Pittsburgh Novel Project

Pittsburgh Novel Project

Room: Conference Room, 3rd Floor | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

After the presentation, attendees are welcome to purchase a book and/or get their book signed.

Pre-registration is extremely helpful for planning purposes, but is not required. Pre-registered attendees will get priority seating in the event of limited seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows. 

Description

Stop by to see how the Pittsburgh Novel Project's website can help you find your next Western PA read. 

This session will be a presentation by one of the creators of the Pittsburgh Novel Project. The Project is an annotated bibliography of all known fiction and drama with a significant use of Pittsburgh or Western Pennsylvania as a location. Works in the Project date back as far as 1792 and continue through 2022. Jake Oresick will share how the books on the list were selected, the project of describing and cataloging every work, and demonstrate how readers can use the site to find their perfect Pittsburgh Novel.

Biography

Jake Oresick is an attorney and the author of “The Schenley Experiment,” a social history of public secondary education in Pittsburgh. With his late father, Peter Oresick—a regional literature scholar, poet, publisher, and professor—Jake coauthored “The Pittsburgh Novel,” an annotated bibliography of all known fiction set in Western Pennsylvania.