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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices10-8-2012N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at theUniversity of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012Jody RecordUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationRecord, Jody, "N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the University of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012" (2012). UNH Today.4072.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/4072imageTerry Farish, author of “The Good Braider,” will be at the University of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012.October 8, 2012 N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the University of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012DURHAM, N.H. ­ The N.H. Authors Series, hosted by the Friends of Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire, will present novelist Terry Farish Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Dimond Library’s 5th floor reading room. Farish’s newest novel, “The Good Braider,” set in South Sudan and Portland, Maine, tells the story of a teenage girl’s experience of war, dreams, survival, and the African art of braiding hair. During the course of her career as a Red Cross worker in Vietnam, children’s librarian, writer, and director of the N.H. Humanities Council’s literacy program, Farish has honed her compassion for those affected by war and life’s struggles. Her books include “Flower Shadows” and “If the Tiger,” both set in Southeast Asia, and an award­winning children’s book, “The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup.”Through the Humanities Council Farish directs the Bilingual Folktale Project and has worked with the largest group of refugees in New Hampshire, Nepali­speaking people from Bhutan, to produce and publish a Bhutanese folktale in Nepali and English.The NH Authors series is held three times a year, bringing writers to UNH who are New Hampshire natives or who live or teach in the Granite State. Local author Rebecca Rule leads the talks, which take place in front of a live audience for future broadcasting and web streaming on www.nhptv.org/authors. The event is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Register to attend at www.library.unh.edu/friends or call (603) 862­1540. The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world­class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space­grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.­30­Media Contact: Jody Record | 603­862­1462 | UNH Media Relations Copyright © 2018, The University of New Hampshire  •  Durham, NH 03824  •  UNH main directory: (603) 862­1234. Media Relations is a unit of Communications & Public Affairs which is a division of University Advancement. ADA Acknowledgement | Contact the Webmaster | UNH Today | UNH Social Media IndexMedia RelationsPage 1 of 1UNH News: N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the University of New Hampsh...2/6/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/releases/2012/oct/jr08authors.cfm.html

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10-8-2012
N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the
University of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012
Jody Record
UNH Media Relations
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/news
This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has
been accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more
information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.
Recommended Citation
Record, Jody, "N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the University of New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012" (2012). UNH Today.
4072.
https://scholars.unh.edu/news/4072
image
Terry Farish, author of “The Good 
Braider,” will be at the University of 
New Hampshire Oct. 14, 2012.
October 8, 2012 
N. H. Authors Series Presents Terry Farish at the University of New Hampshire 
Oct. 14, 2012
DURHAM, N.H. ­ The N.H. Authors Series, hosted by the 
Friends of Dimond Library at the University of New 
Hampshire, will present novelist Terry Farish Sunday, 
Oct. 14, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Dimond Library’s 5th floor 
reading room. Farish’s newest novel, “The Good 
Braider,” set in South Sudan and Portland, Maine, tells 
the story of a teenage girl’s experience of war, dreams, 
survival, and the African art of braiding hair. 
During the course of her career as a Red Cross worker in 
Vietnam, children’s librarian, writer, and director of the N.H. Humanities Council’s literacy program, 
Farish has honed her compassion for those affected by war and life’s struggles. Her books include 
“Flower Shadows” and “If the Tiger,” both set in Southeast Asia, and an award­winning children’s 
book, “The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup.”
Through the Humanities Council Farish directs the Bilingual Folktale Project and has worked with the 
largest group of refugees in New Hampshire, Nepali­speaking people from Bhutan, to produce and 
publish a Bhutanese folktale in Nepali and English.
The NH Authors series is held three times a year, bringing writers to UNH who are New Hampshire 
natives or who live or teach in the Granite State. Local author Rebecca Rule leads the talks, which 
take place in front of a live audience for future broadcasting and web streaming on 
www.nhptv.org/authors. The event is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Register to 
attend at www.library.unh.edu/friends or call (603) 862­1540. 
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world­class public research university with 
the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space­grant university, UNH is the 
state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.
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Media Contact: Jody Record | 603­862­1462 | UNH Media Relations 
Copyright © 2018, The University of New Hampshire  •  Durham, NH 03824  •  UNH main directory: (603) 862­1234. 
Media Relations is a unit of Communications & Public Affairs which is a division of University Advancement. 
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