Cormac James, author of The Surfacing, joins Chantel Acevedo, Lorraine Adams, Ananda Devi, Ofir Touché Gafla, Assaf Gavron, Nathalie Handal, Amanda Michalopoulou, Zoe Pilger, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Lola Shoneyin, and Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson for the PEN World Voices Festival Literary Quest.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Glucksman Ireland House and the PEN World Voices Festival welcome Cormac James for the first U.S. reading from his novel The Surfacing.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Cormac James, author of The Surfacing, joins Rashidah Ismaili, Abdourahman Waberi, and Kerry Young at Glucksman Ireland House for a PEN World Voices Festival discussion about the diaspora, moderated by Eric Banks.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Please join Bellevue Literary Press at the PEN World Voices Festival Literary Magazine and Book Fair on the Mews. Meet our editorial staff, find great deals on all of our books, and enjoy the place where “global bazaar meets county fair at th[e] third annual festival within the Festival.”

Rain Taxi presents Tim Horvath, author of Understories, and other special guests, paying tribute to Minneapolis-based songwriter Grant Hart and the seminal band Hüsker Dü. The evening will include a short conversation with Grant Hart about his most recent album and will conclude with a short set of music by Hart.

Subtext Books presents Michael Coffey, author of The Business of Naming Things, and Melissa Pritchard, author of A Solemn Pleasure, for a happy hour discussion about their new books and writing at the intersection of fiction, journalism, and autobiography.

Please join Bellevue Literary Press at the AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair in Minneapolis.

From 9:00am-5:00pm daily, Bellevue Literary Press will feature great deals on all of our books at table #1033.

On Thursday, April 9, Publisher and Editorial Director Erika Goldman will participate in the panel “Is All This Writing Really Any Good for Us: A Discussion of How Texting, Tweeting, & Emailing Impact the Creative Voice” (Room M100 H&I, Mezzanine Level @ 10:30-11:45am) and author Melissa Pritchard will participate in the panel “No Shame: Sex Scenes by Women, About Women” (Room 205 C&D, Level 2 @ 3:00-4:15pm).

On Friday, April 10, author Melissa Pritchard will sign copies of her forthcoming essay collection A Solemn Pleasure (Bookfair, Bellevue Literary Press table #1033 @ 1:00-2:00pm).

On Saturday, April 11, author Melissa Pritchard will participate in the panel “The Past Is the Present” (Room L100 H&I, Lower Level @ 12:00-1:15pm).

Newton Free Library welcomes Alan Hirshfeld for a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) talk and reading from Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe.

Behind the Book Reading Series welcomes Michael Coffey, author The Business of Naming Things, Amanda Filipacchi, author of The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty, and John Renehan, author of The Valley, to celebrate their new books at the KGB Bar.

The Seattle Science Lectures at Town Hall hosts a presentation by Jonathan D. Moreno about Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network. This event is co-sponsored by the University Book Store.

The Environmental Humanities Project at Stanford University welcomes Sharona Muir, author of Invisible Beasts, for a special lecture “Invisible Beasts and Biological Tales: Writing the Posthumanist Bestiary.”

Skyscrapers, Inc. (the Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island) hosts Alan Hirshfeld for a lecture and reading from Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe.

McNally Jackson hosts a conversation between Michael Coffey and Paul Harding, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers, about Coffey’s debut short story collection The Business of Naming Things.

Michael Coffey, author The Business of Naming Things, joins Sarah Gerard, author of Binary Star, to celebrate their new books at Pete’s Reading Series.

Magdaléna Platzová, the author of Aaron’s Leap, joins Julia Deck, Davide Longo, Nicol Ljubić, Susanne Scholl, János Háy, Georgi Tenev, Lucian Dan Teodorovici, and Philip Boehm for an evening of multilingual readings and New Literature from Europe Festival keynote address by Barbara Epler.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics hosts Alan Hirshfeld for a special Monthly Observatory Night lecture and reading from Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe.

Politics & Prose Bookstore hosts a discussion with Jonathan D. Moreno about Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network.

Partners Village Store welcomes Alan Hirshfeld for a booksigning and reading from Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe.

NYU Bookstore hosts a special conversation between Jonathan D. Moreno and Arthur L. Caplan about Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network.

The Kenyon Review welcomes Sharona Muir, who will read from her new novel Invisible Beasts.

McNally Jackson hosts a conversation between Eduardo Halfon and Anderson Tepper of Vanity Fair about Halfon’s new novel Monastery.

Sharona Muir, author of Invisible Beasts, joins Peyton Marshall (Goodhouse) for a special double author event at Newtonville Books.

The New Hampshire Institute of Art presents Eduardo Halfon, author of Monastery and The Polish Boxer, for a Visiting Writers Series special event.

Words without Borders presents a night of Guatemalan fiction at The Community Bookstore with Eduardo Halfon, author of Monastery and The Polish Boxer, Rodrigo Fuentes, and moderator Idra Novey.

The Astronomical Society of Southern New England (ASSNE) hosts Alan Hirshfeld for a lecture and reading from Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe.