• WATCH: Hala Alyan, Te-Ping Chen, Joshua Mohr, and Thomas Grattan at the Franklin Park Reading Series

    Hosted by Marae Hart

    This episode of the Virtual Franklin Park Reading Series showcases new work by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan (The Arsonists’ City), Te-Ping Chen (Land of Big Numbers), Joshua Mohr (Model Citizen), and Thomas Grattan (The Recent East). Through gripping fiction and poignant memoir, the readers explore urgent issues—immigration, addiction, generational conflict, political upheaval, and more. Hosted by Marae Hart.

    The Virtual Franklin Park Reading Series is an online event series from the producers of the long-running, Crown Heights, Brooklyn-based Franklin Park Reading Series. Hosted by Marae Hart and curated by Penina Roth, Virtual Franklin Park events are held on second Mondays and feature authors with newly released books and favorite alumni sharing work tied to different monthly themes. Each event also features a custom cocktail created and demonstrated by Franklin Park bartenders.

    To purchase the authors’ books through FP’s local indie bookstore Unnameable Books, click here.


    The Virtual Book Channel
    The Virtual Book Channel
    Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.





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