Although this event has passed, you can still purchase an online streaming pass to watch the recording through Friday, April 4. Emma Donoghue, the “soul-stirring” (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger), The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the nineteenth century. Create Your Own Series and Super SAL subscriptions include a copy of The Paris Express. Q&A with Kim Fu.

Abby Jimenez, “full of fierce humor and fiercer heart,” (Casey McQuiston) is the bestselling author of seven wildly popular, laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romantic novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Just for the Summer, The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, and the forthcoming Say You’ll Remember Me. Q&A with Amber Flame.

Join SAL for a conversation with Bonnie Garmus, author of one of the greatest literary phenomena in recent years!

Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball growing up in Columbus, Ohio, one which inspired the writing in his memoir, There’s Always This Year—a triumph, which is brimming with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope.

C Pam Zhang has stunned audiences with her rapturous and revelatory storytelling in her acclaimed bestselling novel Land of Milk and Honey.

This four-part reading series features acclaimed poets, writers, and comics artists who teach in SAL’s Writers in the Schools program.