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Reading, Q & A, Book Signing

Penfield Public Library 1985 Baird Road, Penfield, NY

Sponsored by The Penfield Public Library & The Friends of the Penfield Public Library Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield, NY 14526 (also live streamed) Free Admission | ASL Interpretation […]

Reading, Q & A, Book Signing

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County 115 South Ave., Rochester, NY

Sponsored by Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County Kate Gleason Auditorium 115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604 Free Admission | ASL […]

Reading, Facilitated Conversation, Book Signing

St. John Fisher University 3690 East Ave, Pittsford, NY

Sponsored by St. John Fisher University St. John Fisher University Kearney Hall, Cleary Family Auditorium 3690 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618 In-person | Registration required | ASL Interpretation Doors open […]

Free – $20

Reception and Priority Seating at Keynote

The Strong National Museum of Play 1 Manhattan Square Dr, Rochester, NY

Hosted by The Strong National Museum of Play The Strong National Museum of Play Central Lobby One Manhattan Square Rochester, NY 14607   Registration required   Click map for a larger […]

$125

Author’s Keynote and Book Signing

The Strong National Museum of Play 1 Manhattan Square Dr, Rochester, NY

Hosted by The Strong National Museum of Play The Strong National Museum of Play Paychex Theater One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY Doors open at 7 pm | ASL Interpreted This […]

Free – $20

Artist in Residence | Poetry Reading with Kathy Engel

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Kathy Engel reads new work and selected pieces from Eyechart. Admission is free. Gift donations are appreciated.   Choose the ticket price that’s right for you: Free, $5, $10, $15 or […]

Free – $20

Matt Donovan

Writers & Books Online 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

Matt Donovan will be in conversation with author and poet Peter Conners, Publisher and Executive Director of BOA Editions. The Dug-Up Gun Museum confronts our country’s obsession with guns to […]

Free

Tyrese L. Coleman

W&B Online Class Rochester

Flash fiction and flash nonfiction are highly popular yet sometimes misunderstood genres. A common misconception is that flash is easy to write because it is short (1,000 words or fewer). […]

$40

Clifford Thompson: Conversation – POSTPONED

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues November 12 @ EST 11:00 am - 12:00 pm When Donald Trump ascends to the presidency, Thompson finds himself questioning his most deeply held convictions. In […]

Free

Craig Morgan Teicher

Writers & Books Online 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

Craig Morgan Teicher will be in conversation with author and poet Peter Conners, Publisher and Executive Director of BOA Editions. A seminal voice in American prose poetry from the sixties […]

Free

Poetry Workshop: Getting Unstuck

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Writer’s Block: Is there such a thing? William Stafford’s solution: Ignore "high standards" and "get into action." Exercising our writing muscles every day can help prepare us for when the […]

$40

Luther Hughes

Writers & Books Online 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

Luther Hughes will be in conversation with author and poet Peter Conners, Publisher and Executive Director of BOA Editions. A Shiver in the Leaves is stunningly cinematic in its layered […]

Free

Carley Moore

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Carley Moore will be in conversation with Sejal Shah. It’s early summer in New York City, 2020. The city is largely shut down, and Orpheus—our queer, disabled, poly hero—is lonely, […]

Free – $20

Test: Woo Commerce-Scholarship Integration

Virtual Classroom NY

We live to create at Write On. The heart of this virtual class for teens is a weekly workshop of student writing, in which every participant feels encouraged and supported […]

$225

Nishant Batsha

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Nishant Batsha will be in conversation with Joshua Dubler Spanning from the lush terrain of the South Pacific to the golden hills of San Francisco, Mother Ocean Father Nation is […]

Free – $20

MJ Iuppa: The Weight of Air

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

 “A new book by M.J. Iuppa is always a treat, and The Weight of Air is one of her finest. . .these exquisitely crafted, concise poems are full of quiet […]

Free – $20

Elizabeth Everett: A Love by Design

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Elizabeth Everett will be in conversation with Lauren Accardo. A Love by Design is the final installment in the Secret Scientists of London series. You couldn’t design a better hero […]

Free – $20

David Seaburn: Give Me Shelter

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

In Seaburn’s most recent novel, the dual challenges of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and the unexplained loss of parents are the driving forces behind the lives of two boys […]

Free – $20

THEE Legacy: Honoring the Living

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

A program of Flower City Noire Collective, Inc. Black Femme Book Week, Day 2  February 16 @ EST 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm     All events are free, but donations […]

Free

Postponed Alicia Puglionesi

Writers & Books Online 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

Tonight's event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. In Whose Ruins tells another story: […]

Free – $20

Gabrielle Civil: The Déjà Vu: Black Dreams & Black Time

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Emerging from the intersection of pandemic and uprising, the déjà vu activates forms both new and ancestral, drawing movement, speech, and lyric essay into performance memoir. As Civil considers Haitian […]

Free – $20

Unlearning Racism

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Join authors Bill Wynne and John Strazzabosco for a guided discussion of racial biases and the harms they cause. Bill Wynne is a first-time author and greater Rochester-based white antiracist […]

