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Announcing A Community Read of Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error & A Community-Wide Discussion of Issues in Public Education in our Community Coming Up: Writers
Writers & Books is thrilled to announce our 2015 If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book, The Ages of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker. Walker will
Writers & Books is now selling tickets to An Evening with David Sedaris, Sunday, October 19th at 8:00 pm at the Kodak Center for Performing Arts.
Rochester, NY – Riverhead Books has graciously donated one of three specially made Little Free Libraries to Writers & Books. The uniquely colored Little Free
Harry Potter Birthday Party July 31st Writers & Books to celebrate boy wizard’s 34th birthday Rochester, NY – On July 31st, Writers & Books
It’s hard to believe, but we’re only five days away from the start of our awesome summer youth camp, SummerWrite! Every summer, Writers & Books
How does that song go? Something like “In the summertime when the weather is hot/You can stretch right up and touch the sky…” Summer is
Who says you can’t start thinking about your weekend just a little bit early? Here are some quotes from some great characters and authors that
Writers & Books and Rochester Love Notes are excited to announce the official launch of a collaborative project, Words on Walls, a free community event
It’s just one day away! Tomorrow night at our First Friday Event, Writers & Books will be celebrating some of the most influential (and thus
As many of you know, the world lost one of its most inspirational figures on May 28th, 2014 when Maya Angelou passed in her home
Poet Stephen Dunn has chosen Michael Colonnese as the winner of the 2014 Kenneth & Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize for his book-length manuscript Double Feature.
“Book banning” began as early as 500 B.C.E with the Roman Empire. Since, censorship has seen many transitions. Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,
June is chock-full of awesome events! For more information, contact our front office at [email protected] or 473-2590 x107. You could also check out the events
The following blog post is written by Tanya Zwahlen, Ana Liss, and Laura Fox of Rochester Love Notes. Â The art of writing a good
With just over a week left of National Poetry Month, some of our staff members have submitted more of their all-time favorite poems. We hope
No, not THAT kind of peep show! Just a fun way to get rid of all those leftover peeps.. “In my old age, I
Rochester, NY: Writers & Books will be hosting our annual SummerWrite Family Open House on April 26th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Come learn
Some of the most moving, influential voices in poetry have come from African-American authors. Whether it is the rich language, the empowering message, or the
As many of you know, April 1st kicked off National Poetry month. Well, WAB wouldn’t really be WAB if we didn’t celebrate somehow. So, tune
Rochester, NY – Writers & Books invites your 6 – 8 year old to take part in wonderful magical adventures from the Magic Tree House Series. The
