Novelists Haley Tanner (Vaclav & Lena) and Alexi Zentner (Touch) will be on hand for a joint discussion about setting in fiction and the pros and cons of real places vs. imaginary locales.

In Vaclav & Lena, Tanner shows readers New York (specifically Brighton Beach and Coney Island) from the eyes of two Russian-immigrant children — a place of wonder and magic as well as confusion and grief. In Zentner’s imaginary Sawgamet, real magic and mystery lurk in the woods.

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