World Premiere with Thato Mwosa
2026-05-16 14:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, New York, 10027, United States
Thato Mwosa’s (WSS, June 2017) short film Until Further Notice will premiere at the 33rd African Film Festival in New York. Tickets are available for purchase.

Book Fest with Michelle Knudsen
2026-05-16 15:15 - 16:15 | Gaithersburg Bohrer Park, 506 S Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20877, United States
Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, Mentor) will be presenting and signing books at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. Her book Into the Wild Magic was just announced as a 2025 Andre Norton Nebula Award finalist. The book fest is free to attend. Drop by and say hi!

Poetry Reading with Aimee Noel
2026-05-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Tipp City Public Library, 11 E. Main St, Tipp City, Ohio, 45371, United States
Join Aimee Noel (Poetry, January 2014) as she reads poems from her new published book Slag. Limited copies are available for request.

Salon with Memoir Authors Hester Kaplan & Alizah Holstein
2026-06-03 18:00 - 19:00 | The Yellow House, 3842 Main Rd, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island, 02878, United States
Visit The Yellow House for a salon style discussion, Q&A, and signing with Rhode Island based authors Hester Kaplan (Twice Born) and Alizah Holstein (My Roman History). Books and drinks available for purchase.

Hester Kaplan is the author of novels and story collections including The Edge of Marriage, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series. She is the recipient of two NEA awards, and was named a Mark Twain Fellow for Twice Born.

Alizah Holstein holds a PhD in history from Cornell University and an MFA in nonfiction writing and literary translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Providence, Rhode Island.

Memoirist Deborah Sosin, in Conversation with Alison Cupp Relyea
2026-06-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Rye Library, 1061 Boston Post Rd, Rye, New York, 10580, United States
Visit the Rye Free Reading Room for an author event with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) discussing her memoir: Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family (70 Micro-Memoirs, 70 Words Each).

Join Rye native and award-winning author Deborah Sosin, now a Boston-based writer and psychotherapist, as she and local essayist Alison Cupp Relyea discuss the craft of writing a set of linked micro-memoirs about balancing family loyalty with forging one’s own path in life. This genre-bending new memoir includes 70 pencil drawings by artist Anna Hall. Copies of Escape Velocity will be available for sale and signing.

Book Launch with Nathan Tavares
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, 02446-2908, United States
Join Nathan Tavares (Fiction, June 2011) in conversation with Sara Farizan (WFYP, January 2012 & Mentor), to celebrate the release of his book The Disco at the End of the World. Preorder your book today to have it signed!
