In conversation with Andre Dubus III

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In conversation with Meg Wolitzer
reading performed by Patricia Kalember

NOTE: SEATS NOW AVAILABLE*

Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout returns to Symphony Space to celebrate her latest novel. Twining her most iconic characters together into one narrative for the first time, Tell Me Everything brims with Strout's signature radical empathy and illuminates the power of connection through storytelling.

Liz will be in conversation with Meg Wolitzer (The Female Persuasion). A reading from the novel will be performed by Patricia Kalember (Power).

For tickets & More Info: Thalia Book Club at Symphony Space: Elizabeth Strout: Tell Me Everything

* This event has been moved to a larger theater to accommodate a larger audience. Tickets are once again available!

Evening’s Moderator: Lara Prescott, bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept

With her “extraordinary capacity for radical empathy” (The Boston Globe), remarkable insight into the human condition, and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst; fall in love and yet choose to be apart; and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it: “What does anyone’s life mean?”

For tickets & more info: The Music Hall's Historic Theater: Elizabeth Strout

In conversation with Lily King

We’re honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout to celebrate the recent release of her tenth novel, Tell Me Everything, a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

Joining Elizabeth will be Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including Writers & Lovers, which was a NYT notable book and named by the Washington Post, People, and the LA Times as one of the best books of the year (2020).

For tickets & more info: Left Bank Books

In conversation with Dr. Thersa Gaul, TCU

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Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout’s Tell Me Everything is a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

With her “extraordinary capacity for radical empathy” (The Boston Globe), remarkable insight into the human condition, and silences that contain multitudes, Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst; fall in love and yet choose to be apart; and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?” Brimming with compassion and pathos, Strout illuminates the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”

For tickets & more info: Dallas Museum of Art: Arts & Letters Live

We are delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabeth Strout to Waterstones Nottingham in celebration of her new novel, Tell Me Everything, the latest instalment in her Lucy Barton series.

“Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love."

For tickets: Waterstones Nottingham: An Evening with Elizabeth Strout

“She gets better with each book.” — Maggie O’Farrell

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout joins the festival during publication week of her 10th novel, Tell Me Everything — a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

Founded in 2001 the Sevenoaks Literary Festival aims to create engaging events for and in the heart of its community. With an eclectic mix of styles, forms and events, the volunteers who run the festival seek out the brightest minds and most interesting voices to delight, enthrall and inspire.

For tickets: Sevenoaks Literary Festival: Elizabeth Strout

From the pen that brought Olive Kitteridge into the world comes a new novel about new friendships and old loves. Elizabeth Strout introduces her latest tale.

Southbank Centre is the largest arts centre in the UK and one of its top visitor attractions. Southbank seeks out the world’s most exciting artists, from household names to fresh new talent, and gives them space to showcase their best work.

For tickets: Southbank Centre: Elizabeth Strout

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Parnassus Books is pleased to present a special evening with Elizabeth Strout to celebrate her new book, Tell Me Everything, with an introduction by Ann Patchett.

In 2023, Elizabeth Strout gave the best lecture about writing that Ann Patchett had ever heard. In celebration of Strout's new novel, TELL ME EVERYTHING, Ann has asked Liz to give the lecture again, followed by discussion about the book. Prepare to be amazed.

This ticketed event will begin at 6:30 at Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pk, suite 14, Nashville, TN.

For tickets & more info: Parnassus Books: Author event with Elizabeth Strout

Join us for a release event with award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Strout, discussing her new novel Tell Me Everything.

Joining Elizabeth in conversation is fellow bestselling author Ann Napolitano. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

For tickets & more info: Elizabeth Strout + Ann Napolitano: Tell Me Everything

The Norwegian Literature Festival (May 27 – June 2, 2024) is the Nordic region's largest literature festival, with a varied program for readers of all ages. In 2017, Lillehammer became a member of The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), and with that was awarded the status of UNESCO city of literature, as 1 of 28 cities in the world. At the end of May, Lillehammer is filled with writers and literature. We can guarantee words that move and experiences that take you further.

For tickets: Nærbilde: Elizabeth Strout

For More Information: Norsk Litteraturfestival

The Literary Committee of the National Arts Club Presents

In-Person & Online

With her trademark spare, crystalline prose, Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout follows the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic in her new novel, Lucy by the Sea.

