Book-or-Treat at Mochalisa’s Caffe

Join Mochalisa’s Caffe and local authors for book talks and sweet treats on October 29th from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at their Book-or-Treat event. See what local authors are attending in more info.

Cookbook Book Club

The Stillwater Public Library hosts Cookbook Book Club. Critique and discuss different cookbooks by trying the recipes and bringing a dish to pass. This book club takes place every first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.

Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Meg Kearney

Caffe Lena 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Meg Kearney. An open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured reading will […]

Conversation with National Book Award finalist Grace Cho

Grace Cho is the author of Tastes Like War: A Memoir (2021), a National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist that investigates the impact of the immigration experience, the aftermath of the Korean War, small town American life, the comforts of Korean food, and a mother’s battle with schizophrenia.Cho grew up as the daughter of a white […]

Writing to Thrive: A Creative Response to Trauma

Join writer and poet Rhonda Rosenheck for a writing workshop, Writing to Thrive: A Creative Response to Trauma at the Waterford Public Library. Sessions run from 5-6:30 pm and are the first three Thursdays of November: the 2nd, 9th and 16th.Writing can awaken your creative impulse during and after loss, illness and other traumas. Applying […]

HVWG Annual Meeting

Join us for the 2023 Hudson Valley Writers Guild Annual Meeting at the Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library on Saturday, November 4.At this meeting, we will present our annual report to the members of the HVWG and look forward to the year ahead. If you want to join the HVWG team, we […]

St. Rocco’s Reading at Saint Rose

College of Saint Rose Standish Rooms, Saint Rose Events and Athletics Center (second floor), 420 Western Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

St. Rocco’s has been a curated invitational series since our inception in 2016. This is our first time hosting an Open Mic format, and we are limiting our sign-up to students.The event begins with a gathering at 4pm. Readings begin promptly at 4:30pm. The reading will be held on the Saint Rose campus at MidKnight […]

Book Release and Reading Suzanne S. Rancourt and Jay Rogoff

Northshire Saratoga: S. Rancourt and Jay Rogoff – Songs of Archilochus and Becoming PoetryPoet S. Rancourt and poet, critic, and scholar Jay Rogoff will share their latest works. Rancourt will read from her new collection, while Rogoff will speak to his essays, which explore how we understand and evaluate great poetry.

Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini presents Murtagh, the latest installment in his blockbuster “Inheritance Cycle,” with over 33 million copies in print. In March 2023, Money magazine ranked the cycle, the 13th biggest-selling fantasy series of all time.In 2011, Paolini was named the youngest author of a bestselling book series by the Guinness Book of World Records— the […]

The Marvel of the Ordinary: Crafting Extraordinary Stories from Everyday Life

A conversation with award-winning author Karin Lin-Greenberg, Siena College Associate Professor of English.Karin Lin-Greenberg‘s first story collection, Faulty Predictions, won the 2013 Flannery O’Connor Award in Short Fiction from the University of Georgia Press and won gold in the Short Story category of Foreword Reviews’ INDIE Book of the Year in 2014. Her second story […]