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If you have an event that you would like to post on the Publishing Triangle event calendar, please see the event submission template at the bottom of this page. All events are in New York unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday, May 5, 2012, 12:15-1:45 p.m.: The Power of Our Words and Stories--a panel discussion about LGBT literatures role in the quest for our civil rights. Panelists include Victoria Brownworth, Cheril N. Clarke, Fay Jacobs, Janet Mason, Ngozi Thomas, and Alysha Wise. Part of Equality Forum 2012 at the University of the Arts, Terra Hall, Room 702, South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:00 p.m.: Our annual Publishing Triangle Awards ceremony at the Tishman Auditorium of the New School for Social Research (66 West 12th Street in New York City); books by Whitehead winner Alison Bechdel and all nominees available for sale; reception follows awards ceremony.

Friday, April 13, 2012, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.: Joseph Olshan, author of Nightswimmer and Clara's Heart, will be reading from his new literary thriller, Cloudland, at The Mysterious Bookshop (www.mysteriousbookshop.com), 58 Warren Street (between Church St. and West Broadway), New York; (212) 587-1011.

Thursday, December 8, 2011, 6:30-9:00 p.m.: The Publishing Triangle and the Lambda Literary Foundation are co-hosting a Holiday Party. Check your email for details, or write to publishingtriangle@gmail.com.

Tuesday, October 18, 7:00 p.m.: Francois Cusset, author of French Theory, will talk about his new book, The Inverted Gaze: Queering the French Literary Classics in America (Arsenal Pulp Press), at La Maison Francaise of NYU, 16 Washington Mews (betw. West 8th St. and Waverly Place--nearest subways: 8th Street, Astor Pl., West 4th St.)This is a free event. Contact Information (optional): (212) 998-8750

Thursday, September 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m.: Sarah Schulman, writer, activist, and the author of 15 books, talks to writer Jessica Hagedorn about her dystopian novel about New York, The Mere Future, new in paperback. At Greenlight Books, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Free. Contact: Brian Lam, Arsenal Pulp Press, blam@arsenalpulp.com; 604-687-4233.

Monday, September 12, 7-8 p.m.: Author and journalist Wayne Hoffman will be reading from his new novel, Sweet Like Sugar, at Barnes & Noble, West 82nd Street and Broadway, New York. This event is sponsored by Tablet magazine; Tablet editor Alana Newhouse will be leading a Q&A session following the reading. Sweet Like Sugar follows an unexpected friendship between a young gay Jewish man and an elderly Orthodox rabbi. It's about fate, faith, and how alienated Jews can reconnect with their identity. To hear Wayne discuss the book, click here to access the podcast at Tablet Magazine.

Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m.: A conversation with Steven Petrow at Book Soup, Los Angeles: The author of Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners examinations the intersection of modern LGBT life and etiquette with Jeremy Kinser, arts and entertainment editor of The Advocate. Q&A and book signing follow. 8818 W. Sunset Blvd.; free.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6 p.m.: Steven Petrow discusses gay manners at the James Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center/San Francisco Public Library. The author of Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners in conversation with Scott Shafer of KQED. Q&A and book signing follow. 100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor; free.

Thursday, June 23, 2011, 7:30 p.m.: A conversation with Steven Petrow at Women & Children First Books, Chicago. The author of Steven Petrow's Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners discusses etiquette as it impacts modern LGBT life (and vice versa) with Steve Kmetko. Q&A and book signing follow. 5233 N. Clark Street; free.

Thursday, June 2, 2011, 7-10 p.m.: Gender/Queer Justice Book Launch Party & Celebration at Modern Times bookstore in San Francisco. Please join us in celebrating the survival and re-launch of Modern Times with the 2011 arrival of four long-awaited, beloved books reflecting queer and trans visions of liberation from violence and the prison-industrial complex! Readings by contributors to all four titles, including Dean Spade, Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Andrea Ritchie, Nat Stanley, Vanessa Huang and many more. Free and open to the public.

Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m.: Book launch event for Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, a new anthology edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman. Featuring readings and performances by contributors Bevin Branlandingham, Ivan Coyote, Miriam Zoila Pérez, and Zena Sharman, and music by Rae Spoon and DJ Polar Sounds. At the Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St., New York; admission price (if applicable): $5 to $15 (sliding scale). For more information, contact Cynara Geissler, Arsenal Pulp Press at cynara@arsenalpulp.com.

April 28, 2011, 7-9 p.m.: Our annual Publishing Triangle Awards ceremony at the Tishman Auditorium of the New School for Social Research (66 West 12th Street in New York City) at 7 p.m. The ceremony is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9 p.m.: Homo Comicus and Gotham Comedy Club will present I Sing The Body Hilarious – a five volume comic masterpiece featuring the nation’s top LGBT comedians -- to benefit the Lambda Literary Foundation. The evening’s spectacular roster of headliners, hosted by Sirius Out Q’s Frank DeCaro at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd St., New York; $20 and two-beverage minimum. Meet the stars from 8-9 p.m. For reservations, call 212.367.9000 or go to gothamcomedyclub.com.

Saturday, March 26, 2011, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Rainbow Book Fair at The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street. Sponsored by the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies. Last year's event featured 50 exhibitors, panels, readings, and signings. For more information, visit RainbowFair.org.

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:30-10:30 p.m.: 30 LGBT prose and poetry writes converge at AWP's reading, "3 Dollar Bill" in Washington, D.C., at the Human Rights Campaign Equality Forum (1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW). The event is being co-sponsored by the Publishing Triangle along with Arktoi Books, BLOOM Literary Journal, Human Rights Campaign, Knockout Literary Magazine, The Lambda Literary Foundation, A Midsummer Night’s Press, Sibling Rivalry Press/Assarcus Journal, Sinister Wisdom Literary Journal, White Crane Institute, and The Writer’s Center.

Event Submission Template

The Publishing Triangle is happy to post information on LGBT literary or book-related events on this page. To submit information about your event, e-mail the following information to Website Editor, putting "Triangle Event" in the subject line:

The Publishing Triangle reserves the right to review all event calendar submissions and to refuse to post events which we do not deem appropriate for our members. Please stick to the template outlined above--we will not edit down flyers, press releases, newsletters, etc. If you are submitting multiple events, please separate out and use the template for each event.