Upcoming Events
We’re excited to be bringing our readers a panoply of great events this spring, including the first Restless Readers Weekend at Amherst College, and tours across the country for Ana Simo, author of Heartland, Shahriar Mandanipour, author of Moon Brow, and Arshia Sattar, author of Ramayana: an Illustrated Retelling. Read on for details! |
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The Restless Readers Weekend
Amherst, MA • May 4 – 6
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Relive your student days this May at the Restless Readers Weekend at beautiful Amherst College. Participants will be treated to seminars, gatherings, and meals on the Amherst campus and at the neighboring Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with international authors and professors. Highlights include:
- The Phantom Tollbooth author Norton Juster in conversation with Ilan Stavans
- Developmental Psychologist Dr. Alison Sparks on the effects of shared reading with young children
- A master class on Maurice Sendak with a viewing and discussion of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are
- Arshia Sattar presents Ramayana: an Illustrated Retelling
- Live drawing class with Mexican illustrator Eko
- And more!
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Early-Bird Pricing Ends March 31
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Events for Ana Simo, Author of Heartland
New York City • Chicago
Heartland is longtime playwright and lesbian activist Ana Simo’s debut novel and a murder mystery turned inside out, mixing the styles of telenovela and pulp noir and set in a dystopian dark mirror of our society. The New York Times Book Review calls it “hilariously absurd and profane”—which seems fitting for our not-so-hilariously absurd and profane times. It’s also a searching exploration of America’s conflicted attitudes toward race, assimilation, and sexual mores. We hope you “heart” it as much as we do! And be sure to catch Ana in person at these upcoming live events. |
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When: Mar 24, 2018, 7:00pm
Where: The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY 10011 |
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When: Jun 5, 2018, 7:00pm
Where: Chicago Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 |
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Events for Shahriar Mandanipour,
Author of Moon Brow
New York City • Boston
From “one of Iran’s most important living fiction writers” (The Guardian), Shahriar Mandanipour’s Moon Brow is a fantastically imaginative story of love and war narrated by two angel scribes perched on the shoulders of a shell-shocked Iranian soldier who’s searching for the mysterious woman haunting his dreams. More than a decade in the making and brilliantly translated by Sara Khalili, it’s the first novel from Shahriar Mandanipour, whose work has been banned in Iran, since Censoring an Iranian Love Story (Knopf, 2009). |
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When: Apr 23, 2018, 7:00pm
Where: Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 West 27 Street, Ste. 600, New York, NY 10001 |
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When: Apr 30, 2018, 7:00pm
Where: Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446 |
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Events for Arshia Sattar, Author of Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling
Millburn, NJ • Seattle
Arshia Sattar’s Ramayana: an Illustrated Retelling is a gripping rendition of Valmiki’s classic Hindu myth with gorgeous illustrations by Sonali Zohra. Arshia Sattar is one of the world’s leading authorities on the Ramayana, having studied it for more than 30 years and translated the original ancient Sanskrit epic poem for Penguin Classics. She is also a children’s book author and a rapturously entertaining public speaker. Come and hear her bring the tale of the Ramayana alive—complete with gods, demons, magical monkeys, and queens!
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When: April 29, 2018, 3:00pm
Where: The Book House
281 Essex Street, Millburn, NJ, 07041 |
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When: May 13, 2018, 3:00pm
Where: The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98122 |
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When: Mar 26, 2018, 7:00pm
Where: Strand Book Store
828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 |
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Little girls in glasses have showed us how to save the world from darkness for years. The journeys they take as they come into their power showcase their everyday bravery, helping us recognize our own strengths. To mark the release of Ava DuVernay’s bold new adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, PEN America and the Strand Book Store will celebrate unconventional literary heroes with readings from Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel and related texts, presenting a canon of unorthodox saviors who invite us to examine the ways we can be heroes too. With award-winning speculative fiction writer Alice Sola Kim; National Book Award-nominated young adult author Ibi Zoboi; and Léna Roy and Charlotte Jones Voiklis, Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughters and biographers.
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