“Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction” and “On Not Knowing Where to Begin” at the Muse and the Marketplace 2014

Boston Park Plaza Hotel--Gloucester Room, Fourth Floor 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street, Boston, MA, United States

1K: "Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction" 9:00am-10:15am on Friday, May 2nd Now more than ever you need to understand the inner workings of the marketplace before sending your hard-earned work of fiction to anyone (an agent, an editor, a publicist, a self-publisher). Do you know the difference between literary and commercial fiction? Or what makes […]

Reading at Newtonville Books

Newtonville Books

One of my favorite bookstores, Newtonville Books, will be hosting me for a reading on Wednesday, May 7th at 7 pm. I'll be reading with David Kalish, author of THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING. Very excited to meet him and hear him read. I mean, c'mon, the guy has power over the condensation of water. Had […]

Nantucket Book Festival

More information coming soon. http://nantucketbookfestival.org/

Brooklyn Book Festival Reading

Smack Mellon DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, United States

  Along with Arna Bontemps Hemenway (ELEGY ON KINDERKLAVIER, Sarabande), Shya Scanlon (THE GUILD OF ST. COOPER, Dzanc), and Erika Wurth (CRAZY HORSE'S GIRLFRIEND, Curbside Splendor), I'll be reading on a panel entitled "The Short Story: A celebration of fiction's underrepresented form." Snazzy poster thanks to Kristen Radtke.    

Talk with Monadnock Writers Group

Peterborough Public Library 2 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH, United States

I'm looking forward to having a discussion with the Monadnock Writers Group in Peterborough, NH on Saturday, September 20th. Please join us if you're in the area! http://monadnockwriters.org/monthly-meetings/

Free

Brattleboro Literary Festival

  I'll be appearing on a Flash Fiction panel at the Brattleboro Literary Festival. More details forthcoming soon! http://brattleboroliteraryfestival.org/authors/

Live Interview with John Darnielle on WOLF IN WHITE VAN

Brookline Booksmith

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats has written a wildly imaginative novel entitled WOLF IN WHITE VAN. I'm thrilled to be interviewing him live onstage on this leg of his tour at the Coolidge Theater for an event sponsored by the Brookline Booksmith. http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/john-darnielle-wolf-white-van

Reading with Sarah Gerard and Michael Fournier at Riverrun

Riverrun Bookstore 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth, NH

  I'm thrilled to be reading with Sarah Gerard on her epic Binary Star tour, along with Michael Fournier, author of Swing State, at Riverrun Bookstore. Both of these novels have been getting scads of good press, and it's sure to be a lively evening. I will be reading from my novel-in-progress.