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SUMMARY:Book Fest with Michelle Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, Mentor) will be presenting and signing books at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. Her book Into the Wild Magic was just announced as a 2025 Andre Norton Nebula Award finalist. The book fest is free to attend. Drop by and say hi!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-fest-with-michelle-knudsen/
LOCATION:Gaithersburg Bohrer Park\, 506 S Frederick Avenue\, Gaithersburg\, Maryland\, 20877\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T180000
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CREATED:20260412T160357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T160359Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Michael Lowenthal\, Hester Kaplan and Cindy House
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Michael Lowenthal and Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, Mentors)\, in conversation with Cindy House (Fiction\, June 2017) for a lively\, in-person discussion. \n\n\n\n\nCindy House\n\n\n\nMichael Lowenthal\n\n\n\nHester Kaplan
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-michael-lowenthal-hester-kaplan-and-cindy-house/
LOCATION:Obodo Serendipity Books\, 3588 Main Street\, Stratford\, Connecticut\, 06614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Obodo Serendipity Books":MAILTO:obodoserendipitybooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T193000
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CREATED:20260418T145531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T145533Z
UID:13147-1776796200-1776799800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Author Talk with Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Join Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, Mentor) in conversation with Alizah Holstein for a lively discussion about Hester’s new book\, Twice Born. This event will be held on Zoom.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-hester-kaplan-2/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hester-Kaplan-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T200000
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CREATED:20260307T190113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T190114Z
UID:12985-1775673000-1775678400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Author Talk with Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, Mentor) will present her memoir\, Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography. She will be in conversation with her friend and fellow author\, David Elliott (Bone Bag\, Voices\, Bull). 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-hester-kaplan/
LOCATION:Rhode Island
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
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CREATED:20260314T181159Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Deborah Sosin
DESCRIPTION:Join author Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction\, January 2015) and her developmental editor\, Michael Lowenthal\, to discuss the joys and complexities of conceiving and writing Escape Velocity\, this first-of-its-kind set of linked micro-memoirs of the exact same length. The book chronicles Deborah’s decades-long quest to overcome her family’s gravitational pull and forge a separate self\, capable of a loving\, intimate relationship. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-deborah-sosin/
LOCATION:Newtonville Books\, 10 Langley Rd\, Newton\, Massachusetts\, 02459-1972\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Deborah-Sosin-2026.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260312T190000
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CREATED:20260206T183713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T183716Z
UID:12780-1773342000-1773345600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Reading with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Lowenthal for a reading from his new book\, Place Envy at Wonderland Bookstore.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-with-michael-lowenthal-2/
LOCATION:Wonderland Books\, 7920B Norfolk Ave\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wonderland Books":MAILTO:info@wonderlandbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T180000
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CREATED:20260307T181059Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Join author Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, Mentor) for a fun trivia night where The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class takes the spotlight with brain-teasing questions and laughs!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Words on Warren\, 52 Warren Street\, New York\, New York\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Words on Warren":MAILTO:thoughts@wordsonwarren.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T170000
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CREATED:20260123T144523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T144526Z
UID:12774-1771772400-1771779600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Sunday Salon with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Salon NYC celebrates wondrous prose and poetry every third Sunday at the Von Bar. Join Michael Lowenthal for a reading\, warm vibes\, and a ceiling made of wine corks.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sunday-salon-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Von Bar\, 3 Bleeker Street\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Michael-Lowenthal-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Sunday Salon NYC":MAILTO:askus@sundaysalon.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
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CREATED:20260203T220643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T220645Z
UID:12808-1771524000-1771527600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:In Living Memory: A conversation on African American Archives with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:A reflective conversation on African American archives\, collective memory\, and the power of preservation with Lindsay Adams\, Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, Mentor)\, and Savannah Wood\, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition\, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony’s guest curator\, Claudia M. Watts\, the discussion will address each panelist’s relationship with archival materials\, exploring the similarities and differences while underscoring the importance of archives and their afterlives. \n\n\n\nA reception with light fare will directly follow.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/in-living-memory-a-conversation-on-african-american-archives-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center\, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-03-at-5.06.16-PM.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000
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CREATED:20260116T141437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T141442Z
UID:12747-1770922800-1770926400@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Reading with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Lowenthal as he reads from\, Place Envy. Hester Kaplan will join Lowenthal in conversation.  
