Events Calendar
Thursday
October 3
7:00 pm – 8:30 pmFriday – Sunday
October 11 – October 13
1:00 pm – 4:30 pmPEN America at the Southern Festival of Books
Nashville Public Library Nashville, TennesseeFriday
October 11
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmMy Year of Rest and Relaxation
Nashville Public Library Auditorium Nashville, TennesseeFriday
October 11
3:00 pm – 4:00 pmA Fortune for Your Disaster
Nashville Public Library Special Collections Room Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
11:30 am – 12:30 pmA Beginner’s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
Nashville Public Library Auditorium Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmA Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
Nashville Public Library Room 1B Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmShared History: Americans of Hispanic and African Descent
Nashville Public Library Room 1B Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmOn the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
Nashville Public Library Room 1B Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmYouth Out Loud: YA Novels
Nashville Public Library Special Collections Room Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
3:00 pm – 4:00 pmHow We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
Nashville Public Library Room 1B Nashville, TennesseeSaturday
October 12
6:00 pm – 11:00 pmSunday
October 13
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmMy Country Tis of Me: Two Memoirs
Nashville Public Library Room 1A Nashville, TennesseeSunday
October 13
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmKnow Thyself: Finding Identity Through Memoir and Poetry
Nashville Public Library Room 1A Nashville, TennesseeSunday
October 13
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmComing of Age at the End of An Empire: Novels for Young Readers
Nashville Public Library Conference Room 3 Nashville, TennesseeSunday
October 13
3:30 pm – 4:30 pmMigration Narratives: New Fiction and Nashville Stories
Nashville Public Library Teen Center Nashville, TennesseeMonday
October 14
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPEN Out Loud: Staceyann Chin and Nicole Dennis-Benn
Strand Book StoreNew York, NY
Tuesday
October 15
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmLife and Death in a Carceral State
The North DoorAustin, Texas
Wednesday
October 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPEN Presents: José Olivarez & Jennine Capó Crucet
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)Los Angeles, CA
Thursday
October 17
5:30 pm – 7:30 pmRace in the Public Dialogue: Hate Speech and Free Speech in America Today
The African Meeting House Boston, MAThursday
October 17
6:00 pm – 7:15 pmPlaywrights in the Newsroom Workshop: Highland Park
Meadows Museum, The GatesThursday
October 17
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmSaturday
October 19
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSouth Side Weekly Workshop Series: Introduction to Data Journalism
Experimental StationChicago, IL
Saturday
October 19
3:00 pm – 5:00 pmPEN West: A Reading with Robert Alter
Berkeley, CASaturday
October 19
4:45 pm – 5:45 pmBoston Book Festival: Activism, Free Expression, and Dissent in Eurasia
BAC Beehive Boston, MASunday
October 20
10:30 am – 12:00 pmThe Tension Between the First Amendment, Safety, and Inclusivity: Law, Policy, and the Role of Counseling Centers
Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and SpaSan Antonio, TX
Monday
October 21
5:30 pm – 7:00 pmSaudi Arabia: Impunity and the Silencing of Dissent
Pulitzer HallMonday
October 21
7:00 pmTuesday
October 22
4:15 pm – 5:30 pmRisk and Reward: Local Journalists Covering the Front Lines of War in Syria and Yemen
Perry World House, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA
Wednesday
October 23
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmWriters as Witness: Keynote Event
Scuppernong BooksWednesday
October 23
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmFree Speech Week: Conversation with Safa Al Ahmad
Mitchell Hall, University of DelawareNewark, DE
Saturday
October 26
11:00 am – 11:45 amWriting in a World of Borders and Bonds
Capitol Extension Room E2.026 Austin, TXSunday
October 27
11:15 am – 12:00 pmPoints of Entry: Reporting on the Border
Capitol Extension Room E1.014 Austin, TXWednesday
October 30
7:00 pm