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BTBA Finalist Announcement Tuesday at 6pm

With only one book left to cover, we’re reaching the end of the “25 Days of the BTBA” series, which means that the announcement of the finalists is right around the corner. Literally. Next Tuesday, April 10th, fiction panelists Jeff Waxman will be here in Rochester for a special Reading the World ...

EVENT – Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011: Sergio Chejfec & Margaret B. Carson

Our second (and final!) Reading the World Conversation Series event of the fall is happening in just a few days. As always, it’s taking place in Rochester, NY. So, if you’re in the area, you’d better check it out—lest all your friends go without you and bond intimately over the great time they all ...

Reminder: Open Letter Celebration Today

If you’re near the University of Rochester at 6:00 p.m., today is our Open Letter Celebration—our final Reading the World event of the spring. We’ll have ten participants doing ten micro-readings from ten different Open Letter books (also, there will be food and an after-party/get-together at Tapas 177 to ...

WHAM Morning News: The Sixth Time's the Charm

For the sixth time in under three years, Chad has appeared on the preeminent local morning news show in Rochester, NY—clearly breaking/setting a record of some sort. In today’s video, Chad’s talking about Open Letter hitting the three-year mark, and our celebration on Monday, April 26, (featuring 10 ...

April 26, 2010 – Reading the World: A Celebration of Open Letter

Last night we hosted our second Reading the World event of the spring, featuring a really engaging reading and conversation between leading Latin American author Horacio Castellanos Moya and Chad Post. As always, video will be posted soon. But, now, we have an cool change in programing for our final Reading the World event ...

April 12, 2010 – Reading the World Conversation Series: Horacio Castellanos Moya

Our first Reading the World Conversation event was Monday, and it featured Helen Anderson & Konstantin Gurevich—the translators of our recently released edition of the Russian comedic classic The Golden Calf by Ilf & Petrov. Video of whole, engaging discussion will be posted soon, but, now, it’s time to ...

March 22, 2010 – Reading the World Conversation Series: Helen Anderson & Konstantin Gurevich

And below is some more info the first new Reading the World event, coming up very soon on Monday, March 22. Click to enlarge: MARCH 22, 2010 6:00 p.m. Hawkins-Carlson Room (in Rush Rhees Library) University of Rochester (free and open to the public) Sponsored by the Friends of the University of Rochester ...