The 14th Annual African Festival of Boston

Boston Common Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Come visit the Boston Common for a day filled with vibrant music, delicious food, and colorful cultural performances. This in-person event celebrates the rich diversity of African heritage in Boston with live music, dance, art, and more. WSS Alum Thato Mwosa (June 2017) author of 14 African Women Who Made History is one of the showcased authors […]

Free

Boston’s Adam Theater Presents Library Lion

The Colonial Theatre 111 South Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

In the library, there are books. There are also rules: no shouting, no running, no eating or drinking. These rules are not so hard for people to follow. But what happens when one day a lion comes to the library? He doesn’t roar or rampage; in fact, he peacefully joins story hour. The children are […]

$22

Sara Levine’s A Terrible Place for a Nest: Weekend Book Signing

Bank Square Books 53 West Main St, Mystic, Connecticut, United States

Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Sara Levine (WFYP, Jan 2006) for the book, A Terrible Place for a Nest on Saturday, August 24th from 1 PM to 3 PM.

Free

New England Poetry Club Reading with Cynthia Bargar, Elizabeth Bradfield, and Christine Jones

Fine Arts Work Center 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States

The New England Poetry Club teams up with the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown to present a poetry reading, featuring poets Cynthia Bargar, Elizabeth Bradfield, and Christine Jones (Poetry, January 2014). A Q&A session will follow. All readings and artist talks are held in the Stanley Kunitz Common Room, unless otherwise noted. Cynthia Bargar is the […]

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Writers Night Out with D. Dina Friedman

Forbes Library 20 West St, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for Writers Night Out with featured writer D. Dina Friedman (Fiction, January 2016) at Forbes Library in Northampton, MA. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The […]

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Elizabeth Shick Book Signing: The Golden Land

Edgartown Books 44 Main Street, Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States

Join Elizabeth Shick (Fiction, January 2019) for a signing of her new book, The Golden Land, at Edgartown Books!

Free

Jody Hobbs Hesler — Without You Here with Jeffrey Dale Lofton

Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, District of Columbia, United States

Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) will be in conversation with Jeffrey Dale Lofton about her novel, Without You Here. This event is free with first come, first serve seating. Without You Here is about generational trauma, mental illness, sloppy family dynamics, dangerous marriages, and the beautiful, redemptive nature of affection and love. In the end Noreen […]

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Animal Science Story Time with Elizabeth Shreeve and Sara Levine

Book Ends Winchester 559 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, United States

Calling all animal lovers! Join Book Ends for a special animal science story time with authors Elizabeth Shreeve (The Oddball Book of Armadillos) and Sara Levine (WFYP, January 2006) (Bone by Bone). A fun event for the whole family!

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Without You Here Book Launch with Jody Hobbs Hesler

New Dominion Bookshop 404 East Main St, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Join New Dominion Bookshop for a reading with Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017), who will read from her debut novel, Without You Here. A conversation with author Louise Marburg will follow. This in-person event will be cosponsored by WriterHouse and will be free and open to the public. About the Book: Noreen is eight years old when her […]

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Jasmine Warga’s book release celebration: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville 123 West Jefferson, Naperville, Illinois, United States

Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013), to celebrate the release of her newest book, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, on Tuesday, September 15th at 2:00 pm in our Naperville store. Event Format Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited.

$24

The Golden Land of Myanmar with author Elizabeth Shick at Vineyard Haven Library

Vineyard Haven Library 200 Main Street, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library for an author talk celebrating the release of The Golden Land, the debut novel by the library’s new adult program coordinator, Elizabeth (Liz) Shick (Fiction, January 2019). Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land is an intergenerational tale set against the backdrop of Myanmar that explores […]

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