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Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, Oregon, hosts in-person and virtual author events throughout the year, featuring everything from literary fiction to mystery and science fiction, from nature writing to memoir and history and spaces in between. Books can be purchased in store or online, and audiobooks can also be purchased through their website. The shop donates 1 percent of annual gross sales to organizations that support local, regional, national, and global communities.
The Mercantile Library maintains and expands a large, historic collection of books while presenting a healthy schedule of events including author and writer visits and events, book discussions, lectures, workshops, and forums. Additionally, the library is home to a diverse collection of artworks including portrait busts, paintings, and sculpture.
University of Houston’s MFA Creative Writing program hosts poetry nights, several reading series, and various literary readings by faculty, students, and visiting writers, including the Poetry & Prose, a reading series featuring UH faculty, students, alumni, and other well-known writers, that happens right on campus. Through cultural partnerships, they also sponsor various literary events throughout the city of Houston, including the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, Brazos Bookstore Presents, and more.
The Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program is highly regarded for its rigorous approach to literary instruction and for its faculty of acclaimed writers and editors who are devoted and dedicated teachers. The faculty, the students, and the curriculum represent and foster a full range of artistic and literary diversity. The department also presents several stimulating events, readings, and conversations throughout the year, including the Creative Writing Lecture Series, Nonfiction Dialogues, Poetry Reading Series, and Literary Translation at Columbia.
Since first opening their doors in 1873, the Chicago Public Library has served all Chicagoans with free and open places to gather, learn, connect, read and be transformed. It welcomes and supports all people in their enjoyment of reading and lifelong learning. Working together, they strive to provide equal access to information, ideas and knowledge through books, programs and other resources. They believe in the freedom to read, to learn, to discover. Events include author readings and talks.
The Countee Cullen Branch gives Harlem residents of all ages access to library services delivered in a friendly and effective manner. It is home to the James Weldon Johnson Reference Collection for children, books on the African-American experience, a reference collection including college catalogs and financial aid information, and the African-American/Black Culture reference collection.
The 1,100-seat Cullen Theater hosts smaller opera and ballet productions and serves as the venue for the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, a nationally-renowned series that has featured more than 300 of the world’s most accomplished literary writers. Its intimate size is ideal for solo artists, chamber music, and small touring shows and recitals.
For more than forty years, Just Buffalo Literary Center has brought the world’s greatest writers to Buffalo, hosted poetry events and readings, and supported the development of young writers. They believe in the love of reading, the art of writing, and the power of the literary arts to transform individual lives and communities.
By fostering the art of creative writing, the mission of Inprint is to inspire readers and writers in Houston. A nonprofit organization founded in 1983, Inprint fulfills this mission through the nationally renowned Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, the Cool Brains! Reading Series for Young People, Escritores en la casa Reading Series, and through literary and educational activities in the community that demonstrate the value and impact of creative writing with support from the UH Creative Writing Program.
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and only museum in the United States devoted to documenting and sharing Arab American contributions that shaped the economic, political and cultural landscapes of American life. The Museum also brings to light the shared experiences of immigrants and ethnic groups, paying tribute to the diversity of our nation. Included in the museum’s public programming are conferences, multicultural performance series, film festivals, arts collaborations with area ethnic communities, seminars, author readings, and book signings.
