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Blacksmith House Poetry Series – David Daniel and Steven Cramer

Blacksmith House 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from Departures from Rilke, with David Daniel, whose new collection is What Love Is. Founded in 1973, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. In person readings will take place at 56 Brattle on Mondays at 8pm. Admission is […]

$5

First Friday Book Talk & Reading with Pamela Petro

Online Zoom Event

Join Larksong Writers Place for a book talk and reading of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, A Memoir with Pamela Petro (Nonfiction, Graphic Novels & Comics, MFA Writing Faculty). Registration is required. Sign ups are also available for Pamela Petro's writing workshop "In Search of Home" scheduled for Saturday, March 2, […]

Free

Michelle Knudsen launches new book, in conversation with Tracey Baptiste

Lofty Pigeon Books 743 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Join New York Times bestselling authors Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) and Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for a conversation and reception to launch Michelle’s new picture book, Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten. Readers and book lovers of all ages are welcome to join us as we mark the publication of this […]

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Nathan Tavares: Welcome to Forever – Brookline Booksmith

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

In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the launch of Welcome to Forever with author Nathan Tavares (Fiction, June 2011). This event will also be live-streamed to the store's YouTube channel. Books are available for pre-order and to purchase at the event. A sweeping, psychedelic romance of two men caught in a looping world of artificial realities, edited […]

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THIS AMERICAN EX-WIFE by Lyz Lenz in conversation with Laura Danger

Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United States

Join Women & Children First in welcoming Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) to celebrate the release of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. For this event, Lyz will be joined in conversation by Laura Danger. A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America […]

The 2023-24 Lesley University Thought Leadership Series – Jasmine Warga

The Thought Leadership Series at Lesley University welcomes guest presenters who engage members of our community and the public in conversation and, through that exchange, encourage us all to act as catalysts for a more connected and just world. These presentations are free and open to all. Jasmine Warga (WFYP), a 2013 graduate of Lesley […]

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Meet the Author: Lyz Lenz – This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Meet author Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) as she discusses This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life, a deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot. This event will be moderated […]

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Finnegan Lecture 2024 Jasmine Warga

Online Zoom Event

Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013), the 2024 Finnegan Lecturer, will talk about the power of stories, particularly the power of narrative and stories for young people in her talk "Connecting Through Story." Jasmine is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of many books for young people, including Other Words For Home and A Rover's […]

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Book Launch for Andrea Wang: In Conversation with Malia Maunakea

Golden Library 1019 10th St., Golden, Colorado, United States

Celebrate Andrea Wang’s (WFYP, June 2011) newest book, Summer at Squee! Summer at Squee is a new middle grade novel about a Chinese American tween who attends a Boston-based Chinese cultural overnight camp and the many ways it transforms her. Andrea Wang is a favorite local author and has received many awards including a Caldecott […]

Free

How to Make Your Dialogue Really Talk with Benjamin Roesch

Online Zoom Event

Instructor: Benjamin Roesch (Fiction, January 2016) Course Description: We talk to other people all the time. Speech is at the center of our lives. Which begs the question: why is writing dialogue in fiction SO hard? And why does it so often fall flat or feel fake? In this 2-hour, interactive workshop, we’ll dig into […]

$40

Chris Lynch, author of Walkin’ the Dog, in conversation with Sara Farizan

Porter Square Books 25 White St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Porter Square Books welcomes Chris Lynch (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) for the release of Walkin' the Dog! Author Sara Farizan (WFYP, January 2012) will join Lynch in conversation. A boy learns how to be a friend from man’s best friend in this funny and moving middle grade novel about humans being able to change and dogs changing us from acclaimed author […]

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