Past Events

Tim Horvath reads from Understories at Gibson’s Bookstore

Gibson’s Bookstore Concord, NH

Tim Horvath, the author of Understories, joins Eric Shonkwiler (Above All Men) and Nathan Graziano (My Next Bad Decision) for a special triple author event at Gibson’s Bookstore.

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Tim Horvath, author of Understories, in conversation with John Darnielle, author of Wolf in White Van

Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA

Brookline Booksmith presents John Darnielle, author of Wolf in White Van, in conversation with Tim Horvath, author of Understories, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

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Tim Horvath, author of Understories, at the Brattleboro Literary Festival

Robert H. Gibson River Garden Brattleboro , VT

Tim Horvath, the author of Understories, joins Jeffrey Friedman, Ann Hood, Leslie Jamison, Pamela Painter, and Nick Sansone for Flashing Lights: A Flash Fiction event at the Brattleboro Literary Festival, hosted by Tara Laskowski.

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Sharona Muir reads from Invisible Beasts at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn Book Festival Mainstage Brooklyn , NY

Sharona Muir, author of Invisible Beasts, joins Catherine Lacey (Nobody Is Ever Missing), Kimberly Elkins (What Is Visible), Raj Karamchedu (All Things Unforgiven), and Mike Meginnis (Fat Man and Little Boy) for a Brooklyn Book Festival special event featuring readings from five of the year’s most impressive debut novelists.

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Bellevue Literary Press at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, Booth #325 Brooklyn , NY

Please join Bellevue Literary Press at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Visit us in booth 413, which we’ll be sharing with our sister organization The Bellevue Literary Review, to meet author Sharona Muir and find great deals on all of our books.

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Tim Horvath reads from Understories at Smack Mellon for the Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event “The Short Story: A Celebration of Fiction’s Underrepresented Form”

Smack Mellon Brooklyn , NY

Tim Horvath, the author of Understories, joins Arna Bontemps Hemenway (Elegy on Kinderklavier), Shya Scanlon (The Guild of St. Cooper); and Erika Wurth (Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend) for a special a Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, “The Short Story: A Celebration of Fiction’s Underrepresented Form,” at Smack Mellon.

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Norman Lock reads from The Boy in His Winter at the Mark Twain House & Museum

Mark Twain House & Museum Hartford, CT

The Mark Twain House & Museum presents Norman Lock, reading from The Boy in His Winter, in the BOOK/MARK series.

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Tim Horvath, author of Understories, at the Nantucket Book Festival

Nantucket Atheneum, Great Hall Nantucket, MA

The Nantucket Book Festival presents “four of our newest and yet most celebrated writers—Molly Antopol, Cynthia Bond, Tim Horvath, and Anthony Marra—discuss[ing] their work with journalist and writer Michael Schulder. This highly anticipated session will offer readers an introduction to the next generation of extraordinary authors and literature, as they explain to their audience why you should ‘steal their book.’”

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Michael Coffey, author of The Business of Naming Things, at Greenlight Bookstore

Greenlight Bookstore Brooklyn, NY

BOMB magazine launches its Summer issue at Greenlight Bookstore with reading by contributors Michael Coffey (The Business of Naming Things), Donald Breckenridge, Corina Copp, Steve Dalachinsky, Vincent Katz, and Andrew Lampert, with a reception to follow.

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Newtonville Books hosts a book club discussion of Palmerino

Newtonville Books Newton, MA

Please join the Newtonville Bookclub for a discussion of Palmerino by Melissa Pritchard.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at The British Institute of Florence

British Institute of Florence, Harold Acton Library 50123 Firenze,

Melissa Pritchard discusses the life of Vernon Lee and reads from her new novel Palmerino at The British Institute of Florence. This special lecture will be held in the Sala Ferragamo in the Harold Acton Library and followed by an informal drinks reception.

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Tim Horvath, author of Understories, at Newtonville Books

Newtonville Books Newton, MA

Tim Horvath, author of Understories, joins David Kalish (The Opposite of Everything) for a special double author event at Newtonville Books.

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Bellevue Literary Press at the PEN World Voices Festival/ Literary Mews Book Fair

NYU’s Washington Mews New York, NY

Please join Bellevue Literary Press and other independent publishers for the PEN World Voices Festival and Literary Mews book fair, nestled among the cobblestone streets of NYU’s storied Washington 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] second annual festival within the Festival.”

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Melissa Pritchard reads at the launch party for Superstition Review Issue #13

Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ

Melissa Pritchard will read from her new novel Palmerino at the launch party for issue #13 of the Superstition Review. During the party, guests will also have free access to the Mesa Arts Center museum, and Superstition Review editors will speak of the work that went into producing issue #13, and discuss their favorite pieces of art, fiction, interviews, nonfiction, and poetry featured in its pages.

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Publisher and Editorial Director Erika Goldman in conversation about “Writing Outside the Box”

Humanities Initiative at NYU New York, NY

Bellevue Literary Press Publisher and Editorial Director Erika Goldman joins NYU faculty and editors from W.W. Norton and Farrar, Strauss and Giroux for conversations about how to break out of the academic model and write for a broader audience. This event is co-sponsored with the New York Institute for the Humanities and will be moderated by the Institute’s Director, Eric Banks and Jane Tylus, Professor of Italian Studies and Faculty Director of the Humanities Initiative.

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Tim Horvath reads from Understories

Portsmouth Public Library, Hilton Garden Portsmouth, NH

Tim Horvath reads from Understories at the Portsmouth Public Library

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at BookCourt

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Maud Casey (The Man Who Walked Away) for a special double author event at BookCourt.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at Newtonville Books

Newtonville Books Newton, MA

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Linda Bamber (Taking What I Like) for a special double author event at Newtonville Books.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at Politics & Prose Bookstore

Politics and Prose Bookstore Washington, DC

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Maud Casey (The Man Who Walked Away) for a special double author event at Politics & Prose Bookstore.

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Come visit Bellevue Literary Press at AWP in Seattle!

AWP Bookfair at the Washington State Convention Center, Level 4, Table #K30 Seattle, WA

Publisher and Editorial Director Erika Goldman and Associate Editor Leslie Hodgkins invite you to visit Bellevue Literary Press at the AWP Bookfair (table K30). On Saturday, March 1, the exhibit hall will be open to the public, and throughout the conference Bellevue Literary Press will be featuring great deals on many of our books, including signed copies of Mary Cappello’s Awkward; Tim Horvath’s Understories; and Gregory Spatz’s Inukshuk.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at the Spirit of the Senses Salon

Spirit of the Senses Salon AZ

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, will give a reading from her new novel and talk a bit about the Anglo-American community of nineteenth century Florence, particularly the colorful, controversial presence of British writer Violet Paget/Vernon Lee.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at Antigone Books

Antigone Books Tucson , AZ

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Aurelie Sheehan (Jewelry Box: A Collection of Histories) for a special double author event at Antigone Books.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at Changing Hands Bookstore

Changing Hands Bookstore Tempe, AZ

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Aurelie Sheehan (Jewelry Box: A Collection of Histories) for a special double author event at Changing Hands Bookstore.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at McNally Jackson Books

McNally Jackson Books New York, NY

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Jennifer Percy (Demon Camp) and Masha Hamilton (What Changes Everything) for a special discussion about their work as writers and journalists.

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Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, at the Writers With Drinks reading series

Writers With Drinks at The Makeout Room San Francisco , CA

Melissa Pritchard, author of Palmerino and The Odditorium, joins Neelanjana Banerjee, Richard Kadrey, Scott Poole, and Carolyn Turgeon for the Writers With Drinks reading series, hosted by Charlie Anders.

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