Around Town: The Writers Series at Community Bookstore

The Community Bookstore is one of Brooklyn’s oldest independent bookstores, located at 143 Seventh Ave.  Like many of Brooklyn’s fine independent booksellers, Community Bookstore is also home to a popular series of literary events.  Next Sunday, January 27th, Community Bookstore will be hosting “The Writers Series: A Collaboration between PS321 PTA and Community Bookstore.”

Three PS321 parents will be discussing their writing in a casual afternoon event at 2:00 PM. Perhaps you’ve heard of some of these PS321 parents: Lev Grossman (author of The Magicians and The Magician King), Sophie Gee, (author of The Scandal of the Season), and Anna Funder (author of All That I Am). They will be holding a discussion on fiction, which will be free and open to the public.

For more information about upcoming Community Bookstore events, visit their events page here!

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Around Town: Slice Literary Writers’ Conference

Slice Magazine is hosting its second annual writers’ conference on July 20 and 21 at St. Francis College in downtown Brooklyn. Top editors, agents, and authors will discuss the crucial steps that help launch a writer’s career. But a book deal is just the beginning of a writer’s professional journey. Slice has invited leading professionals to offer trade secrets about how they transform a great story into a bestselling book. These discussions will cover essential elements of the publishing process, all with the emerging writer in mind. Participants include an all-star cast from the publishing world, including:

• Bestselling authors Lev Grossman, Kurt Andersen, Jami Attenberg, and Evan Hughes talking about the literary view from Brooklyn
• Lynne Tillman (FENCE), Brigid Hughes (A Public Space), and Mary Gannon (Poets & Writers) conversing about the curious world of literary magazines
• Byrd Leavell (Waxman Literary Agency), Richard Nash (Cursor), and Erin Malone (WME Entertainment) chatting about getting lost and found in social media
• And so much more from writers, authors, agents, and publishing professionals

Panel descriptions, schedules, and other details can be found at www.slicemagazine.org/conferences.

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