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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 […]

Free

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 […]

Free

Washington Writers’ Publishing House Award Winner Reading & Reception with Megan Doney

The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

The Washington Writers’ Publishing House celebrates the 2024 winners of its annual fiction, poetry, and nonfiction contests! Varun Gauri will read from the Carol Trawick 50th Anniversary Fiction award-winning novel For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus. Chanlee Luu will read from the Jean Feldman Poetry award-winning The Machine Autocorrects Code to I. Megan Doney (WFYP, June […]

Free

Author Study with Kwame Alexander and special guest Jason Reynolds

Online Event

During this 45-minute virtual author visit, Kwame teams up with his friend Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) to teach young readers and writers about generating ideas in writing – and more. Students will hear Kwame read from his new book, Black Star, then learn a strategy for idea generation in a brief writing craft lesson. […]

$200 – $375

Around the World Book Signing with Jorge Armenteros

Librairie Masséna 55, rue Gioffredo, Nice, France

Visit the English bookshop Librairie Masséna Around the World (58 Rue Gioffredo) in Nice, France on Saturday 9th November from 5pm to 7pm when author Jorge Armenteros (Fiction, June 2012) will be signing copies of his latest book - The Curvature of an Absence. At the edge of a vanishing sea and under the light of […]

What Artists See: The Violence Within with Megan Doney

Mason Exhibitions 3601 North Fairfax Dr, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Save the date for two Northern Virginia book launches by Amanda Newell, and Megan Doney (WFYP, June 2008) at Mason Exhibitions, Arlington. Amanda Newell's new book is: Postmortem Say - published by Červená Barva Press Megan Doney's new book is: Unarmed: An American Educator's Memoir - published by Washington Writers' Publishing House The backdrop of […]

Free

Cambridge Common Writers Open Mic

Online Zoom Event

Join us for a virtual Lesley MFA community Open Mic! Alums and current students of the Lesley MFA program welcome. No sign up -- just show up!

Free

Cambridge Common Readers: The Message with Saraciea J Fennell

Online Zoom Event

Join us for a discussion led by Saraciea J Fennell (WFYP, January 2020) on The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. You do not need to have read the book to participate, but we encourage it! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories […]

Free

Music Into Written Word with Erin Cecilia Thomas

The Porch House 2811 Dogwood Pl, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Erin Cecilia Thomas (Jan '23, Fiction) will be instructing the seminar, 'Music Into Written Word.' How can writers translate the intangible experience of listening to or performing music into written words? This seminar will look at the work of writers who use music in their narratives and the craft elements they employ, such as syntax, […]

$60