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  • 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, […]

    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 […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

    Free

  • 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 1815 Massachusetts Ave, 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 […]

    Free

  • 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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