Killens Literary Salon: A Celebration of YA and Middle School Authors

Medgar Evers College 1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Featuring Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty)! Hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College CUNY, in collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), presents the Killens Literary Salon, featuring YA and Middle School Authors. Selected YA and Middle School authors will read excerpts from their works and participate in […]

Free

Cambridge Common Readers: A Year in Practice with Hurley Winkler

Online Zoom Event

Join us for the next online meeting of Cambridge Common Readers as we discuss A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression by Jacqueline Suskin with Hurley Winkler (Fiction, January 2017). This event is free and open to the Lesley MFA community. You do not need to have attended previous sessions, and while […]

Free

Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival

Chappaqua Train Station Allen Pl, Chappaqua, New York, United States

Featuring Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty)! Meet authors and illustrators, enjoy live storytimes with authors, learn from author talks, and have a ton of fun at the Family Fun Zone!

Free

Story Hour! Sara Levine: A Terrible Place for a Nest

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Join Brookline Booksmith for an all-ages storytime with Sara Levine (WFYP, January 2006), author of A Terrible Place for a Nest. Books will be available for purchase at the event, or you can preorder on the registration page. You can pick your book up after 10AM on the day of the event. A child learns to […]

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Jason Reynolds discusses Twenty-four Seconds from Now…:A LOVE Story

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States

Join Vroman's Bookstore for this ticketed event with #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) as he discusses his latest book, Twenty-four Seconds from Now . . . #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles it—you know…it—from the guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of […]

$26.55

The Washington Writers’ Publishing House Launch — Varun Gauri, Megan Doney, and Chanlee Luu — at Conn Ave

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

The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of its annual poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction manuscript contest: Varun Gauri for his novel, For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus, Megan Doney (WFYP, June 2008) for her memoir Unarmed, and Chanlee Luu for her poetry collection The Machine Autocorrects Code to I. Varun Gauri was born […]

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Reading After Dark with Jason Reynolds

The Gathering Spot ATL 384 Northyards Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Page Turners Make Great Learners will host a fireside chat with the imitable, New York Times bestselling author, Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty). Join The Gathering Spot Co-Founder, Ryan Wilson, Grammy-nominated Singer, Songwriter and Author, Amerie & Page Turners Make Great Learners’ Founder, FeFe Handy for a intimate conversation about Jason’s upcoming romance novel, Twenty-Four […]

$50

Jason Reynolds: Twenty-four Seconds from Now . . .

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Celebrate the release of Twenty-four Seconds from Now . . . with Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) at Brookline Booksmith, at Coolidge Corner Theatre! This event is ticketed. Tickets include a general admission seat at the event AND a signed copy of 24 Seconds from Now . . .

$23

Author Night with Megan Doney & Chanlee Luu

Blacksburg Books 401 S. Main St., Ste. 106, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Join Blacksburg Books as they host Megan Doney (WFYP, June 2008) and Chanlee Luu, winners of the Washington Writers Publishing House Prize in nonfiction and poetry, respectively. The authors will read from their books as well as talk about the writing process and getting published with a small press. Megan Doney - Unarmed: An American […]

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Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: An Evening with Jason Reynolds

Evanston Township High School Auditorium 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, Illinois, United States

FAN is thrilled to host #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) in celebration of his first YA romance, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now … A LOVE Story. The book has received high praise in advance of publication for its “tender, sweet, wholesome” story that shows a “refreshingly different side to male sexuality.” Reynolds will do […]

Free

Survival on the Page: Poetry to Empower US

Online Event

Come join Facilitator Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz (she/her) (Nonfiction, June 2018) for this workshop on Saturday, Oct. 26th. Bring your pen and paper. Attendees will visit across the rectangles and hear stories, jam a little, and then write. Each participant will have the option to read aloud their work for two-minutes. It’s a safe space for […]

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