The Chattanooga Author Showcase – Featuring KB Ballentine

Stove Works 1250 E. 13th St., Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Celebrate the talented local writers in Chattanooga! The Chattanooga Author Showcase will feature nine authors  and their published works in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, essay, memoir, short story, young adult, and children's genres. Along with music, drinks, and tables with their books, the authors will have a reading and answer questions. Featured Authors: KB Ballentine (Poetry, […]

Free

Still The Bayou Cries: A Virtual Reading in Rememberance of Emmett Till

Online Zoom Event

Sunday, August 28, will be the 67th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till. The Faraday Publishing Company, in collaboration with Cherry Castle Publishing, will be holding a reading that night at 7:30pm Eastern. Come hear poets who were featured in the landmark anthology Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience, edited by Enzo Silon […]

Free

After Hours: An Evening with Cindy House

Atticus Bookstore Cafe 1082 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Join Cindy House (Fiction, June 2017) at Atticus Bookstore Café for an evening discussing her memoir Mother Noise.

Free

In-Person Launch Week Event! with Sara Farizan and Karen M. McManus

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore 12 Spruce Street, Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Join The Silver Unicorn Bookstore as they host award-winning author Sara Farizan (WFYP, MFA Faculty, January 2012) and her newest release  Dead Flip, and New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus and her newest release Nothing More to Tell.

Free

Craft Talk: Celeste Mohammed

Online Zoom Event

Writers Flock presents a virtual event celebrating the work of Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016), Trinidadian author of novel-in-stories, Pleasantview, winner of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the American CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction in 2022. Join Strange Birds host and Bahamian-born writer Christi Cartwright in an hour-long conversation and readings with […]

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Andrea Wang in conversation with Crystal Chen

Online Zoom Event

Join AAPI Communities in Conversation for their next event on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 1:00 pm ET with Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011), author of The Many Meanings of Meilan in conversation with librarian Crystal Chen, New York Public Library.

Free

Poem Lab, with Michael Mercurio (8-Week Sessions)

Online Event

Why a Lab and not a Workshop? Because this class is an opportunity to play “mad scientist” with your poems, to experiment in free-writing and to discover your voice through revision. Each of our 8 sessions will start off with a brief reflection on the craft of writing poetry, as well as a poem to […]

$325

Intro to Fiction with David Farrow (6-Week Workshop)

Online Zoom Event

Ready to get the stories in your head onto paper? If there’s a story you want to tell, but you have no idea where to begin (or you need a refresher), this course is for you. Over six weeks, you will learn the essentials of fiction and put them into practice by starting to write […]

$340

In Conversation with Courtney Summers & Sara Farizan

Online Event

Join Brookline Booksmith for a conversation with Courtney Summers (I'm the Girl) and Sara Farizan (WFYP, January 2012) (Dead Flip). Copies of Dead Flip purchased on the registration page will be signed & personalized by the author! Copies of I'm the Girl will include a signed bookplates and a special indies-only pink art print.

Free

Left Bank Books Presents Dan Chaon and Erin Belieu for a conversation with Dana Levin

Left Bank Books 399 North Euclid, St Louis, Missouri, United States

Left Bank Books welcomes bestselling author Dan Chaon & award-winning poet Erin Belieu (MFA Faculty), who will have a conversation about adoption, being Midwestern raised, friendship, and other spontaneous topics spurred by their most recent books, led by St. Louis' Dana Levin in person at the High Low Performing Arts Space and virtually on Thursday, […]

Free

Start with a Bang: The Art of Outstanding Openings with David Farrow

Online Zoom Event

As writers, we’re all familiar with this particular bit of wisdom: a story has to “hook” the reader from the beginning. Excellent first pages (and first lines!) are the best way to immerse our audience and keep them reading. However, this is often easier said than done. In this course, students will study exemplary story […]

$75