Please Join Us for an Evening with Award-Winning Author Ben Shattuck

April 14, 2026

5-6pm Reception and Book Signing
6-7pm Reading and Q&A
Bridgewater State University
Dana Mohler Faria Math and Sciences Building
Ground floor auditorium, Room 120

The English department at Bridgewater State University is pleased to welcome author Ben Shattuck for a reception, reading, and book signing. Shattuck’s award-winning book The History of Sound (2024) is a stunning collection of interwoven short stories all set in New England, many in southeastern Massachusetts, the cape, and the islands, between the 1600s and the present day. Two stories from the collection were adapted into the 2025 film of the same title, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. Shattuck’s first book, Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau (2022), was listed as a “best book” by the New Yorker, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a visual artist, as well as proprietor of the oldest general store in America, built in 1793, on the south coast of Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and daughter. This event is open to the public.

For questions, please contact Professor Heidi Bean, [email protected].