2025 NCTE Conference with Jasmine Warga
2025-11-21 12:30 - 13:45 (America/Denver) | Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States
Join Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) at the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention for her workshop: Memory Dreaming, Memory Keeping: Collecting, Creating, and Keeping Memories with the Young Folks in Our Lives. This workshop will explore the ways we can better understand ourselves, the students we serve, and the legacies we create by holding dear our memories and elevating our dreams—the good, the bad; the hopeful, the nostalgic. In this session, authors and educators will share ways we collect and keep memories with young people in classrooms across the country.

Sip and Read: Celeste Mohammad
2025-11-22 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Port_of_Spain) | Scribbles and Quills, 6 Gaston Street, Lange Park, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Enjoy an evening of readings and conversation with award-winning author Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) for a special Sip & Read event featuring her latest work, Ever Since We Small.Sip, nibble, relax: the ambiance will be cozy, warm, and literary.

Virtual Screening of "Nothing Solid" with Sharisse Zeroonian
2025-11-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Online Event
Join director Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS, January 2024) for a screening and discussion of “Nothing Solid”, the world’s first and (so far) only movie about CVS.

NOTE: Recommended for ages 16+

2025 Emerging Playwright Competition with Patricia Lynn
2025-11-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Phillips Mill Community Association, 2619 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 18938, United States
Join Patricia Lynn (WSS, June 2023) for a reading and moderated talkback of her winning play, The Untitled Spinster, at the 2025 Emerging Playwright Competition’s reading of plays.

Author Talk with Jason Reynolds
2025-11-23 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Planet Word Museum | Friedman Family Auditorium, 925 13th St., NW, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20005, United States
Join Planet Word for a thought-provoking conversation between #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds and Dr. LaCharles Ward from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Together, they’ll explore the art of visual storytelling as a lens for understanding Black history and culture and how both words and images can shape narratives in consequential ways, especially in the age of AI and deep fakes.

Conversation and Q&A will be followed by a Meet & Greet with light bites.

Book Signing: Michelle Knudsen
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | WORD, 126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, New York, 11222, United States
Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at WORD bookstore in Brooklyn for a reading and book signing of Curseed Princess Club.

Lesley Alumni Book Club
2025-12-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Online Zoom Event
Join us as we discuss Break This House, written by Leslely alum, Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017). This monthly book club brings alumni together for meaningful conversations, community, and connection through shared reading.

Book Signing with Kristin Offiler
2025-12-03 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Martin House Books, 10 Canal St., Westerly, Rhode Island, 02891, United States
Join Kristin Offiler (Fiction, January 2011) in beautiful, downtown Westerly for the 28th Annual Holiday Stroll! Kristin will be on hand to sign/personalize her new book, The Housewarming, starting at 5 pm.

Poetry Reading with KB Ballentine
2025-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Neighborly Books, 106 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, Tennessee, 37804, United States
Join us KB Ballentine (Poetry, June 2007), along with three local poets, for a cozy evening of poetry & conversations at Neighborly Books.

Meet & Greet: Michelle Knudsen
2025-12-14 12:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Barrett Bookstore, 5 Corbin Drive, Darien, Connecticut, 06820, United States
Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty) will be at Barrett Bookstore to sign copies of her newest middle grade book, Into The Wild Magic. Meet Michelle and have some of her books signed for you!

2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Eileen Cleary & Robbie Gamble
2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Avenue, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, 02136, United States
Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) and Robbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) are featured readers at MAC. All readings are free and open to the public with an Open Mic before the featured speakers. Space is limited at the Open Mic, signup starts at 645 pm the night of the reading.

Writing For Healing with Amy Asherah
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Moorse Institute Library, 14 E Central St, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760, United States
Join poet, writer, and writing instructor Amy Asherah (Nonfiction, January 2023) in this writing workshop, where we will explore the ways our bodies hold onto trauma and how expressing ourselves through writing can help us heal. Sharing your writing with the group is encouraged but not required.

Amy Asherah has used writing as a way of healing for over 30 years, and studied Writing as a Therapeutic Modality at Lesley University, where she received an MFA. Her work has been published in Modern Love (NY Times), Boulevard, CALYX Journal, and other places. She completed two apprenticeships in herbal medicine and co-founded the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA.

A Tactical Toolbox for Edits & Revision with Michael Mecurio
2026-01-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Massachusetts
This class will focus on focused revision at the level of language. It’s not about plot or form or structure, but rather about the constituent elements that make up sentences or lines. Students will be offered tactics to employ in the service of sharpening their prose or poems, in strengthening their syntax, and in surprising their readers (and themselves!) There will be resources shared in class for students to take home; nothing will be sent in advance. Students will be asked to bring a short piece of writing that they would like to revise, e.g., 500 words of prose or 1 poem (20 lines or fewer).