At the heart of the book are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart. Strout has been praised for her “radical empathy,” and in Lucy by the Sea her voice is infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post).

To register and for more information, please visit: Lucy by the Sea — An Evening with Elizabeth Strout

This in-person event will also be live-streamed on the National Arts Club YouTube channel.

Reading followed by on-stage Q&A with Conference Director, Les Standiford

Located on the beautiful waterfront campus of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, Writers in Paradise runs from January 14-21, 2023. The annual conference features professional writers at the top of their form spending quality time with motivated and talented participants seeking an intimate, unhurried climate for learning…in paradise.

Evening readings are free and open to the public. Join us for wine & book browsing half an hour before the start time, and then stay after the reading to meet the authors and have your books signed.

Elizabeth will also be teaching at the conference. Apart from the evening readings, the conference is reserved for accepted participants only. A typical day is divided into three parts: morning workshops, afternoon craft sessions, and evening readings.

For more information, please visit: Writers in Paradise

The first fully in-person ceremony since 2019 will bring together Booker Prize writers past and present with a diverse range of readers, including Her Majesty The Queen Consort, Dua Lipa and the inaugural winners of the Booker Prize Book Club Challenge, in an evening hosted by comedian Sophie Duker

As part of an ongoing partnership between the Booker Prize Foundation and the BBC, the last 45 minutes of the evening will be broadcast live as a Front Row special on BBC Radio 4, 9:15–10.00 pm BST, and presented by Samira Ahmed.

You can also follow the evening’s proceedings on the Booker Prizes’ social media channels, where we’ll be sharing updates, interviews and clips.

For more information, please visit: Booker Prize Winner Ceremony 2022

Waterstones presents the Booker Prize shortlist readings at Shaw Theatre

Meet the authors shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize at this special evening of readings and discussion chaired by broadcaster and journalist Bidisha.

The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. This year’s shortlist includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated.

Livestream ticketholders will receive a link to access the event a few days before.

For tickets and more information, please see: Waterstones presents the Booker Prize shortlist readings

Join ILFDublin at the historic Pepper Canister Church for a one-night-only event with Elizabeth Strout in conversation with Róisín Ingle about her brand new book Lucy by the Sea. Stick around after the event to pick up your own copy from the Dubray pop-up bookshop and get it signed by Elizabeth!

This event will be recorded as a live episode of the Irish Times The Women’s Podcast and is presented in partnership with Penguin Random House Ireland.

For tickets and more information, please see: OffThePage: Elizabeth Strout

This appearance has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Cheltenham Literature Festival is the world’s first literature Festival, leading the way in celebrating the written and spoken word, presenting the best new voices in fiction and poetry alongside literary greats and high-profile speakers.

Known for her meticulous portraits of community life in small-town New England, Elizabeth Strout is one of America’s finest living novelists. Clare Clark joins the Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Olive Kittridge author in conversation about her new novel, Lucy by the Sea which sees the indomitable Lucy Barton uprooted from her life in NYC to spend lockdown with her ex-husband on the coast of Maine.

For tickets and more information: Elizabeth Strout at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Waterstones at St Giles-in-the-Fields welcomes Pulitzer prize-winning, no.1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout to celebrate the publication of Lucy by the Sea. The unforgettable protagonist of My Name is Lucy Barton and Oh William! finds herself reluctantly agreeing to spend lockdown with her ex-husband in a house by the sea in Strout’s masterful, pin-sharp yet comforting meditation on relationships, isolation and change.

For tickets and more information, please see: Elizabeth Strout in conversation with David Nicholls at St Giles-in-the-Fields

Elizabeth Strout will read from and present her new novel, Lucy by the Sea.

For tickets and more information: Harvard Book Store event calendar

The 18th annual Literary Voices® fundraising dinner will be held on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Author Elizabeth Strout will speak following the 7 pm dinner. An exclusive VIP cocktail hour with the author will be held in the Sable Room of the club at 6 pm. Sponsorships, VIP tickets and dinner tickets are available.

Guests to the event will enjoy an opportunity to ask questions of the author, who will also briefly sign books following the event. Full Circle Bookstore will offer a selection of the author’s titles.

The dinner benefits the Library Endowment Trust, which helps to support the Metropolitan Library System by providing additional funding for programs, materials, and services. This year’s event will also honor Robert and Sody Clements with the Lee B. Brawner award for their outstanding work on behalf of libraries and literacy in Oklahoma.

