Virtual Book Launch Party: THE TALENTED MISS FARWELL by Emily Gray Tedrowe (Presented by Women & Children First)
Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin Women & Children First for the virtual launch party for The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe. For this event, Emily will be in conversation with Rebecca Makkai. This event will be streamed on Women & Children First's Crowdcast channel.
Lincolnwood Library Virtual Event
Join the Lincolnwood Public Library as we welcome Pulitzer-nominated author of The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai. This program is being offered using Zoom, a virtual presentation/conferencing software. Please include your email address to receive instructions on how to join the Zoom event.
Ragdale Talks: A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai ft. Chloe Benjamin, Michael Zapata and Alex Kotlowitz
Novel Affair at Ragdale Foundation was of course a no-go this year, and so we're doing this instead: On Wednesday, the 21st, I'll be in conversation online with three brilliant authors -- Michael Zapata, Chloe Benjamin, and Alex Kotlowitz -- about writing in a time of crisis. WAY cheaper than the actual Novel Affair, you […]
Cocktails & Conversation: Kimberly King Parsons, Megha Majumdar & Julia Phillips with Rebecca Makkai
Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United StatesWhat better time to host and celebrate four extremely talented National Book Award for fiction long and short listers? We believe two days after the winners of the 2020 National Book Awards winners have been announced, that’s when. Please join us on November 20th at 7pm central as Exile in Bookville welcomes Kimberly King Parsons (Black […]
Speakeasy Workshop: Chutes and Ladders: Four Pitfalls (and Solutions!) for Writing Prose
Tuesdays, December 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22nd, 5-6:30pm PT / 8-9:30pm ET Join me for a digital workshop this December with Speakeasy! Most obstacles to writing are not psychological (writers’ block is a myth!) but structural. In narrative fiction, it's plot -- cause and effect, development, change, suspense -- that propels us forward. And yet […]
2020 Is Over: A Variety With Booze Hacks, Music, Ribaldry, Cobblers, and More!
Rough Draft Bar & BooksTo celebrate the paperback launch of his book "The Riots I have Known", Ryan Chapman is hosting a digital variety show with Rough Draft Bar & Books on December 9th, 2020 at 8pm ET. Instead of a reading, let’s have a zoom party. A loose version of “The Tonight Show,” with booze tips for lockdown, […]
StoryStudio Chicago Presents: The Geek-Out Book Club | Rebecca Makkai + Cristina Henriquez Discuss “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
StoryStudio Chicago 4043 N. Ravenswood, #222, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Geek-Out is writers geeking out about literature, plain and simple! One writer will make the other read something for the first time (in this case, Rebecca made Cristina read Shirley Jackson’s legendarily unnerving “The Lottery”) and then for about an hour they talk together about craft, impact, what they loved, what they didn’t. The […]
Speakeasy Workshop: Chutes and Ladders: Four Pitfalls (and Solutions!) for Writing Prose
Mondays, February 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22nd, 5-8:00pm PT / 8-11:00pm ET Join me for another digital workshop this February with Speakeasy! Most obstacles to writing are not psychological (writers’ block is a myth!) but structural. In narrative fiction, it's plot -- cause and effect, development, change, suspense -- that propels us forward. And yet these […]
PEN Out Loud: Brandon Hobson with Rebecca Makkai
Flash sale until January 27! Use the code WINTERPOL for 50 percent off General Admission tickets. The first 350 Admission With Book tickets will include a bookplate. National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson joins PEN Out Loud to celebrate his latest novel, The Removed. Weaving together multiple first-person narrators and Cherokee folklore, the novel tells the story of […]
Virtual Book Launch: THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE by Julia Fine In Conversation With Rebecca Makkai
Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin us on Women & Children First's Crowdcast Channel for the virtual launch celebration for The Upstairs House by Julia Fine! For this event, Fine will be in conversation with Rebecca Makkai. REGISTER HERE Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels […]
