Cambridge Common Writers

Story Time with Sara Levine
2026-04-18 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Lofty Pigeon Books, 743 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11218, United States
Join author Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) for a reading from her latest book, A Visit with the Birds.

Poetry Reading with Andrea Ballou
2026-04-20 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Civitella Ranieri Foundation, 28 Hubert Street, New York, New York, 10013, United States
Andrea Ballou (Poetry, June 2015) will be joined by fellow Writing Fellows at Civitella’s annual celebration of Poetry Month to share their work.

Andrea Ballou is the 2025 Lexi Rudnitsky/Persea Books First Book Prize Affiliated Fellow from the USA. She is the author of Other Times, Midnight, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Andrea is the Director of the Poetry Lab for Elders at the VNA in Somerville, where she has taught poetry and creative writing since 2018.

Author Talk with Hester Kaplan
2026-04-21 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Online Zoom Event
Join Hester Kaplan (Fiction, Mentor) in conversation with Alizah Holstein for a lively discussion about Hester’s new book, Twice Born. This event will be held on Zoom.

Author Talk with Michael Lowenthal, Hester Kaplan and Cindy House
2026-04-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Obodo Serendipity Books, 3588 Main Street, Stratford, Connecticut, 06614, United States
Join authors Michael Lowenthal and Hester Kaplan (Fiction, Mentors), in conversation with Cindy House (Fiction, June 2017) for a lively, in-person discussion.

Cindy House

Michael Lowenthal

Hester Kaplan

Book Launch with Sara Levine
2026-04-25 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Road, Stony Creek, Connecticut, 06405, United States
Join award-winning author Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) for a book launch of her latest book, A Visit with the Birds, and a lively time with reading, activities, and discussion.

Circle Back (or Big Day) Play Reading by John David Westby
2026-04-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online Zoom Event
On the day a CEO launches himself into space, a manipulative HR chief sends an anxious new hire on a mission to expose a stealth employee, and potential corporate saboteur, only to find himself caught between her grip on power and the saboteur’s plan to tear the system down.

Playwright: John David Westby (WSS, June 2025)

Cast features: Paul Anderson, Kristie Berger, Lisa Deily, Adam Denoyer, Sam Fain, Erin FM (WSS, January 2023), Jami Johnson, Matt Hellyer, and Deborah Leydig.

This play is part of Chicago Dramatists Network Playwright’s First Draft Series.

Author Talk with Lee Okan
2026-04-30 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Assistant Professor Lee Okan (Fiction, January 2015) introduces her new book, Sexual Violence in Comics: The Ethics of Visualizing Trauma. Join the BHCC community for a reading and discussion as Lee explores how artists navigate the tension between testimony and spectacle in contemporary comics.

Author Talk with Allison Keeton
2026-04-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Richard Salter Storrs Library, 693 Longmeadow St, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 01106, United States
Join author Allison Keeton (WFYP, January 2009), for a discussion of her Midcoast Maine Mystery Series. Allison will share details about her publishing journey and writing process, and discuss how she draws upon life in Southern New England and Maine as inspiration.

Author Talk with Allison Keeton
2026-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Willington Public Library, 7 Ruby Road, Willington, Connecticut, 06279, United States
Join Allison Keeton (WFYP, January 2009) and learn about her author’s journey, her writing process, and her new cozy mystery series. Books will be available for purchase.

Boca Lit Fest with Celeste Mohammed
2026-05-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Port_of_Spain) | National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), MF2Q+Q92, Abercromby St, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
What does it take to turn your novel into a compelling audiobook, and what are the necessary creative and technical choices? Author Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) will share advice from her recent audiobook project at the Bocas Lit Fest.

World Premiere with Thato Mwosa
2026-05-16 14:15 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, New York, 10027, United States
Thato Mwosa’s (WSS, June 2017) short film Until Further Notice will premiere at the 33rd African Film Festival in New York. Tickets are available for purchase.

Book Fest with Michelle Knudsen
2026-05-16 15:15 - 16:15 (America/New_York) | Gaithersburg Bohrer Park, 506 S Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20877, United States
Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, Mentor) will be presenting and signing books at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. Her book Into the Wild Magic was just announced as a 2025 Andre Norton Nebula Award finalist. The book fest is free to attend. Drop by and say hi!

Poetry Reading with Aimee Noel
2026-05-28 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Tipp City Public Library, 11 E. Main St, Tipp City, Ohio, 45371, United States
Join Aimee Noel (Poetry, January 2014) as she reads poems from her new published book Slag. Limited copies are available for request.

Salon with Memoir Authors Hester Kaplan & Alizah Holstein
2026-06-03 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Yellow House, 3842 Main Rd, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island, 02878, United States
Visit The Yellow House for a salon style discussion, Q&A, and signing with Rhode Island based authors Hester Kaplan (Twice Born) and Alizah Holstein (My Roman History). Books and drinks available for purchase.

Hester Kaplan is the author of novels and story collections including The Edge of Marriage, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series. She is the recipient of two NEA awards, and was named a Mark Twain Fellow for Twice Born.

Alizah Holstein holds a PhD in history from Cornell University and an MFA in nonfiction writing and literary translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Providence, Rhode Island.

Memoirist Deborah Sosin, in Conversation with Alison Cupp Relyea
2026-06-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Rye Library, 1061 Boston Post Rd, Rye, New York, 10580, United States
Visit the Rye Free Reading Room for an author event with Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) discussing her memoir: Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family (70 Micro-Memoirs, 70 Words Each).

Join Rye native and award-winning author Deborah Sosin, now a Boston-based writer and psychotherapist, as she and local essayist Alison Cupp Relyea discuss the craft of writing a set of linked micro-memoirs about balancing family loyalty with forging one’s own path in life. This genre-bending new memoir includes 70 pencil drawings by artist Anna Hall. Copies of Escape Velocity will be available for sale and signing.

Book Launch with Nathan Tavares
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, 02446-2908, United States
Join Nathan Tavares (Fiction, June 2011) in conversation with Sara Farizan (WFYP, January 2012 & Mentor), to celebrate the release of his book The Disco at the End of the World. Preorder your book today to have it signed!
