Kansas City Literary Events Calendar

Newcomer, Hurlow, Pitts & Allen

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Annie Newcomer (shown), winner of the Build a Better World writing contest, and Marcia Hurlow, Kristin Pitts, and Lisa Allen winners of the Ain't it the Truth contest will read at Leawood Pioneer Library, 4700 Town Center Dr., Leawood, Kan.

Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Leawood, Kan.
Contact: 913- 826-4600, Leawood Pioneer Library

Evans, Sommer & Rodriguez

Friday, August 17, 2018

Fiction authors Marilyn J. Evans (shown), Robert Sommer, and Linda Rodriguez will read for The Writers Place Reading Series, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Kansas City, Mo
Contact: 816-753-1090, The Writers Place

Maryfrances Wagner & Robert Stewart

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Maryfrances Wagner (poetry) and Robert Stewart (prose) will read for the Thomas Zvi Wilson Reading Series at the Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th St., Overland Park, Kan. 

Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Contact: 913-826-4600, Central Resource Library

David Joy

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

David Joy will read from his novel The Line that Held Us, at Watermark Books & Cafe, 4701 East Douglas, Wichita, Kan. 

Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Wichita, Kan.
Contact: 316-682-1181, Watermark Books & Cafe

Low, Caine, Barth, Farkas & Lucero

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Writers Denise Low (shown), Danny Caine, Kelly Barth, Andy Farkas and Mercedes Lucero will read for the Big Tent Series, Raven Book Store, 6 E 7th St., Lawrence, Kan. 

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Contact: 785-749-3300, The Raven Book Store

Seley, Lucero, Taylor & Gillig

Friday, August 24, 2018

Charlotte Seley (shown) will read from her poetry collection The World Is My Rival, along with poets Mercedes Lucero, Courtney Faye Taylor, and Cassandra Gillig at the Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-960-4611, Uptown Arts Bar

Patrick Dobson & Max McCoy

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Poet Patrick Dobson (shown) will give a one-day workshop followed by a reading with prose writer Max McCoy at The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo. 

Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090, The Writers Place

Williams, McBride & Saiser

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Poets Ruth Williams, Marjorie Saiser, and Matt McBride (shown) will team-up on a workshop of regional writing followed by a reception and reading from their works.

Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090, The Writers Place

Joshua Mohr

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Joshua Mohr will read from his memoir Sirens at the Blue Valley Public Library, 9311, 9000 151st St., Overland Park, Kan.

Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Contact: 913-826-4600, Blue Valley Library

Joshua Mohr

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Joshua Mohr will read from his memoir Sirens at the Antioch Public Libary, 8700 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, Kan.

Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Merriam, Kan.
Contact: 913-826-4600, Antioch Public Library

Kansas City Literary Events

Newcomer, Hurlow, Pitts & Allen

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Leawood, Kan.

View Full Calendar

News

New Letters Summer 2018 Poetry Series

Follow our new series of poems about children, each day or two through July. Begin reading here. 

News, Awards & Press

Shop

Clarion Awards Selection CD Special

Jamaica Kincaid, Jim Shepard, Gloria Vando & Anika Paris, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Alex George, normally $7.99 per episode, this cd collection comes with over $15.00 in savings. Downloads of these programs have been reduced and are available through our archives.

New Letters Merchandise