Naomi Mulvihill (Poetry, 2011) gives a public reading at the North Kingstown Free Library as part of the visiting writers Spiritual Refuge Series sponsored by St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Join Children's Book World in Haverford, PA for a reading with Kate Fussner (WFYP, June 2021) from her debut novel, The Song of Us. Kate Fussner (she/her) is a novelist, […]
Book Banter is a free, fun, interactive event that streams live. Join the conversation on Facebook or YouTube! In The Geography of First Kisses, one finds portrayals of quiet elegance reminiscent of early-20th-century […]
The evening's reading will include E.B. Bartels, Visiting Writer, nonfiction, plus: Janet Hurley, Alum, nonfiction (June 2008), and Kate Kearns, Alum, poetry (June 2008), presented by Cambridge Common Writers. There […]
L Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023) hosted a curated evening of readings by queer Boston writers. There will be a few open mic slots at the end of the curated reading.
“You Are Ruining My Loneliness is a beautiful lyrical collection that moves with agile intelligence through poems that stand out for their imagery, apt figurative language, and varied poetic forms. In the poem “Night Walk,” where “rain puddles full as plums…each lit / with its own moon,” the speaker wonders,“I’m alone out here, or /seem to […]
Walk around the Pratt House Pollinator Garden and listen to Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006)'s Flower Talk to learn about flowers and pollinators. Parking available at Essex Library and Town Hall.
Join Elizabeth Shick (Fiction, January 2019) at Edgartown Books in Edgartown, MA for a signing of her debut novel The Golden Land.
The BCA Playwright Residency presents a reading/workshop of a new play in development, (UN)HOUSED by Fabiola R. Decius (WSS, June 2015), at the Boston Center for the Arts. (UN)HOUSED tells the story of a single mother, Elianie, and her recent college graduate daughter, Skylar, who has moved back home. As Skylar tries to navigate the […]
Science has shown that the best way to help our kids become independent, kind, and happy is by talking with them. And yet we often find ourselves distracted, exhausted, or at a loss as to how to have meaningful conversations. Harvard lecturer, speech pathologist, and mother, Rebecca Rolland (Fiction, June 2017) offers an essential, evidence-based […]
Late August is a perfect time to sit with the exceptional poems of Natalie Padilla Young and Autumn McClintock and consider the world around us - both built and natural - and the ways it affects us and we affect it.Natalie Padilla Young (Poetry, January 2009) co-founded and manages the poetry magazine Sugar House Review. By […]