NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards: A Brooklyn Book Festival panel featuring Candice Iloh

Main Stage on Borough Hall Plaza Columbus Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States

What do books that investigate bodies, Blackness, the judicial system, and the end of the world have in common? Join 2020 National Book Award–honored authors Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind, Finalist, Fiction), Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (Travesty Generator, Longlist, Poetry), Michelle Bowdler (Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, Longlist, Nonfiction), and Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) (Every Body […]

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Pamela Petro & Jane Brox – The Long Field, A Memoir of Wales and The Presence of Absence

Online Zoom Event

Pamela Petro writes, 'I'm not Welsh by birth or ancestry. I'm simply Welsh by choice.' In The Long Field, she burrows deep into the Welsh countryside to tell how this small country became a big part of an American writer's life. Petro (Nonfiction and Graphic Novel & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty) and her friend, author […]

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Virtual YA Author Talk: Maggie Tokuda-Hall talks Squad with Sara Farizan

Online Event

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore will host a virtual talk with YA author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Sara Farizan (WFYP, January 2012) about Tokuda-Hall's new book, Squad. When Becca transfers to a high school in an elite San Francisco suburb, she’s worried she’s not going to fit in. To her surprise, she’s immediately adopted by the most […]

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The Ocean State Review: 10th Anniversary Reading

URI Alumni Center 73 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

Open to the public. Q&A and book signing featuring award-winning writers.Colin ChannerColin Channer was born in Jamaica and educated there and in New York. His many books include the novella The Girl with the Golden Shoes and the poetry collection Providential. Hester Kaplan (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty)Hester Kaplan is the author of the story collections […]

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Kent Memorial Library Presents: Book & Beyond with Celeste Mohammed

Online Zoom Event

The “Books and Beyond” series is proud to bring another cultural experience to KML with Caribbean born author Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016). Celeste will be talking about her debut novel Pleasantview via Zoom live from Trinidad.Celeste Mohammed holds an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and lives on the Caribbean […]

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Emerson YA Author Alumni Panel

Online Zoom Event

Come out to this young adult author alumni panel on Wednesday 11/17 at 7pm on Zoom! Hear from Amy Tintera (All These Monsters & All These Warriors), Margot Wood (Fresh), Maurene Goo (Somewhere Only We Know & The Way You Make Me Feel), and Katie Cotugno (Fiction, June 2015) (You Say It First & Rules for Being a Girl) about their […]

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Sewanee Reading Series with Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, Clifford Garstang, Karin Cecile Davidson, and Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Online Event

Registration for the virtual SWC Reading Series is free, and they’ll raffle books at all readings. Karin Cecile Davidson (Fiction, June 2009) is the author of the novel Sybelia Drive. Her stories have appeared in Five Points, Story, The Massachusetts Review, Colorado Review, Passages North, Post Road, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. Her awards include an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, […]

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Tufts English Department Creative Writing Showcase

Tufts University 419 Boston Ave, Medford, Massachusetts, United States

A reading from recent books by faculty and staff, followed by an audience Q&A. Featuring Poetry alum Jennifer LeBlanc (June 2012). This event will follow Tufts' COVID protocols. Please complete the health survey and wear a mask. The event will be held in the Sophia Gordon Hall, Room 100.

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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival: Short Fiction Story Awards Ceremony

Facebook Live

Hosted by fiction alum Celeste Mohammed (June 2016) and featuring remarks by Dr. Elizabeth Nunez, the Short Fiction Story Awards Ceremony will celebrate the work of Patrice Grell-Yursik and Akhim Alexis. Streaming live from the BCLF Facebook page.

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Lily Poetry Salon Celebrates Jon D. Lee & Michael Mercurio

Online Event

Join the Lily Poetry Salon as they celebrate Jon D Lee's (Poetry, January 2017) In/Desiderato. Jon D. Lee is the author of four books, including IN/DESIDERATO and An Epidemic of Rumors: How Stories Shape Our Perceptions of Disease. His poems and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Atlantic, Sugar House Review, Sierra Nevada […]

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Creative Writing Minor Speaker Series: Enzo Silon Surin & Cheryl Clark Vermeulen

Online Zoom Event

The final reading in the Creative Writing Minor Speaker Series. A reading & conversation about first books, literary friendships, and interdisciplinary arts. Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012), Haitian-born poet, educator, speaker, publisher and social advocate, is the author of When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (Black Lawrence Press, July 2020) and two chapbooks, A Letter of Resignation: An […]

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Dr. Lisa Gruenberg discusses her memoir My City of Dreams with Laurel Braitman

Online Event

Join author Dr. Lisa Gruenberg (Nonfiction, June 2007) for a virtual reading and discussion of her second-generation Holocaust memoir, My City of Dreams. This event, hosted by the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and their Medicine and the Muse Program, will be moderated by Laurel Braitman, the program’s Director of Writing and Storytelling and author […]

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