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Crafting Your Crime Novel: From Manuscript to Publication led by Jonathan Santlofer
Once a week Wednesdays, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm April 1 to May 6, 2020
The secret of great crime fiction is that it’s no secret. Unearthing the plot, finding the voice, getting readers to care while they turn pages -
From Inspiration to Published Work: The Craft of Storytelling in Fiction led by Stefan Merrill Block
Once a week Wednesdays, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm April 22 to May 27, 2020
How do you put your ideas to work in the service of a great story? How do you make the reader care deeply for the fate of your characters? -
A Time and a Place led by Lawrence Block
Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm April 2 to April 30, 2020
Writers of all fields and genres are welcome!
Events
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Feb 20
Jenn Shapland Presents My Autobiography of Carson McCullers with Cyrus Grace Dunham
7:00 pm at The Center for Fiction -
Feb 24
Story/Teller: Colum McCann’s Apeirogon with David Wohl and Peter Ganim
7:00 pm at The Center for Fiction -
Feb 25
Loyalty, Betrayal and Everything in Between: The Current State of Women’s Friendships
7:00 pm at The Center for Fiction
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Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South
Once a month Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm February 25 to May 26, 2020
This reading group is designed for those interested in and delving into other facets of Zora Neale Hurston’s work during and after the Harlem Renaissance -
All That You Touch: An Octavia E. Butler Reading Group
Once a Month Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm February 25 to June 23, 2020
This reading group will visit (or revisit) the works of Octavia E. Butler, the first renowned black woman author in science fiction and fantasy... -
Members Only: The Literarians
Wednesday, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm February 19, 2020
The Literarians is a free monthly discussion group open to members of The Center.
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Bookstore Best Sellers
January 2020 Best Sellers
From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Writers Council member Richard Powers’s... -
7 Books that Dare Kids to Dream Big
Picture books that inspire youngsters to dream big and recognize their potential to be a force for good in the world! -
Bookstore Best Sellers
Top 20 Best Sellers from 2019
From debut novels like Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (shortlisted for our First Novel Prize)... -
Bookstore Best Sellers
December 2019 Best Sellers
From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Writers Council member... -
Author Picks
Six Recommendations from De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Our 2019 First Novel Prize winner, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, shares six books he thinks would make great gifts -
Bookstore Best Sellers
November 2019 Best Sellers
From Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House to Andrea Long Chu’s Females, check out our bookstore’s... -
Junior Edition
Junior Edition: Suit Up
This Junior Edition features tales inspired by mythology & folklore. From Anansi to Antigone, these books have deep storytelling roots. -
Bookstore Best Sellers
October 2019 Best Sellers
From Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School to Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Thick and Jia Tolentino’s... -
Writers Council Picks
Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Richard Powers
Check out six great picks from novelist Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and member of...
