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2024
Reading with Melissa Broder, Diane Marie Brown, Anna Dorn, and Laura Warrell - there will be appetizers & wine!
September 28, 2024 at 7 pm
Sunny's Bookshop, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—New York (with Erin Somers, Sarah Thankam Mathews & Simon Wu)
October 4, 2024 at 7 pm
Powerhouse Arena, New York, NY
September 28, 2024 at 7 pm
Sunny's Bookshop, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—New York (with Erin Somers, Sarah Thankam Mathews & Simon Wu)
October 4, 2024 at 7 pm
Powerhouse Arena, New York, NY
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ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—San Francisco (with Oscar Villalon)
September 12, 2024 at 7 pm
Fabulosa Books, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Thicker Than Water: Modern Families Modern Problems (with Edan Lepucki, Alexandra Tanner & Justin Taylor, moderated by Scott O'Connor)
April 20, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Taper Hall 101
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Reading with Katya Apekina, Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Antoine Wilson, Sasha Vasilyuk, and Sarah Labrie
May 8, 2024 at 7 pm
North Figueroa Bookshop
Los Angeles, CA
In conversation with Lilly Dancyger to launch her memoir, First Love
May 15, 2024 at 7 pm
Skylight Books
Los Angeles, CA
ZYZZYVA Workshop: The Art of the Interview (virtual)
June 15, 2024 at 10 am - 2 pm
Tickets available soon here
The literary interview is a mainstay of the book publication process. Interviewing writers is a great way to develop your voice as a writer, to meet your heroes, to build relationships with editors and publications, and to get your byline out there. In this generative workshop, we'll focus on both the craft of conducting an insightful and fun interview, as well as the more practical elements of getting early copies of books, pitching publications, negotiating your rate, and the pros and cons of different interview formats. I will share actual pitches I've used to land interviews. We'll study interviews that are as artful as the books being discussed themselves! And we'll do a writing exercise to generate sample interview questions for writers we admire, which participants are encouraged to pitch for publication after the workshop.
In conversation with Emma Specter to launch her memoir, More Please
July 9, 2024 at 7 pm
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—Los Angeles (with Greg Mania)
July 17, 2024 at 7 pm
Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Writers with Day Jobs (virtual event)
Feb 26, 2024, 5pm PST
Black Mountain Institute
Watch a recording
Los Angeles Review of Books Gossip Issue Release Party
August 22, 2024 at 7 pm
Steve Turner Gallery
6830 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Book Launch for Inci Atrek's debut novel, HOLIDAY COUNTRY
January 9, 2024 at 7 pm
Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Devotion: A Reading with Ruth Madievsky, Emma Specter, Grace Byron, E Taylor, Rax Will and Wyatt Coday
October 13, 2023 at 7pm
North Fig Books, Los Angeles, CA
Pride on the Page Festival
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 3:15-4:15pm
The Best Bookstore, Palm Springs, CA
Empty Trash Reading Series
Sunday, July 9 2023, 4 pm
Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth, Los Angeles, CA
Buy tickets here!
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Los Angeles (with Jean Kyoung Frazier)
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 7 pm
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Virtual Launch (with Nicole Chung)
Wednesday, July 26, 8pm EST
Loyalty Books (virtual)
Night Gallery/Los Angeles Review of Books Reading (with Harry Dodge, Agnes Borinsky, and Gabi Abrao)
Thursday, July 27, 7 pm PST
Night Gallery, 2050 Imperial Street Los Angeles, CA 90021
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Boston (joint launch with Ben Purkert, author of THE MEN CAN’T BE SAVED)
Thursday, August 3, 2023, 7 pm
Harvard Books, Cambridge, MA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — New York (with Kyle Lucia Wu) & live-streaming on YouTube
Monday, August 7, 2023, 7 pm
Books Are Magic (Montague), Brooklyn, NY
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — West Hollywood (joint launch with Alexandra Chang, author of TOMB SWEEPING)
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 7 pm
Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Portland (with Lydia Kiesling)
Monday, August 21, 2023, 7 pm
Powell's Books, Portland, OR
Brooklyn Book Festival (virtual) — with Sadeqa Johnson & Szilvia Molnar, moderated by Rachel Yang
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 1pm EST
Watch here
Reading with Annabel Graham, Genevieve Hudson, and Tomas Moniz
Friday, June 23, 2023, 7:30 pm
Oracle Tavern, Los Angeles, CA
ABA Winter Institute - Author Lunch Reception
Thursday, Feb 23, 2023, 12-1:30 pm
Sheraton Hotel & Seattle Convention Center
Archway Editions Reading (with Boris Dralyuk, Helen Donahue, Claire Dougherty, Iván Salinas, and John Tottenham)
Jan 15 2023, 7-8 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Embattled Homelands Reading (with Katya Apekina, Rimma Kranet, Julia Alekseyeva, Sasha Vasilyuk, Yelena Furman, and Inna Effress) - MORE INFO HERE
Jan 20 2023, 7-8:30 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
ZYZZYVA Summer Literary Bash (Virtual)
with Maggie Millner, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and Chris Carosi
Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 6pm PST
Free (Zoom) Workshop: The Path to a Novel Book Deal
Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 8-9pm EST
Ruth will discuss what it's really like to go on submission with a debut (literary fiction) novel. Tea will be spilled about her experience selling her novel this spring, what to expect on calls with book editors, what writers can do to pique editors' interests, and how to stay sane while on sub. Questions will be answered and resources will be shared! The conversation will focus on the part that happens after you've signed with an agent, but the demystification of this shadowy process may be helpful to novelists in all stages.
