New Bookstore, Craft Talks, Pittsburgh Sci-Fi, Excerpts, Q&As, Poems, Parables and New Kid Lit That's Set in the 'Burgh!
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This newsletter is a big one . . . and we’ve also just added about a million events to Littsburgh’s event calendar—so if you haven’t visited the site lately, check us out!
Your pals in books,
The Littsburgh Crew
Start Reading MYRIAD (Set in Pittsburgh) by Joshua David Bellin…
“Minority Report meets The Fugitive in this breakneck thriller that kept me guessing—and madly flipping pages—until the bitter end…”
Q&A: Sharla Yates & Allison K Williams (Curators of the CRAFT TALKS series)
“CRAFT TALKS is an affordable online seminar series on writers and craft. Topics range from writing techniques to revision, publishing, and career-building…”
Q&A: Lee Kikel (Author of Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Poland to America)
“Part One of the book, previously excerpted on Littsburgh, is in Goldman’s own words, assembled from the bits and pieces of his life he recorded in free moments in his Squirrel Hill jewelry store…”
Start Reading The Martyrs, The Lovers by Catherine Gammon…
Don’t miss out: Catherine Gammon will be launching The Martyrs, The Lovers at White Whale Books on March 29th!
Three Poems from Spring Mills: Poems by Pittsburgher Mike Schneider
“A red-winged blackbird screeches, / lifts into the breeze, epaulets flashing scarlet / as it flaps across the creek to the ballfield…”
Start Reading Adventures of the Flash Gang, A Middle-Grade Novel Set in Pittsburgh by M. M. Downing and S. J. Waugh….
“The Flash Gang has struck again! They are the most notorious thieves in Pittsburgh, food-stealing crooks the police and newspapers say are highly trained and very dangerous.”
The Pittsburgh Playhouse to host Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower…
“The Pittsburgh Playhouse is proud to present Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, a fully staged congregational opera bringing together over 30 original anthems drawn from 200 years of Black music to recreate Butler’s sci-fi, Afrofuturist masterpiece live on stage….”
“I created The Remembering Room to authentically share my own grieving process in the hopes of opening up conversations and connections with others, but it is also meant to be a space where anyone can go to sit with their own feelings without any judgment or expectation at all—because that’s where healing begins.”
Q&A: Kaia Misk on The Firstborn Son (A Romantic Suspense Novel Set in Pittsburgh)
“The book is set in Pittsburgh with Yinzer-type people. It even has scenes at the Sons of Italy in Glassport…”
Q&A: Carrie Holzer (Author of Building Puzzles Under Water: An Autism Story)
“As a first-time author, Carrie uses an honest lens to create a feeling of support and connection for her readers, bringing to life her humorous take on the highs and lows of life with autism. Carrie, her husband Justin, and their two children, Cam and Gabby, live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA.”