Rene Denfeld’s debut novel, “The Enchanted,” is not of the mystery genre, but from page one it beckons readers to pursue its glittering secrets through the dark, twisting narrative. The work is one hell of an unconventional prison story that trowels the depths of humanity’s horrors. The reward for bearing painful witness to such supreme […]
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Healing workshop for writers
On Saturday, February 25, Writers & Books will host a workshop, “Exploring the Healing Power of Personal Writing,” co-sponsored by the National Association for Poetry Therapy. For less than 10 bucks, participants can spend an afternoon exploring how writing can be used for personal growth and healing. The day includes workshop writing breakout sessions, keynote […]
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Debut Novel Series 2016 coming to Writers & Books
Writers & Books earlier this year announced its 2016 Debut Novel Series selections, which are “What Belongs to You” by Louisville, Kentucky-native Garth Greenwell, and “Wreck and Order” by Upstate New York resident Hannah Tennant-Moore. On November 3 and 4, both authors will visit Rochester to partake in a number of joint readings, discussions, and […]
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Debut Novel Series 2016 selections announced
Writers & Books today announced the selections for its annual Debut Novel Series. This year, the literary organization has arranged for both authors to visit Rochester simultaneously on November 3 and 4, when Garth Greenwell and Hannah Tennant-Moore will partake in a number of joint readings, discussions, and signings. Each of the featured books are […]
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Writers & Books names new executive director
Writers & Books today announced the selection of its new executive director following a nation-wide search. Writer and literary translator Kyle Semmel, most recently of Bethesda, Maryland, will take the position on May 16. “We were looking for someone with a real passion for literature, because you can’t really do this job without that,” says […]
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Sonja Livingston on discovery through memoir
Sonja Livingston’s “Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls and Goddesses,” is this year’s selection for Writers & Books “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book” city-wide reading challenge. City talked with the author mid-way through her reading tour, which continues through March 19. City: The essays in "Queen of the Fall" blend […]
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Rochester Reads features ‘Queen of the Fall’
Sonja Livingston’s second novel, “Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls and Goddesses,” is this year’s selection for Writers & Books’ annual “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book…” city-wide challenge. Livingston is currently visiting Rochester on a reading tour. An interview with the author can be found here. The work is an […]
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Writers & Books starts a new chapter
Founder and director Joe Flaherty retires as the literary organization celebrates 35
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‘The Wonder Garden’ examines the wild, wild suburbs
In her debut novel, “The Wonder Garden,” author Lauren Acampora’s imagination plumbs the messy, complicated inner lives of the residents of an affluent New England suburb. Through the book’s 13 short stories, Acampora deftly interweaves the lives of many individuals as they navigate shifts in relationships and the place of their personal hopes and dreams […]
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Writers & Books founding director Joe Flaherty to retire in 2016
Writers & Books announced today that Founder and Executive Director Joe Flaherty will retire in June 2016. Flaherty saw the organization grow from its beginnings as a one-room storefront on South Clinton Avenue in 1981, through its move to its current residence at 740 University Avenue in 1985, and into a thriving literary center that […]
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Swapping stories
Writers & Books this week will present a series of events with debut novelist Boris Fishman, whose critically-acclaimed, witty and moving novel, “A Replacement Life” draws on his own life experiences as an immigrant from the former USSR, and a grandchild of a Holocaust survivor. The grandmother of Fishman’s young protagonist, Slava Gelman, has just […]
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Not with a bang but a whimper
While the daily dramas of our lives take center stage, it’s easy to take certain big things for granted, like the qualities that make Earth a “Goldilocks” situation for life as we understand it. In her debut novel, “Age of Miracles,” Karen Thompson Walker paints an intimate picture of humanity trudging through a great and […]
