Please join Bellevue Literary Press and our authors at the AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles.

Daily, from 9:00am-5:00pm, Bellevue Literary Press will feature great deals on all of our books at table #757.

On Friday, April 1, authors Michelle Latiolais (Widow, A Proper Knowledge), Varley O’Connor (The Cure), and Melissa Pritchard (A Solemn Pleasure, Palmerino, The Odditorium) will participate in the panel “Women Writing Fiction in a Postfeminist Era” @ 3:00pm.

The New York Public Library presents “Shadowboxing with History: The Conundrum of Fiction vs. Non-Fiction.” In this dialogue, moderated by Paul Hond, associate editor for Columbia Magazine, acclaimed authors and two friends of six decades, Jerome Charyn (A Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century) and Jay Neugeboren (Max Baer and the Star of David: A Novel), talk about the interplay of history and art in the writing of fiction and nonfiction, about the necessary “lies” of nonfiction, and the reshaping of certain truths in the writing of historical fiction. What do all historical figures, re-imagined or not, have in common? How does language itself reinvent history? Their two fascinating books and the two fascinating historical figures, Max Baer and Emily Dickinson are showcased.

The New School Creative Writing Program celebrates the 20th anniversary of the MFA program with a special conversation between Robert Lopez, author Good People, and Samuel Ligon, moderated by Luis Jaramillo.

Bellevue Literary Press and the New York University Division of Medical Humanities present a special Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative conversation between Paul Harding, author of Tinkers (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) and David Oshinsky, author of Polio: An American Story (Pulitzer Prize for History), discussing the many ways in which the authorial imagination can evoke and engage with the body and illness in fiction and nonfiction.

Robert Lopez, author of Good People, joins Rachel Glaser, author of Paulina & Fran, to celebrate their new books at Pete’s Reading Series.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, the Franklin Park Reading Series turns to five of their favorite writers for insight into surviving love’s highs and lows. Hear prose and poetry addressing why “Love Will Make or Break You” from fiction writers Robert Lopez and Tony Tulathimutte, memoirist Mira Ptacin, and poets Robin Beth Schaer and Tommy Pico.

Join Break A Leg Productions and the Science & the Arts Series for a staged reading of No No Nobel by David C. Cassidy, author of Beyond Uncertainty.

BookCourt welcomes author Robert Lopez whose reading from Good People will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

The LIC Reading Series welcomes Robert Lopez, author Good People, for a reading and discussion with J. Robert Lennon and Sean H. Doyle at the LIC Bar.

Pine Manor College welcomes Robert Lopez, author Good People, for a reading and discussion with Jeannine Atkins and Mary Beth Pope.

The POWERHOUSE ARENA hosts a panel discussion for the Jewish Book Council: Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature with Allison Amend, Anne Landsman, and Josh Rolnick in conversation with Austin Ratner, author of The Jump Artist.

Eduardo Halfon, author of Monasteryand The Polish Boxer, joins Mia Alvar, Alexander Chee, Sloane Crosley, Michael Cunningham, Mary Gaitskill, Lev Grossman, A.M. Homes, Tanwi Nandini Islam, and J. Robert Lennon in hosting the Electric Literature Genre Ball.

Pioneer Works hosts Colin Ellard, author of Places of the Heart, for a special series of walking tours and public discussions:

Over the course of the weekend researchers will take small groups of participants on walks designed to explore the psychology of urban life by measuring responses to a set of carefully curated locations throughout the Red Hook area. Participants will be asked to carry a specially programmed phone and to wear a small headband that records their patterns of brain activity. Our overall goal is to map the relationships between place, comfort, happiness, arousal (both negative and positive), perceptions of risk, responses to natural features and to urban design variables. The walk will take approximately one hour, following which participants will have an opportunity to discuss their experiences in a debriefing session.







On Sunday, October 25th a culminating discussion with Colin and other guests will consider the data collected from walks as a way of gaining insight into our urban environment.

Baruch College presents Harman Writer-In-Residence Eduardo Halfon, author of Monastery and The Polish Boxer, for an evening reading and conversation.

Melissa Pritchard presents A Solemn Pleasure, her newest collection of essays, at Changing Hands Bookstore.

Eduardo Halfon, author of Monasteryand The Polish Boxer, joins Geoff Dyer and Francine Prose for a discussion at the Brooklyn Book Festival, moderated by Ryan Chapman, about “outsiders trying to get in, insiders trying to get out, and all types of boundary making and breaking.”

Please join Bellevue Literary Press at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Visit us in booth 240, which we’ll be sharing with our sister organization The Bellevue Literary Review, to meet author Eduardo Halfon and find great deals on all of our books.

The NER (New England Review)Vermont Reading Series and the Vermont Book Shop present Michael Coffey, author The Business of Naming Things, Penelope Cray, and Rebecca Makkai.

Please join Brookline Booksmith for a discussion of Melissa Pritchard’s A Solemn Pleasure, the June selection of the Small Press Book Club.

Cormac James, author of The Surfacing, joins Chantel Acevedo, Lorraine Adams, Ananda Devi, Ofir Touché Gafla, Assaf Gavron, Nathalie Handal, Amanda Michalopoulou, Zoe Pilger, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Lola Shoneyin, and Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson for the PEN World Voices Festival Literary Quest.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Glucksman Ireland House and the PEN World Voices Festival welcome Cormac James for the first U.S. reading from his novel The Surfacing.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Cormac James, author of The Surfacing, joins Rashidah Ismaili, Abdourahman Waberi, and Kerry Young at Glucksman Ireland House for a PEN World Voices Festival discussion about the diaspora, moderated by Eric Banks.

With gratitude to Culture Ireland for help making Cormac James’ visit possible

Please join Bellevue Literary Press at the PEN World Voices Festival Literary Magazine and Book Fair on the Mews. Meet our editorial staff, find great deals on all of our books, and enjoy the place where “global bazaar meets county fair at th[e] third annual festival within the Festival.”

Rain Taxi presents Tim Horvath, author of Understories, and other special guests, paying tribute to Minneapolis-based songwriter Grant Hart and the seminal band Hüsker Dü. The evening will include a short conversation with Grant Hart about his most recent album and will conclude with a short set of music by Hart.

Subtext Books presents Michael Coffey, author of The Business of Naming Things, and Melissa Pritchard, author of A Solemn Pleasure, for a happy hour discussion about their new books and writing at the intersection of fiction, journalism, and autobiography.