June's Talk Pittsburgh Book Club Pick + Grants for Writers, Lit Fests, Workshops, Excerpts, "A Memoir about Family and the Fight for Workers’ Rights" in Pittsburgh!
We thought our last issue was our “Big Summer Issue,” but we should’ve known better. Since then, we’ve added even more updates and events to the site, and we’re so excited to announce June’s Talk Pittsburgh Book Club pick!
Yours in books,
The Littsburgh Crew
P.S. We’ve been seeing a ton of new visitors to the site these past few months. To everyone out there who’s been sharing Littsburgh with their book-loving friends: thanks so much for helping us spread the word about literary Pittsburgh!
Littsburgh on KDKA: Talk Pittsburgh Book Club – June Pick!
“The third entry into the Talk Pittsburgh Book Club is Sidle Creek. Rachel Ekstrom Courage, of Littsburgh, introduces us to author Jolene McIlwain…”
Previously: Jolene McIlwain (Sidle Creek) in Conversation with Meredith Mileti (Aftertaste)
“Set in the bruised, mined, and timbered hills of Appalachia in western Pennsylvania, Sidle Creek is a tender, truthful exploration of a small town and the people who live there, told by a brilliant new voice in fiction…”
Start Reading Team Building: A Memoir about Family and the Fight for Workers’ Rights by (Pittsburgher) Ben Gwin…
““In 2019, Ben Gwin played an integral role in organizing the contract workers at Google’s Pittsburgh offices. In Team Building, he takes us inside the employees’ fight for better benefits and more flexible scheduling, offering us a candid account of today’s labor movement and the forces in America that aim to divide workers and maintain the status quo…”
Don’t miss out: Gwin will be launching Team Building in Pittsburgh on June 24th!
Start Reading From the Longing Orchard by Jessica Jopp…
“In this novel, words take on the weight of objects, shimmer in images that linger long after the pages are turned. Jopp, a gifted poet, is also a natural storyteller, and she has created a world I want to return to again and again. Breathtaking at the level of language with characters both complicated and alive on the page, From the Longing Orchard will enchant you while it breaks your heart...” —Anne Dyer Stuart, author of What Girls Learn and winner of the Henfield/Transatlantic Prize for Fiction
Don’t miss out: Jopp will be launching her new novel (with Celeste Gainey) on June 21st!
PA’s Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Grant: Open to Writers!
We’re always happy to post opportunities for local authors and other Pittsburghers working in creative fields, so we’re excited to share Jessica Whipple’s experience with PA’s Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Grant. You can read that after the jump, and you can also check out a Q&A with Jessica about her new book right here on Littsburgh!
Featured Event: Wildcat Lit Fest at Wildcat Mansion!
“Looking for something wild and wonderful to do for your writing this summer? Come to the Wildcat Lit Fest July 29! Just an hour plus outside of Pittsburgh in Franklin, Pa., Wildcat is a gorgeous mansion and village on the Allegheny River…”
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Announces 2023/24 Ten Evenings Season!
PulpFest 2023: “Celebrating Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction, and More!”
Three Poems by Sophie Klahr (from Two Open Doors in a Field)
Start Reading A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention by (Pittsburgher) Kristina Marusic….
Start Reading Snow Struck by Nick Courage!
Start Reading The Same Dead Songs, a Memoir by Dave Newman Chronicling Working-Class Casualties in Pittsburgh’s Rust Belt…
Two Poems by Jim Daniels (from The Human Engine at Dawn)
Local Interest: Start Reading A Farm Life: Observations from Fields and Forests by Daryln Brewer Hoffstot…