If you missed a WESTERLY event or if you haven’t seen Kathy talking about her amazing novel THIS MUCH IS TRUE or if you want to hear how we both dealt with family secrets as we crafted our novels, please come out for what is sure to be a lively conversation between friends and writing partners! PLEASE REGISTER AT THE LINK!

Readings: Coming of Age
10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
BPL Newsfeed Cafe
Address: 700 Boylston St Boston, MA 02116
I’ll be reading with Cambria Brockman (TELL ME EVERYTHING) and Dana Czapnik (THE FALCONER) with moderator, the fabulous Laura Szaro Kopinski of A BOOKISH HOME.

These novels tell the stories of three family tragedies obscured by regrets, lies, and denial, and the children left behind who are now looking for answers. But what happens when family secrets and buried truths are unearthed? Authors Chanelle Benz (The Gone Dead), Susan Bernhard (Winter Loon), and Chia-Chia Lin (The Unpassing) explore how private tragedies reverberate through small-town communities—the Mississippi Delta, small-town Minnesota, and the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska—and how those communities try to protect or exploit the secrets of the past. Moderated by Meakin Armstrong, Guernica.

Join me, Marjan Kamali (THE STATIONERY SHOP) and Belle Brett (GINA IN THE FLOATING WORLD) as we discuss the role setting plays in our novels. Each of us will bring a sensory item to help bring the power of place into focus.

So excited to join the fine people of South Coast Almanac for a Walking Book Club. We’ll take in the beautiful setting of Betty’s Neck in Lakeville, Massachusetts, walk to Assowompset Pond, and talk about WINTER LOON. We’ll stop along the way for a little bit of reading, too. The event is free and sponsored by the Friends of Lakeville Library and by Partners Village Store in Westport. Be sure to register so we have an accurate count of who will be attending.

Join me, Louise Miller (CITY BAKER’S GUIDE TO COUNTRY LIVING, THE LATE BLOOMERS CLUB), and Whitney Scharer (AGE OF LIGHT) at Craft On Draft, presented by GrubStreet and the Novel Incubator alums as we discuss how we managed to untangle ourselves from the knots we tied in the middle of our novels. Happy Hour at 6pm, presentation at 7pm. Hope to see you there!

Thrilled to be reading with fellow debut authors Melissa Rivero (The Affairs of the Falcóns) and Stephanie Jimenez (They Could Have Named Her Anything). Free and open to the public! Come on out!

Back on the road with James Charlesworth, author of THE PATRICIDE OF GEORGE BENJAMIN HILL and Katrin Schumann, author of THE FORGOTTEN HOURS. We’re talking absentee fathers, the pain they can leave in their wake, and the loyalty, conflict, and resentment that fueled the novels we’ve written.

Three authors, one event. I’ll be in conversation with James Charlesworth (THE PATRICIDE OF GEORGE BENJAMIN HILL) and Katrin Schumann (THE FORGOTTEN HOURS). We’ll be talking about family, loyalty, betrayal—you know, the good stuff.