UPCOMING EVENTS

 October 20, 2011 - Windsor, CT - Windsor Public Library - author Krysia Jopek will discuss her novel Maps and Shadows. In this stunning debut work based on her family's experience during World War II, Krysia, a multi-published poet who currently teaches English at Westfield State University, takes a fresh stylistic approach to storytelling—writing from four points of view, she fuses a minimalist narrative with lush lyricism. WInner of the Silver Award for Historical Fiction at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards, the premier awards competition in independent publishing. Program runs from 7 pm - 8:30 pm, and will be held at the Windsor Public Library, 323 Broad Street, Windsor, CT 06095, tel: 860-285-1918, www.windsorlibrary.com  Event is free and open to the public.

October 20, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA - Mount St. Mary's College - Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian is one of four panelists at the Vantage Point Forum for Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Past panelists have included Richard Riordan, former Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, and Dan Burnham, Chairman & CEO of Raytheon Company. Open to Mount St. Mary's students and faculty, 1pm at the Campus Center.

November 11, 2011 - Wintergreen, VA - Mountain Women - Alice Waydenfeld Faintich gives a presentation on the Soviet deportations to Siberia of 1.5 million Polish civilians during World War II, based her father Stefan Waydenfeld's book, The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom.

November 12, 2011 - Washington, D.C. - Institute of World Politics - Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian will give a presentation on those marvelous fighter pilots of 303 Squadron, as part of the Fourth Annual Kosciuszko Chair Annual Lecture Series. More info on this event ...

November 18, 2011 - Fairfax, VA - Book Club - Alice Waydenfeld Faintich leads a discussion on her father Stefan Waydenfeld's book, The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom, and its broader historical context of the Soviet deportations to Siberia of 1.5 million Polish civilians during World War II.

November 17-20, 2011 - Washington, D.C. - ASEEES Convention - Aquila Polonica will be one of the exhibitors at the 2011 National Convention of  the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, which will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.  More info on the ASEEES Convention...

November 20, 2011 - Falls Church, VA - No-Name Neighborhood Book Club - Alice Waydenfeld Faintich gives a presentation on the Soviet deportations to Siberia of 1.5 million Polish civilians during World War II, based her father Stefan Waydenfeld's book, The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom.

December 11, 2011 - Holyoke, MA - Barnes & Noble welcomes author Krysia Jopek, at an event presenting her book Maps and Shadows. Open to the public, the more the merrier! Come meet the author and learn more about the book that Historical Novels Review calls "Haunting...recommended." Winner of the Silver Award for Historical Fiction at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards. Barnes & Noble, 7 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, MA 01040,  tel: 413-532-3200. More info and directions...