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. Please announce your event one week prior to its date.
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) has collaborated with illustrator Maira Kalman in a YA title pondering the question Why We Broke Up? Check it out at the Union Square branch of Barnes & Noble on Wednesday, January 18th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)
Word Bookstore will host a double-header YA lit event featuring award-winning authors Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. Hear them discuss their title, The Future of Us, on Wednesday, January 18th starting 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)
Filmmakers Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone will headline a “LIVE from the NYPL” event with discussion on forgotten American history. See them on Thursday, January 19th at the Celeste Bartos Forum inside the NYPL starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)
Author Thomas Frank will discuss his new nonfiction title Pity the Billionaire. Hear him on Friday, January 20th at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside starting 7:30 p.m. (Portland, OR)
Join author Peter Christian Hall in celebrating the release of American Fever: A Tale of Romance and Pestilence. The event will feature performances by Twin Guns, Cobra Gold, and DJ Steven Blush. Party it up on Sunday, January 22 at Lit Lounge starting 8:30 p.m. (New York, NY)