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Riffraff Bookstore\, 60 Valley Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Riffraff Bookstore":MAILTO:info@riffraffpvd.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T143000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20260203T221911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T221913Z
UID:12816-1770903000-1770906600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Bookelicious Presents Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Bookelicious Presents features live\, interactive classroom events with celebrated authors and illustrators\, books for your students\, and a student activity guide. Join this event with Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, Mentor)! Recommended for Grades 4-6. Last day to sign-up is February 10th. \n\n\n\nTracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books and several short stories for children. She writes fiction and nonfiction picture books\, middle grade\, young adult\, and graphic novels. She is best known for the horror adventure Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash. Tracey can be found online at traceybaptiste.com and on Instagram: @traceybaptistewrites.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/bookelicious-presents-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tracey-Baptiste-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T200000
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CREATED:20260116T140852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T141514Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Lowenthal at Porter Square Books for the release of Place Envy. Jennifer Haigh will join Lowenthal in conversation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrowing up in places where his family had no past\, and met mostly by silence from his Holocaust-refugee grandparents\, Michael Lowenthal longed to be from somewhere. Then he realized he was gay and felt displaced from his own displaced family. Place Envy—his first book of essays after five acclaimed books of fiction—chronicles his quest for orientation in the world.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Porter Square Books":MAILTO:INFO@PORTERSQUAREBOOKS.COM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20260123T142830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T142834Z
UID:12750-1770476400-1770480000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch with Cynthia Platt
DESCRIPTION:Join Cynthia Platt for the book launch of her new children’s book at Whitelam Books!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-cynthia-platt/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, Massachusetts\, 01867\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Whitelam Books":MAILTO:whitelambooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20260123T143602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T143605Z
UID:12767-1769943600-1769947200@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Storytime Reading with Mikki Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Join Mikki Knudsen at Spirial Books for a storytime reading of her award-winning picture book\, Library Lion.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/storytime-reading-with-mikki-knudsen/
LOCATION:Spiral Books NYC\, 147 Sullivan St\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MikkiKnudsen.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T143000
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CREATED:20251121T143303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T143309Z
UID:12582-1765715400-1765722600@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Michelle Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at Barrett Bookstore to sign copies of her newest middle grade book\, Into The Wild Magic. Meet Michelle and have some of her books signed for you!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/meet-greet-michelle-knudsen/
LOCATION:Barrett Bookstore\, 5 Corbin Drive\, Darien\, Connecticut\, 06820\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MikkiKnudsen.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T193000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251121T142358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T143337Z
UID:12573-1764093600-1764099000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Book Signing: Michelle Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at WORD bookstore in Brooklyn for a reading and book signing of Curseed Princess Club.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-signing-michelle-knudsen/
LOCATION:WORD\, 126 Franklin St\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MikkiKnudsen.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251114T152802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T152803Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Join Planet Word for a thought-provoking conversation between #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds and Dr. LaCharles Ward from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Together\, they’ll explore the art of visual storytelling as a lens for understanding Black history and culture and how both words and images can shape narratives in consequential ways\, especially in the age of AI and deep fakes. \n\n\n\nConversation and Q&A will be followed by a Meet & Greet with light bites.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Planet Word Museum | Friedman Family Auditorium\, 925 13th St.\, NW\, Washington D.C.\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Planet Word Museum":MAILTO:connect@planetwordmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251114T143552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T143556Z
UID:12525-1763204400-1763208000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Author Discussion with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:DC Public Library partners with The Brown Bookshelf tour to host a family-focused panel discussion and live reading from four renowned children’s literature authors\, featuring Tracey Baptiste. She will read excerpts from her books and lead a discussion on how she crafts engaging books with diverse topics. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-discussion-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – Central Library\, 901 G St NW\,\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tracey-Baptiste-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251114T152312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T152316Z
UID:12544-1763150400-1763244000@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:Evil Librarian: A New Musical with Michelle Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Based on the bestselling YA novel series by Michelle Knudsen\, Evil Librarian: A New Musical brings supernatural teen romance to the stage with a clever pop-rock score and laugh-out-loud twists. Developed by the Landless Theatre Company\, this fresh musical adventure is perfect for fans of Wicked\, Mean Girls\, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. \n\n\n\nNew York Times best-selling author\, Michelle Knudsen will be in-person for the Saturday evening performance of this show for a free book-signing and meet-and-greet opportunity!  Books will be available for purchase.   \n\n\n\nFriday November 14 and Saturday November 15\, 2025 | 8:00 PM \n\n\n\nSunday November 16\, 2025 | 2:00 PM
