ve read his work know his humor is deeply perceptive and his insights people and business are truly illuminating," said Writers on a New England Stage Associate Producer Margaret Talcott.

"He’s a wonderful addition to the spring roster for the series which, until now, has focused on fiction and women authors, including Jodi Picoult on March 31 and Isabel Allende on May 5."

About Writers on a New England Stage

Writers on a New England Stage was created by executive producer Patricia Lynch, also executive director of The Music Hall, and is presented in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio and in collaboration with Yankee Magazine and Portsmouth’s independent RiverRun Bookstore. Since 2005, the series has spotlighted a broad range of celebrated authors including Alan Alda, Mitch Albom, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dan Brown, Barbara Kingsolver, E.L. Doctorow, Anita Diamant, Madeleine Albright, the late John Updike, Wally Lamb, Greg Mortenson, and Cokie Roberts, among many others. 

Ticket and book purchases / High School and Book Club guests 

Tickets for Writers on a New England Stage: Michael Lewis will go on sale to Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio members on Friday, February 5, at noon. The public can purchase beginning Friday, February 12. Tickets for the evening are available through The Music Hall Box Office, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603-436-2400, or on www.themusichall.org.

Autographed copies of Lewis’s new book THE BIG SHORT, available on the evening at The Music Hall or the day after at RiverRun Bookstore, are $25.15 when reserved in advance through the purchase of a voucher. Advance vouchers can be purchased through The Music Hall box office and at RiverRun Bookstore at 20 Congress Street in downtown Portsmouth. Autographed books, as available, can be purchased on the evening for the full retail price of $27.95.

Patrons who want to read the book in advance of the event and also want a discount can buy an unsigned copy as soon as RiverRun Bookstore has them available. The 10% discount price will be in effect when they show their ticket to the author’s Writers on a New England Stage evening.

At each Writers event, The Music Hall hosts local high school students selected by their teachers. The Music Hall also invites local book clubs to come for the evening and take part in a drawing to attend a backstage reception and book signing with the author. For more information on how to join the Writers on a New England Stage book club list and drawing, email