Books & Books is proud to present a Romantasy Panel featuring the works of Axie Oh (WFYP, June 2017) and D.L. Taylor, and Mary E. Pearson. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase the night of the event. RSVP requested. About The Authors Axie Oh is the New […]
Eagle Eye Book Shop is partnering with Fierce Reads to host three amazing authors- Mary E. Pearson, Axie Oh (WFYP, June 2017), and D.L. Taylor. The conversation will be moderated by Librarian Jessi Dunlap. About the Authors Mary E. Pearson is the author of many novels for teens, including Dance of Thieves, Vow of Thieves, the […]
Join the St. Charles City-County Library for the Fierce Reads Sour and Sweet Tour, a celebration of young adult romantasy novels! Featuring Mary E. Pearson, Axie Oh (WFYP, June 2017) and D.L. Taylor, the evening will include a moderated conversation, book signing and fun themed surprises. This is not a ticketed event, but registration is requested. […]
Suzanne Cope (Nonfiction, 2007) presents Women of War, in conversation with Matthew Goodman. Suzanne Cope is a scholar and narrative journalist, and is the author of Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. Her work on themes of political and social change, feminism, food, and culture […]
Join children’s book author and environmental educator Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) to expand your learning about pollinators in this interactive and playful program that includes an opportunity to have your book signed by the author! Sara will read from her award-winning Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate, narrated by a cantankerous cactus who […]
Visit Obodo Serendipity Books to see Cindy House (Fiction, June 2017) in conversation with Zach Miko about her memoir, Mother Noise. In the opening of this “unexpectedly uplifting...masterfully crafted memoir” (Shelf Awareness, starred review) Cindy, twenty years into recovery after a heroin addiction, grapples with how to tell her nine-year-old son about her past. She […]
Join Lofty Pigeon Books for the launch of The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, Jasminne Paulino's (WFYP, June 2023) powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day. Jasminne will be joined by New York Times–bestselling children's author Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for a reading, […]
Visit the Sleepy Hollow Bookshop for a book launch event with Jasminne Paulino's (WFYP, June 2023) debut novel, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez. Jasminne will be in conversation with Claribel Ortega, NYT-bestselling author of the Witchlings series.
Please join us for the virtual launch of Rosalind Kaplan's (Nonfiction, June 2020) memoir-in-essays, Still Healing! Rosalind will be in conversation with her fellow cohort member Robbie Gamble. There will be an opportunity for a Q&A at the end of the event. The American view of doctors vacillates between seeing them as heroes with hearts […]
Using her own Newbery Honor and Caldecott-winning picture book, Watercress, as well as books by others as examples, Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011) will discuss the differences and similarities between fiction PBs and memoirs, including elements such as plot, structure, theme, and research. Andrea will also talk about some of the methods she’s used to […]
Celebrate the launch of Boston Gordon's (Poetry, January 2015) newest poetry book, Loose Bricks! The event will include readings by other poets, such as July Westhale (Poetry, June 2013). Books […]
Meet authors and illustrators at the 8th Annual Bronx Book Festival, founded by WFYP alum Saraciea J. Fennell. Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) will be this year's YA Keynote […]