Colum McCann on his newest novel Apeirogon

An Albany Book Festival featured event presented by the NYS Writers Institute National Book Award winner Colum McCann’s novel Apeirogon has been longlisted for the Booker Prize. Apeirogon is an epic story rooted in the real-life friendship between two men, Palestinian Bassam Aramin and Israeli Rami Elhanan, united by loss. McCann is also the author of TransAtlantic, Let the Great World Spin, and Letters to a Young Writer, among others. Official website: https://www.albanybookfestival.com The NYS Writers Institute continues to support independent local bookstores, and the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza is the sole bookseller for the Albany Book Festival. All featured books can be ordered directly online through this Albany indie bookstore at http://www.bhny.com