Opening book on a new ‘day’

The Franklin College English Department will host Hoosier novelist Cathy Day for a reading March 2.

Day will present readings, answer questions and sign books at 7 p.m. in the Richardson Chapel at Franklin College, 101 Branigin Boulevard.

Day is the author of “The Circus in Winter” and “Comeback Season.”

Her stories and essays have appeared in Pank, Ninth Letter, The Millions, Sports Illustrated and North American Review.

Day teaches creative writing at Ball State University and serves as the assistant chair of operations in the department of English.

The event is free and open to the public.

Day’s appearance is part of a visiting writer series hosted by the college and is made possible through a matching grant from Indiana Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts.