Literary Site Type: Reading Venue

The Green Mill

Reading Venue

The Green Mill is sophisticated and informal with a warm glowing atmosphere steeped in the heady sounds of the early 1930s and 1940s. The bar is patterned after Clark Monroe’s Uptown House in Harlem. Today, the Green Mill, in keeping with owner Dave Jemilo’s philosophy for a proper mix of down-to-earth friendliness and class, maintains an authenticity of the Forties in service, price, and music, perfected upon with the steady Sunday night performance of the internationally acclaimed Uptown Poetry Slam, which Marc Smith began at the Mill in 1986.

University of Alabama’s Creative Writing Program

Reading Venue

Nationally known poets and fiction writers have been coming to Tuscaloosa to read from their work since 1972. Each year, the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series brings eight to twelve writers to campus for residencies. Many of these writers stay for two-day residencies and give readings, lead master classes, give craft talks, and interact with students at meals, receptions, and conferences. The Director of the Program in Creative Writing asks for suggestions of writers to bring to campus at the beginning of the Spring semester, and the schedule for the year is announced early in the Fall.

StoryStudio Chicago

Reading Venue

StoryStudio Chicago is a growing community of writers building Chicagoland’s premier center for writing and writers. Its mission is simple: teach the art and craft of writing in a positive, open, and encouraging community where students can develop their unique voices.

Four Seasons Books

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Four Seasons Books is a family-owned and operated bookstore founded in 1991. Located in the heart of downtown historic Shepherdstown, West Virginia, a small college town on the Upper Potomac River, Four Seasons Books offers a unique selection of quality new, used, and discount books. The full-service bookstore hosts a variety of author readings and signings, talks and discussions, and special events and performances.

Book Passage

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Book Passage is the Bay Area’s liveliest bookstore. They host over 1200 events every year, ranging from debut novelists to culinary superstars. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. They also have a second location in the San Francisco Ferry Building.

The Laughing Goat

Reading Venue

The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse and Community Performance Venue features weekly readings, monthly gallery showings, nightly performances, and other assorted live events.

New Dominion Bookshop

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Located in Historic Downtown Charlottesville, New Dominion Bookshop is the oldest independent bookseller in Virginia. Their collection of new books includes many selections from fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature.

The shop hosts author events on the weekends, with a focus on literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction events. For event proposals, the shop recommends reaching out about four to six months in advance.

Image by Photography Champloo.

Barnes & Noble: Fifth Avenue

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Open seven days a week, this location includes a café and has frequent events with authors, celebrities, and musicians. Along with a wide selection of books, there is also a department for toys and games as well as vinyl records.

C & P Coffee Company

Reading Venue

Since 2003 C & P Coffee Company has been building friendships around community and coffee. It proudly serves Lighthouse Roasters fine coffees as well as a rotating selection of beer and wine. It offers locally sourced baked goods including vegan and wheat free options.

The coffee house is also home to a variety of events including live music, open mics, poetry and storytelling, arts and crafts fairs, lectures and more—including Poetry Bridge, a reading series that features guest writer and an open mic.

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