Looking for an upcoming literary event in your area? Check out this list of author readings, literature festivals, and other events all over the country featuring past and present National Book Award Winners, Finalists, and Judges.
FEBRUARY
February 3
Andre Dubus III at McNally Jackson
New York, NY
www.mcnallyjackson.com
February 4
Sherman Alexie at Everett Public Library
Everett, WA
www.epls.org/calendar/default.asp
February 6
Dan Chaon at BookCourt
Brooklyn, NY
www.bookcourt.org/category/events
February 7
Louise Glück at Stanford University
Stanford, CA
www.creativewriting.stanford.edu/event-list
February 8
Edwidge Danticat at Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu
February 9
Yusef Komunyakaa at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC
www.folger.edu
February 9
Téa Obreht at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in
Brooklyn, NY
www.bam.org
February 9
Dan Chaon at Barnes & Noble
Westlake, OH
www.barnesandnoble.com
February 15
Jaimy Gordon at the University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
www.english.nd.edu/creative-writing/events/jaimy-gordon
February 16
Jean Valentine at the Bettendorf Public Library
Valentine for Faye Clow
Bettendorf, IA
www.BettendorfLibrary.com
February 21
Discussion of Manning Marable's Malcolm X at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Washington, DC
www.dclibrary.org
February 24
Ron Chernow at Washington College
Chestertown, MD
www.washingtoncollegenews.blogspot.com
February 28
Alice McDermott at Hunter College
New York, NY
www.hunter.cuny.edu/calendar
February 28
Robert Pinsky at Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
www.gonzaga.edu
February 28
Great Michigan Read
Kevin Boyle at Southwestern Michigan College
Dowagiac, MI
www.nilesstar.com
February 29-March 3
AWP Conference
Chicago, IL
www.awpwriter.org/conference
MARCH
March 1
Deborah Baker at Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
www.graywolfpress.org
March 7
Dan Chaon at Coventry Village Library
Cleveland Heights, OH
www.evanced.info
March 11
Deborah Baker at The Gershman Y
Philadelphia, PA
www.gershmany.org
March 14
Jaimy Gordon and Yusef Komunyakaa at the University of Maryland
College Park, MD
www.english.umd.edu
March 21
Story Prize Awards Ceremony
Don DeLillo, Steven Millhauser, and Edith Pearlman at
The New School
New York, NY
www.thestoryprize.org
March 22
Yusef Komunyakaa at Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
www.vcu-mcvalumni.org
March 23
Natasha Trethewey at Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York, NY
www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/readingseries
March 23-25
Jesmyn Ward at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
New Orleans, LA
www.tennesseewilliams.net
March 26
Kevin Young at 92nd Street Y
New York, NY
www.92y.org
March 27
Edith Pearlman at Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
www.purdue.edu
March 29-30
National Book Awards on Campus
Nikky Finney and Thanhha Lai at Concordia College
Moorhead, MN
APRIL
April 2
Lionel Shriver at 92nd Street Y
New York, NY
www.92y.org
April 2
Jesmyn Ward at Stanford University
Stanford, CA
www.creativewriting.stanford.edu
April 5
Alan Cheuse at City Opera House
Traverse City, MI
www.cityoperahouse.org
April 12
Linda Gregerson at Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York, NY
www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/readingseries
April 17
North Carolina Author Tour
Edith Pearlman at Davidson College
Davidson, NC
www.ems.davidson.edu
April 26
Aleksandar Hemon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
www.bam.org
April 27-28
Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA
www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org
April 30
Nikky Finney and Bruce Smith at 21C Museum Hotel
Louisville, KY
www.public.asu.edu
MAY
May 10
Joyce Carol Oates at the Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR
www.oregonstate.edu
