Join Kristin Offiler (Fiction, January 2011) in beautiful, downtown Westerly for the 28th Annual Holiday Stroll! Kristin will be on hand to sign/personalize her new book, The Housewarming, starting at 5 pm.
Join us KB Ballentine (Poetry, June 2007), along with three local poets, for a cozy evening of poetry & conversations at Neighborly Books.
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!
Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) and Robbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) are featured readers at MAC. All readings are free and open to the public with an Open Mic before the featured speakers. Space is limited at the Open Mic, signup starts at 645 pm the night of the reading.
Join poet, writer, and writing instructor Amy Asherah (Nonfiction, January 2023) in this writing workshop, where we will explore the ways our bodies hold onto trauma and how expressing ourselves through writing can help us heal. Sharing your writing with the group is encouraged but not required. Amy Asherah has used writing as a way […]
This class will focus on focused revision at the level of language. It's not about plot or form or structure, but rather about the constituent elements that make up sentences or lines. Students will be offered tactics to employ in the service of sharpening their prose or poems, in strengthening their syntax, and in surprising […]
Join Mikki Knudsen at Spirial Books for a storytime reading of her award-winning picture book, Library Lion.
Fiction or non-fiction, the excavation process of writing can trigger past traumas, reopen old wounds, and just be downright exhausting. In this workshop, you'll discover how to: You'll walk away with practical tools to care for yourself while doing meaningful work—so you can keep writing without sacrificing your wellbeing. Open to writers of all levels. […]
Join Cynthia Platt for the book launch of her new children's book at Whitelam Books!
Join Michael Lowenthal at Porter Square Books for the release of Place Envy. Jennifer Haigh will join Lowenthal in conversation. Growing 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. […]
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. Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books and several short […]
Join Michael Lowenthal as he reads from, Place Envy. Hester Kaplan will join Lowenthal in conversation.