Press / Reviews
Upcoming Appearances
In the press...
- May 18, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
The Center for Inquiry of Long Island
- April 16, 2007 @ tba
Lecture/Book-signing
Meriden Public Library
Meriden, CT
February 2007
- “Remembering Hypatia” enjoys a special book unveiling at Barnes and Noble
Booksellers at Union Square in New York.
January 2007
December 2006
- The Sex Show with Silky Shrew interviews Trent for an episode on Hypatia
and women living under theocratic regimes.
November 2006
- The Groton Public Library
features author for their annual Author Night for a book-signing and discussion.
October 2006
September 2006
 Remembering Hypatia is awarded the prestigious Publisher's Choice designation from the publisher.
August 2006
- The celebrated political website DailyKOS has a front page
feature on Remembering Hypatia for their Science Friday column. The piece by
editor DarkSyde examines the loss of knowledge and progressive thinking to
intolerant fundamentlism. Author Brian Trent posts a reply to the article as
well.
- Publisher iUniverse announces Remembering Hypatia is one of their three
top-selling titles for the month of August.
July 2006
- Brian Trent is interviewed for a two-hour segment on Missouri-based
RadiOrbit with host Mike Hagan.
- Publisher iUniverse announces Remembering Hypatia is one of their three
top-selling titles for the month of July.
June 2006
- Trent is a featured guest on WBAI (99.5 FM New York)
Freethought Radio, and on The Infidel Guy Talk Show podcast.
Listen to the podcast.
May 2006
- The Annual Burgundy Books Festival in East Haddam Village features author
for book-signing on May 7th and for an author panel during the May 27th
CSPAN 2 visit to Connectic
April 2006
March 2006
- Radio host RJ Evans of Oklahoma-based Shocknet Radio
interviews Brian Trent and praised Remembering Hypatia
repeatedly throughout the segment. http://www.shocknetradio.com/
- Middletown’s Russell Library features author for
a Special Presentation for Women’s History Month,
and “Books Over Coffee” series at the Stratford
Library has Trent for an in-depth discussion on the history,
characters, and writing process behind the book.
February 2006
- On Litchfield County’s popular radio program “Between the Covers” (WAPJ 89.9 FM and 105.1 FM), host Joseph Montebello praised Remembering Hypatia during a live, one-hour interview with Brian Trent.
- The Farmington Library, the Whistle Stop Book Shop in Stratford, and Litchfield’s Oliver-Wolcott Library feature Trent for lecture/signings.
January 2006
- “This is an absolutely wonderful historical fiction novel with an almost lyrical rhythm to the writing. . . marvelous detailed description of people and places. . . Hypatia and her contemporaries are captivating. . . This author is extremely talented. . . This book deserves to be read by historical fiction enthusiasts.”
-- Writer’s Digest (13th annual International Self-Published Book Awards Commentary)
- Trent hosts lectures/signings at the Hamden and East Lyme Public Libraries.
December 2005
- Historical-novels.com features Remembering Hypatia: Trent, Brian. Remembering Hypatia [4th-5th centuries A.D.]. Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher, the visionary Hypatia moves gracefully through the male-dominated corridors of power in late-Roman Egypt, but finds herself caught in a lethal struggle between Church and State.
http://www.historical-novels.com/rome9e.html
- Trent hosts lectures/signings at Waterbury’s John Bale Bookstore and the Ridgefield Public Library.
November 2005
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Korean publishing powerhouse KungRee signs deal with Brian Trent, to produce a Korean-translation edition of Remembering Hypatia, for publication in late 2006.
October 2005
- The Yale Bookstore features Brian Trent for a special program during
National Banned Books Week. Addressing a standing-room-only gathering, Trent
spoke on his novel, on censorship, and gave live readings alongside his
book-signing. The Yale Bookstore Author Series called Trent's novel "a
riveting character study and a haunting vision of an enlightened society on
the brink of the Dark Ages." The event was held on October 1st.
September 2005
August 2005
June 2005
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Remembering Hypatia receives the publisher’s Reader’s Choice Award, a designation based on growing sales and positive reviews.
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The Connecticut Business Journal interviews the author about challenges in the literary marketplace, inspirations, and accomplishments to date.
May 2005
“Remembering Hypatia is an exciting and shocking piece of historical fiction. . . contains polarities in religious and political/educational thinking, which are hauntingly similar to what we see in the United States and the world today. . . a heart-wrenching tragedy.”
April 2005
"Remembering Hypatia," by Brian Trent, (2005). This is a historical novel about Hypatia, a woman teacher, inventor, and scientist at the Museum of Alexandria which was near or in the Great Library of Alexandria. She was assassinated in 413 or 414 CE (sources differ) by a Christian mob on orders of the Archbishop who was later made a saint. According to Wikipedia, "Hypatia clearly lived during a power struggle between pagans and tolerant Christians on the one side, and dogmatic Christians who demanded the final destruction of paganism on the other. Hypatia herself was a pagan..." This event more than any other marked the descent of Europe into the Dark Ages.
February 2005
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Remembering Hypatia receives the Editor’s Choice Award 2005 from the publisher:
“Clever writing. . . [Brian Trent has] done a great job of taking basic historical facts, and created a novel around them that is at once informative, compelling, and interesting. . . lush and evocative.” Editor’s Choice, iUniverse
Remembering Hypatia in the Press
Quotes:
" I'm not usually into historical books but this is a read I must recommend to anyone..." skepticfriends.org
“Clever writing. . . [Brian Trent has] done a great job of taking basic historical facts, and created a novel around them that is at once informative, compelling, and interesting. . . lush and evocative.” Editor’s Choice, iUniverse
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