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 . . .
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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, […]
Register for admission to this virtual author event with Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) for your WHOLE school! Admission includes 5 hardcover copies of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Recommended for Students in 4th-6th Grades. Space is limited. From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover’s Story and Other Words […]
