In-Person Event with Paul Holes / Unmasked
Wentz Concert Hall 171 E Chicago Ave, Naperville, IL, United StatesJoin Anderson’s bookshop for an in-person event with Paul Holes, the retired cold-case detective behind investigations into the Golden State Killer, Jaycee Dugard, and Laci Peterson cases, to discuss his new memoir Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases. Paul will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Makkai. After a discussion […]
The Porch: The Origins of the Original with Visiting Writer Rebecca Makkai
OnlineWhen we sit down to write, the first words, scenes, characters, conflicts, and settings we come up with are often the least original ones of which we’re capable. Digging past the obvious, the stock (and even the products of the collective unconscious), we might finally arrive at stories that are strikingly new and memorable. In […]
Ragdale Novel Affair 2022
Shoreacres 1601 Shore Acres Road, Lake Bluff, IL, United StatesApril 30, 2022, 5:30 PM at Shoreacres Ragdale’s 14th Annual Novel Affair brings together acclaimed authors and guests for an evening of creativity and conversation in support of Ragdale, the region’s most prominent artists residency community located in Lake Forest. The Saturday, April 30 event, held at Shoreacres, begins with a cocktail reception followed by […]
American Writers Festival
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington, Chicago, ILAmerican Writers Festival My Monticello: Jocelyn Johnson in conversation with Rebecca Makkai Event Time: 11:30 a.m. Event Location: Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Chicago IL The inaugural American Writers Festival on May 15, 2022 in Chicago coincides with the American Writers Museum’s fifth anniversary. The free literary festival will be held […]
Exile In Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai
Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United StatesAuthors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai Friday May 27 2022 7:00pm - 8:00pm Join us IN PERSON or virtually on Friday, May 27th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Steve Almond's new novel, All the Secrets of the World. Steve will be in conversation with Exile MVP Rebecca Makkai! Steve Almond is the author of a dozen books, […]
Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference: The Origins of The Original
The Northwestern University Summer Writers’ Conference is back! This year, the conference is entirely online again so you can join us from anywhere in the world. Details are forthcoming. In the meantime, please save the dates! The conference is hosted by the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies MA in Writing and MFA in Prose and Poetry programs. July […]
StoryStudio Chicago: StoryBoard Presents: Rebecca Makkai in Conversation with Terese Marie Mailhot, Ingrid Rojas-Contreras, Megan Stielstra, Pablo Cartaya, and Dan Chaon
Zoom info in ticket linkStoryBoard Kick Off! Mark you calendars for August 12 at 7 pm CT. StoryStudio Chicago Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai will be in conversation with five of the StoryBoard faculty members in webinar fashion on Zoom, a conversation that will be free and open to the public!
Exile in Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Anca L. Szilágyi and Rebecca Makkai
Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us IN PERSON on Thursday, September 29 at 7 pm central to help celebrate the launch of Anca L. Szilágyi's second novel, Dreams Under Glass. Anca will be in conversation with Exile MVP Rebecca Makkai! About Dreams Under Glass: An art school grad turned paralegal faces a shocking and surreal death at her law firm against a backdrop of the 2008 […]
Electric Lit Presents: The Craft of Covid in Fiction
The dynamic, unpredictable nature of the pandemic has forced novelists to become pundits, predicting what the world will look like when their novels are published. They also face unique craft challenges: how do masks affect dialogue, character descriptions, and scene? How do social distancing and quarantine warp relationship dynamics? Rebecca Makkai chose to move the […]
The Center for Fiction Presents: Rebecca Makkai on I Have Some Questions for You
Center for Fiction 17 E. 47th St., NYC , NYThe Ticket/Voucher option includes a $10 Bookstore voucher, redeemable toward the featured event book on the night of the event. All registrants will receive a link to livestream the event. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) joins The Center for Fiction for the launch of I Have Some Questions […]
