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Exile in Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Nick Flynn and Rebecca Makkai

Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United States

Authors on Tap: Nick Flynn and Rebecca Makkai Thursday August 26, 2021 | 7:00PM - 8:00PM CT Join us on August 26th at 7:00pm to help celebrate the paperback release of Nick Flynn's memoir, This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire.  Nick will be in conversation with Exile VIP Rebecca Makkai! Nick Flynn […]

Unabridged Books Presents: “The Talented Miss Farwell” Virtual Event with Emily Gray Tedrowe & Rebecca Makkai

Unabridged Bookstore 3251 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL

Celebrate the paperback release of The Talented Miss Farwell with author Emily Gray Tedrowe on Wednesday, September 1st at 7:30 pm CDT! The author will be joined for a conversation by Rebecca Makkai! About the book: Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this "stylish" (New York Times Book Review) page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that […]

Joshua Ferris in conversation with Rebecca Makkai: A Calling for Charlie Barnes

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The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome New York Times bestselling author Joshua Ferris as he discusses his new novel, A CALLING FOR CHARLIE BARNES. Ferris will be in conversation with bestselling author Rebecca Makkai. This event is free and open to the public, with registration. Signed, first edition copies are available for purchase […]

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The Porch: The Origins of the Original with Visiting Writer Rebecca Makkai

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When 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 […]

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Exile In Bookville Presents: Authors on Tap: Steve Almond and Rebecca Makkai

Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United States

Authors 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, […]

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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 […]

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Virtual Event: Zibby’s Book Club with Rebecca Makkai

Visit zibbymag.com/zibbys-book-club to join! 30 minutes of group discussion followed by 30 minutes of Q&A on Zoom or in person with the author. Our meeting hub is hosted by Bookclubs.com. Sign up for links and Zoom info here. Buy all the books here.

Virtual: Newburyport Literary Festival

Newburyport Literary Festival

Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai’s latest novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, is to be released this February from Viking. Her last novel, THE GREAT BELIEVERS, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal, the Stonewall Book Award, the Clark Prize, […]

The Golden Book Club: Zoom Book Club Discussion

The Golden Book Club will be reading and discussing "I Have Some Questions For You". Join us live or on Zoom on Saturday May 20th, at 12pm ET. The Golden Notebook Bookclub  group is open to everyone--come once, come every month! It's a great way to meet like-minded, book people in our town. Enjoy 10% […]

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