FARMINGTON—Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the internationally best-selling novel “Remember Me Like This,” which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year,  is the first reader in this year’s Visiting Writers Series at the University of Maine at Farmington. Johnston will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a meet-and-greet with the author.

In the “New York Times Book Review,” novelist Eleanor Henderson called “Remember Me Like This” “enthralling” and “gorgeous,” and she argued that the novel sets a standard for authors.

 The book has been translated around the world and is being made into a major motion picture.  Johnston is also the author of the award-winning “Corpus Christi: Stories,” which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Independent (London) and The Irish Times, and is the editor of “Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer.” 

Johnston teaches in the Bennington Writing Seminars and at Harvard University where he is the director of creative writing.