In conversation with Marcia DeSanctis about her luscious book, A Hard Place to Leave. A taste of literary elegance, travel, and adventure! At Sausalito Books by the Bay, the spectacular bookshop on the dock of the bay. Details here.
Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, 6 pm. Details and tickets here
Erin interviews Lee about his dynamic book, The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. with a focus on the creative process of Sylvia Plath, Lee, and all of us.
Interview with Lee Kravetz, Mechanics’ Institute Library.
New! Hybrid zoom event with panel of writers.
Erin Byrne interviews Italian author, Beppe Severgnini, from Crema, Italy via zoom about his book “Italian Lessions”.
Rollicking interview with Beppe … take a virtual trip to the Piazza del Duomo in Crema, Italy
May 12, 7 pm at Seattle Athenaeum - 93 Pike Street #307, Seattle 98101
Co-presented by Folio - The Seattle Athenaeum and Elliot Bay Books. Erin interviews Marcia DeSanctis about her book, A Hard Place to Leave. Click here to get tickets.
Paris writers Martin Raim, Jane Weston Vauclair, and Philip Murray Lawson discuss workshops at Shakespeare and Company taught by Anna Pook and Erin Byrne, and read from Vignettes & Postcards from Paris.
Watch the video of this inspiring salon here, and peruse Erin’s YouTube channel for book trailers and more videos of events.
“Have fun falling,” says Matthew Felix, as he identifies, hears, and heeds his inner voice. Matthew has written and spoken widely on intuition, and he will ignite ours.
Illuminations Salon series is hosted by Erin Byrne in collaboration with Leap learning platform.
Next salon is October 26 at 11 a.m., live from Paris, France. Three Paris writers and I will dish about writerly inspiration in that city of literary light.
Register here.
Writer/performer Jeff Greenwald presents his new book and stage performance, 108 Beloved Objects: Getting Rid of Stuff, Keeping Our Stories. Watch video below!
Erin Byrne weaves together themes of travel, culture, and transformation in her book Wings: Gifts of Art, Life, and Travel in France, is interviewed by Matthew Felix, and prepares participants to engage in smaller discussion circles.
First register on Leap Social Learning Platform, then sign up for this free event here.
Erin Byrne in collaboration with Leap social learning platform. Join us for salons each month presenting writers, photographers, filmmakers, and artists! You will also be presented with an opportunity to discuss themes in smaller “circles” with participants from all over the world, for enrichment and inspiration. First event is July 30. Find details and dates and register here.
Series editor Lavinia Spalding introduces her anthology, The Best Women’s Travel Writing, vol. 12. Erin Byrne, Tania Romanov-Amochaev, and Diane LeBow read from their essays, and Erin interviews Lavinia.
Details and registration here.
Erin Byrne presents details of her writing career and guides student in their own creative endeavors.
Membership and Registration required. Details here.
La Fin: Finally finishing that piece that has taken forever to write. Do you have a piece of work, whether an essay, short story, book, or film, that you have left hanging, and may not even know why? It’s time to see it through to the end!
Readings by Erin Byrne, Marcia DeSanctis, and Christina Ammon. Erin interviews artist Colette Hannahan and series editor Lavinia Spalding.
Lavinia Spalding host is joined by Erin Byrne, Anna Vodicka, and Kaitlin Barker Davis for this live zoom event. Register here.
Erin Byrne interviews Scott Carpenter at the American Library in Paris about his book, French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris. For more details click here.
Private traditional Literary Salon featuring Hervé Cohen speaking about his film project, Life Underground, which highlights subways all across the world. You can explore this interactive project here.
Omar Chennafi hosts as Mia Funk presents the Creative Process Exhibition at the American Language Center and Institut Français. Details here.
Omar Chennafi showing projection elements by Erin Byrne, Robert Holmes, and himself.
Literary Reading
Dovre Club
Erin Byrne, Christina Ammon, Faith Adiele, Sivani Babu, Matthew Felix, Jenna Scatena and Larry Habegger read for Travelers’ Tales
Erin Byrne joins Janis Cooke Newman, Lee Kravetz, and other LitCamp alumni in reading for this fundraising event for the Bay Area’s only juried writer’s conference.
Filmmaker Ernest White II speaks about his television series Fly Brother, soon to premiere on PBS, writer Cara Black shares her mystery series set in Paris, and Matthew Félix traces his writing and podcasting career. Details here.
Reading from story “A Jagged Edge in Fez” and introduction of Christina Ammon and Anna Elkins of Deep Travel.
Photo by Siddharth Gupta, Deep Travel Morocco Trip
Erin Byrne interviews Patricia Rareg, one of her original Shakespeare and Company writers in Vignettes & Postcards from Paris and resident writer at WordSpace Literary Studios. She presents V & P Paris and teaches a writing exercise used in creating the book.
Erin Byrne presents Vignettes & Postcards from Paris, with readings from Marcia DeSanctis, Catherine Karnow, and Cara Black. Details here.
Mia Funk shares her project The Creative Process Exhibition, and Erin Byrne discusses her Travel Writing and Photography curation.
Erin Byrne hosts LItWings at La Caféothèque, featuring Italian poet, playwright and director of The Poetry Brothel of Paris, Alberto Rigettini, Fly Brother filmmaker Ernest White II, writer and podcaster Matthew Felix, and Danish photographer Lone Morch.
Creative Process Exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in collaboration with the University of the Peloponnese. Travel Writing and Photography portion of the exhibit created by Erin Byrne.
