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Life Lessons

This week features three novelists with well-earned reputations for offering tips on living. We have the return, after a decade, of an author...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT July 9, 2026

We’re pleased to welcome De’Shawn Charles Winslow, winner of our 2019 First Novel Prize for In West Mills, back...

Three of this week’s books concern London: an investigation into a mysterious death; a novel exploring friendship and the state of publishing...

Friday, 6:00 pm EDT May 1, 2026

This month, we are pleased to welcome Juliet Faithfull (Liar’s Dice), Hafeez Lakhani (Abundance)...

Saturday, 12:00 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT June 13, 2026

Online | Structure, time management, character development, plot—so much goes into writing creative nonfiction, no matter the length...

Three novels this week touch on fame: we have a slim yet potent book concerning a famous, aging writer; a group of midlife female boy-band fans...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT June 18, 2026

Long before the first Europeans set foot on Turtle Island, Indigenous people shared and recorded their stories and histories

Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT June 10, 2026

Wondering what it takes to write an immersive—and transgressive—speculative tale as a debut author? Join us for a conversation with sci-fi...

Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT June 11, 2026

Join us for an evening with Amitav Ghosh, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Sea of Poppies, in conversation...

4 Sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT April 28 to July 21, 2026

Online | Move deeper into Morrison’s novels as they unsettle ideas of home, love, and belonging. Explore how memory and community...