Elizabeth Nunez – Akwaaba Mansion, Brooklyn, NY

Full event details TBA.

• Date: Apr 25, 2014 | Add to iCal »
• Venue: Akwaaba Mansion
• Map: 347 MacDonough Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States

C.J. Farley, Pepperpot contributors Joanne Hillhouse, Barbara Jenkins, Sharon Leach – PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, Westbeth Gallery, Westbeth Center for the Arts, New York, NY

• Date: Apr 29, 2014, 6:30pm – 10:00pm | Add to iCal »
• Venue: Westbeth Gallery, Westbeth Center for the Arts
• Map: 155 Bank Street, New York, New York, United States

Laurie Loewenstein – BookPeople, Austin, TX

• Date: Apr 30, 2014, 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Add to iCal »
• Venue: BookPeople
• Map: 603 North Lamar, Austin, Texas, United States

Elizabeth Nunez – African American Studies Program at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Full program details TBA.

• Date: May 1, 2014 – May 2, 2014 | Add to iCal »
• Venue: University of Puget Sound
• Map: 1500 N Warner Street, Tacoma, Washington, United States

Laurie Loewenstein – Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX

• Date: May 1, 2014, 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Add to iCal »
• Venue: Brazos Bookstore
• Map: 2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas, United States

C.J. Farley – PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, SubCulture, New York, NY

Featuring C.J. Farley and Sarwat Chadda.

How to Write a (Super) Hero: In this event geared towards readers aged 10 and up, celebrated writer and game designer Sarwat Chadda joins forces with young adult writer Christopher Farley to discuss the creation of alternate universes, the power of mythology, and what makes a successful hero’s quest.

• Date: May 3, 2014, 3:00pm – 4:30pm | Add to iCal »
• Venue: SubCulture
• Map: 45 Bleecker Street, New York, New York, United States

Elsie Augustave – Grub Street’s Muse and the Marketplace Conference, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA

Panel: Literary Characterization

This session will examine literary devices to craft captivating characters and how plot and setting relate to character development, while considering the following questions: Why are characters vital to a narrative craft? Why is it important for a writer to reveal a character’s preoccupations and emotions?

• Date: May 4, 2014, 10:30am – 11:45am | Add to iCal »
• Venue: Park Plaza Hotel
• Map: 50 Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Elizabeth Nunez – Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY

Celebration of Caribbean Culture featuring Elizabeth Nunez (Trinidad), author of Not for Everyday Use; Jennifer Davis Carey (Barbados), author of Near the Hope; and Esther Figueroa (Jamaica), author of Limbo. Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, author of Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones, will introduce the event.

• Date: May 5, 2014, 7:30pm – 9:30pm | Add to iCal »
• Venue: Greenlight Bookstore
• Map: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States