For tickets and more information: Literary Voices: Elizabeth Strout

In conversation with Lois Kim, Texas Book Festival

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes Lucy by the Sea, a poignant novel that follows the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic.

For tickets and more information: Elizabeth Strout at Dallas Museum of Art

Random House Studio Sessions is a new event series featuring live conversations with the biggest names on your bookshelf. These authors will take us behind-the-scenes of their latest releases — and give a peek into their own reading and writing practices, too.

Join us on September 20 at 8 p.m. ET for Random House Studio Sessions: Elizabeth Strout presents Lucy by the Sea, as the Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, My Name Is Lucy Barton, Oh William!, and more virtually launches her new novel, Lucy by the Sea.

In conversation with an exciting moderator to be announced, Strout will discuss returning to the beloved characters of Lucy Barton and her ex-husband, William, and why their dynamic continues to be such a rich source of inspiration.

For tickets and more information: Random House Studio Sessions: Elizabeth Strout presents Lucy by the Sea

Elizabeth Strout discusses LUCY BY THE SEA

Join Barnes & Noble - Union Square on Monday, September 19 at 7 PM ET, as we welcome Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout to discuss her new novel, LUCY BY THE SEA.

Elizabeth will be in discussion with Miwa Messer, B&N Editorial Director, for this special event.

For tickets and more information: Event Details at Barnes & Noble

Elizabeth Strout in Conversation with Pico Iyer

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents more than a hundred events each year, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues.

For tickets and more information: Elizabeth Strout at UCSB Arts & Lectures

Oh William! Elizabeth Strout and Andre Dubus III in Conversation

Book after book Elizabeth Strout has shown us that she is an acute observer of the human condition. Her beloved character, Lucy Barton, returns in this elegant and nuanced novel, about the quiet forces that hold us together – even after we’ve grown apart. Join Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout in conversation with award winning author Andre Dubus III about the mysteries of marriage, the strength and wisdom of Lucy Barton, and the secrets that can change everything we know about the people closest to us.

To register and for more information: Elizabeth Strout at Newbury Literary Festival

This joyful all-day celebration of Selected Shorts features the debut of newly commissioned short stories brought to life by actors, musicians, dancers, artists, and filmmakers.

The free event will be presented in person in New York City and live-streamed to audiences everywhere.

The incredible stories you'll hear live will also be available to read! Small Odysseys: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories, published by Algonquin Books, will be released on March 15th.

On Saturday, November 13 guests of the National Kidney Foundation will join virtually with some of the most recognizable names in literature as they share what inspires their writing and the stories behind the stories.

2021 Featured Authors

• Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man | Author of Devil in a Blue Dress and best-selling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins

• Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law | Deemed by The Washington Post, “America’s funniest science writer”

• Elizabeth Strout, Oh William! | Pulitzer Prize winning author of Olive Kitteridge

• Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway | Best-selling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility

With Special Appearances By

• Michael Krasny, PhD

• Gail Tsukiyama

Hosted By

• Liam Mayclem

Tickets and More Information

• Please visit: NFK: 33rd ANNUAL AUTHORS LUNCHEON

Join us on November 4 at 8:00 PM ET for special virtual conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout and her editor, Random House publisher Andy Ward. They’ll give us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Strout’s latest novel, Oh William!, spilling secrets on everything from unexpected plot points to creating scenes from marriage (and divorce!) that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

To attend this exclusive virtual event, pre-order your copy of Oh William! before October 19.

For more information, please visit: Inside the Writing of Oh William!

IN PERSON: Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

The beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name Is Lucy Barton talks with Alexander Chee (The Queen of the Night) about her latest novel, a return to the world of Lucy Barton in which the mysteries of marriage, family secrets, and the quiet forces that hold us together — even after we’ve grown apart — are explored.

Featuring a reading from the novel by J. Smith-Cameron (Succession).

Tickets:

• Thalia Book Club: Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

IN PERSON: Morse Institute Library in Natick

Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge, presents Oh William!, her latest novel to explore the life of her iconic heroine, Lucy Barton. Elizabeth will be in conversation with Lily King, author of Euphoria and Writers & Lovers.

This event will take place at the Morse Institute Library in Natick.

TICKETS:

• IN-PERSON: Elizabeth Strout - "Oh William!" in conversation w/ Lily King