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Internationally recognized as a leading arts venue, the Walker Art Center presents contemporary visual arts and design exhibitions, dance, theater, and music performances, and film screenings. The Walker hosts lectures, classes, and events for visitors of all ages with many of today’s leading figures from the worlds of art and culture.
Emerson College’s Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing hosts two reading series, the WLP Reading Series and the Faculty/Alumni Reading Series. Both are free and open to the public.
The Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing collaborates with other academic departments and student organizations to bring renowned publishers, writers, and scholars to Emerson College.
The Visiting Writer Series at Reed College is sponsored by the Department of English. The intent is to bring interesting and diverse writers of prose and poetry to Reed to do readings and discussions. The department maintains a mailing list to which interested people can subscribe, to receive details of the upcoming readings.
The Visiting Writers Series takes place in the Eliot Chapel. The readings begin at 6:30 PM. Books are sold and refreshments are served.
The University Book Store at the University of Washington hosts local and national authors at their Reading Allowed book events. Their Mill Creek Town Center store also hosts author events.
Dragonfly Books is a family-owned general interest bookstore located on Water Street in downtown Decorah, Iowa. The store hosts author events throughout the year.
The Chatham Bookstore was established in 1977 and occupies a gracious brick storefront on Main Street in Chatham, New York. The store hosts various literary events throughout the year.
An independent not-for-profit arts organization founded in 1974, the Chicago Poetry Center’s mission is to promote poetry through readings, workshops, and arts education, to make poetry accessible to the general public, to stimulate and encourage young poets, and to advance the careers of poets by offering them professional opportunities.
This Barnes & Noble bookstore is located in Union Square in Manhattan and its four floors include a wide selection of books as well as toys and games, vinyl records, a café, and a printer for print-on-demand books. This location hosts frequent author events as well as a storytime series for children. The shop is open seven days a week: Monday through Thursday from 9:00AM to 9:00PM, Friday and Saturday from 9:00AM to 10:00PM, and Sunday from 10:00AM to 9:00PM.
Gibson’s was founded in 1898 and is the oldest continuously operating retailer in the Concord area. Current owner Michael Herrmann bought the bookstore in 1994, and in 2013 moved it to its current location on South Main Street.
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.
