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Upcoming Events

  • Writer as Activist
    Writer as Activist
    7 days to the event
    Writer as Activist
    Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Virtual Class
    Writing as Activism with Malcolm Himschoot What inner work drives social change? Join author Malcolm Himschoot (Reading Secrets) for an hour on writing, activism and calling. Bring a short passage from an author-activist you admire to read aloud as we honor voices like Wendell Berry, Ursula K. Le G
  • A Novel in November with Sam Keller (5 Classes)
    A Novel in November with Sam Keller (5 Classes)
    9 days to the event
    A Novel in November with Sam Keller (5 Classes)
    Oct 31, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT – Nov 28, 2026, 12:00 PM EST
    Online Class
    Around the world, November has become associated with the challenge of writing a novel in a month. Join author Samantha Keller and Catalyst Press for a weekly online class this November: structure, accountability, and fellow writers in the trenches with you. Oct 31st Kickoff, then Monday classes.
  • Language as Movement
    Language as Movement
    15 days to the event
    Language as Movement
    Nov 05, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    Virtual Event
    Every translation is a journey. Join us for a conversation on how stories cross borders, from translating into indigenous African languages to carrying African literature to readers around the world, and what translators gain, risk and owe along the way.
  • Intimate Geographies a Poetry Workshop with Jane Kurtz
    Intimate Geographies a Poetry Workshop with Jane Kurtz
    16 days to the event
    Intimate Geographies a Poetry Workshop with Jane Kurtz
    Nov 06, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Webinar
    An intimate geographies poetry workshop with Jane Kurtz Capturing the Burning Details: How Verse Can Help
  • Reading Africa Poetry Sit-In
    Reading Africa Poetry Sit-In
    17 days to the event
    Reading Africa Poetry Sit-In
    Nov 07, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Virtual Event
    Live Poetry Sit-In on Zoom featuring premier African poets (poets to be announced soon!)
  • Tell your life in words & pictures: A beginner’s workshop with Karen Vermeulen and Laura Camacho Frias
    Tell your life in words & pictures: A beginner’s workshop with Karen Vermeulen and Laura Camacho Frias
    22 days to the event
    Tell your life in words & pictures: A beginner’s workshop with Karen Vermeulen and Laura Camacho Frias
    Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Virtual Class
    If your life were a book, what would you write and what would you draw? Thursday, Nov 12 7-8:30 SAST | 6-7:30 PM CET | 11-12:30 PM MDT
  • The Weight We Carry: Writing Parents, Inheritance and Memory (Launch #ReadingAfrica) (1)
    The Weight We Carry: Writing Parents, Inheritance and Memory (Launch #ReadingAfrica) (1)
    The Weight We Carry: Writing Parents, Inheritance and Memory (Launch #ReadingAfrica) (1)
    Oct 03, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
    Virtual Event
    Copy and and paste the below Zoom link to RSVP for this event at — Wix doesn't allow hyperlinks here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AHB1NegIT9ayOyqBouF8Sg Zoom registration (This allows us to defend against trolls and troglodytes)
  • The Writer's Toolbox with Mike Nicol
    The Writer's Toolbox with Mike Nicol
    The Writer's Toolbox with Mike Nicol
    Aug 05, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT
    Virtual Event
    A 5-week live writing intensive with novelist Mike Nicol. Weekly classes, personal feedback, and a private Slack group to sharpen your characterisation, dialogue, and narrative craft.
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