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/evil-librarian-a-new-musical-with-michelle-knudsen/
LOCATION:New Spire Arts\, 15 W Patrick St\, Frederick\, Maryland\, 21701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MikkiKnudsen.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251024T204545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T204558Z
UID:12449-1763060400-1763065800@cambridgecommonwriters.org
SUMMARY:The Goldilocks Strategy: Getting Our Relationship with Bears and Lions Just Right with Tony Eprile and Megan Walla-Murphy
DESCRIPTION:Join South African novelist and photographer Tony Eprile (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) from his home in Vermont in conversation with CLAWS Botswana director\, Dr. Andrew Stein\, and biologist/tracker\, Meghan Walla-Murphy (Nonfiction Alum)\, as they share their adventures and insights from working with animals such as lions and black bears. Learn first hand from researchers working with dangerous predators and communities that live alongside them how they are using a combination of new technology and indigenous wisdom to coexist. \n\n\n\nTony Eprile is a South African novelist and photographer who lives in Vermont. His novel\, “The Persistence of Memory\,” was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. \n\n\n\nDr. Andrew Stein has spent over two decades studying human–carnivore conflict across Africa\, working with African wild dogs\, lions\, leopards\, and hyenas in Kenya\, Botswana\, Namibia\, and South Africa.  \n\n\n\nFor over 25 years\, Meghan Walla-Murphy has had the good fortune of combining her passions of wildlife\, ecology\, and indigenous knowledge into work of conservation\, advocacy\, and outreach.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/the-goldilocks-strategy-getting-our-relationship-with-bears-and-lions-just-right-with-tony-eprile-and-megan-walla-murphy/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="GBH":MAILTO:info@wgbh.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T193000
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CREATED:20251104T224807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T224812Z
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SUMMARY:Coach Book Launch: Jason Reynolds in conversation with D. Watkins
DESCRIPTION:Join Charm City Books and Gilman School in celebrating the launch of Coach with bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty)!  \n\n\n\nThe evening will be filled with stories and insightful conversations between Jason and bestselling author\, our homegrown D. Watkins. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to participate in the conversation between two earth-shaking artists speaking to our hearts\, minds and imaginations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this companion to Jason Reynolds’s award-winning and New York Times bestselling Track series\, meet Coach as a boy striving to come into his own as a track star while facing upheaval at home. \n\n\n\nBefore Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost\, Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny on the Defenders track team\, he was little Otie Brody\, who was obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99—and his own dad—Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practically his motto. Then his dad\, who is always away on business trips\, comes home with a pair of Jordans. JORDANS. Fine as fine can be. Otie puts them on and feels like he can leap to the moon…maybe even leap like Mr. 9.99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. \n\n\n\nBut one morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing—right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping\, but that can’t be right\, can it? \n\n\n\nUnless all the reasons for his dad’s “gone’s” are very different from what he’s been told… Because now\, not only are the Jordans missing\, but so is his father.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/coach-book-launch-jason-reynolds-in-conversation-with-d-watkins/
LOCATION:Gilman School Auditorium\, 5407 Roland Ave\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Charm City Books":MAILTO:hello@charmcitybooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251003T191332Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Hester Kaplan at Odyssey Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) at Odyssey Bookshop as she talks about her new memoir\, Twice Born: Finding My Father. She will be joined in conversation by Celia Jeffries. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich portrait of twentieth century intellectual life and a meditation on family intimacy\, identity\, and the art of writing
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-hester-kaplan-at-odyssey-bookshop/
LOCATION:The Odyssey Bookshop\, 9 College St\, South Hadley\, Massachusetts\, 01075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Odyssey Bookshop":MAILTO:joan@odysseybks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T193000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251003T190626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T202227Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Hester Kaplan at Starr Library
DESCRIPTION:Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) joins her sister\, Polly Kaplan\, to discuss their father Justin\, known for his award-winning biographies of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. Despite his relatively prolific output\, Justin rarely wrote\, or said\, much about himself—even to his daughters. Standing at his open casket\, Hester has the realization that while alive\, her father never looked her in the eyes.  \n\n\n\nOrder copies of books by the author from Starr Library’s dedicated page on the Oblong Books website.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich portrait of twentieth century intellectual life and a meditation on family intimacy\, identity\, and the art of writing.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-hester-kaplan-at-starr-library/
LOCATION:Starr Library\, 68 West Market Street\, Rhinebeck\, New York\, 12572\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Starr Library":MAILTO:info@starrlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251003T165934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T202242Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Boston Book Festival with Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Join Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Megan Marshall in the session: Memoir: On Writing the Lives of Others and Ourselves at the Boston Book Festival. Together\, they explore the many facets of biography and memoir\, illuminating how writing about the lives of others helps us understand ourselves in deep and surprising ways.  \n\n\n\nAll sessions are free and general admission\, space permitting.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/2025-boston-book-festival-with-hester-kaplan/
LOCATION:Boston Public Library\, 700 Boylston St\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Boston Book Festival":MAILTO:info@bostonbookfest.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20250926T142109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T220813Z
