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The Golden Land of Myanmar with author Elizabeth Shick at Vineyard Haven Library

Vineyard Haven Library 200 Main Street, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library for an author talk celebrating the release of The Golden Land, the debut novel by the library’s new adult program coordinator, Elizabeth (Liz) Shick (Fiction, January 2019). Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land is an intergenerational tale set against the backdrop of Myanmar that explores […]

Free

Signing with Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes!

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe 71 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and Kevin Hawkes will be at Beacon Hill Books & Cafe for a pop-up signing. Stop by any time between 2:00 and 3:00 to meet the authors and get a book signed! Their titles will be available for purchase.

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Jasmine Warga discusses & signs A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL with Rosanne Parry

Barnes & Noble - Hillsboro 11125 Northeast Evergreen Parkway, Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Join Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) at the Barnes & Noble in Hillsboro, Oregon for a discussion with Rosanne Parry about Jasmine's latest book, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. A painting has been stolen…! When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he […]

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Cambridge Common Writers Presents: The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack by Benjamin Roesch & Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler Book Launches

Online Zoom Event

Join Cambridge Common Writers for our first duo-book launch event as we celebrate the publications of The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack by Benjamin Roesch (Fiction, January 2016) and Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017)! Moderated by Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017). BENJAMIN ROESCH is a writer, musician, teacher, podcaster, award-winning […]

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Killens Literary Salon: A Celebration of YA and Middle School Authors

Medgar Evers College 1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Featuring Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty)! Hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College CUNY, in collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), presents the Killens Literary Salon, featuring YA and Middle School Authors. Selected YA and Middle School authors will read excerpts from their works and participate in […]

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Cambridge Common Readers: A Year in Practice with Hurley Winkler

Online Zoom Event

Join us for the next online meeting of Cambridge Common Readers as we discuss A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression by Jacqueline Suskin with Hurley Winkler (Fiction, January 2017). This event is free and open to the Lesley MFA community. You do not need to have attended previous sessions, and while […]

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Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival

Chappaqua Train Station Allen Pl, Chappaqua, New York, United States

Featuring Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty)! Meet authors and illustrators, enjoy live storytimes with authors, learn from author talks, and have a ton of fun at the Family Fun Zone!

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ENTROPY Workshop with L Scully

Online Event

ENTROPY is a five week, virtual, generative writing workshop hosted by L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023).  We are living in a conundrum of degradation. Our bodies age, the State is falling, disorder(s) run rampant in our minds. God feels random and chaos feels inevitable. There is no choice but to write toward uncertainty. Cope, world-build, […]

$150 – $250

Story Hour! Sara Levine: A Terrible Place for a Nest

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Join Brookline Booksmith for an all-ages storytime with Sara Levine (WFYP, January 2006), author of A Terrible Place for a Nest. Books will be available for purchase at the event, or you can preorder on the registration page. You can pick your book up after 10AM on the day of the event. A child learns to […]

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Jason Reynolds discusses Twenty-four Seconds from Now…:A LOVE Story

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States

Join Vroman's Bookstore for this ticketed event with #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) as he discusses his latest book, Twenty-four Seconds from Now . . . #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles it—you know…it—from the guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of […]

$26.55

The Washington Writers’ Publishing House Launch — Varun Gauri, Megan Doney, and Chanlee Luu — at Conn Ave

Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, District of Columbia, United States

The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of its annual poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction manuscript contest: Varun Gauri for his novel, For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus, Megan Doney (WFYP, June 2008) for her memoir Unarmed, and Chanlee Luu for her poetry collection The Machine Autocorrects Code to I. Varun Gauri was born […]

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