WORKSHOPs

Sunday, October 19–Sunday, November 24, 2025
Meets on Zoom every Sunday, 6–7:30pm ET
Reading Flash Fiction
Flash Fiction Institute
In this class, we will analyze and appreciate flash fiction by Franz Kafka, Jamaica Kincaid, Pamela Painter, Lydia Davis, and many more.
Registration is open! Sign up here.

Saturday, May 11, 2024
Break the Shell with Hermit Crab Flash
Crow Collective
Online

Readings

Saturday, November 16, 2024
Prose Garden Reading Series
Hosted by Francine Witte
Online

Saturday, November 18, 2023
JAKE & HAD
Brandeis University
Mandel Center Atrium
415 South Street, MS 082
Waltham, MA 024353

Saturday, April 1, 2023
Arts at the Armory
Launch for Timothy Gager’s Best of Timothy Gager
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Hummingbird Books Local Author Book Fair (book signing)
The Street Chestnut Hill
55 Boylston Street, Suite 5510
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
A Night of Poetry and Prose
Birch Bark Editing
Recording available here.

Saturday, November 13, 2021
Cheryl Pappas and Alice Kaltman
A Novel Idea on Passyunk Bookstore
Online via Zoom.

The Clarity of Hunger Book Launch!
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Bocca Bella Cafe & Bistro
Auburndale, MA

Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Prospect Street Readings
Recording available here.

Friday, September 17, 2021
Virtual Dire Literary Series
Recording available here.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Birch Bark Editing Conversation with Doris Cheng
Watch the video recording here.

Friday, July 9, 2021
Summer Chapbook Extravaganza

Friday, March 12, 2021
Through the Woods: An Evening of Fairy Tales
Hosted by A Novel Idea on Passyunk Bookstore

Sunday, February 28, 2021
HOOT Flash Fiction Festival
Hosted by A Novel Idea on Passyunk Bookstore and HOOT Review