• WATCH: Matt Bell, Jeanne Thornton, Keenan Norris, and Brooks Sterritt at the Franklin Park Reading Series

    Hosted by Marae Hart

    Innovative authors Matt Bell (Appleseed), Jeanne Thornton (Summer Fun), Keenan Norris (The Confession of Copeland Cane), and Brooks Sterritt (The History of America in My Lifetime) join the Virtual Franklin Park Reading Series for a fresh fiction showcase 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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