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 […]
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 […]
Join Cindy House (Fiction, June 2017) at Atticus Bookstore Café for an evening discussing her memoir Mother Noise.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Join Cambridge Common Writers as we celebrate Benjamin Roesch's debut novel with a reading and conversation with special guests.
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.
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 […]
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 […]