Free – $20

Alicia Mountain: Four in Hand

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Comprised of four heroic crowns of sonnets, Alicia Mountain’s Four in Hand is both formal and experimental, ranging from lyric romantic and familial narratives to blank verses of reconfigured found […]

Margaret Ray: Good Grief, the Ground

Selected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Good Grief, the Ground interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted onto women through personal, political, and […]

Stephen Schottenfeld: This Room Is Made of Noise

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

In this quietly mesmerizing novel, no one, including the protagonist, is ever entirely sure of their motivations. Existing in the liminal spaces between altruism and greed, This Room Is Made […]

Get Tickets Free – $20

Jessica Q. Stark: Buffalo Girl

Told through personal, national, and cultural histories, Buffalo Girl is a feminist indictment of the violence used to define and control women’s bodies. Interspersed throughout this hybrid work are a […]

Creative Writing & Printmaking: Earth Day with Grequan Carter

Riso Club of Rochester at the Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St, Rochester, NY

Respond imaginatively to a prompt in any genre, then put your inspiration into print. In this workshop at the Riso Club, housed in Rochester’s Visual Studies Workshop, Writers & Books’ […]

Kristen Gentry: Mama Said

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

The linked stories in Mama Said are set in Louisville, Kentucky, a city with a rich history steeped in tobacco, bourbon, and gambling, indulgences that can quickly become gripping and […]

Get Tickets Free – $20

Jeannine Hall Gailey: Flare, Corona

740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

Against a constellation of solar weather events and an evolving pandemic, Flare, Corona paints a self-portrait of the ways in which we prevail and persevere through health adversities while facing […]

Adebe DeRango-Adem: Vox Humana

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

In and through literary experiments with word and sound, utterance and song, Vox Humana considers the different ways a body can assert, recount, and proclaim. Born from the polyphonic phenomenon […]

Get Tickets Free – $20

Deaf Lens | Ages: 10-14

740 University Ave, Rochester, NY

More information coming soon for this 2-Week filmmaking camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing campers! Camp will be conducted entirely in ASL. Registration will open later in March. Teaching Artist(s): Stacy […]

Write a Short Play | Ages: 10-13

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Do you love theater? Do you have a big imagination? Have you always wished you could see the characters and stories in your head come to life in front of […]

Becoming a Storyteller | Ages: 8-11

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Do you love telling stories? Are you entertained by listening to a good story? Then you probably already are a natural storyteller! In this camp you will practice voice, body […]

Start Your Story | Ages: 7-9

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Are stories constantly running through your imagination? Get your ideas out of your head and onto paper! In this camp we will learn what makes a story interesting by exploring […]

Dragons, Dice, & Roleplaying | Teen

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Calling all quest seekers! What do collaborative role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons and writing have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as you’ll discover. In this camp, […]

Percy Jackson | Ages: 8-11

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Percy Jackson is mighty with his sword; his creator, Rick Riordan, is mighty with his pen. Experiment with the writing methods Riordan uses to weave a siren spell. You will […]

Building Fantastical Worlds | Ages: 8-11

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Have you ever wondered what it’s like living in magical worlds, such as those described in the Harry Potter series, Chronicles of Narnia, and The Borrowers? How do we leave […]

Musical Theater Book Club | Ages: Teen

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Think of this as a book club where, instead of discussing novels, we discuss musicals. From Sondheim to Six, musical theater can be more than just jazz hands and smiles; […]

Gell Retreat Bus Transportation

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat, Writers & Books’ retreat center in Naples, NY. Busing will be provided for an additional charge of $250 from 740 University Avenue, departing at […]

Arts Alive: Exploring the Neighborhood | Ages: 10-13

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) has long been home to expression and creativity. Businesses and organizations that engage with art through painting, photography, food, and language abound. There are […]

My Name in Print | Ages: 8-11

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Write, write, write! We will spend the first part of this camp producing poems, stories, journal entries, and creative essays through imaginative writing prompts. You will be encouraged to try […]

I Survived | Ages: 8-11

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Attention time travelers! Do you want to learn more about significant events, such as the sinking of the Titanic, Hurricane Katrina, or 9/11?  We'll spend the week exploring what makes […]

Writers and Sleuths | Ages: 7-9

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

Join us as we read mysteries and detective stories and get to know problem -solvers from a variety of backgrounds. Over the course of the week, we will learn about […]

Outdoor Writers | Ages: 9-16

Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat 6581 W Hollow Rd., Naples

Summertime, sunshine, green rolling hills, nature, and you! Spend five days communing with the writer within you at our retreat in the Bristol Hills. Explore with professional writers and naturalists […]

Writers & Illustrators | Ages: 10-13

Writers & Books 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY

In this exciting collaboration between Writers & Books and the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery, you’ll create your own fantastically illustrated and imaginatively written story. You’ll learn how […]

If you would like to make a request for any accommodation, please email us at accommodation@wab.org at least 10 days prior to the event or workshop.
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