Springtime in Littsburgh! šš±š¶
Lots of new (virtual) events, literary cats, Q&As, and more!
"Spring grew on [...] and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps." ā Charlotte BrontĆ«, Jane Eyre
To all the new Littsburgh subscribers:Ā Welcome!
Weāve just added a ton of new (virtual) events to Littsburghās literary calendar and it feels like literary Pittsburgh is practically buzzing as we head into springāso check back in on the site every so often to make sure you donāt miss out!
Your friends in books,
Rachel, Nick, and Katie
The Littsburgh Crew
P.S.Ā Event organizers: If you see (on the event calendar) that we havenāt listed your upcoming event, email us with details - news@littsburgh.com!
Q&A: Catherine Gammon (author of China Blue and Sorrow)
ā[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 actionāis it this, or is it that?ādepending on whoās seeing, whoās tellingā¦ā
12th Annual Childrenās Book Festival of Johnstown Goes Virtual
āThe 12thĀ Annual Childrenās Book Festival of Johnstown takes on a new look in 2021 with a powerhouse lineup of award-winning guest authors and illustrators from the past! Look for familiar names likeĀ Sherri Rinker, author of the bestsellingĀ Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction SiteĀ Series, andĀ Bad Kitty author/illustratorĀ Nick Bruelā¦ā
Q&A: Samantha DeFlitch (Confluence)
āThe poems are constantly searching for wonders, and the book returns an answer: we find them on the Turnpike onramp; in a pothole on Route 30; in a Sheetz parking lot; on the patio at Ianniās; on the bank of the Monongahelaā¦ā
The PA Kindness Poem Project: āShare Your Kindnessā with #PAKindnessPoem!
āCalled the PA Kindness Poem Project, this year-long initiative invites residents to share messages on social media that promote generosity, healing, reconciliation, and peaceā¦ā
Start Reading Ride the Wild Pony and Other Stories from 57 Steuben Streetā¦
āJames V. Gambone Jr. (a Pittsburgh native) revisits the stories of his Polish grandmother ā reportedly the cityās first female numbers bookie and moonshiner ā in an entertaining new collectionā¦ā
April 4, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
April 5, 2021: Speak, Okinawa: Elizabeth Miki Brina Live Reading & Conversation @ OnlineĀ More information
April 5, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Bernardine Evaristo (Virtual Access) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 5, 2021: "Actors Talk August" presented by August Wilson House @ OnlineĀ More information
April 6, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front @ OnlineĀ More information
April 6, 2021: Poetry & Pints (Online) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 6, 2021: Book Launch! "The Invention of Miracles" by Katie Booth (w/ Jeffrey Mansfield) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 7, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - The Poetics of Creative Nonfiction: Crafting Sentences That Pop @ OnlineĀ More information
April 7, 2021: Jess Montgomery in Conversation with Rebecca Drake @ OnlineĀ More information
April 7, 2021: Beth Shalom Speaker Series: Talia Carner, author of "The Third Daughter" @ OnlineĀ More information
April 8, 2021: Gina Apostol: Live Reading & Conversation @ OnlineĀ More information
April 9, 2021: Gina Apostol: Live Reading & Conversation @ OnlineĀ More information
April 9, 2021: Book Launch! The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook (w/ Williams, Rowan, Hailer, Barnett, Mennies) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 10, 2021: YA Panel Discussion: Rhiannon Richardson, Rachael Lippincott, and Sharon G. Flake @ OnlineĀ More information
April 10, 2021: The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and Prime Stage Theater present Miracle in Rwanda - Opening Night (Online) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 11, 2021: Carlos A. Aguilera: Live Reading with University of Pittsburghās Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures @ OnlineĀ More information
April 11, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
April 12, 2021: What Is the Grass: Mark Doty Live Reading & Conversation @ OnlineĀ More information
April 12, 2021: Author Talk: The Feather Thief with Kirk Wallace Johnson @ OnlineĀ More information
April 12, 2021: Mt. Lebanon Public Library: Virtual Author Visit with Madeleine Henry! @ OnlineĀ More information
April 12, 2021: Riverstone on the Zoom Road - An Evening with Madeleine Henry and Mt. Lebanon Public Library @ OnlineĀ More information
April 13, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front @ OnlineĀ More information
April 13, 2021: Launch Event for Hilary Hauck- From Ashes to Song! @ OnlineĀ More information
April 13, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ OnlineĀ More information
April 14, 2021: Black Is...Black Ain't | Black Study 2.0: "Of Sounds and Re-sounds" ft. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Natalie Diaz, & lĆŖ thį» diį» m thĆŗy (moderated by Diana Khoi Nguyen) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 14, 2021: Martha Hall Kelly Returns to Riverstone (virtually)! @ OnlineĀ More information
April 15, 2021: Parsec Short Story Contest - Deadline: April 15, 2021! @ OnlineĀ More information
