NEWS ABOUT BOOKS EVENTS CONTACT

2025

Wednesday, April 2
6:30PM ET In conversation with Jayne Anne Phillips, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch

WBUR CitySpace
890 Commonwealth Ave.

Boston, MA

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Monday, April 7
7:00PM ET In conversation with Maria Semple

Books Are Magic
122 Montague St.

Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, April 13
5:00PM ET In conversation with Aaron Hamburger

Politics and Prose
5105 Connecticut Ave NW

Washington, DC

Tuesday, April 15
7:00PM ET In conversation with Elise Juska

The Free Library
1901 Vine Street

Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, April 16
7:00PM ET In conversation with Susan Perabo

The Midtown Scholar Bookstore
302 N. 3rd St.

Harrisburg, PA

Thursday, April 17
6:30PM CT In conversation with Kim Baldwin

Parnassus Books
3900 Hillsboro Pike

Nashville, TN

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Saturday, April 19

Unbound Book Festival
Columbia, MO

Tuesday, April 22
6:00PM ET

Barnes & Noble
1350-B Bald Hill Road

Warwick, RI

Saturday, April 26

LA Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA

Tuesday, April 29
7:00PM ET In conversation with Amy Grace Loyd

The Music Hall
131 Congress Street

Portsmouth, NH

Wednesday, April 30
7:00PM ET In conversation with Lily King

A Bookstore
273 Congress St.

Portland, ME

Saturday, May 3

Booktopia Festival
Manchester, VT

Thursday, May 8
7:00PM ET In conversation with Rand Richards Cooper

The Mark Twain House
351 Farmington Ave.

Hartford, CT

Sunday, May 18
11:00AM ET

Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street

Princeton, NJ

Tuesday, May 27
6:30PM MT

Trident Booksellers
940 Pearl St.

Boulder, CO

Saturday, May 31

Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books
Pittsburgh, PA

Tuesday, June 3
7:30PM ET

Earfull
321 Arsenal Street

Watertown, MA

Friday, June 20
7:00PM ET Jennifer Haigh interviews Joyce Carol Oates about her new novel, FOX

Mark Twain House and Museum
351 Farmington Ave.

Hartford, CT

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2024

Thursday, October 24
7:30PM ET Reading and discussion
Clinton and Mary Opal Moore Appalachian Writer's Residency

Curris Center Theater
Murray State University

Murray, KY

Thursday, October 17
6:00PM ET Books & Bites

Footlight Club
7 Eliot Street

Jamaica Plain, MA

Friday, September 20
Festival of Books in the Alleghenies

Cambria County Courthouse
Ebensburg, PA

Wednesday, July 24
7:30PM CT Reading from Mercy Street -
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop

Hindman Settlement School
Hindman, KY

Appalachian Writers' Workshop

Wednesday, June 12
7:00PM ET In conversation with Elise Juska, author of REUNION

Newtonville Books
Newton, MA

Saturday, May 11
3:00PM ET Master Class:  Voice for Storytellers

Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Denver, CO

Saturday, April 27
3:00PM CT Author Talk

Corsicana Residency
100 W. Third Ave.

Corsicana, TX

Wednesday, March 6
7:00PM ET In conversation with Cristina Henriquez, author of THE GREAT DIVIDE

Harvard Book Store
Cambridge, MA

Tuesday, February 27
7:30PM ET BU Creative Writing Faculty reading

Boston University Hillel
Boston, MA

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Fall 2023

Saturday, September 9
4PM ET Wheeling Reads Festival Finale

Ohio County Public Library auditorium
Wheeling, WV

Saturday, September 23
11:45AM ET Albany Book Festival: Working Class Fiction, with Andre Dubus III and Sidik Fofana

SUNY Campus Center Assembly Hall
Albany, NY

Friday September 29
7:00PM ET A conversation with Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Night Watch

SUNY Campus Center Assembly Hall
Albany, NY

Friday September 29
7:00PM ET A conversation with Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Night Watch

Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd.
Newton MA

Thursday, October 5
7:30PM ET Arlington Author Salon, with Helen Elaine Lee and Josh Barkan

Kickstand Café
594 Mass Ave.
Arlington MA

Thursday, October 12
6:00PM ET Standing Strong with Planned Parenthood

Aria
2609 Duke St. Suite 700
Durham, NC

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Saturday, October 14
11:45AM ET Boston Book Festival: A Conversation with Richard Russo and Andre Dubus III

Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury St.
Boston, MA

Boston Book Festival schedule

Tuesday, November 14
7:00PM ET Beyond the Page with WGBH

Long Live Beerworks
152 Hampden St.
Boston, MA

wgbh.org

Wednesday, November 15
7:00PM ET AGNI magazine launch

Boston Playwright’s Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA

2021

Thursday, November 16
11AM ET Virtual event: Talking about Mercy Street with Library Love Fest

Watch the conversation here:
YouTube

2022

Thursday, February 3
6PM ET Virtual event collaboration with Politics & Prose (DC), Harvard Bookstore
(Cambridge, MA), and Books & Books (Miami)

In conversation with Andre Dubus III, author of The House of Sand and Fog and Townie

Event links:
Politics and Prose
Books & Books
Harvard Book Store

Friday, February 4
6PM PT / 9PM ET Virtual event with Elliott Bay (Seattle)

In conversation with Claire Dederer, author of Love and Trouble
Elliott Bay Books

Saturday, February 5
4PM ET Virtual event with Riverstone Books (Pittsburgh)

In conversation with Stewart O’Nan, author of Emily, Alone

Riverstone Books

Monday, February 7
7PM ET Virtual event with Parnassus (Nashville)

In conversation with Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins

Parnassus Books

Thursday, February 10
7PM ET In-person event at Wellesley Books (Wellesley, MA)

82 Central St.
Wellesley, MA

In conversation with Laura Zigman, author of Separation Anxiety.

Wellesley Books

Tuesday, February 22
7PM ET Virtual event with The Center for Fiction (Brooklyn, NY)

"On America"
The Front Lines of the Abortion Divide

In conversation with reproductive right attorney Shannon Rose Selden and writer/activist Jamia Wilson, author of This Book Is Feminist

Center for Fiction

Wednesday, March 23
6PM ET Via Zoom Boston.com Book Club

RSVP to join:

Boston.com Book Club

Friday, March 25
12:00 noon MT In-person event: Storyfort Festival, Boise ID

A reading from Mercy Street.

Friday, March 25
3PM MT In-person event: Storyfort Festival, Boise ID

"A Novel Life"
Panel discussion with Jason Mott and Jonathan Evison

Saturday, March 26
3PM MT In-person event: Storyfort Festival, Boise ID

"Diamond in the Slush Pile"
A conversation with The Idaho Review

Tuesday, March 29
7PM ET In-person event with Earfull Reading Series with Mona Awad, author of Bunny

The Burren
247 Elm Street
Somerville, MA

Saturday, April 2
10AM ET In-person event: Fiction in Ft. Lauderdale

Panel discussion with Xochitl Gonzalez, Danya Kukafka, Peng Shepherd and Brendan Slocumb. Barnes & Noble, Ft. Lauderdale FL

Saturday, April 23
11AM - noon PT In-person event: Los Angeles Times Book Festival

“Struggles and Strength”
Panel discussion with Jessamine Chan, Yoon Choi and Jackie L. Polzin

Wednesday, April 27
1 pm ET Zoom event: The Diane Rehm Book Club
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Thursday, April 28
7 pm ET In-person event.
Maynard Public Library
77 Nason Street, Maynard MA

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Saturday, May 10
10 am ET In-person event: Coffee With the Authors
15 Lighthouse Lane
Cohasset, MA

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Saturday, May 14
3:30 pm ET In-person event: Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books
Kelly Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Avenue
Pittsburg, PA

Thursday, June 16
7:00 pm ET In-person event: Wissahickon Public Library
650 W. Skippack Pike
Blue Bell PA

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Sunday, October 16
2:30 pm ET In-person event: Brattleboro Book Festival
With Ann Leary, author of The Foundling
118 Elliot St.
Brattleboro, VT

Saturday, October 29
12:45 pm ET In-person event: Boston Book Festival
Copley Square
Boston, MA

Monday, October 31
8:00 pm ET In-person event: Blacksmith House
With Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark and Termite and Quiet Dell
42 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA

Saturday, November 5
12:00 pm ET Virtual event: Brookline Booksmith
In Conversation with Dorthe Nors, author of A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast
650 W. Skippack Pike
Blue Bell PA

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