Avid Reader Bookstore
Apr
28

Avid Reader Bookstore

Join us at the Veteran's Memorial Theater on Friday, April 28th for a discussion with Karen Joy Fowler, author of BoothThe Jane Austen Book Club, and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Fowler will be introduced by local author, Kim Stanley Robinson.

This is a ticketed event. Space is limited.

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Catamaran Literary Salon
Mar
23

Catamaran Literary Salon

  • 910 Cedar Street Santa Cruz, CA, 95060 United States (map)
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Join us for dinner and a book discussion at Gabriella Cafe with author Karen Joy Fowler. Karen will as talk about her new novel Booth. Reserve your spot at Gabriella Cafe on Open Table or by phoning the restaurant at 831 457-1677.

DINNER: 6PM
AUTHOR BOOK DISCUSSION AND READING FROM BOOTH: 7PM
BOOK SIGNING: 7:30PM
BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE SALON

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Mark Twain House (Virtual Event)
Feb
9

Mark Twain House (Virtual Event)

Karen Joy Fowler joins us to discuss her new novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, Booth explores the multiple scandals, family triumphs, and criminal disasters of the Booth family. Considered the “Best Book of the Year” by NPR and one of the “Most Anticipated Books 2022” by Kirkus Reviews, Booth is a portrait of a country in the throes of change and a vivid exploration of the ties that make, and break, a family. 

FREE Virtual Event! REGISTER HERE. 

Copies of Booth are available for purchase through the Mark Twain Store; proceeds benefit The Mark Twain House & Museum. Books will be shipped after the event.

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Lafayette Library & Learning Center Foundation
Feb
7

Lafayette Library & Learning Center Foundation

  • 3491 Mount Diablo Boulevard Lafayette, CA, 94549 United States (map)
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Join award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler in conversation with Mary Volmer about her latest book Booth.

Booth is an epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history, John Wilkes Booth. Booth is a startling portrait of a country in the throes of change, a vivid exploration of brother and sisterhood, and a riveting historical novel focused on the very things that bind, and break, a family.

Booth was long listed for The Booker Prize and selected as Best Book of the Year by USA Today. Karen Joy Fowler is an award-winning, NY Times best-selling author of four short story collections and six novels including The Jane Austen Book Club, and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves which was the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and shortlisted for The Booker Prize.

Books will be available at the program and at Orinda Books.

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Miami Book Fair
Nov
20
to Nov 23

Miami Book Fair

  • Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261) (map)
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Hernan Diaz, Jamie Ford, Jill Bialosky & Karen Joy Fowler: A Conversation

Hernan Diaz‘s Trust: A Novel follows the wealthy Benjamin and Helen Rask in 1920s New York. Even in a decade of excess and speculation, at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? Dorothy Moy, the central character in Jamie Ford‘s The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A Novel, is a poet who channels her mental health struggles into her art. But as she connects with past generations of women in her family, she discovers trauma isn’t the only thing she’s inherited. The life of the unnamed narrator of Jill Bialosky‘s The Deceptions: A Novel is unraveling – and she seeks answers to the paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon, she must choose between reality and myth. And in Karen Joy Fowler‘s Booth, she writes of a country descending into secession and civil war – while also exploring the mesmerizing and terrifying Junius, father of John Wilkes Booth.

This in-person program will also be livestreamed at MiamiBookFairOnline.com.

For more information, click here.

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Literary Sojourn - Festival of Authors
Sep
10

Literary Sojourn - Festival of Authors

  • 950 Strings Road Steamboat Springs, CO, 80487 United States (map)
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Literary Sojourn is an annual festival of authors and readers celebrating the power of the book. Each fall, an esteemed slate of authors and 550 book lovers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Together they revel in the written word, fueled by award-winning writers who share the stories and inspiration behind their exceptional books.

Literary Sojourn is a nonprofit author and reader festival presented by the Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Founded in 1993 with a mission to bring noteworthy authors to our mountain community and promote and inspire the reading of exceptional literature, Literary Sojourn is the oldest and most anticipated literary festival in the Rocky Mountains.

For more information, click here.

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Library of Congress - National Book Festival, Lectures & Symposia
Sep
3

Library of Congress - National Book Festival, Lectures & Symposia

  • 801 Mount Vernon Place Northwest Washington, DC, 20001 United States (map)
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We Knew Them Before They Were Famous:

Historical Fiction with Louis Bayard and Karen Joy Fowler

Ever wondered about the origins of historical figures, before they were famous? Louis Bayard, author of “Jackie & Me,” and Karen Joy Fowler, author of “Booth,” are professionals at doing just that. Delving into the lives of Jackie Kennedy and John Wilkes Booth’s family, Bayard and Fowler imagine their histories from new perspectives. Moderated by Colleen J. Shogan.

For more information, click here.

