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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Write Stuff: A Korean historical drama, Japanese poetry and family ghosts by Carole Goldberg

Local author events and book talks in Connecticut.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:54PM
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Write Stuff: 'Solitary’ author Albert Woodfox named Stowe Prize winner by Carole Goldberg

Alfred Woodfox has won the 2020 Stowe Prize, and local author talks and book events in Connecticut this week.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Write Stuff: A conversation with Jeanine Basinger, two book clubs with food by Carole Goldberg

Frank Rizzo hosts a new “A Little Harmless Fun” at the Mark Twain House March 4 with Jeanine Basinger, founder and curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives, chair of Film Studies at Wesle…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:49AM
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Write Stuff: The genius of women, Facebook and Black poets for Black History Month by Carole Goldberg

Bestselling author Janice Kaplan will talk about her book, “The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World” at RJ Julia in Madison on Feb. 23.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:47PM
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Write Stuff: Dateline creator talks third in TV producer series, Jackson shares his ‘Gay Like Me’ memoir by Carole Goldberg

R.J. Julia hosts events with Deepak Chopra, Dateline NBC creator and thriller author Jeffrey L. Diamond and Richie Jackson, author of the debut memoir “Gay Like Me,” among other Connecti…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Write Stuff: Books of love, changing your life and an anti-fascism reader by Carole Goldberg

Connecticut authors are talking about love this month, including Gina Barreca and Tracy Strauss who will speak about “Writing About Love: How to Find It, How to Lose It, and Whether You Wa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Write Stuff: Author of ‘No Visible Bruises’ coming to Interval House by Carole Goldberg

Book events and talks in Connecticut this week include the author of "No Visible Bruises," poetry readings at Charter Oak Cultural Center, and events at RJ Julia.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:58AM
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Write Stuff: Social justice, Stowe and Twain by Carole Goldberg

Do writings by Hartford’s famous authors relate to the social justice issues of today? On Dec. 12 from 3 to 4:15 p.m., students and teachers in the literature course offered jointly by Cap…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Write Stuff: a Gina Barreca reading, poetry at Charter Oak; rebranding Connecticut by Carole Goldberg

Gina Barreca, best-selling author, UConn English professor, Courant columnist, humorist and feminist, will give a free reading at Westminster School, 995 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, on Dec. 7 a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Write Stuff: Mark Twain birthday party, books on food culture, the occult by Carole Goldberg

The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, will launch a new annual event on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m., when noted author Nicholson Baker will give the first Mark Twain Birthday L…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Write Stuff: Dorie Greenspan dinner, Jan Brett Talk, Jewish Book Festival by Carole Goldberg

Oyster Club and Bank Square Books will present a dinner Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Oyster Club, 13 Water St., Mystic, with award-winning baker and cookbook author Dorie Greenspan. The ev…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Write Stuff: Twain's take on 'The Gilded Age' and Nook Farm talk by Carole Goldberg

Political corruption as depicted in Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner’s 1873 book, “The Gilded Age,” and its effects now will be discussed at a free UCONN Forum panel, “Mark Twain…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Write Stuff: Tomie dePaola Among Dozens Of Authors At Connecticut Children's Book Fair by Carole Goldberg

The free Connecticut Children’s Book Fair will be Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the Rome Commons Ballroom at UConn’s South Campus Complex. Authors and illustrators…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Write Stuff: Rand Richards Cooper At Twain House; Shane McCrae At UConn by Carole Goldberg

The Mark Twain House & Museum will launch its free West End Wednesdays Book Talk Series, featuring four authors who live in the West End, on Oct. 24, with Rand Richards Cooper. The events, a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Write Stuff: Nicholas Sparks To Launch Book At Garde Arts Center by Carole Goldberg

Nicholas Sparks, best-selling author of such romantic novels as “The Notebook,” will launch his latest book, “Every Breath,” in a conversation hosted by Erica Tannen, editor of the C…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Write Stuff: Wallace Stevens Celebration, MasHipHopLessViolencia by Carole Goldberg

Five popular writers will take part in a free Women's Thriller/Suspense Author Panel discussion on Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m., at Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury. Vera Gibbon…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Write Stuff: Shteyngart, Picoult At Writers Weekend, Authors On Pratt Street by Carole Goldberg