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SUMMARY:TWICE BORN Book Launch with Hester Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty) will be in conversation with Taylor Polites to discuss her new novel\, Twice Born.  \n\n\n\nAll of Riffraff Bookstore’s events are free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwice Born is a deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich portrait of twentieth century intellectual life and a meditation on family intimacy\, identity\, and the art of writing.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/twice-born-book-launch-with-hester-kaplan/
LOCATION:Riffraff Bookstore\, 60 Valley Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Riffraff Bookstore":MAILTO:info@riffraffpvd.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251003T163459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T202258Z
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SUMMARY:Hester Kaplan at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Hester Kaplan (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)—award-winning author of The Edge of Marriage—for a discussion of her new book Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography. She will be joined in conversation by Megan Marshall—Pulitzer Prize-winning  historian and the Charles Wesley Emerson College Professor of Nonfiction Writing at Emerson College.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwice Born is a deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich portrait of twentieth century intellectual life and a meditation on family intimacy\, identity\, and the art of writing.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/hester-kaplan-at-harvard-book-store-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Book Store":MAILTO:info@harvard.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T180000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20250925T145248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T200416Z
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SUMMARY:Rachel Kadish's The Weight of Ink: A Theatrical Adaptation 
DESCRIPTION:Select scenes will be presented from a new theatrical adaptation of the National Jewish Book Award-winning novel The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Fiction\, MFA Writing Faculty)\, currently in development by Kate Kohler Amory and Tamara Hickey. These excerpts will be followed by a talk and Q&A session with Kadish and a reception at 6 pm. \n\n\n\nThis special event is open to all A+ ticket holders and those making a donation of $100 or more to the weekend. To make a donation\, visit shakespeare.org/donate and enter “weight of ink’ in the Donation Notes\, or email development@shakespeare.org for more information. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Weight of Ink is an historical novel and the winner of the Jewish National Book Award. The novel tells the story of two historians uncovering the secret history of a young Jewish woman living in London in the 1660s\, and features alternating storylines set in the 21st and 17th centuries. The novel explores themes of resilience\, agency\, and forbidden love. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/rachel-kadishs-the-weight-of-ink-a-theatrical-adaptation/
LOCATION:Tina Packer Playhouse & Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre\, 70 Kemble Street\, Lenox\, Massachusetts\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20251002T215844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T215848Z
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SUMMARY:Bright Before Us\, Like a Flame Book Launch with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Shout Mouse Press’s new anthology\, which features work from 10 years of SMP books & contributions from guest authors\, including Candice Iloh (WFYP\, June 2017).  #1 NYT best-selling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, MFA Writing Faculty) will join a panel of Shout Mouse youth authors for readings and conversation.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/bright-before-us-like-a-flame-book-launch-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Planet Word Museum | Friedman Family Auditorium\, 925 13th St.\, NW\, Washington D.C.\, District of Columbia\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20250826T220706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T220709Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Meet Tracey Baptiste (WFYP) and other authors and illustrators at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. Enjoy live story times with authors\, learn from author talks\, and have a ton of fun at the Family Fun Zone!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/2025-chappaqua-childrens-book-festival-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Chappaqua Train Station\, Allen Pl\, Chappaqua\, New York\, 10514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="2025 Chappaqua Children's Book Festival":MAILTO:liz@ccbfestival.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T153000
DTSTAMP:20260526T160755
CREATED:20250902T234842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T234846Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry: The Art of Words with Steven Cramer and Jen Jabaily-Blackburn
DESCRIPTION:Poetry The Art of Words (PTAOW) is a poetry reading series featuring both local and regional poets\, meeting monthly between September and June. This event will feature poets Steven Cramer and Jen Jabaily-Blackburn. In addition to the scheduled readers\, there will be an open mic for those who want to read a poem. Look for the signup sheet when you arrive. \n\n\n\nDoors open at at 1pm. Features begin at 1:30\, followed by intermission for books sales and signings\, and closing with an open mic. The event is free (suggested donation $5)\, open to the public\, and handicapped accessible. \n\n\n\nSteven Cramer’s new chapbook\, As If: Variations on Enrique Anderson-Imbert\, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books. His seven poetry collections include Departures from Rilke (Arrowsmith Press\, 2023); Listen (MadHat Press\, 2020)—named a “must read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book); Clangings (Sarabande Books\, 2012); and Goodbye to the Orchard (Sarabande Books\, 2004)\, winner of the New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Motton Prize and named an Honor Book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, he founded the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University. \n\n\n\nJen Jabaily-Blackburn is the author of the full-length collection Girl in a Bear Suit (Elixir Press\, 2024) and the e-chapbook Disambiguation (Salamander/Suffolk University\, 2024). She is the winner of the Louisa Solano Memorial Emerging Poet Award\, selected by Stephanie Burt. Originally from the Boston area\, she now lives in Western Massachusetts with her family. In 2024\, she joined the advisory board of Perugia Press\, and she is an associate editor of Nine Syllables Press\, housed at Smith College\, where she is the Program & Outreach coordinator for the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/poetry-the-art-of-words-with-steven-cramer-and-jen-jabaily-blackburn/
LOCATION:Plymouth Center for the Arts\, 11 North Street\, Plymouth\, Massachusetts\, 02360\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Plymouth Center for the Arts":MAILTO:info@artsplymouth.org
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