Featured readers: Carla Shwartz & Alan Albert Carla Shwartz Carla Schwartz is a poet, filmmaker, photographer, and lyricist. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fulcrum, Common Ground Review, Cactus Heart, First-Literary Journal East, Switched-on Gutenberg, Wordgathering, Naugatuck River Review, Stone Highway Review, Boston Poetry Magazine, Literary Juice, Solstice Magazine, Ibbetson Street Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, … Continue reading Brookline Poetry Series – Carla Shwartz & Alan Albert →

“If Walls Could Speak: Poems Inspired by Paintings” presented by Jan Schreiber, Brookline's Poet Laureate. Poems Inspired by Paintings, Brookline Library Join a reading and conversation of paintings and poetry with five poets whose writing responds to memorable artwork. Alan Feldman Annie Finch Fred Marchant Jan Schreiber Kathleen Spivack

Brookline Poets Judy Steinbergh and Margo Wizansky are hosting an evening of poetry honoring Grandparents and Grandchildren. Students of all ages will read a poem they have written about a grandparent or about being a grandchild,  along with 8 local adult poets who will read 2 or 3 poems each about being a grandparent.  Jan Schreiber (Brookline Poet … Continue reading Celebrating Family with Poems →

Jenny Barber Jennifer Barber teaches at Suffolk University in Boston, where she is founding and current editor of the literary journal Salamander. Her poems have appeared widely in magazines and journals, including the New Yorker, the Missouri Review, Poetry, Post Road, upstreet, Poetry Daily, and the Gettysburg Review. Her poetry collections are Works on Paper, … Continue reading Brookline Poetry Series – Jenny Barber & Tim Cresswell →

As BA Shapiro describes her background, "in my previous career incarnations I have directed research projects for a residential substance abuse facility, worked as a systems analyst/statistician, headed the Boston office of a software development firm, and served as an adjunct professor teaching sociology and creative writing.  I like being a novelist the best." Author … Continue reading Friends of Brookline Library | BA Shapiro guest speaker →

UNLOCKED: RECONSIDERING HOME & PLACE READING BY BACK PORCH COLLECTIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH GIUSEPPE PARADISO AND JUSSI REIJONEN The Back Porch Collective, appropriately named, held their first gathering on a Boston back porch. The writers hail from places as far flung as Albania, Britain, Cuba, India, Atlanta, and Miami, and one of their number is … Continue reading READING BY BACK PORCH COLLECTIVE – Middle Gray Cafe →

Local teens showcase their literary talents! Join Brookline’s up-and-coming poets for a night of the spoken word.

READ-A-THON - It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Join Brookline Booksmith for an ALL-NIGHT public reading (or drop by anytime throughout) of It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis’s 1930s satire of America ruled by a dictator. They’re partnering with Aforementioned Productions and dozens of guest readers to bring this political classic to life.

Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry. Meet from 12 noon to 1:30, the first Thursday of the month at the Main Library (361 Washington Street, Brookline Village). Each month we will look at half a dozen poems of a well known poet. We will provide copies of the poems and lead a discussion after … Continue reading A Taste of Poetry at Brookline Library | →

Famed graphic novelist and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (and MacArthur Fellow) Gene Luen Yang will be visiting Brookline and speaking at the Coolidge Corner Theatre about reading, comics, and getting outside your comfort zone.  He will be discussing "Reading Without Walls" - a new challenge for young readers designed to test their limits and expand … Continue reading An Evening with Gene Luen Yang | Reading without Walls →