Storytime Reading with Mikki Knudsen
2026-02-01 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Spiral Books NYC, 147 Sullivan St, New York, New York, 10012, United States
Join Mikki Knudsen at Spirial Books for a storytime reading of her award-winning picture book, Library Lion.

Self-Care for Writers with Deanna Richards
2026-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Massachusetts
Fiction or non-fiction, the excavation process of writing can trigger past traumas, reopen old wounds, and just be downright exhausting. In this workshop, you’ll discover how to:

Recognize the signs that writing is taking a toll

Learn techniques to stay present and safe

Develop strategies to process difficult material without burning out

You’ll walk away with practical tools to care for yourself while doing meaningful work—so you can keep writing without sacrificing your wellbeing.

Open to writers of all levels.

Note: This is an experiential workshop. Participants are encouraged to bring special items, wear cozy clothes, light a candle.

Book Launch with Cynthia Platt
2026-02-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Whitelam Books, 610 Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts, 01867, United States
Join Cynthia Platt for the book launch of her new children’s book at Whitelam Books!

Author Talk with Michael Lowenthal
2026-02-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02140, United States
Join Michael Lowenthal at Porter Square Books for the release of Place Envy. Jennifer Haigh will join Lowenthal in conversation.

Growing up in places where his family had no past, and met mostly by silence from his Holocaust-refugee grandparents, Michael Lowenthal longed to be from somewhere. Then he realized he was gay and felt displaced from his own displaced family. Place Envy—his first book of essays after five acclaimed books of fiction—chronicles his quest for orientation in the world.

Bookelicious Presents Tracey Baptiste
2026-02-12 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Online Zoom Event
Bookelicious Presents features live, interactive classroom events with celebrated authors and illustrators, books for your students, and a student activity guide. Join this event with Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, Mentor)! Recommended for Grades 4-6. Last day to sign-up is February 10th.

Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books and several short stories for children. She writes fiction and nonfiction picture books, middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels. She is best known for the horror adventure Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash. Tracey can be found online at traceybaptiste.com and on Instagram: @traceybaptistewrites.

Reading with Michael Lowenthal
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Riffraff Bookstore, 60 Valley Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02909, United States
Join Michael Lowenthal as he reads from, Place Envy. Hester Kaplan will join Lowenthal in conversation.

Artful Connections: With Ben Keyes and Amy Asherah
2026-02-17 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 01748, United States
ARTFUL CONNECTIONS is a social justice-lensed event where artists offer music, poetry, readings, and spoken word. Join this month’s co-hosts, Ben Keyes and Amy Asherah (Nonfiction, January 2023), for an evening presentation, performance, and discussion. Guests are welcome to add their words, music, and art to the conversation. Refreshments are available.

This series is a collaboration between the Hopkinton Freedom Team and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, with support from Riverside Properties, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Hopkinton Cultural Council, and Hopkinton Youth and Family Services.

Ben Keyes grew up in Southborough, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University, where he studied ethnomusicology and later received his Master’s degree in Theology and the Arts from Regent College (Vancouver, B.C.). Ben and his wife Nickaela are now co-directors of the Southborough L’Abri Fellowship, where he cooks for the guests, tutors students, gives lectures, splits wood, and thinks about God and art. They have two daughters and a son.

Amy Asherah is a poet, writer, and writing instructor. Her work has been published in Modern Love (NY Times), Boulevard, CALYX Journal, and other places. Amy completed two apprenticeships in herbal medicine and co-founded the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. She is a mother of four daughters.

In Living Memory: A conversation on African American Archives with Jason Reynolds
2026-02-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001, United States
A reflective conversation on African American archives, collective memory, and the power of preservation with Lindsay Adams, Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor), and Savannah Wood, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony’s guest curator, Claudia M. Watts, the discussion will address each panelist’s relationship with archival materials, exploring the similarities and differences while underscoring the importance of archives and their afterlives.

A reception with light fare will directly follow.

Book Launch with Cynthia Platt: Bunny in Disguise
2026-02-21 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Whitelam Books, 610 Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts, 01867, United States
Join Whitelam Books to celebrate Cynthia Platt’s (WFYP, June 2014) NEW picture book, Bunny in Disguise!Egg hunt’s starting at high noon!That bunny has to hide eggs soon!We must act now or they’ll be latefor this important Easter date!The Easter Bunny is late! Can a group of creative kids help this iconic rabbit get to the town’s egg hunt in time all while keeping the famous bunny incognito and out of sight? The kids need to work together and hop to it if they’re going to pull this off and save the holiday.

This is a perfectly funny and sweet read-aloud tale to share in every Easter basket!

