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 Edmund White will be headlining an event at the powerHouse arena to talk about his new book, Jack Holmes and His Friend. Hear him on Tuesday, February 7th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)
Author Daniel Pyne will be reading his book, A Hole in the Ground Owned by a Liar. See him on Tuesday, February 7th at Skylight Books starting 7:30 p.m. (Los Angeles, CA)
Writer Elissa Schappell will appear at the next session in the Happy Ending Reading Series. The theme of the night will be “American Ethos.” Check it out on Wednesday, February 8th at Joe’s Pub starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)
Writer Arianne Cohen will be talking her new book, The Sex Diaries Project. Check it out on Wednesday, February 8th at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside starting 7:30 p.m. (Portland, OR)
Writers Pico Iyer and Rebecca Solnit will be appearing at a 92Y event. See them on Thursday, February 9th at the Kaufmann Concert Hall starting 8:15 p.m. (New York, NY)
Word Bookstore will be hosting a special Valentine’s Day-themed event called “Just Working On My Breakup.” Join in with your sad stories, breakup stories and humiliating stores of love gone bad on Friday, February 10th starting 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)
Celebrated Fancy Nancy series illustrator Robin Priess Glasser will be headlining an event at The Bookmark Shoppe. See her on Saturday, February 10th starting 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)
The Thalia Kids’ Book Club will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle‘s A Wrinkle in Time with several special guests including Rebecca Stead, R.L. Stine, Katherine Paterson, Lois Lowry, Betsy Bird, Leonard Marcus and Jane Curtin. See them on Saturday, February 11th at the Symphony Space starting 4 p.m. (New York, NY)