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Past events
Feb. 9, 6 pm
Eighteenth Street Lounge, 1212 18th St. NW Washington D.C. 20036 Reading for the museum of americana With Cornelius Eady Trio, Amorak Huey, Keith Lesmeister, Sandra Marchetti Free and open to the public. Details here. March 9, 7:15 pm Why There Are Words, Sausalito Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St. Book launch for Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow with Harriet Chessman, Molly Giles, Glen David Gold, Stefan Kiesbye, Ethel Rohan, Sarah Stone. March 18, 1:00 pm Private book group talk and luncheon, Healdsburg, CA March 23, 7:30 pm In Conversation with Grant Faulkner The Booksmith. 7:30 pm. 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco April 5, 7 pm Inside Story Time The Make Out Room 3325 22nd Street, San Francisco With Ethel Rohan, Jon Sindell, Amy Berkowitz, and Christine No April 20, 7 pm WTAW-Los Angeles A pre-L.A. Times Festival of Books event with With Antonia Crane, Siel Ju, Paula Priamos, Rob Roberge, and emceed by Patrick O’Neil. RSVP on the Facebook event as there will be limited access. BYOB! DTLA at 1614 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90017 April 23, 7:30 pm The Last Bookstore 453 S Spring St – Ground Floor, Los Angeles In conversation with Marisa Silver April 30, 3 pm Stranger than Fiction Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary Blvd., San Francisco With Ethel Rohan, Rachel Howard, Jason Bayani, Alan Black, and Jon Boilard Frances Stroh's reading series May 6 Sonoma County Writers Boot Camp Discussing WTAW Press and Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series May 7, 3 pm Four-Eyed Frog Books Gualala, CA May 10, 7:45 pm Passages on the Lake The Terrace Room at the Lake Merritt Hotel, Oakland May 18, 7 pm Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland Mother Lode: Women on the Topic of Mothers with Nancy Au, Melissa Cistaro, Jacqueline Doyle, Kara Levy, Micah Perks, Monica Wesolowska, and Olga Zilberbourg. May 19, 7 pm At the Inkwell Alley Cat Books in the Mission district, San Francisco May 23, 6 pm Book Passage 100 Bay Street, Sausalito, CA In conversation with Melissa Cistaro May 24, 6 pm Mad Monk Books Berkeley, Telegraph Ave in the old Cody's Books building, next to Moe's. Reading with Robert Thomas, author of Bridge June 4, 6 pm Bazaar Writers Salon Bazaar Cafe 5927 California Street, between 21st & 22nd Avenue With Aamina Ahmad, Michael Shewmaker, and Shelley Wong Hosted by Peter Kline June 10 @ 7:30 pm Stories on Stage, Davis Also featuring Shawna Yang Ryan (Green Island). 7:30 p.m. at Pence Gallery, 212 D St. Doors open at 7. Recommended donation, $10; minimum donation, $5 June 20 @ 7:30 The Inner Loop Washington, D.C. The Colony Club 3118 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20010 June 24 @ 7pm WTAW-Pittsburgh White Whale Bookstore July 9 @ 3pm Valona Deli Second Sunday Poetry Series Hosted by Connie Post Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona St., Crockett, CA July 14 @ 7pm Peninsula Literary Reading Series Gallery House, 320 California Ave., Palo Alto July 16 @ 1:30pm Healdsburg Literary Guild Third Sunday Salon Bean Affair Coffee Shop, 1270 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg July 28 @ 9am Napa Valley Writers Conference First Books Panel Upper Valley Campus of Napa Valley College, St. Helena, CA August 13 @ 6pm In Conversation with Stefan Kiesbye Pt. Reyes Books Pt. Reyes, CA August 17 @ 6:30pm Writers Forum. Flash Fiction: The Power of Writing Short Copperfields Books, Petaulma 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA August 29 @ 7pm In Conversation with Rebecca Winterer about her wonderful book, The Singing Ship Folio Books 3957 24th St. San Francisco September 10 @ 3pm Write on Mamas Salon Is it harder to birth a child or a book? Peg Alford Pursell will moderate a panel discussion with authors on the recently published authors. Creekside Room, Mill Valley Library Wednesday, September 13, 2017 @7:00pm IN CONVERSATION: PEG ALFORD PURSELL & STEFAN KIESBYE Local literary luminaries Kiesbye and Pursell discuss their books and the craft of writing. Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow & Knives, Forks, Scissors, Flames Copperfield’s Books Inc. Montgomery Village Store, Santa Rosa 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Thursday, September 14, 6 pm Celebration for the book launch of WTAW Press's inaugural titles! Limited number of tickets available now HERE while supplies last. Readings begin at 7:15; doors open at 7pm. $10. Details here. Studio 333 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito September 22, 3:30 pm Using Constraints to Write The Writers' Cafe University of Pittsburgh 4024 O'Hara Street Pittsburgh, PA 15260 September 26 @ 10 am Madwomen In the Attic Workshop Carlow University 3333 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 September 26 @ 7pm Red Dog Reading Series, Carlow University Carlow University Commons, 2nd floor university space. 