Notable Twin Cities: 11/19–11/25

Sunday 11/19: Lee Bidgood will be presenting his book, Czech Bluegrass: Notes from the Heart of Europe. Common Good Books, 1 p.m., free.

Maggie Stiefvater will be reading from her new book, All the Crooked Saints, taking questions, and signing books. Red Balloon Bookshop, 7 p.m., free, space limited.

Monday 11/20: Here’s a timely one: it’s the “Be the Facts You Wish to Read: A Press Freedom Discussion,” hosted by PEN America’s new Press Freedom Incentive Fund. There’ll be a panel discussion on censorship, news literacy, and the importance of fact-checking with Sun Yung Shin, Sheila Regan, Shannon Gibney, Caroline Casey, and Marya Hornbacher, with panel moderator Joanna R. Demkiewicz. Open Book, 6 p.m., free.

Tuesday 11/21: It’s the November edition of Carol Connolly’s Reading by Writers! This month brings together seven artists whose work will fill in the statement “The future is ____.”   Featured readers will include Caitlin Bailey, Zoë Bird, Paula Cisewski, Francine Conley, Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, Ali O’Reilly, and Sagirah Shahid. The University Club of St. Paul, 7:30 p.m., free.

Wednesday 11/22: St. Paul Almanac will be presenting Brittany Lynch, Dr. Sheronda Orridge, and Joe Davis in “Knowledge of Self,” the November edition of the Lowertown Reading Jam. Black Dog Cafe, 7:30 p.m., free.

Thursday 11/23: Thanksgiving!! Eat ALLLLLL the foods.

Friday 11/24: Come for a meet and greet and book signing signing with local author Elizabeth Verdick as she presents her brand new picture book Small Walt. Valley Bookseller, 10 a.m., free.

Saturday 11/25: Nancy Hedin will be signing copies of her novel, Bend. Common Good Books, 1 p.m., free.

Wendi Zelkin Rosenstein will be signing copies of her new book The Lincoln Del Cookbook. Barnes & Noble, 2 p.m., free.

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Here’s a thing: This one is for all the children’s literature writers out there! The Yiddish Book Center is accepting application for their 2018 residency program. It’s a week long residency, it’s about all thing kid’s lit, and it even includes a travel stipend. Can’t go wrong there.

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Please email any event listings you’d like to see to [email protected].

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Abby Anderson is a fiction writer and an MFA candidate at Hamline University. She lives in Minneapolis with an extra large cat, many books, and lots of crap from estate sales.

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