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October Hours

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm

Thursday: 3 - 8 pm

Sunday - Tuesday: Closed

Please note

Our University Avenue location is closed on 10/26 & 10/28 for Rochester Reads. Visit us at the Book Festival on Saturday!

Hear N. K. Jemisin interviewed October 25, 1 pm, on WXXI's Connections With Evan Dawson.

Rochester Reads 2023

October 26, 7 - 9 pm | Author's Keynote & Book Signing, The Strong National Museum of Play | Streaming Reservations

October 28, 10 am - 5 pm | Book Festival | G ift Economy Tickets | Walk-ins welcome

SUNY Brockport's Rochester Campus, 161 Chestnut Street, Rochester

Authors, main-stage presentations, panels, pop-up readings, small press publishers, and bookstores galore. Find literary gold at Ampersand Books, Another Chapter Bookstore, Author's Note, Before Your Quiet Eyes, Book Culture, Burning Books, Flower City Noire, Hipocampo Children's Books, Visual Studies Workshop, Lift Bridge Book Shop, LOGOS Art & Culture Literature Journal, Open Letter Books, Yesterday's Muse.

Workshops

Community Writing Group

Saturday, October 21 | 1 - 2 pm | In-person at Writers & Books

Free & open to the public, ages 18 & above | All genres

Drop by on Saturdays--weekly, monthly, or as the spirit moves.

Meet BOA Editions Authors

Monday, October 23 | 7:30 - 8:15 | Free Virtual Tix

Joe Baumann, Where Can I Take You When There’s Nowhere To Go

Thirteen surreal short stories explore loneliness, queer coming-of-age, self-discovery, and loss.

Julie in the News

Always with Us is a progressive installation by Julie Chen, Writers & Books' current Artist in Residence. After losing her mother in 2018, Julie found comfort in making art with objects and artifacts her mother left behind.

Always with Us offers community members an opportunity to heal

by contributing departed loved ones' clothing, audio recordings, and other meaningful belongings.

This September, Julie talked about her work with our own Chris Fanning on Good Day Rochester.

Making Always With Us

It's been exciting to watch the transformation of Writers & Books' atrium as Julie builds the installation's "cloud."

Mark your calendar for celebrating the culmination of Always with Us:

Friday, November 3

6 - 8 pm

Opening & Gallery Talk

Gift Economy Tickets

Julie Chen is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines remembrance of beings and places. Her artwork has been shown in galleries and museums across New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.

Meet & Retreat at Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat

Our renovated 24-acre retreat campus in Naples, NY reopened in July 2023. To inquire about year-round Gleason Lodge rental opportunities and Gell Cottage residencies, email Chris Fanning, Deputy Director: chrisf@wab.org.

Resources we'd like to share with you this week

The Yards Collective hosts Tracy Nemecek teaching Write Now: Expressive Arts Journaling Workshop s for teens, October 23
The Geography of Desire, a retrospective of work by Patti Ambrogi, opens November 9 at Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology
ROC the Day is coming! Bookmark our page so you're ready on November 28

Looking for a quiet spot for your arts/humanities group or book club to meet? Rehearsal space for your theater group? Email chrisf@wab.org to inquire.

Take advantage of peaceful writing space on our first floor, available at no charge during open hours: free wifi and a table and chair to use while you stretch your creative muscles.

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