Readers and friends, this news is HUGE!!!
You’re invited to join us at an incredible virtual event celebrating the paperback release of Kiley Reid’s best-selling novel Such a Fun Age!
Hosted by Chicago’s only black-woman-owned bookstore and gallery, Semicolon, this event will feature your favorite podcasters (psst! that’s us!) and the gifted novelist, Kiley Reid!
We’re going to ask Kiley the tough questions, y’all – Barbara Walters style. Don’t miss it! All the info you need is below. See you there!
WHEN: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 at 6p CST / 7p EST
WHERE: ZOOM (Virtually hosted by Semicolon Bookstore)
HOW: SEE THE TWO WAYS TO GRAB YOUR TICKET BELOW
HOW TO GET YOUR FREE TICKET (2 Steps):
- Subscribe to the LIT Society Podcast email newsletter by clicking here!
- DM us on Instagram, letting us know you’ve subscribed and want to attend this event. We’ll ask you which email you used to subscribe to our newsletter list. (If you don’t have an IG account, just email us to let us know!)
DEADLINE: Monday, April 19th at 6p CST / 7p EST. Please keep in mind that we have only 5 tickets to give away.
HOW TO GET YOUR TICKET WHILE SUPPORTING AN AMAZING INDIE BOOKSTORE (1 Step)
- Pre-order a paperback copy of Such a Fun Age, signed by THE Kiley Reid from Semicolon by clicking here: https://www.semicolonchi.com/such-a-fun-age/such-a-fun-age-signed-paperback
NOTE: Semicolon will send you an email the day of the event with login info
About the panelists:
Kiley Reid
An Arizona native, Kiley Reid is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was the recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship. Her New York Times-bestselling debut novel, SUCH A FUN AGE, is currently in development by Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Sight Unseen Pictures. The novel was longlisted for The 2020 Booker Prize and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author, and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Kiley’s writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Playboy, December, Lumina, where her short story was the winner in the 2017 Flash Prose Contest, and Ploughshares, where her short story was the winner of the 2020 Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction. Kiley lives in Philadelphia.
Alexis Honoria is co-host of the LIT Society Podcast, a show about books and drama, and an enthusiastic promoter of literacy within her community. Her fascination with books started as a child when she’d regularly spend hours at her local library, transporting into the inventive stories she loved. She has worked as a legal professional for over 15 years, and her last meal, if allowed the option, would be a cheeseburger and gin martini.
Kari Herrera is co-host of the LIT Society Podcast, a show about books and drama, and an advocate of independent bookstores and local literacy efforts. Her motto: If you can read, then you must read. She has worked as a writer and marketing specialist in Chicago for ten years. Her final meal would be a slice of Margherita pizza and a pint of pilsner.