Need to cool down this August? We’ve got horror at its most imaginatively blood-chilling. Wordfest presents an evening with Indigenous fright-liters Shane Hawk and Jessica Johns (Bad Cree) to celebrate the launch of Back for Blood, the follow-up to 2023-‘s “un-settling” bestseller Never Whistle At Night (which spent 60 weeks on the ABA Indies bestseller...
Anthony Bourdain once noted, “Whatever Jen Agg says is worth listening to.” Which is why you’ll want to be there when Wordfest presents this late summer experience with Agg celebrating her new memoir, Table Boss: How to Build a Restaurant When Your Life Falls Apart (A Love Story).If you haven’t been lucky enough to dine...
Big Little Truths is the delicious binge read we’ve been waiting for, full of Moriarty’s trademark duplicity and intrigue. The follow-up to 2014's Big Little Lies, it follows fabulous fremenies—Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie—a decade into the future as they navigate the volatile teen years. Big kids. Big problems. Your ticket includes an on-stage...
Téa Mutonji’s conversation with Joshua Whitehead was one of the standouts of our 25@25 online anniversary shows in 2020. So we’re thrilled to (finally!) be presenting her in person to celebrate My Person, her debut novel, in conversation with Paula Turcotte. This special show will be preceded at 6PM with an exclusive preview of Wordfest’s...