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ACM Global Laboratories Presents: Beer Tasting Fundraiser: Friday, May 18th

Mar 26th, 2018 at 10:35 AM

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Presented by ACM Global Laboratories: On the evening of Friday, May 18th from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, The Gates Public Library and Writers & Books will host an evening of food, an assortment of beer tasting provided by Beers of the World, and silent auction prizes. What's more Nationally recognized author Tim Wendel will speak to attendees about his newest non-fiction book, "Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia," and writing in general.

"Cancer Crossings" is a deeply personal book about the doctors whose research at Roswell Park in Buffalo, New York changed the survival rate for childhood leukemia from 10 percent in 1966 to 90 percent, what it is today.

Tickets are on sale online at the drop-down menu below, and will be mailed to you. They will also be available at the checkout desk starting Wednesday, March 28th. One ticket is $25.00, and two tickets are $40.00

Tim Wendel, a Western New York Native, is the author of 13 books (novels and narrative nonfiction) and a writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University.

His books include the "Summer of '68," "High Heat," "Red Rain" and "Castro's Curveball." His writing has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, Gargoyle, Washingtonian, GQ and Esquire.

Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss calls Wendel's work "a winning mix of science, biography and mythology." The New York Times, in an Editor's Choice Selection, describes his writing as "sensitive and scrupulous."

His new book, "Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia," will be released in Spring 2018.

Kyle Semmel, Executive Director of Writers & Books, is a writer and literary translator whose work has appeared in numerous publications. He has translated 12 books, including, most recently, Thomas Rydahl's The Hermit. He is the recipient of numerous grants from the Danish Arts Foundation and a 2016 NEA Literary Translation Fellow.

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