We were disappointed alongside our authors when the COVID-19 pandemic forced venues to cancel countless readings and other in-person events, and at first, virtual meetings seemed a paltry replacement. However, six or so months in, we’ve seen the many amazing things...
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Mark Your Calendars… A Huge Acre Reading Is Coming on August 15th!
As part of our 2020 titles’ relaunching campaign in response to canceled events and divided attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this reading ALSO features the authors of all our 2019 books, making this lineup a force to be reckoned with. The reading will...

Catch a Conversation & Reading with Nancy Au & Tomas Moniz on Instagram Live!
On Tuesday, April 14, from 6:30–8:30, LibroMobile will present a live conversation and reading by Acre authors Nancy Au (Spider Love Song) and Tomas Moniz (Big Familia) on Instagram Live. Support this wonderful event by tuning in at LibroMobile’s Instagram page:...
Join Us for a Live Virtual Reading by Faylita Hicks and Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers!
The third event in the Further Notice Virtual Reading Series will take place on Tuesday, March 31 at 8PM CST / 9PM EST and will feature two Acre authors: Faylita Hicks, author of HoodWitch, and Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, author of the newly released The Tilt Torn Away...
Have Yourself a Very Acre AWP!
To all of our fans at the AWP conference this week and weekend: we would love for you to make it to as many Acre-related events as possible. Here’s a schedule for your convenience. We hope to see you! Thursday, March 5 11–11:30AM, Elizabeth Lindsey...

Stream the PEN America Literary Awards Live on YouTube
Earlier this year, everyone at Acre was ecstatic to hear that Tomas Moniz’s wonderful book Big Familia was shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for best debut novel. Wish him luck during the awards ceremony tonight, which can be livestreamed here. View the other...

Nancy Au and Tomas Moniz in Berkeley!
Nancy AuToday (February 5th, 2020) at 7:30 p.m. PST, Pegasus Books Downtown in Berkeley, CA will be hosting a reading and conversation with Acre authors Nancy Au and Tomas Moniz. Calling all local Acre fans! Link to the Facebook event here. Nancy Au is the author of...

Tomas Moniz and Michael Downs in Baltimore!
Tomas Moniz and Michael Downs at a bookstore in Baltimore.An Acre connection! Tomas Moniz (left) and Michael Downs (right) met up in Baltimore this week. Tomas Moniz is the author of Big Familia, coming from Acre November 2019. Big Familia is a story of making family...

T.R. Hummer At The Hudson Valley Writers Center
XXXXHere’s a great shot of T.R. Hummer speaking last week about poetry and the writing process at the Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York. His latest poetry collection, After the Afterlife, is out now through Acre Books. After the Afterlife...

Matthew Kirkpatrick At Literati Bookstore
Here’s a great photo of Acre author Matthew Kirkpatrick reading at the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI, last week! His novel, The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th Century American Art, is now available from Acre Books.