April 15, 2021: Lady Joker, Volume 1: Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iida @ OnlineĀ More information
April 16, 2021: A Celebration for Spring Releases from Autumn House Press! w/ Sweeney, Foy, Walsh, Wilson @ OnlineĀ More information
April 17, 2021: Laser Cat/Vaser Cat Reading: Niki Herd, Stacey Waite, & Lynn Emanuel @ OnlineĀ More information
April 18, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
April 20, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front @ OnlineĀ More information
April 21, 2021: Writer Wednesdays: "Perseverance, One Holocaust Survivorās Journey" by Lee Goldman Kikel @ OnlineĀ More information
April 21, 2021: Black Is...Black Ain't | Black Study 2.0: An Evening Salon with Terrance Hayesāa Black Is...Black Ain't Finale @ OnlineĀ More information
April 22, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Alaina E. Roberts @ OnlineĀ More information
April 23, 2021: Book Launch! "An Alternative History of Pittsburgh" by Ed Simon (w/ Sharon Dilworth) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 24, 2021: Poetry Reading: Barbara Ras, Denise Duhamel, and Barbara Hamby @ OnlineĀ More information
April 24, 2021: 4-Week (Online) Writing Workshop: About Poetry: A Crash Course w/ Jessica Fischoff @ OnlineĀ More information
April 25, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
April 26, 2021: Riverstone Books' Monthly (Zoom) Bookclub: Sunflower Sisters @ OnlineĀ More information
April 26, 2021: Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin @ OnlineĀ More information
April 27, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front @ OnlineĀ More information
April 27, 2021: Latinx & Proud! Reading Series ft. Eduardo C. Corral, Yesika Salgado, Edyka ChilomĆ©, and Vanessa AngĆ©lica Villarreal @ OnlineĀ More information
April 27, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ OnlineĀ More information
April 28, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - The Self-Interview: Approaching Memoir Like a Journalist @ OnlineĀ More information
April 28, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ OnlineĀ More information
April 28, 2021: Reading & Conversation: Little Matches: A Memoir of Grief & Light by Maryanne O'Hara (w/ Julie Klam) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 29, 2021: Poetry Workshop: Writing About the Black Experience @ OnlineĀ More information
April 29, 2021: SCBWI PA West: All STEAMed UP! (With Jennifer Swanson and Shelby Lees) @ OnlineĀ More information
April 29, 2021: Poetry Book Launch! "The Naomi Letters" by Rachel Mennies (w/ Chakraborty, Andrews, and Mohn-Slate) @ OnlineĀ More information
May 1, 2021: (Virtual) Authorpreneur Conference: Two days of education, art, and community @ OnlineĀ More information
May 2, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
May 4, 2021: All Pittsburghers are Poets: Youth to the Front SHOWCASE @ OnlineĀ More information
May 4, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 1: Ahmed, Carter-Jones, Oaks, Roffman, Weigl @ OnlineĀ More information
May 9, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
May 11, 2021: Death by Equine Launch with Annette Dashofy, in conversation with Donnell Ann Bell! @ OnlineĀ More information
May 12, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: Katherine St. John @ OnlineĀ More information
May 14, 2021: 34th Annual Pennwriters Conference (Online)! @ OnlineĀ More information
May 16, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
May 18, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Brian Broome @ OnlineĀ More information
May 18, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Rafe Posey & Liberty Hardy @ OnlineĀ More information
May 19, 2021: Writer Wednesdays: "Sand and Steel" by Dorit Sasson @ OnlineĀ More information
May 19, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 2: Friend, Kane, Kerr, Rudolph, Suarez @ OnlineĀ More information
May 20, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: S. Brook Corfman @ OnlineĀ More information
May 20, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: BLOOD AND TREASURE @ OnlineĀ More information
May 21, 2021: The Next Shift: Fall of Industry & Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America - BOOK TALK @ OnlineĀ More information
May 23, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
May 24, 2021: Riverstone Books' Monthly Book Club - ZOOM ONLY @ OnlineĀ More information
May 26, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ OnlineĀ More information
May 30, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ OnlineĀ More information
June 1, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 3: Barnes, Barnett, Caballero, Rice, Solarczyk @ OnlineĀ More information
June 3, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Andy Norman @ OnlineĀ More information
June 15, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 4: Padua, Simms, Squillante, Ussia, Walicki @ OnlineĀ More information
June 24, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: THE STARS WE SHARE @ OnlineĀ More information
June 29, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 5: Buccilli, Corso, Irwin, Mennies, Shaw @ OnlineĀ More information
June 30, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ OnlineĀ More information