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—San Francisco (with Oscar Villalon)
September 12, 2024 at 7 pm
Fabulosa Books, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Thicker Than Water: Modern Families Modern Problems (with Edan Lepucki, Alexandra Tanner & Justin Taylor, moderated by Scott O'Connor)
April 20, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Taper Hall 101
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Reading with Katya Apekina, Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Antoine Wilson, Sasha Vasilyuk, and Sarah Labrie
May 8, 2024 at 7 pm
North Figueroa Bookshop
Los Angeles, CA
In conversation with Lilly Dancyger to launch her memoir, First Love
May 15, 2024 at 7 pm
Skylight Books
Los Angeles, CA
ZYZZYVA Workshop: The Art of the Interview (virtual)
June 15, 2024 at 10 am - 2 pm
Tickets available soon here
The literary interview is a mainstay of the book publication process. Interviewing writers is a great way to develop your voice as a writer, to meet your heroes, to build relationships with editors and publications, and to get your byline out there. In this generative workshop, we'll focus on both the craft of conducting an insightful and fun interview, as well as the more practical elements of getting early copies of books, pitching publications, negotiating your rate, and the pros and cons of different interview formats. I will share actual pitches I've used to land interviews. We'll study interviews that are as artful as the books being discussed themselves! And we'll do a writing exercise to generate sample interview questions for writers we admire, which participants are encouraged to pitch for publication after the workshop.
In conversation with Emma Specter to launch her memoir, More Please
July 9, 2024 at 7 pm
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Paperback Launch—Los Angeles (with Greg Mania)
July 17, 2024 at 7 pm
Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Writers with Day Jobs (virtual event)
Feb 26, 2024, 5pm PST
Black Mountain Institute
Watch a recording
Los Angeles Review of Books Gossip Issue Release Party
August 22, 2024 at 7 pm
Steve Turner Gallery
6830 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Book Launch for Inci Atrek's debut novel, HOLIDAY COUNTRY
January 9, 2024 at 7 pm
Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Devotion: A Reading with Ruth Madievsky, Emma Specter, Grace Byron, E Taylor, Rax Will and Wyatt Coday
October 13, 2023 at 7pm
North Fig Books, Los Angeles, CA
Pride on the Page Festival
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 3:15-4:15pm
The Best Bookstore, Palm Springs, CA
Empty Trash Reading Series
Sunday, July 9 2023, 4 pm
Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth, Los Angeles, CA
Buy tickets here!
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Los Angeles (with Jean Kyoung Frazier)
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 7 pm
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Virtual Launch (with Nicole Chung)
Wednesday, July 26, 8pm EST
Loyalty Books (virtual)
Night Gallery/Los Angeles Review of Books Reading (with Harry Dodge, Agnes Borinsky, and Gabi Abrao)
Thursday, July 27, 7 pm PST
Night Gallery, 2050 Imperial Street Los Angeles, CA 90021
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Boston (joint launch with Ben Purkert, author of THE MEN CAN’T BE SAVED)
Thursday, August 3, 2023, 7 pm
Harvard Books, Cambridge, MA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — New York (with Kyle Lucia Wu) & live-streaming on YouTube
Monday, August 7, 2023, 7 pm
Books Are Magic (Montague), Brooklyn, NY
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — West Hollywood (joint launch with Alexandra Chang, author of TOMB SWEEPING)
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 7 pm
Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY Book Launch — Portland (with Lydia Kiesling)
Monday, August 21, 2023, 7 pm
Powell's Books, Portland, OR
Brooklyn Book Festival (virtual) — with Sadeqa Johnson & Szilvia Molnar, moderated by Rachel Yang
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 1pm EST
Watch here
Reading with Annabel Graham, Genevieve Hudson, and Tomas Moniz
Friday, June 23, 2023, 7:30 pm
Oracle Tavern, Los Angeles, CA
ABA Winter Institute - Author Lunch Reception
Thursday, Feb 23, 2023, 12-1:30 pm
Sheraton Hotel & Seattle Convention Center
Archway Editions Reading (with Boris Dralyuk, Helen Donahue, Claire Dougherty, Iván Salinas, and John Tottenham)
Jan 15 2023, 7-8 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Embattled Homelands Reading (with Katya Apekina, Rimma Kranet, Julia Alekseyeva, Sasha Vasilyuk, Yelena Furman, and Inna Effress) - MORE INFO HERE
Jan 20 2023, 7-8:30 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
ZYZZYVA Summer Literary Bash (Virtual)
with Maggie Millner, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and Chris Carosi
Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 6pm PST
Free (Zoom) Workshop: The Path to a Novel Book Deal
Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 8-9pm EST
Ruth will discuss what it's really like to go on submission with a debut (literary fiction) novel. Tea will be spilled about her experience selling her novel this spring, what to expect on calls with book editors, what writers can do to pique editors' interests, and how to stay sane while on sub. Questions will be answered and resources will be shared! The conversation will focus on the part that happens after you've signed with an agent, but the demystification of this shadowy process may be helpful to novelists in all stages.