The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival is partnering with the Brooklyn Museum for the third consecutive year to celebrate all that is joyous about Caribbean culture in poetry and stories with some of the contemporary diaspora’s best griots at the Museum’s annual First Saturday blast! A quintessential Brooklyn gathering, First Saturday is an explosion of colour, […]
Stop by at the Stony Creek Farmers Market for a special book reading with local author Sara Levine (WFYP, January 2006). A space will be set up for children to […]
Join us to help launch Jasminne Paulino's (WFYP, June 2023) debut novel in verse, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez. Jasminne will be in conversation with fellow WFYP alum Kate […]
Alissa Butterworth (Fiction, June 2012) will be participating in the "24 Authors in 12 Hours" livestream from 5-5:30pm EST, hosted by Amy S. Hamilton. She will be discussing her novel, […]
Join the Grolier Poetry Book Shop for this in-person and virtual reading event with authors M.P. Carver, Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty), and J.D. Scrimgeour. Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) will provide the introduction.
Join Ten Tree Books for story time with Sara Levine (WFYP, January 2006), author of Hello Dog/Hello Human. Learn how to properly introduce yourself to a dog or human in […]
Visit Unnameable Books and enjoy a reading with Yona Harvey, Deja Carr, Sierra Dickey, L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023), Jayson Keery, and Zoe Contros Kearl. Face masks requested.
Jessa Maxwell, Kristin Offiler (Fiction, January 2011), and Vanessa Lillie will discuss their writing process, the thriller/mystery genre, and using Rhode Island as a locale in their novels. Maxwell’s Dead […]
Here, in the intimate tradition of the botánica, where candles cast passionate shadows and smoke coils from brass bowls, this generative workshop, led by Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) invites […]
It’s hard to fit in when you’re the new kid at superhero school! After all, what kind of superhero doesn’t have a fancy costume or funky cape? Fly into an empowering event with bestselling author Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and award-winning illustrator Dapo Adeola as they introduce Super Goat Girl. Find out what makes you super in this […]
Join Planet Word and #1 NYT bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for an inspiring conversation on words, culture, and community with his special guest, author and publisher Eunique Jones Gibson. Eunique’s work highlights her commitment to the celebration of culture & community, as is evident in her dynamic book Because Of Them We Can: Educating […]
Join New York Times Bestseller illustrator and picture book author Claudia Rueda (WFYP, January 2010) for The Mock Turtle Picturebook Club, a space for creators and aficionados to connect, discuss […]