The University of Wyoming will host an event titled “There is Happiness: Celebrating the Life of Brad Watson” Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. in Room 506 of Coe Library. Those who are not able to attend in person will have the option to attend online via Wyocast here: https://bit.ly/ThereIsHappiness

The event, which honors late UW creative writing Professor Brad Watson, is co-sponsored by UW Libraries, the Department of English, the Creative Writing Program and the Honors College. The event will feature Watson’s former students Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Caleb Johnson and Jenny Tinghui Zhang, as well as his friend, Joy Williams, who will read from Watson’s book “There Is Happiness,” a posthumous collection of new and selected stories, published in July.

Moderated by Alyson Hagy, a UW professor of English and creative writing, a question-and-answer session will follow the readings.

Copies of Watson’s “There Is Happiness,” in addition to the featured speakers’ books, will be available for sale by the University Store after the event.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. For more information about the event, email Hagy at ahagy@uwyo.edu.