It feels like so much has changed since we sent our last newsletter…
Including our newsletter!
Littsburgh has enough subscribers now (hooray!) that it was starting to get a little pricey to send emails through our last provider—so if you’re noticing that this newsletter is coming from a different address, it’s because we’ve switched over to a new service that’s shiny and fun and that’s giving us lots of new ideas for the new year.
So, more to come from us :)
And THANK YOU to everyone who’s been with us every step of the way. It’s wild to think we’ve been doing this since 2015… and we wouldn’t be doing it without yinz.
This week, we want to focus on all the (virtual) events we just added to Littsburgh’s literary calendar… but first: Congratulations to National Book Award Finalist and Pittsburgher Deesha Philyaw (a local author with a local literary agent and a publisher in West Virginia—Paris of Appalachia, represent)!
Mt. Lebanon Public Library is hosting an online author visit with Philyaw on Dec. 10th, and there are tons of other amazing events from local talent on the calendar… so scroll down for more. If you haven’t attended an online event yet, we highly recommend logging on because they’re a lot of fun and you can show up in your in PJs.
P.S. If you’re getting a jump start on your holiday shopping for the younger readers in your life, City of Asylum’s Holiday Gift Guide (featuring a bunch of awesome books by local authors) is a great place to start!
Speaking of gifts, Mystery Lovers just launched The Mysterious Book Subscription (“a mystery that’s a mystery delivered to your door each month”) and White Whale offers subscription boxes as well (“Hooked on Reading” and “Captain’s Picks”!). If you’re an audiobook fan, Libro.FM is running a “Shop Local Bookstores and Get a Free Audiobook” campaign… and anyway you slice it, if you can support local bookstores and local authors this holiday season, that’s a win for literary Pittsburgh.
Sweater weather and a good book,
Rachel, Nick, and Katie
The Littsburgh Crew
As always, if you have an event or publication to promote, you can reach us at news@littsburgh.com (or tag us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram).
November 19, 2020: Online - Ellis After Fifth Ave: The Science (Fiction) of Storytelling @ Online More information
November 19, 2020: Penguin Evening Readers Virtual Book Club Hosts Author Xiaolu Guo (A LOVER'S DISCOURSE) @ Online More information
November 19, 2020: Online: East Coast Launch for The Best of Brevity! @ Online More information
November 19, 2020: Eliot Pattison at Mystery Lovers (Online): The King's Beast! @ Online More information
November 20, 2020: Lit Fridays Online: Tyree Daye & Jeni McFarland (August Wilson African American Cultural Center) @ Online More information
November 20, 2020: Online Poetry Reading: Russell, Mohn-Slate, McDermott, Walicki @ Online More information
November 20, 2020: Online: Books & Banter, Featuring Danielle Bannister, Abigail Drake and Stephanie Keyes! @ Online More information
November 21, 2020: Online Author Conversation: "Barcelona Days" by Daniel Riley with Caity Weaver @ Online More information
November 23, 2020: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Brian Greene (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
November 24, 2020: Whitehall Public Library: Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club! (Online) @ Online More information
November 24, 2020: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
November 25, 2020: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction: Embodying Memory // The Six Senses of Creative Nonfiction @ Online More information
November 27, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
November 29, 2020: Online: Ijeoma Oluo In Conversation with Damon Young (Tiny Bookstore) @ Online More information
November 30, 2020: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Jodi Kantor @ Online More information
December 1, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 2, 2020: The Complete Stories of Truman Capote: Book Discussion @ Online More information
December 3, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 3, 2020: Poetry & Pints Online @ Online More information
December 3, 2020: City of Asylum's Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County & Finalists (Online) @ Online More information
December 4, 2020: Virtual Launch for In the Shadow of the Mic: Three Decades of Slam Poetry in Pittsburgh! @ Online More information
December 5, 2020: Penguin Bookshop Virtual Storytime with Stefanie Hohl! @ Online More information
December 5, 2020: 2-Day (Online) Writing Workshop: Writing Your Family Tree w/ Sarah Shotland @ Online More information
December 5, 2020: Breaking Piñata Theory Book Tour: Alan Chazaro, Kim Sousa, Malcolm Friend (Online) @ Online More information
December 6, 2020: Free Association (Online) Reading presented by City of Asylum @ Online More information
December 7, 2020: American Monster (Online0 Reading presented by City of Asylum @ Online More information
December 7, 2020: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Ta-Nehisi Coates & Damon Young (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
December 8, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 8, 2020: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
December 9, 2020: Online: An Evening with Marie Benedict! @ Online More information
December 10, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 10, 2020: Virtual Author Visit with Deesha Philyaw (Mt. Lebanon Public Library) @ Online More information
December 10, 2020: Online Reading w/ Mason Jar Press & Barrelhouse: Zaccagnino, Myers, & Lourette @ Online More information
December 11, 2020: Prime Stage Theatre (Online): One Christmas Carol @ Online More information
December 11, 2020: Poetry Book Launch: Hallelujah Science by Kelli Stevens Kane w/ Smith, Ramírez, Tallie! @ Online More information
December 13, 2020: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Lauren Tarshis (Free & Online!) @ Online More information
December 15, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 18, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 22, 2020: Virtual Stories with Santa (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens) @ Online More information
December 22, 2020: Whitehall Public Library: Choose Your Own Adventure Book Club! (Online) @ Online More information
January 18, 2021: Freehof Book and Author Series (Online, Hosted by Women of Rodef Shalom) @ Online More information
January 18, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: David Treuer (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
January 28, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Laurie Halse Anderson (Free & Online!) @ Online More information
February 2, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Karen Russell (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
February 4, 2021: Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Online: An Evening of Reading and Conversation with Music Journalists Will Hermes and Amanda Petrusich @ Online More information
February 7, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Pam Muñoz Ryan (Free & Online!) @ Online More information
March 11, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Naomi Shihab Nye (Free & Online!) @ Online More information
March 22, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Ocean Vuong (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
March 25, 2021: Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series Online: An Evening of Poetry and Conversation with Cecilia Vicuña and Rosa Alcalá @ Online More information
April 5, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Bernardine Evaristo (Virtual Access) @ Online More information
April 24, 2021: 4-Week (Online) Writing Workshop: About Poetry: A Crash Course w/ Jessica Fischoff @ Online More information