SUNY Brockport is again inviting an impressive slate of authors to participate in the Fall 2023 edition of The Writers Forum. Events held at SUNY Brockport will take place in the Fannie Barrer Williams Building’s McCue Auditorium. The remaining events will be held at Brockport Downtown/SUNY REOC, 161 Chestnut Street, Rochester.
Edward Ashton
Wednesday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.
SUNY Brockport
Ashton is author of the novel Mickey7, now a motion picture directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Robert Pattinson. His other novels include Antimatter Blues, Three Days in April, The End of Ordinary, and Mal Goes to War, forthcoming in 2024. In addition to writing science fiction, he enjoys cancer research and teaching quantum physics.
Matt Donovan
Wednesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
SUNY Brockport
Donovan is author of the poetry collection Dug-Up Gun Museum and a collection of lyric essays, A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape: Meditations on Ruin and Redemption. Missing Department, a collaborative exhibition with the artist Ligia Bouton, will be presented in the Tower Fine Arts Gallery. Co-sponsored with the Department of Art.
Joss Lake
Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
SUNY Brockport
Lake’s Future Feeling was longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel. A trans writer and educator based in New York City, he also runs a literary sauna series called Trans at Rest. Co-sponsored with the Center for Gender & Sexual Diversity and the Department of Women & Gender Studies.
The Rochester Reads Book Festival
Saturday, October 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Brockport Downtown/SUNY REOC
New this year: join the Brockport Writers Forum for a community literary festival in downtown Rochester. This event, part of the annual Rochester Reads series organized by Writers & Books, is co-sponsored by the Brockport Writers Forum. Admission is free, but please reserve a spot at http://wab.org/event/rochester-reads-book-festival.
The Ingersoll Reading: Allegra Goodman
Wednesday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Brockport Downtown/SUNY REOC
Goodman is a New York Times bestselling author and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her latest novel, Sam, is a Today Show / Read With Jenna Book Club selection. Her short stories have been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories. Presented with the support of the Ingersoll Family Foundation.
John W. Holman
Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.
SUNY Brockport
Join the Brockport Writers Forum for a friendly, non-competitive end-of-semester open mic reading. Co-sponsored with the English Club.
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