Community Rallies Around White Whale Books, City of Asylum’s Pittsburgh International Literary Festival & more!
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We’ve got a lot of news to share again this week, so we’re going to keep this short: scroll down for some breaking news and lots of online events!
Your friends in books,
Rachel, Nick, and Katie
The Littsburgh Crew
P.S. Event organizers: If you’re posting your events on Facebook, we may not have seen your listings. If you see (on the event calendar) that we haven’t listed your upcoming event, email us with details at news@littsburgh.com!
White Whale Books on The Terminal in the Strip: “White Whale got taken advantage of”
“Pittsburgh Book Twitter blew up this week following a viral post from White Whale Books about their experience with the developers of The Terminal in the Strip.”
Announcing City of Asylum’s Pittsburgh International Literary Festival!
“City of Asylum Pittsburgh announces the first annual Pittsburgh International Literary Festival (LitFest)—a 10-day event (starting on Wednesday, May 12, 2021) that considers themes of migration, identity, and displacement with an emphasis on works in translation.”
Start Reading The Fallen Stars, All-New Edition by Stephanie Keyes…
“An American geek with a supercharged brain saved the world when he vanquished the wicked lord of Faerie. Yet sooner than he expects, Kellen St. James will have to play the hero all over again…”"
“Today Riverstone Books and Classic Lines announce that Classic Lines is joining the Riverstone family. Barbara Jeremiah, owner of Riverstone Books, and Dan Iddings, owner of Classic Lines, have agreed to the purchase of Classic Lines by Riverstone.”
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Ten Evenings 2021/22 Season Announcement!
“All lectures will be virtual-only through December 2021. Should gathering in the Music Hall be permitted on or after January 2022, ticket holders will have the option to upgrade to in-person seating at that time, or continue to attend virtually by viewing lectures livestreamed from the Carnegie Music Hall.”
Start Reading Going to Trinidad: A Doctor, a Colorado Town, and Stories from an Unlikely Gender Crossroads by Martin J. Smith…
“Transgender lives and voices come alive in this new book about the forgotten gender crossroads of Trinidad, Colorado…”
May 4, 2021: Poetry & Pints (Online) @ Online More information
May 4, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front SHOWCASE @ Online More information
May 4, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 1: Ahmed, Carter-Jones, Oaks, Roffman, Weigl @ Online More information
May 4, 2021: 'Built to Lose: How the NBA's Tanking Era Changed the League Forever' Launch with Jake Fischer @ Online More information
May 5, 2021: Book Talk: "From a Taller Tower" by Seamus McGraw (w/ Beth Kissileff) @ Online More information
May 6, 2021: Poetry Reading: "Peach State" by Adrienne Su w/ Kazim Ali and Erika Meitner @ Online More information
May 6, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski @ Online More information
May 6, 2021: Pittsburgh native Jeffrey Siger discusses A Deadly Twist @ Online More information
May 7, 2021: For the Whole Family: "Fred Gets Dressed" by Peter Brown More information
May 8, 2021: Poetry Reading: Tiffany Melanson, Jenn Givhan, Chloe Yelena Miller, Emily Mohn-Slate, Meg Leonard @ Online More information
May 9, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
May 10, 2021: Author Walter Meyer: Experiencing Life as an Adventure @ Online More information
May 11, 2021: Death by Equine Launch with Annette Dashofy, in conversation with Donnell Ann Bell! @ Online More information
May 11, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
May 12, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: Katherine St. John @ Online More information
May 12, 2021: LitFest: We Crossed the River Performance @ Online More information
May 13, 2021: LitFest: El.Ella.Elle. Translation, pronouns, & Inclusion in Argentina @ Online More information
May 13, 2021: R.G. Belsky Virtual Book Launch @ Online More information
