From the author of The Art of Travel and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes a thought-provoking look at the peculiar position that news has achieved in our lives. In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton mixes snippets of current news with philosophical reflections, blending the timeless with the contemporary.

Alain de Botton will be interviewed by Brian Stelter, the host of Reliable Sources, which examines the week's top media stories every Sunday morning on CNN/U.S., and the senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide.

--The interview, taped by public television (KET), will feature an hour's dialogue between the author and interviewer.

EVENING SCHEDULE:

5:00 PM - Carmichael's Book Sale - Wine & Cheese provided by Brown-Forman

6:00 PM - Interview in the Bomhard Theater

7:00 PM - Audience Q & A

A $20 ticket includes the above three events

8:30 PM - Dinner in honor of the Author

A $110* package ticket includes the above three events plus dinner with author & interviewer

*$50 deductible, with proceeds to nonprofit Kentucky Author Forum - contact Kentucky Author Forum for info.