Robert Reddick to read at Bates

Novelist Robert Reddick will read from his work in progress, titled The Labyrinth of Wind, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, in the Special Collections Room of Ladd Library. The public is invited to attend the Readings with Bates Authors presentation free of charge.

Reddick, who is pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., has worked for a tropical research and sustainable development firm and earned a master’s in Latin American conservation and development from the University of Florida. He also has taught secondary school in Colombia and conducted field research in Argentina and Chile.

Next in the Readings with Bates Authors series will be noted attorney, art critic, essayist and children’s book author Philip Isaacson at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Special Collections room of Ladd Library.