“Pittsburgh is a Book Lover’s Dream City”
We just added a ton of new events to the calendar (both online and a couple of in-person events — scroll down to check those out!) and we’ve got literary Pittsburgh appreciation posts, PGH Postmodernism, historical fiction set in the ‘burgh, and more on the site this week!Your friends in books,
Rachel, Nick, and KatieThe Littsburgh Crew
PS: Nick’s still busy mailing out pre-order goodies for his new book … but for any elementary and middle school educators on this list, he also just posted 120+ pages of free Novel Studies on TPT!
Pittsburgh is a Book Lover’s Dream City!
“Today I’m talking about Pittsburgh’s amazing literary scene and my experience living here for almost a decade!”
Start Reading Fables of the Deconstruction by Damian Dressick…
“Living in Pittsburgh, and truth be told at loose ends since the blue jays, how could we expect to hold off wave after wave of crazed, violent buccaneers questing for booty?”
From the Publisher: “Not unlike his literary forebearers Donald Barthelme and Robert Coover, Damian Dressick brings us a crackling series of dispatches fresh from the postmodernist front…”
Start Reading The Dead Are Resting by Local Author Julie Tulba…
“Julie Tulba is a librarian and the author of two historical fiction novels, both of which are set in Pittsburgh. Her first book, The Tears of Yesteryear, an immigrant tale set against the backdrop of the Homestead Steel Works at the turn of the last century, was published in 2019 and this year saw the release of her second book, The Dead Are Resting, a dual-timeline novel set in modern-day Pittsburgh and Nazi-era Germany…”
Help Fund The New Triangulation: Habitats Anthology!
“The Triangulation anthology series is published by Parsec Ink, the publishing wing of Parsec Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA 501©(3) organization with a mission to promote the richness of speculative fiction as literature, art, and music, further general education in the sciences and arts, and support contributions—both scientific and artistic—to society …”
Q&A: Catherine Gammon (author of China Blue and Sorrow)
“[E]ach cat functions in relationship with the part of the novel in which it appears. The first cat, the Provincetown cat, is an orange Maine coon, and a careful reader might notice that his eyes are either gold and yellow or green. This ambiguity mirrors the Provincetown action—is it this, or is it that?—depending on who’s seeing, who’s telling…”
August 10, 2021: Toddler Yoga Story Time is back! @ Riverstone Books – McCandless More information
August 10, 2021: Teen Creative Writing Studio @ Baldwin Borough Public Library More information
August 10, 2021: Hemingway’s 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 8: Corpuz, Gegick, Prince, Shapiro, Wray @ Online More information
August 10, 2021: Launch of ‘Harm Not the Earth’ by Liz Milliron (In Conversation with USA Today Best-Selling Author Annette Dashofy)! @ Mystery Lovers Bookshop More information
August 10, 2021: Sara Shepard & Kit Frick discuss their new releases & writing thrillers! @ Riverstone – Squirrel Hill More information
August 11, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Maggie Smith (Poets Aloud) @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: Storytime in the Park @ Whitehall Public Library More information
August 11, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - The Self as Character: Using the “I” in Creative Nonfiction @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: Latinx & Proud! Reading Series Special Edition ft. José Olivarez @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: Book Launch! “The Devil Makes Three” by Tori Bovalino (w/ Rachael Lippincott) @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: STEEL City SLAM Hybrid Event ( online & in person) @ The PA Market More information
August 12, 2021: Storytime in Allegheny Commons Park - Aug. 12 @ Allegheny Commons Park More information
August 12, 2021: Deesha Philyaw: Author Talk (Online) @ Online More information
August 13, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - August 13 @ Schenley Plaza More information
August 14, 2021: Free Comic Book Day 2021 @ Phantom of the Attic Comics (Oakland) More information
August 14, 2021: Shakespeare in The Sparks House @ The Sparks House More information
August 17, 2021: Dr. Seuss Toddler Tuesday Story Time is back! @ Riverstone Books – McCandless More information
August 17, 2021: Teen Creative Writing Studio @ Baldwin Borough Public Library More information
August 17, 2021: Poetry & Pints @ Online More information
August 17, 2021: Zoje Stage launches Getaway at Riverstone Squirrel Hill @ Riverstone – Squirrel Hill More information
August 18, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - Mind Music: Writing the Lyric Essay @ Online More information
August 18, 2021: Comfy Cozy BookTalks @ Robinson Township Library More information
August 18, 2021: Reading & Conversation: Barrett Swanson & Jesse McCarthy @ Online More information
August 19, 2021: PulpFest 2021 @ DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Cranberry More information
August 19, 2021: Storytime in Allegheny Commons Park - Aug. 19 @ Allegheny Commons Park More information
August 19, 2021: Eco-Justice for All! Reading with Brenda Hillman @ Online More information
August 20, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - August 20 @ Schenley Plaza More information
August 20, 2021: Reading & Conversation: “Why Did I Get A B?” by Shannon Reed (w/ Arlan Hess) @ Online More information
August 21, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
August 21, 2021: Book Launch Celebration: “Twenty Won” (An Anthology of 21 Female Entrepreneurs)! @ Sto-Rox Library More information
August 21, 2021: Laser Cat/Vaser Cat Reading: Dorina Pena, Angela Gaito-Lagnese, and Diane Kerr @ Online More information
August 24, 2021: Toddler Musical Story Time is back! @ Riverstone Books – McCandless More information
August 24, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
August 26, 2021: Storytime in Allegheny Commons Park - August 26 @ Allegheny Commons Park More information
August 26, 2021: Book Talk: “The Communicating Vessels,” translator Alexander Booth w/ Sarah Riggs @ Online More information
August 26, 2021: Eco-Justice for All! Incomprehensible, Inevitable: Workshop with S. Brook Corfman @ Online More information
August 26, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers - A Children’s Bible: A Novel by Lydia Millett @ Online More information
August 27, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - August 27 @ Schenley Plaza More information
August 31, 2021: Toddler Musical Story Time is back! @ Riverstone Books – McCandless More information
August 31, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
September 5, 2021: The Poetry Atelier @ The Space Upstairs More information
September 8, 2021: Poetry Reading: Gabriella R. Tallmadge, Madeleine Barnes, Michelle Maher @ Online More information
September 10, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - September 10 @ Schenley Plaza More information
September 10, 2021: Poetry Book Launch! “I Was a Bell” by M. Soledad Caballero w/ Gainey, Williams-Devereux, Barnett (In-Person and Online) @ White Whale Bookstore More information
September 15, 2021: Comfy Cozy BookTalks @ Robinson Township Library More information
September 16, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Joy Harjo (Poets Aloud) @ Online More information
September 17, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - September 17 @ Schenley Plaza More information
September 18, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
September 23, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Tom Rea, author of Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur (Made Local) @ Online More information
September 23, 2021: An Evening with Kristin Hannah in Conversation with Christina Baker Kline! @ Online More information
September 24, 2021: Storytime in Schenley Plaza - September 24 @ Schenley Plaza More information
September 28, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Brian Primack (Made Local) @ Online More information
October 3, 2021: The Poetry Atelier @ The Space Upstairs More information
October 16, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
October 20, 2021: Comfy Cozy BookTalks @ Robinson Township Library More information
October 26, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Mark Oppenheimer, author of Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood (Made Local) @ Online More information
November 7, 2021: The Poetry Atelier @ The Space Upstairs More information
November 20, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
November 30, 2021: Call for Poetry Submissions: A Critique of the Gods! (Deadline: Nov. 30) @ Online More information
December 5, 2021: The Poetry Atelier @ The Space Upstairs More information