Best Bet
Los Angeles Times

Best New Literary Salon
Westchester Magazine

featured in
The New York Times
and GQ Magazine

"It's like a bedtime story for the soul."
The Journal News

Los Angeles Magazine
Top Ten List

LA Weekly
Pick of the Week

"...a cozy, inspiring evening. As calendar editor, I recommend this highly."
Venice Magazine



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"It's so nice to feel part of a community in the big urban sprawl we call L.A. Spoken Interludes feels very New York-ish."
Ann Magnuson, actress/writer

"What an absolutely beautiful evening! I just love it."
Carolyn See, award-winning writer



Check out our videos:

Channel 12 News Interview

About Spoken Interludes with DeLauné &
Jill Davis






Spoken Interludes Shows
April, May, and June in New York and LA
All shows open to the public


For Los Angeles, click here.

Shows in Westchester County, NY:

Thursday, May 8, 2008

AJ Jacobs
Best-selling writer AJ Jacobs reads from his new book, The Year of Living Biblically
("A.J. Jacobs has written a - how else to put it? - Good Book. Let me take my review from the original, Psalm 2, verse 4: 'He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh.' And let me suggest that readers, whether they know their Bible or not, get to know A.J. Jacobs. But not in a biblical sense, please."- P.J. O'Rourke)

- Award-winning, best-selling writer Elizabeth Strout reads from her novel, Olive Kitteridge
("Strout has created an absorbing world with superlative skill" -The New Yorker)

Debut novelist Charles Bock reads from his new novel, Beautiful Children
("careens from the seedy to the beautiful, the domestic to the epic, all with huge and exacting heart."-Jonathan Safran Foer
"A major new talent."-A. M. Homes "Charles Bock has written a masterpiece"-Sean Wilsey)


Jeff Gordinier
Jeff Gordinier reads from his new book X Saves the World
("I loved this book" -Nick Hornby
"A fascinating, thought-provoking and funny look at America today" -AJ Jacobs
"A great read- fast, funny and incisive." -Jess Walter)


Please Rsvp by Wednesday, May 7th - thanks
All shows at Trinity bar and Grill - click here for more info
Make reservations online.

To receive invitations for each month, please contact us.


We are holding a book drive for Riverside Pediatrics clinic in Yonkers to distribute books to at-risk children. Please bring a new or gently used children's book for any age. Thanks much.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Critically-acclaimed writer Kathryn Harrison reads from her book, While They Slept
("Kathryn Harrison is a wonderful writer. Spellbinding." -The New York Times Book Review
"A master of her craft" -Entertainment Weekly)


Award-winning writer Mark Doty reads from his bestselling memoir, Dog Years
("As someone who is in love with a dog, I found this book to be an oracle of truth. For those who have yet to love a dog, it will be a revelation." -Ann Patchett)

DeLauné Michel reads from her new novel, The Safety of Secrets
("Written with tremendous narrative velocity... almost impossible to put down..." -Dani Shapiro
"... a beautifully written book with the precision and insight of an x-ray." -Merrill Markoe
"... a terrifically funny book with a very tender heart..."-Jill A. Davis)


- One of America's greatest living playwrights, winner of every major theatre award, David Rabe reads from his new novel, Dinosaurs on the Roof

Please Rsvp by Wednesday, June 18th - thanks
All shows at Trinity bar and Grill - click here for more info
Make reservations online.

To receive invitations for each month, please contact us.

 

All Westchester events held at:
Trinity Grill & Bar
7 Purdy Street in Harrison, NY
One block walk from the Harrison train station on the New Haven Metro-North line
Click here for driving directions.
Free street parking - no wait for valet!
You can also park in the train station spaces right by Purdy Street.

Supper Buffet (arrive anytime between) 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Spoken Interludes 7:30 – 8:45  (writers read from their work with a Q&A)
Book signing with the writers 8:45 – 9:30 pm

Books sold by R.J. Julia

$30.00 at the door for supper and reading

Unfortunately, we are only able to accept cash or checks, but the bar takes credit cards for drinks.





Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Spoken Interludes in Los Angeles, CA

Marisa Silver
Mark Sarvas
Marisa Silver reads from her novel The God of War
("a writer of striking talent." --Richard Russo)

Popular litblogger Mark Sarvas reads from his debut novel, Harry, Revised
("...funny and sad, rueful, wised-up and curiously moving. A remarkable debut."-John Banville
"...immensely readable, very funny and rich with earned emotion..."-David Leavitt
"...fun, fast, and heartfelt..."-Joshua Ferris)


LA theatre artist extrordinaire Michael Kearns reads his new story, Going In: Once Upon a Time in South Africa

DeLauné Michel reads from her new novel, The Safety of Secrets
("Written with tremendous narrative velocity... almost impossible to put down..." -Dani Shapiro
"... a beautifully written book with the precision and insight of an x-ray."-Merrill Markoe
"... a terrifically funny book with a very tender heart..."-Jill A. Davis)


Please Rsvp by Sunday, June 1st - thanks
Make reservations online.



 

"DeLauné does
a great job of
making everyone
feel welcome
and not just
visiting
authors!"

Robert Crais,
best-selling
mystery
writer


All Los Angeles events held at:
Il Cielo
9018 Burton Way in Beverly Hills
between Doheny and Robertson
Click here for driving directions.
Valet or free street parking!

Supper Buffet (arrive anytime between) 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Spoken Interludes 7:30 – 8:45  (writers read from their work with a Q&A)
Book signing with the writers 8:45 – 9:30 pm

Books sold by Borders

$35.00 at the door for supper and reading

Unfortunately, we are only able to accept cash or checks, but the bar takes credit cards for drinks.

To receive invitations for each month, please contact us.




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