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Diana in Sheffield!

Sheffield Hallam University in association with Off the Shelf An evening with Diana GabaldonMonday 18 January 2010 at 6.30 for 7pm, Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University Top selling American novelist Diana Gabaldon is our first New Year speaker. Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling, Outlander novels. She will launch the latest book in the series in Europe by making a trip to Sheffield.Diana is the great, great granddaughter of Sheffield artist Godfrey Sykes, who in 1856 was deputy principal of the Sheffield College of Design which is now part of Sheffield Hallam University. His famous Minerva Frieze has been restored by Sheffield Hallam University and Museums Sheffield, which is currently on display in the Furnival building, City Campus, and Diana will be giving a lecture as part of the University’s retrospective on his work. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. To book, please click the link Diana Gabaldon or visit www.shu.ac.uk/events/ [Just in case that first link isn’t hot–it’s http://arum.lits.shu.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1530 ]