3333 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 September 28 @ 7 pm The Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NYC With Thaddeus Rutowski, Paul Beckman, Karen Moulding, and Laurie Stone September 30 @ 7pm Poets Corner 570 Main Street New Rochelle, NY 10801 With Michael Collins October 1 @ 6pm Why There Are Words-NYC Bowery Poetry Club With Maggie Anderson, Panio Gianopoulos, Vincent Guerra, Kevin "Mc" McIlvoy, & Kamilah Aisha Moon October 2 & 3 @ 6:30pm NYU School for Professional Studies 7 East 12 St. NY, NY October 5 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm The Mom Egg Reading Readers from the literary journal The Mom Egg Word Up Community Bookshop/Libreria Comunitaria 2113 Amsterdam Ave, NYC 10032 October 6 @ 7 pm KGB Bar Red Room 85 East 4th Street NYC October 7 @ 2:30-3:45pm Litquake's Art of Writing Panels Art of the Short Story The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco, California 94103 “When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.” – George Saunders. Author Jane Ciabattari moderates this panel of short fiction, as writers Jon Boilard, Dave Madden, Edie Meidav, and Peg Alford Pursell discuss and take questions. $12 Ticket Link October 25 @7-9pm Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th St., San Rafael With Jacqueline Doyle Sunday, November 19, 2017 @ 3 to 6 pm The Middlebrook Salon, San Francisco with Renate Stendhal Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 7 pm Flash Fiction Collective Alley Cat Books in the Mission district, San Francisco Wednesday, December 20, 2017 @ 7 pm Why There Are Words - Austin Malvern Books (613 W. 29th St., Austin) Sunday, January 21, 2018 @ 6:30-8 pm Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco With Rebecca Winterer, Shauna Hannibal, & Genanne Walsh MARCH 3 @6 - 8 PM Babylon Salon The Armory Club, 1799 Mission St., SF With Julie Lythcott-Haims, K. M. Soehnlein, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Jacqueline Doyle, and Roxanne Hernandez. Facebook event here Free admission; cash bar exotica MY AWP CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, Tampa, March 8-11
SONOMA WRITERS FESTIVAL at Sonoma State University, April 13-14.
MAY 8, 2018 @6 - 8 PM Launch for Nothing Short Of: 100 Selected Tales from 100 Word Story 7:30pm to 9:00pm The Bindery, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco March 20, 2018 @4-6 PM Why There Are Words - PDX Leach Botanical Garden in SE Portland With Meredith May, Jennifer Perrine, Keith Rosson, Natalie Singer, Mary Jo Thompson, Leni Zumas June 21, 2018 @7:30 - 9:30 PM Story Is the Thing Quarterly Reading Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park With Dinika Amaral, Idris Anderson, Tristen Chang, Betsy Franco, Carrie La Seur, Elaine Castillo July 10, 2018 @ 7pm Warren Wilson MFA Program - Post MFA Conference Dominican University The Creekside Room, 50 Acacia Ave. San Rafael open to the public August 3, 2018 @ 9am Napa Valley Writers Conference First books panel With Dickson Lam, Marci Vogel, and Justin McFarr September 16, 2018 @2pm Books on Stage Cloverdale Performing Arts Center 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA 95425 The event will be followed by wine, cheese and conversation in the lobby. Suggested donation $10 October 20, 2018 @12:30 PM – 4 PM Litcrawl Book Fair The Chapel 777 Valencia St, San Francisco, California 94110 October 20, 2018 @6:30 pm Lit Crawl: Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story Creativity Explored 3245 16th St, San Francisco with Jacqueline Doyle, Stephen D. Gutierrez, Cornelia Nixon, and Ethel Rohan November 1, 2018 @7:30 pm Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave. San Francisco Anita Felicelli discusses her debut story collection, Love Songs for a Lost Continent with Peg Alford Pursell January 7, 2019 @4-5:30 pm and 7-8pm Dominican University Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Open to the public: Panel discussion on the hybrid form with Maw Shein Win and Carlos Rodriguez, 4pm Reading, 7pm February 11, 2019 @7pm Odd Mondays Reading Series Folio Books in Noe Valley, SF June 15, 2019. 9am-9pm Bridging: A One-Day Writing Retreat St. Mary's College of California, Morega June 23, 2019 @ 2pm Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St., SF Benefit for Alley Cat Books hosted by the San Francisco Writers Workshop |