May 13, 2021: Reading & Conversation: Karin Cecile Davidson ("Sybelia Drive") & William Lychack ("Cargill Falls") @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: 34th Annual Pennwriters Conference (Online)! @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: Poetry Reading: Isaac Pickell, Julianne Neely, Steffan Triplett, and Stephanie Cawley @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: LitFest: Representation & Translation @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: LitFest: Rosa Alcalá & Kitchen Table Translation Issue @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: Laser Cat/Vaser Cat Reading: Gwendolyn A. Mitchell and Cheyenne Matthews @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: LitFest: International Perspectives from Autumn House Press @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: Scholastique Mukasonga Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: Ilan Stavans Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: "Katabasis" & Eulalia Books Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 17, 2021: LitFest: Language Politics in Translation @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: LitFest: Mieko Kawakami Book Release Celebration @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Brian Broome @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Rafe Posey & Liberty Hardy @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: PPC Presents: Writing Workshop! @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Writer Wednesdays: "Sand and Steel" by Dorit Sasson @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 2: Friend, Kane, Kerr, Rudolph, Suarez @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Virtual Author Visit with Ethel Rohan @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: LitFest: Viet Thanh Nguyen Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: S. Brook Corfman @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: BLOOD AND TREASURE @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: LitFest: Olga Tokarczuk & Jennifer Croft Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 21, 2021: LitFest: Forrest Gander & Coral Bracho Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 21, 2021: The Next Shift: Fall of Industry & Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America - BOOK TALK @ Online More information
May 23, 2021: Book Launch! For the Whole Family: "Fabled Stables #2: Trouble with Tattle-Tails" by Jonathan Auxier @ Online More information
May 23, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
May 24, 2021: Riverstone Books' Monthly Book Club - ZOOM ONLY @ Online More information
May 25, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
May 26, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
May 27, 2021: For the Whole Family: "Mary Canary and the Worried Feeling" w/ Rachel Vinciguerra, Haley Fig Barber @ Online More information
May 28, 2021: Poetry Reading: "Your Crib, My Qibla" by Saddiq Dzukogi (w/ Malcolm Friend and Karla Lamb)) @ Online More information
May 29, 2021: Poetry Reading: Robert Walicki, Marilyn Annucci, and Sharon Fagan McDermott @ Online More information
May 30, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
June 1, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 3: Barnes, Barnett, Caballero, Rice, Solarczyk @ Online More information
June 2, 2021: Book Launch! "The Lucky List" by Rachael Lippincott (w/ Morgan Matson, "Take Me Home Tonight") @ Online More information
June 3, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Andy Norman @ Online More information
June 4, 2021: Reading & Conversation: "Unbecoming" by Lesley Wheeler w/ Anjali Sachdeva and Brittany Hailer @ Online More information
June 11, 2021: Poetry Reading: "Cleave" by Tiana Nobile w/ Diana Khoi Nguyen ("Ghost Of") @ Online More information
June 12, 2021: Poetry Reading: Darla Himeles, Mihaela Moscaliuc, and Lisa Alexander @ Online More information
June 15, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 4: Padua, Simms, Squillante, Ussia, Walicki @ Online More information
June 16, 2021: WVU Press Party! Geoffrey Hilsabeck, Renée K. Nicholson, Shaun Slifer, Deesha Philyaw @ Online More information
June 17, 2021: Poetry Reading: T.J. Sandella, Alan Chazaro, Conor Bracken, and Kara Knickerbocker @ Online More information
June 24, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: THE STARS WE SHARE @ Online More information
June 29, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 5: Buccilli, Corso, Irwin, Mennies, Shaw @ Online More information
June 30, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
July 13, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 6: Allen, Dorsey, Kasdorf, Lin, Wesley @ Online More information
July 27, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 7: Grochalski, Harvey, Mohn-Slate, Taylor, Jr., Wilson @ Online More information
July 28, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
August 10, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 8: Corpuz, Gegick, Prince, Shapiro, Wray @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: Latinx & Proud! Reading Series Special Edition ft. José Olivarez @ Online More information