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  • Deborah Sosin in “Mortified” live

    WBUR City Space 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

    Join WBUR and Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) reading from her childhood diaries on "Moritified"-- a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts as shared by their original authors in front […]

    $25

  • Self-Portrait in an Ekphrastic Mirror with Michael Mercurio (Workshop)

    Online Event

    As a visual artist, writing about your own work - whether it's an artist statement, exhibition placards, or grant proposals - can be a challenge. Ekphrastic poetry (a.k.a. poetry inspired by visual art) can help you think differently about the process. This 3-hour virtual workshop will include time reading and analyzing ekphrastic poems together, followed […]

    $150

  • Author Talk – P. O’Connell Pearson

    City of Fairfax Regional Library 10360 North St, Fairfax, Virginia, United States

    Local author and historian P. (Patty) O'Connell Pearson (WFYP, June 2015) will be visiting the City of Fairfax Regional Library to talk about her newest book, No Ordinary Women: How Progressive Era Reformers Reshaped America.  This book, recommended for ages 10 and up, details a period of time defined by rampant inequality. Through grassroots movements, people remade American […]

    Free

  • Boston Gordon in Poet Palooza

    Pentridge Station 5116 Pentridge Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Join Boston Gordon (Poetry, January 2015) and his fellow poets at the "You Can't Kill a Poet Palooza" for a poetry marathon and dance party. Enjoy an incredible lineup of poets, goods from local vendors, You Can’t Kill a Poet merch, and a live DJ. This is a free outdoor event.

    Free

  • Blaze Orange: Author Talk with Allison Keeton

    Bristol Area Library 619 Old County Road, Pemaquid, Maine, United States

    Visit the Bristol Area Library in Maine to join Allison Keeton (WFYP, January 2009) and author Matt Cost in conversation about Allison's latest entry in her mystery series, Blaze Orange.

    Free

  • Writing About Illness with Grace & Humor with Sharisse Zeroonian

    Wickford Art Association 36 Beach St, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States

    Instructor: Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS, January 2024) Health and illness; it’s an inescapable part of life. But sometimes, it can be hard to write about. How do we do so in an emotionally balanced, powerful, and sensitive way? Come join this fun, interactive workshop to learn how! Students will:

    $65

  • The Drop In Salon with Stephanie Willing

    The Rat NYC 68-117 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States

    Stephanie Willing (WFYP, June 2017) will be treating the Drop In Salon audience to an exclusive reading from one of her marvelous novels.

    Free

  • Making a Mystery with Allison Keeton

    Southport Memorial Library 1032 Hendricks Hill Rd, Southport, Maine, United States

    Visit the Southport Memorial Library in Maine for an interactive event with Allison Keeton (WFYP, January 2009). Audience participation encouraged!

    Free

  • Author Talk with Maida Korte

    Newtonville Books 10 Langley Rd, Newton, Massachusetts, United States

    Join author Maida Korte (Nonfiction) in conversation with fellow writer and Lesley alum, Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015), about Korte's new memoir Gutted: How An Old House Remodeled Me.

    Free

  • A Staged Reading of Eyes Shut. Door Open. by Cassie Seinuk

    The Tank 312 W 36th St, New York, New York, United States

    Gods and monsters don't need an invitation. Neither do brothers. Eyes Shut. Door Open. is a psychological horror play dressed in the glamour of the New York art scene. TURNER STREET has everything — the paintings, the opening, the girl. What he doesn't have is an exit from his past. Not with Palmer at the […]

    $33

  • Author Talk with Maida Korte

    The Book Cellar 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join author Maida Korte (Nonfiction) for an in-person discussion about her latest book, Gutted: How An Old House Remodeled Me.

    Free

  • The TPL Author Interview Series with Matt Cost and Allison Keeton

    Topsham Public Library 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, Maine, United States

    Join local author, Matt Cost, in conversation with mystery author, Allison Keeton (WFYP, January 2009).  Allison Keeton writes the Midcoast Maine Mystery series through Level Best Books. Book Three, Lobster Red, launches in February 2027. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University […]

    Free