Kansas City Literary Events Calendar

Conger Beasley Jr. Celebration

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Contact: 816- 235-1168, New Letters

Saiser, Johnson & Ortolani

Friday, August 18, 2017

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090

Heather Harpham

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Wichita, Kan.
Contact: 316-682-1181, Watermark Books & Cafe

Denise Low & Tom Weso

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Time: 6 PM
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Contact: 913-826-4600

Maria Vasquez Boyd & William Trowbridge

Friday, August 11, 2017

Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090 The Writers Place

Preu, Clevenger, Benger & Gershun

Friday, July 28, 2017

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090

Mish, Baltazar & Smith

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Contact: 785-749-3300, The Raven Book Store

Terry Tempest Williams

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816- 883-4900, Woodneath Library Center

Bill Moran & John Burroughs

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-960-4611, Uptown Arts Bar

Dawn Downey & Cameron Morse

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Contact: 913-826-4600

Kansas City Literary Events

Lauren Hunter & Erica Lewis

Saturday, August 26, 2017
Kansas City, Mo.

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Tracy K. Smith has been named the next U.S. Poet Laureate!

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Clarion Awards Selection CD Special

Jamaica Kincaid, Jim Shepard, Gloria Vando & Anika Paris, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Alex George, normally $7.99 per episode, this cd collection comes with over $15.00 in savings. Downloads of these programs have been reduced and are available through our archives.

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