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International Literature Festival Dublin (In-Person Event)
May
24

International Literature Festival Dublin (In-Person Event)

One of the warmest, wittiest voices in fiction gets very serious on what ails modern America – by going back in time. 

Conceived in a moment of despair about America’s inability to effect gun control, Karen Joy Fowler’s latest novel Booth focuses on an historically infamous family, whose eldest son would change the course of America’s destiny. These are the Booths, the family who raised Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, tearing themselves and their country apart in the process. Always proactive and endlessly entertaining, this a writer not to be missed!

A New York Times-bestselling author, Karen Joy Fowler has written three short-story collections and seven novels, of which We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014. 

Karen will be in conversation with writer and critic Anna Carey.

Presented in association with the Embassy of the United States of America in Dublin.

For tickets and registration, click here.

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What's New in Historical Fiction Panel  (Virtual Event)
Apr
28

What's New in Historical Fiction Panel (Virtual Event)

Please join History Through Fiction for What's New in Historical Fiction, a regular panel series featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles. Moderated by History Through Fiction editor, Colin Mustful, this special panel features: 

Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City
Karen Joy Fowler, author of Booth
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, author of A Women of Endurance
Lorraine Heath, author of Girls of Flight City

For more information and registration, click here.

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A Night In with Karen Joy Fowler, In Conversation with Neel Mukherjee- Fane Productions (UK)
Mar
15

A Night In with Karen Joy Fowler, In Conversation with Neel Mukherjee- Fane Productions (UK)

Join New York Times-bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler, in conversation with Neel Mukherjee, to celebrate the publication of her much-anticipated new novel, Booth.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of the new hardback edition of Booth, deliverable to any UK or international address. The 'Stream' package consists of a ticket to the live stream only. 

For one night only the event will be broadcast on 15 March at 18:30 UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for one week.

For more information and registration, click here.

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Boswell Book Company presents Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Jane Hamilton (Virtual Event)
Mar
11

Boswell Book Company presents Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Jane Hamilton (Virtual Event)

Boswell presents an evening of conversation with Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, author of novels such as We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, for a conversation about her epic new novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. In conversation with Jane Hamilton, Wisconsin-based author of novels such as The Book of Ruth and The Excellent Lombards.

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Books & Books presents Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Ruth Ozeki (Virtual Event)
Mar
10

Books & Books presents Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Ruth Ozeki (Virtual Event)

Books & Books is excited to join forces with Harvard Book Store for this special conversation with Karen Joy Fowler and Ruth Ozeki! 

From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth.

For more information and registration, click here.

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Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UCSC Present Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie (In-Person Event)
Mar
8

Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UCSC Present Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie (In-Person Event)

OFFSITE & TICKETED IN-PERSON EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Man Booker finalist and bestselling local author Karen Joy Fowler (We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves) for a discussion of her highly-anticipated novel Booth—an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. Fowler will be in conversation with award-winning writer Elizabeth McKenzie. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and will take place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn.

For more information and tickets, click here.

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Village Books, Elliott Bay & Third Place Books Present: A Night with Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Jess Walter (Virtual Event)
Mar
7

Village Books, Elliott Bay & Third Place Books Present: A Night with Karen Joy Fowler, in Conversation with Jess Walter (Virtual Event)

Third Place Books is proud to partner with Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle) and Village Books (Bellingham) to present Karen Joy Fowler for a virtual presentation of her new novel, Booth. She will be joined in conversation by Jess Walter, the bestselling author of The Cold Millions.

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In Conversation with Ruth Ozeki
Sep
22

In Conversation with Ruth Ozeki

Village Books is joining forces with Third Place Books and Elliott Bay Book Company to bring you this unique virtual event as part of Ruth Ozeki's tour for her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. This is a ticketed event where one ticket includes event access and one autographed copy of Ruth’s book. Tickets are $35.

More information here.

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Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Virtual Fiction Workshop
Jul
11
to Jul 17

Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Virtual Fiction Workshop

The summer Fiction workshops assist serious writers by exploring the art and craft as well as the business of writing. This session in July offers daily morning workshops, craft lectures, panel discussions on editing and publishing, staff readings, and brief individual conferences. The daily workshops are led by staff writer-teachers. Six separate morning workshops sections will meet daily. In addition to the workshop, participants may have the same manuscript read by a staff member who meets with them in individual conferences.

This year the Community of Writers will meet again in the “Virtual Valley” (not in-person) for an intensive six-day online gathering of our community, due to the COVID-19.

We will endeavor to create again a workshop week with the same intensity, intimacy, and productivity as our usual week in the Valley. Please note that time will be an issue in the virtual valley. The workshop sessions will meet at 8:30 am for writers on the West Coast and at 11:30 am for those on the East Coast.

For participants, carving out a full week’s space and time at home for this experience will be essential. Time to write, time to gather for craft talks, individual conferences, staff readings, and small group social hours — all online.

This workshop is for Fiction only.

More information here.

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