Upcoming Events

Author Cabaret
DATE: Friday, March 16, 2018
TIME: 8PM TO 10PM
PLACE: Elkins Central: The Elkins Park Train Station Arts Venue

Join Open Book bookstore for a celebration of the written word! It’s a cabaret authorfest, where a roster of talented authors will take the mic to share their work. Featured writers include Nomi Eve, Rahul Mehta, Gregory Frost, Kelly Simmon, Dan Torday, David Bernstein, Robb Cadigan, Lise Funderburg, and Kate Forest.

Throughout the evening, you’ll hear readings in a variety of genres. The beautiful turn-of-the-century venue will be set up nightclub style, and you’ll have a chance to chat and mix and mingle, interspersed with lively literary readings! To add to the fun, Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company will be in attendance offering free tastings!  CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!

Author Cabaret
DATE: Friday, March 16, 2018
TIME: 8PM TO 10PM
PLACE: Elkins Central: The Elkins Park Train Station Arts Venue

Join Open Book bookstore for a celebration of the written word! It’s a cabaret authorfest, where a roster of talented authors will take the mic to share their work. Featured writers include Nomi Eve, Rahul Mehta, Gregory Frost, Kelly Simmon, Dan Torday, David Bernstein, Robb Cadigan, Lise Funderburg, and Kate Forest.

Throughout the evening, you’ll hear readings in a variety of genres. The beautiful turn-of-the-century venue will be set up nightclub style, and you’ll have a chance to chat and mix and mingle, interspersed with lively literary readings! To add to the fun, Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company will be in attendance offering free tastings!  CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!

Haverford College English Department and Creative Writing Program present
Literary Fact and Literary Fiction: Two Readings
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th  4:30 p.m.
VCAM SCREENING ROOM #001
370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

Ken Kalfus is the author of three collections of short stories and three novels, including A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award. His collection, Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award, and the title story, “Pu-239,” was the basis for an HBO movie of the same name. His most recent books are Equilateral and Coup de Foudre: a novella and stories, both published by Bloomsbury. He taught creative writing at Haverford in the fall of 2017.

Lise Funderburg is the author of the bestselling memoir, Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home, a contemplation of life, death, race, and barbecue. She spearheaded the groundbreaking oral history, Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity, recently released in a 20th anniversary edition. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, TIME, and Brevity. She teaches at The University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University, and leads writing workshops in venues ranging from the second floor of a Tokyo coffee shop to the yoga studio on her street. She is currently curating a collection of new writing from 25 American authors, by University of Nebraska Press (2019).

2018 Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference
May 24-26, 2018 | Pittsburgh, PA

Offers almost twenty distinct 75-minute sessions led by professional journalists, authors, editors, and down-to-earth teachers. Wherever you are in your writing project or career, there are sessions that can help you learn new skills, think about challenges in a new way, re-energize your craft, and tell your story, better. Customize your schedule, meet one-on-one with an agent, and/or have your manuscript reviewed by one of our professional writing instructors, while spending two+ days surrounded by 150+ other highly motivated memoirists, lyrical essayists, longform journalists, and others.