Events | The Center for Fiction

Author/Translator: Maylis de Kerangal and Jessica Moore on Painting Time with Lydia Kiesling

Tuesday, 1:00 pm EDT May 18, 2021

French author Maylis de Kerangal explores the contours of contemporary art and the profession of painting in her new translated...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT May 20, 2021

Brazilian literature translator Katrina Dodson will discuss how translators build their own constantly evolving philosophies...

Thursday, 7:30 pm EDT May 20, 2021

In collaboration with the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival, The Center for Fiction welcomes Lisa Allen-Agostini to celebrate...

Saturday, 2:00 pm EDT - 3:15 pm EDT May 22, 2021

Our community writing event, inspired by Sussman’s system for disciplined and generative writing practice, continues online!

Wednesday, 7:30 pm EDT May 26, 2021

Ian Manuel and Yusef Salaam come together for a special event in the On America series to discuss matters of...

Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT May 26, 2021

School’s out! At Scholastic Parents Night: The Power of Summer Reading, a virtual panel of Scholastic authors, education...

Thursday, 12:30 pm EDT May 27, 2021

The Center for Fiction is thrilled to host the Bridge Book Award Virtual Ceremony for the prize’s Italian winners. The Bridge Book Award...

Wednesday, 1:00 pm EDT June 2, 2021

We are excited to welcome Martha Cooley for a conversation on the launch of her newest novel Buy Me Love, slated for release on June 1st

Wednesday, 6:00 pm EDT June 9, 2021

Rivka Galchen explores the awesome absurdity of our society in her newest novel Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Thursday, 6:00 pm EDT June 10, 2021

Suzanne Koven, a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Anita Diamant, an author and...