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A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness
A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness
By Amy L. Clark, Elizabeth Ellen,
Kathy Fish, and Claudia Smith

How to Build The Ghost in Your Attic
How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic
By Peter Jay Shippy

Brevity & Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories
Brevity & Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories
Edited by Abigail Beckel & Kathleen Rooney

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Readings and Events

April

Tuesday, April 15:
Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness in The Foundation Room at Pine Manor College, Newton, MA, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Pine Manor College
The Foundation Room
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA

Friday, April 25:
Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing independent presses with local poet Dan Boehl at Book Woman Bookstore, Austin, TX, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Book Woman
5501 North Lamar #A-105
(between North Loop and Koenig Ln.)
Austin, TX

Saturday, April 26:
Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic in the PEN/New England Reading, Boston University Bookstore, Boston, MA, 4:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Boston University Bookstore
660 Beacon Street (Kenmore Square)
Boston, MA


MAY

Thursday, May 1:
Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and doing a book talk with creative writing students at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA, 12:00–1:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education
42 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA

Thursday, May 1:
Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing short short fiction and indie presses in the “Just Buffalo” Reading  Series through the Just Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo, NY. Reading at Rust Belt Books at 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Rust Belt Books
202 Allen St
Buffalo, NY 14201

Friday, May 2:
Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Miss Prothero's Books, Denver, CO, 6:30 to receive guests, 7:00 pm to read.
Free and open to the public.

Miss Prothero’s Books
1112 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204

Wednesday, May 7:
Elizabeth Ellen reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing short short fiction with local author and professor Kim Chinquee at Shaman Drum, Ann Arbor, MI, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Saturday, May 10:
Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing hybrid genres with Emerson College poet and memoirist Richard Hoffman at Jamaicaway Books,
Jamaica Plain, MA, 2:30 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Jamaicaway Books & Gifts
676 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
 
Thursday, May 15:
Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Rhythm & Muse, Jamaica Plain, MA, 7:30 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Rhythm & Muse
470 Centre Street
(between Boylston St & Huntington Ave)
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130



JUNE

Thursday, June 19:
Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Longfellow Books,
Portland, ME, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Longfellow Books
One Monument Way
Portland, ME

Thursday, June 26:
Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at The Twig Bookshop, San Antonio, TX, 6:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

The Twig Bookshop
5005 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209


JULY

Wednesday, July 16:
Peter Jay Shippy, Amy L. Clark, and Geoffrey Forsyth reading at The Brookline Booksmith,
Brookline, MA, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446

Friday, July 25: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing independent presses with local poet Dan Boehl at BookPeople
Austin, TX, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

BookPeople
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78703


AUGUST

Wednesday, August 20:
Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing indie presses and short fiction at Powell’s City of Books, Portland, OR, 7:30 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR 97209 USA

Thursday, August 21:
Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and discussing indie presses and short short fiction at the University of Washington Bookstore, Seattle, WA, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

University of Washington Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105


SEPTEMBER

Sunday, September 7:
Geoffrey Forsyth and Elizabeth Ellen reading at Myopic Books, Chicago, IL, 7:00 pm.
Free and open to the public.

Myopic Books
1564 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622

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