Salon on Stockton: A Little Literary Festival In Princeton Welcomes Neal Ascherson, Christopher Dickey, Sally Magnusson And Lynne Olson

Salon on Stockton: A Little Literary Festival in Princeton, a collaboration between Morven Museum & Garden and the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) returns for third year for two days on Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15.

In the intimate setting of CTI's Luce Hall, the two institutions bring together four celebrated authors - Neal Ascherson, Christopher Dickey, Sally Magnusson and Lynne Olson - to talk about their published novels, historical non-fiction, and journalistic work. Tickets are $10 per session; $30 for an all-day pass. To reserve tickets, visit morven.org/salon-on-stockton.

For tickets, visit www.morven.org; call (609) 924-8144, ext.133; or email kkolvites@morven.org.

THE SCHEDULE:

Friday, April 13

5:30 PM at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton

Salon on Stockton kicks off on Friday, April 13, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, at Morven Museum & Garden with a meet-the-authors reception and informal panel titled "Covering War: Journalists in Conversation" with authors Neal Ascherson and Christopher Dickey, as well as the veteran journalist Stanley Cloud, the former Saigon and White House Bureau Chief at TIME magazine. Reception tickets are $50 and includes an all-day pass for Saturday, April 14.

Saturday, April 14

Luce Hall at Center of Theological Inquiry, 50 Stockton Street, Princeton

10 AM

Scottish author and BBC journalist Sally Magnusson will discuss, with CTI Director Will Storrar, her first work of fiction about the 17th century Icelandic slave raids by Algerian corsairs. Magnusson regularly reports for the BBC on world affairs. She was recently named Scotswoman of the Year by The Evening Times. Magnusson will, once again, serve as the discussion facilitator with the other authors.

11:30 AM

Award-winning author Christopher Dickey, the Paris-based world news editor for The Daily Beast tells the true story of a UK diplomat and secret agent at secession's epicenter. It forever changes our view of the Civil War. Previously he worked for The Daily Beast and Newsweek as Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Editor, and before that for The Washington Post as Cairo Bureau Chief and Central America Bureau Chief. Dickey reports regularly on war-torn Syria and Iraq and appears as a commentator on CNN and MSNBC. He is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Our Man in Charleston and Summer of Deliverance, plus two novels.

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch

A box lunch provided by Jammin' Crepes can be pre-ordered for $12 and will be served across the street in the Garden Room at Morven. Please order by April 10.

1:30 - 2:30 PM

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Lynne Olson. Olson has written a multitude of books about World War II including her latest,Last Hope Island, which focuses on the governments, citizens, and military that migrated to London while their countries were under Nazi occupation. Olson is a former White House Bureau Chief and has work as a reporter for the AP stationed in Moscow.

3:00 - 4:00 PM

British-based journalist and author Neal Ascherson, an expert on Poland and Eastern Europe. Ascherson is the author of a range of nonfiction works, and is currently visiting professor at University College London. He has just written his first novel, The Death of the Fronsac, a tale of intrigue and identity set mostly during World War II. Ascherson writes regularly for The Guardian.

At the conclusion of Neal Ascherson's session, all the authors, led CTI Will Storrar and Sally Magnusson will come together for a group conversation.

The bookstall is provided by Labyrinth Books.

Salon on Stockton is presented as part of The Princeton Migration Project, a community-wide investigation of the theme of migration taking place throughout Princeton from February through May, 2018. Spearheaded by the Princeton University Art Museum, the project includes exhibitions, panels, performances, lectures, workshops, and community actions presented by more than 20 community partners and a host of campus organizations. For more information and a full schedule of all Princeton Migrations Projects visit www.princetonmigrations.org.

The Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) is an independent research institution with a visiting scholar program in Princeton, NJ. It was founded in 1978 as a nonprofit corporation of the State of New Jersey. It is governed by a Board of Trustees and advised by an Academic Panel of eminent scholars and scientists. CTI invites theologians, religion scholars, and researchers in the humanities and sciences to apply for membership of its resident seminars on global concerns. For general questions about Salon on Stockton, please contact Dr. Will Storrar at salon@ctinquiry.or or (609) 683-4797.

Situated on five pristine acres in this university town, Morven is a short walk from the Princeton Campus. The museum boasts a growing collection of fine and decorative arts, including loans from the Boudinot Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum. Morven's second floor galleries serve as a changing exhibit space with new shows opening every few months that celebrates the cultural heritage of New Jersey.

For more than 200 years Morven has played a role in the history of New Jersey and the nation. Originally part of a 5,500-acre tract purchased from William Penn in 1701 by the Stockton family, it became the site of the home of Richard Stockton, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. As well as serving as a Stockton homestead into the 20th century, Morven was also home to Robert Wood Johnson and his family, and eventually five New Jersey governors. In 1982, the New Jersey Governor's Mansion was relocated to nearby Drumthwacket and Morven began its conversion to a museum and opened to the public in 2004.

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