The Mark Twain House & Museum’s 2018 Writers Weekend will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, at the Twain Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., and Immanuel Congregational Church, 10…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Monday, September 10, 2018

Write Stuff: CT Authors Trail Concludes, Twain Writers Weekend by Carole Goldberg

The Tenth Annual Connecticut Authors Trail, a series of free talks by local authors presented by a group of Eastern Connecticut libraries, will conclude with two events. On Tuesday, Sept. 18…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05PM
Saturday, September 8, 2018

Write Stuff: Literary Libations, Riverwood Poetry, Mariani In West Hartford by Carole Goldberg

New Britain Public Library will hold its Literary Libations Vol. V fundraising event on Friday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the campus of CCSU. The event, which includes f…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Write Stuff: James R. Benn, Mary Kubica, Wendy Walker At R.J. Julia by Carole Goldberg

Connecticut author James R. Benn, who has become an acclaimed writer of mystery novels set in Europe during World War II, will give a free talk about his 13th Billy Boyle mystery, “Solemn …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Write Stuff: Summer Reading At Dunkin' Donuts Park, Free Author Talks At R.J. Julia by Carole Goldberg

A true tale of a wedding gone awry, a story involving a helper monkey and a novel about friendship and survival will be discussed at free events at R.J. Julia Booksellers. 768 Boston Post Ro…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Write Stuff: 'Queen Of Mean' To Talk Friendships, Self-Acceptance With Author Kristan Higgins by Carole Goldberg

The “Queen of Mean” will interview an award-winning Connecticut author of romance novels on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m., at Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Road, Avon, as part …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Write Stuff: Mark Santopietro On 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' 'Simpsons' Writer Mike Reiss by Carole Goldberg

The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, will offer talks by an author of a book about a book and a writer and producer of “The Simpsons,” as well as a chance to wri…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Write Stuff: CT Authors Trail Begins, Beatriz Williams' Release Party And Books With Immigrant Theme by Carole Goldberg

The Tenth Annual Connecticut Authors Trail, a series of free talks by local authors presented by a group of Eastern Connecticut libraries, will begin Tuesday, July 10, with a free talk at 6:…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Write Stuff: Deadline Extended For Twain House's Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest by Carole Goldberg

The deadline to enter the Mark Twain House & Museum’s 2018 Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest has been extended to July 15. Prizes will go to a first-place winner and two runners-up in e…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Storytelling Champ Matthew Dicks At RJ Julia, Psychotherapist Talks Women's Friendships by Carole Goldberg

A champion storyteller, two novelists and an expert on women’s friendships will give free talks at R.J. Julia Booksellers,768 Boston Post Road, Madison. All begin at 7 p.m. and require res…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:55PM
Monday, June 11, 2018

Jennifer Egan, Claire Messud, Wendy Hinman To Give Book Talks by Carole Goldberg

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, whose latest book is “Manhattan Beach,” will give a free talk Tuesday, June 19, at 6 p.m., at Wheeler Library, 101 Main St., North Stoningt…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:50AM
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Write Stuff: Three Funny Ladies At Twain House, Poetry In The Rose Garden by Carole Goldberg

Vanity Fair books columnist Sloane Crosley, former “Late Night with David Letterman” writer Nell Scovell and NPR’s “Ask Me Another” host Ophira Eisenberg, will appear Thursday, Jun…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Local Authors Festival To Host Authors, Panel Discussions by Carole Goldberg

Avon Free Public Library will present its fifth annual Local Author Festival, offering 11 free discussions on inspiration by solo authors or panels from Thursday, June 7 through Aug. 23 at t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Words That Changed The World Club Talks Desmond's 'Evicted' by Carole Goldberg

U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is among the acclaimed poets who will appear when the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival presents its 26th season outdoors in the beautiful gardens on the ground…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Steve Almond To Give Writing Workshop, Eric D. Lehman To Discuss 'Connecticut Vanguards' by Carole Goldberg

Steve Almond, the best-selling author known for his clever wit, thorough reporting and strong political opinions, will give a writing workshop and a free talk on Thursday, May 24, at The Mar…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM

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