It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the heroic return of PBQ, here to save you from your post-holiday slump! Mark your calendars for this thrilling event, on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014, at the Pen and Pencil Club. It all starts at 7:30 pm. You bring your brilliant minds and all the great ideas they’ve […]
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Time traveling in November at the P & P
November’s Slam, Bam, Thank you Ma’am, at Latimer Street’s Pen & Pencil Club, traditionally on the fourth Thursday of the month, comes to you back from the future so as not to interrupt your Thanksgiving festivities. Our time-travelling host Steve Volk started the show, almost promptly, sharing an adorable moment from the homefront — the twins, battling […]
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am!
The weather’s getting colder, so come stay warm with us at PBQ’s November slam. We know you want to get home to your families and your football, so we’re holding the festivities a full week early this time around, on Thursday, November 21st at the Pen and Pencil Club. The (literary) feast begins at 7:30 […]
Elizabeth Silver speaks about law, guilt, and her first novel
Guilt is the subject of her novel, Elizabeth Silver announces, standing in front of the room full of students and faculty at Drexel University. Guilt, and what it means to be guilty, specifically in the legal system of the United States, through the lens of the death row clemency process. Though it may seem like […]
Kerri Sullivan on Cari Luna’s The Revolution of Every Day by Tin House Books
I sped through The Revolution of Every Day in two afternoons. I didn’t intentionally rush through it–in fact, I didn’t want it to end–but I couldn’t help it. I was enjoying my time with these squatters in their houses so much that I didn’t want to leave them. The characters Cari Luna created are living, […]
Paul Siegell to perform his poetry at Denver bluegrass festival
Picture a somewhat intoxicated audience of over a thousand people in Denver, Colorado. For the past five hours, these hootin’ and hollerin’ festival-goers have been jamming out to the hard-charging bluegrass of the Highland Ramblers, the Old Town Pickers and the Dead Winter Carpenters – and before Hot Buttered Rum takes everyone into the Colorado night – Paul Siegell, one […]
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am!
‘Tis the season to be spooked, but PBQ promises to keep you safe. Come one, come all, ghosts and psychics and channelers and witches (and common folk) to a night of literary potion-brewing (or story slamming, if you prefer) at the Pen and Pencil Club on October 24th, 2013! The witching hour is 7:30 pm. Make […]
Game, set, match: Literary Death Match conquers Philly
Underground Arts is a cavernous subterranean space, true to its name. Dimly lit by neon industrial and antique-style lights, Literary Death Match founderAdrian Todd Zuniga stands on the small stage and welcomes us to the event, most of us for the first time. “Good,” he chuckles, hearing that most of us are newbies. “That includes […]
We love you, Collingswood!
It may have been early autumn, but the weather during the Collingswood Book Festival in Collingswood, NJ was pure midsummer bliss. Bliss, at least for us lit nerds, was also the street lined for blocks on blocks with book publishers, authors, and used booksellers. We were right in the thick of it, giving out copies […]
Literary Death Match: Philadelphia Episode #5
Get ready and mark your calendars! Literary Death Match is back here in Philadelphia at the Underground Arts on Tuesday October 8th! With the same great host—Adrian Todd Zuniga—and a fresh new location, the autumn festivities are off to ripping start. Like always, four renowned and local writers will be pitted against each other in a fierce […]