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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-30

Why authors need book stores (and dare we suggest reading series, too): http://ow.ly/4pJE #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-04-26

Proud of my friend and fellow grad school alum Zoe Ferraris, who won the LA Times’ Best New Fiction award last night: http://ow.ly/3Vu5 #

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Barbershop: An Essay

Joe’s Barbershop, our venerable venue host, pointed us to a beautiful little essay by Verlyn Klinkenborg published yesterday in The New York Times:

” A crisply dressed older man sits down in a barber’s chair in a shop on 43rd Street. He has removed his suit jacket and is wearing suspenders with trout flies on them. [...]

Three Spots Left in Barbershop Writing Group

Feel free to spread the word to those who might be interested.
The Barbershop Writing Group, starting two weeks from today, has three spots left. Michael McAllister will be leading a private, eight-week writing workshop starting May 7, 2009. Drawing upon his experiences as a writer, as well as his experiences with the MFA program at [...]

Second Confirmed Reader for “A Brand New ‘Do”

The Barbershop Reading Series is proud to present Randall Mann as our second confirmed reader for our first event, “A Brand New ‘Do.”

Announcing our New Partner

The Barbershop Reading Series is proud to partner with Books, Inc, who will be selling books at our events. Take note, authors, publishers, and readers seeking a signed copy of our featured writers’ books.

Press for The Barbershop Reading Series

Thanks to Cynthia Shannon of The Northern California Book Publicity & Marketing Association, who featured us on their blog, The Monday Muse. Here’s an excerpt:
“There’s a new show in town, and publicists and authors will want to pay extra attention to this. Michael McAllister, a recent Columbia MFA graduate, has returned to the Bay [...]

First Confirmed Reader for First Event

The Barbershop Reading Series is proud to present Matthew Clark Davison as our first confirmed reader for our first event, “A Brand New ‘Do.”
Matthew is a fiction writer, lecturer in creative writing, and writing coach living in San Francisco. He teaches in the BA and MFA Creative Writing programs at San Francisco State University, and he’s an [...]

Details of our First Event Announced

Opening Event for The Barbershop Reading Series
In honor of the illustrious occasion, and our location, our theme will be “A Brand New ‘Do,” and we are looking for writers willing to tackle the topics of fresh starts, clean slates, and blank pages. Tell us about your expectations for such an event in your own life, [...]