Longfellow Days: Sunday Reading with Kate Kearns
2026-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College, 6 S Campus Drive, Brunswick, Maine, 04011, United States
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College

Visit the Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College for the final Longfellow Days Sunday Reading with three Maine poets: Marcia Brown, Marita O’Neil and Kate Kearns (June 2008).

Marcia F. Brown is the author of five books of poetry and the essay collection Well Read, Well Fed ~ A Year of Great Reads and Simple Dishes for Book Groups. Marcia served as Poet Laureate for the City of Portland, ME and co-hosts the monthly Local Buzz Reading Series at The Yarmouth History Center.

Marita O’Neill lives in Portland with her dog, Sweetpea. She received her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has had poems published in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s “Deep Water” series, Maine Public Radio’s “Poems from Here,” Cafe Review, and other magazines. Deerbrook Editions published her new book, Wild Nest, No Prison, last spring.

Kate Kearns is the author of You Are Ruining My Loneliness (Littoral Books, 2023), and a chapbook called How to Love an Introvert (Finishing Line Press, 2015). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Appalachian Review, Common Ground Review, Sugar House Review, Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Public Radio’s “Poems from Here,” and elsewhere. Kate was a finalist for the 2024 Charles Simic Poetry Prize and the 2024 Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. She earned her MFA from Lesley

Sunday Salon with Michael Lowenthal
2026-02-22 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Von Bar, 3 Bleeker Street, New York, New York, 10012, United States
Sunday Salon NYC celebrates wondrous prose and poetry every third Sunday at the Von Bar. Join Michael Lowenthal for a reading, warm vibes, and a ceiling made of wine corks.

Black History Month Author Talk with Saraciea J. Fennell
2026-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York, 10458, United States
Saraciea J. Fennell (WFYP, January 2020) will moderate a panel of adult and children’s authors, highlighting the stories we need to protect and preserve, featuring books on prominent figures, Black history, and a memoir on why it’s critical to prioritize reading in this time.

Saraciea J. Fennell is a Brooklyn born Black Honduran American writer from the Bronx. She is the founder of The Bronx is Reading, and creator of Honduran Garifuna Writers. She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors. Fennell board chair for Latinx in Publishing as well as on the Advisory Board of People of Color in Publishing. She lives in the Bronx with her husband, family and black poodle, Oreo. Her nonfiction anthology Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is available wherever books are sold. Her horror anthology The Black Girl Survives in This One, co-edited with Desiree S. Evans, is available now from Flatiron Books.

NTTBF Festival Day with Jasmine Warga
2026-03-07 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, Texas, 75039, United States
Join Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) at the North Texas Teen Book Festival, a one-day book festival created to celebrate teen literature from both Middle Grade and YA authors. Jasmine will sign books, meet readers, and discuss books during the event.

Follow NTTBFEST on Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram for updates and schedules.

Book of the Year Party with Abbie Harlow
2026-03-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hicklebee’s Bookstore, 1378 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, California, 95125, United States
Abbie Harlow (WFYP, June 2019) will be at Hicklebee’s to celebrate The Butterfly’s Sting. Her debut novel, and the Hicklebee’s YA book of the year, The Butterfly’s Sting is a riveting story of hardship and family ties. Join Abbie for a presentation, reading and book signing!

Author Event with Jasmine Warga
2026-03-08 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville, 123 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, Illinois, 60540, United States
Join award-winning author Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) for an author event celebrating the release of The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan. Warga will be in conversation with author John Schu.

Check-in is approximately 30 minutes before the start time. After a presentation and Q&A with the author, the author will sign copies. See the website for details regarding the event format.

Jasmine Warga at Hilltop Branch Library
2026-03-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Columbus Metropolitan Library – Hilltop Branch, 511 S. Hague Ave, Columbus, Ohio, 43204, United States
Award-winning author Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) joins Hilltop Branch Library on tour with her new book, The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, a moving story about a friendship between a rescue dog and a cheetah.

After the author talk, Jasmine will sign books for attendees. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Animal Encounter will be at the library during the book signing. Meet a labrador with a very special job–a companion to the cheetahs at the Zoo! Just like Chase, these cheetah companion labradors are an important part of the educational work the zoo does with their animals.

Book Club: Without You Here by Jody Hesler
2026-03-10 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Starr Hill Brewery, 946 Grady Ave, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
Relax, recharge, and connect with other thoughtful moms at Moms Lit Society: Books After Bedtime—a quarterly book club launched by CharlottesvilleFamily Magazine. The upcoming March reading will be Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017). Thoughtful and emotionally layered, this story beautifully explores how loss reshapes identity and relationships, as well as how we all grapple with mental health, forgiveness, and the ways we carry love forward. Come and discuss the book over a glass of wine or beer.

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