24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Readings

Posted on 02. Apr, 2012 by Tony Valenzuela in Events

Every year after we announce the Lambda Awards shortlists, LLF organizes readings (often with the help of nominated authors) at locations around the U.S. and Canada where finalists read from their nominated work.  Listed below are seven cities currently scheduled with dates, locations and confirmed authors to date.  Participating authors are subject to change.  If you’re from any one of the cities below, come and meet our finalists, hear their work and buy their books!

SAN FRANCISCO – TUESDAY, APRIL 24

San Francisco Public Library

Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A & B

100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California  94102

5:00 pm Reception

6:00 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: Ryan Van Meter, Daphne Gottlieb, Justin Chin, Tirza T. Latimer, Jan Steckel, Malinda Lo, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Jim Provenzano, Lara Fergus, Christina Hutchins, Nat Smith, Luna Maia.

SEATTLE – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25

Vermillion Art Gallery and Wine Bar

1508 11th Ave,

Seattle, WA. 98122

7:30 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: L.A. Witt, Qwo-Li Driskill, Dean Spade, Peter Boag, Chandan Reddy, Michael Hames-Garcia

MINNEAPOLIS – MONDAY, APRIL 30 

The Black Dog Cafe

308 Prince Street, at the corner of Prince (4th Street) and Broadway

in Lowertown, Saint Paul, MN

7:00 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: Catherine Friend, Christine Stark, Margot Weiss

NEW YORK – FRIDAY, MAY 11

Bluestockings Books

172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington

7:00 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: Anton Dudley, Paul Legault, Barbara Browning, Michael Schiavi, Bil Wright, Barry Brennessel, Glen Retief, Sacchi Green, Sally Bellerose, Dawn Lundy Martin, Jonathan Tolins, Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, Rafe Posey, Steven Haas, Colm Toibin, Michael Hames-Garcia, Jafari S. Allen

TORONTO - TUESDAY, MAY 15

Slack’s Restaurant & Bar 

562 Church Street

Toronto, ON M4Y 2E3

7 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: Farzana Doctor, Kristyn Dunnion, Karleen Pendleton-Jimenez, Daniel Justice, Mel Bossa, JM Frey

LOS ANGELES – SUNDAY, MAY 20 

West Hollywood Public Library

625 N. San Vicente Blvd.

West Hollywood, CA 90069

5 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: Marshall Thornton, Mark Thompson, Jessica Faraday, Felice Picano, Shannon Cain, Sarah Toshiko Hasu, Christina Hutchins, Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla,

CHICAGO – THURSDAY, MAY 24

THE CENTER ON HALSTED

7 pm Reading

Confirmed authors: L.A. Witt, Katherine Scott Nelson, Martha Miller, David Trinidad, Lesley Gowan (Anne Laughlin), Karleen Pendleton Jimenez, R.E. Bradshaw, Margot Weiss, Dana DeYoung, Marshall Thornton

About Tony Valenzuela

Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director, Lambda Literary Foundation. A graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing program of the California Institute of the Arts, Valenzuela is a longtime community activist and writer whose work has focused on LGBT civil rights, sexual liberation and gay men’s health. Read his full bio here and contact him here.

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