Eliza Barry Callahan. Photo by E. Josey
Written Arts Program Presents
A Reading with Eliza Barry Callahan
Winner of the 2026 Bard Fiction Prize
Monday, October 5, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
On Monday, October 5 at 5:30pm in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Reem-Kayden Center, Bard Fiction Prize winner Eliza Barry Callahan will read from her work. This reading is free and open to the public. 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Eliza Barry Callahan is a writer and filmmaker from New York, NY. Her debut novel, The Hearing Test, published in Spring 2024 (Catapult) was a finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Awar and longlisted for Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Her fiction and writing about art has appeared in The Paris Review, Bomb, frieze, and The Drift. Her 20 minute directorial debut, ‘The Non-Actor’, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2025. She was a 2023 New York Foundation of The Arts Fellow and currently teaches a seminar on artist writings and ekphrasis at Columbia University.
Read more about Eliza Barry Callahan's work here.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium