Barack Obama’s Sister & Pen Parentis Get Booked

By Maryann Yin 

Here are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page.

The Pen Parentis literary salon promises that authors Arthur Phillips, Whitney Terrell, and Roy Kesey will raise the roof on Tuesday, April 12th at the Libertine Library of Gild Hall starting at 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

The Arkansas Literary Festival is a week-long celebration featuring panels, discussions, and workshops with great authors from April 7th to April 13th. (Little Rock, AK)

Meet President Barack Obama‘s sister, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng the NYPL’s Children’s Center inside the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building as she discusses her first book, Ladder to the Moon. Hear her on Thursday, April 14th on 4 p.m. (New York, NY)