EVENTS

JOIN US AT THESE UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2024

Plus, we are looking forward to upcoming local book festivals in April-June.

Your Washington Writers’ Publishing House will be here:

Kensington Day of the Book

Gaithersburg Book Festival

Capital Pride

Recent past events…

FEBRUARY 7-10 – AWP IN KANSAS CITY

Stop by our Washington Writers’ Publishing Table — Exhibit 13034 –in Kansas City. We are thrilled to be back at AWP after so many years! Plus, kick off your AWP with our WRITING THE DMV READING with Day Eight and Yellow Arrow Publishing on WEDNESDAY, February 7th at 5 pm. DETAILS here.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 at 7:30 pm at SANDY SPRING MUSEUM – MoCo Underground Reading

In conjunction with the MoCo Underground reading series at the Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, Maryland, join us for an evening of poetry and prose in a special night focused on love! LOVE CONTINUES, hosted by WWPH co-president Caroline Bock, and features members of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House community, including Kathleen Wheaton, Elizabeth Bruce, Bernardine “Dine” Watson, Len Kruger, and Melanie Hatter. Come early and sign up for our OPEN MIC (limited spots!). Free and open to all.

FEBRUARY 24 from 4-6 pm at SOLID STATE BOOKS in WASHINGTON, DC — THE WWPH LITERARY SALON

Join our co-presidents Caroline Bock and Jona Colson along with D.C.-based writers Bernardine “Dine” Watson and Len Kruger and poets Regie Cabico and Susan Scheid for the first-ever WWPH Literary Salon made possible with a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities! More details forthcoming — however, the salon will include a free creative writing workshop at 4 pm followed by a reading by our writers at 5 pm and an open mic hosted by Caroline & Jona. Free and open to all! With gratitude to… MORE INFORMATION HERE.

Critics Say

"Among the 111 pieces featured are a remarkable number of standouts — far too many to highlight here. But I was especially moved by the breadth of humanity on display in all its sadness, joy, rage, despair, and humor..."

—Washington Independent Review of Books on This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, Virginia

"This Is What America Looks Like is wildly diverse with short stories...and poetry speaking to relationships and experiences that redefine what identity means."

—Washington City Paper on This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, Virginia

"Refreshingly fearless and, like a subway's third rail, hums with electricity."

—Adam Ross, editor of the Sewanee Review on Adam Schwartz's The Rest of The World

"These brilliant poems stun the page..."

—Zakia Henderson-Brown on Steven Leyva's The Understudy's Handbook

"When I read the first poem in Words We Might One Day Say, I thought Holly Karapetkova was related to Gabriel Marquez. A surprise seems to appear in many of her poems. Some come close to being magical. I like how this woman writes about childhood. I want to grow old with this book."

——E. Ethelbert Miller on Holly Karapetkova's Words We Might One Day Say