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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 […]

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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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Chris Lynch presents Walkin’ the Dog in conversation with Michael Mercurio

Broadside Bookshop 247 Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Join Chris Lynch (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) in conversation with Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017) as they discuss Chris's new middle grade book, Walkin' the Dog at Broadside Bookshop. In this charming middle-grade novel, Louis, a bit of an introvert in a family of assertive personalities, has  been home-schooled up until now, but is about […]

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Great Middle Grade Reads with Chris Lynch

Books of Wonder 42 West 17th Street, New York City, New York, United States

Join Books of Wonder in-store to discover these terrific new titles that are full of heart, courage, and self-discovery (and dogs and chocolate chip cookies!)! Stop in to check out:

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Jumpstart Your Memoir! A Writing Workshop with Celia Jeffries

Joanne Rossman's Home 6 Birch Street, Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States

Course Description: Our wonderful, complex lives can be difficult to capture when writing a memoir. What to include? What to leave out? Where to start? Celia Jeffries (Fiction/Nonfiction, 2008) is a writer, editor and memoir workshop leader who can help you explore those questions. Become one of the lucky writers to begin this journey with her in […]

$125