The American Association of University Women (AAUW) presents its Annual Authors Luncheon featuring local women authors Kelly Kittel, author of Breathe: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict, Dale Martellino, author of the novel Precious Jewels, and Vikki Warner, author of Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady.

***This event benefits Books Are Wings, a Literacy Nonprofit!***

The event will be held at the Atlantic Resort Newport, 240 Aquidneck Ave. Middletown, RI 02842.

For further info and reservations: (401) 849-6073 or rosieslocum@cox.net.

Vikki returns to her alma mater, The University of Rhode Island Department of English, for a reading and discussion of Tenemental. Truly one of the most enjoyable moments of writing the book was riffing on a slightly off-topic description of URI in the 1990s - white hats, Dave Matthews Band, rampant entitlement - and the existential confusion of being in that specific place at that specific time. (FUN FACT: one of the members of a local band popular at URI at that time, referred to as “hell on earth” in the book, actually got in touch to say hi - his wife was reading the book and she found this mention very funny. He was really cool about it all.)

ANYWAY, the event is in the Hoffman Room, Swan Hall, 60 Upper College Rd, Kingston, RI 02881. Free/open to the public, resplendent with refreshments, and wheelchair accessible.

Join us at Twenty Stories in Pawtucket, RI as Lucas Mann reads from his book Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV. It’s an “appreciation of reality television wrapped inside a love letter to his wife, with whom he shares the guilty pleasure of watching ‘real’ people bare their souls in search of celebrity.” We’ll Q&A about the various ways “real life” can be performed: onscreen, for money and fame, and privately, for something perhaps less quantifiable. And we’ll talk/share neuroses about writing.

Twenty Stories is located in the Hope Artist Village at 1005 Main St. #8206, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

Join us for a night of old house whispering with one carpentry expert and one long-term novice! Twenty Stories will host Vikki (the novice) for a reading from Tenemental and a Q&A with Nina MacLaughlin (the expert), author of Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, a memoir about her career switch to carpentry.

Twenty Stories is located at 1005 Main St., Unit 8206, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860.

Vikki will be talking memoir craft at the Ocean State Writing Conference, which will be held at the main campus of the University of Rhode Island from Oct. 25-27, 2018.

In this one-hour craft session on memoir, we'll explore a variety of strategies for structuring a memoir, including selecting the stories that stay and cutting the ones that should go. Using examples from recently published memoirs, we’ll talk about the importance of voice, an element that can make an ordinary person’s lived-life story soar. We’ll also discuss writing about people other than ourselves—loved ones, ex-loved ones, and people with whom we aren’t close—and how to approach that tricky endeavor without fear or harm.

The schedule for this three-day writing conference is available at https://web.uri.edu/writing-conference/2018-conference-schedule/

Vikki will read from, discuss, and sign copies of TENEMENTAL as part of the library's Meet the Author series. EAST BAY FOREVAH!

The library is located at 281 County Rd, Barrington, RI 02806.

Vikki will join Ivelisse Rodriguez (LOVE WAR STORIES) and Sarah Schulman (MAGGIE TERRY, THE COSMOPOLITANS) in an all-Feminist-Press offering from Books Beneath the Bridge, curated by WORD Brooklyn. Join us at the Granite Prospects steps in Brooklyn Bridge Park for an evening of readings, Q&A, and book signings.

This free event starts at 7 PM. For more info, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/517926558663801/

Hey, New Hampshire! Come out to The Bookery to hear Vikki read from Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady. She'll discuss the writing process, and take questions from all interested parties!

The Bookery is located at 844 Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101. Visit them at https://bookerymht.com/.

Two Providence landladies dole out the hard-earned wisdom that comes with the job. Musician, audiobook narrator, and bonne vivante Reba Mitchell will appear with Vikki to talk TENEMENTAL (Reba narrated the audiobook!) and offer a peek into the mysteries of landladying.

Riffraff Bookstore & Bar is located at 60 Valley St #107A, Providence, RI 02909.

For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/307183506483636/

Join us at Book Culture LIC to celebrate the release of Tenemental with the vivacious Piper Weiss, author of the recently published memoir You All Grow Up and Leave Me. 

Book Culture LIC is located at 26-09 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/196196624357290/

Vikki will appear at Longfellow Books in conversation with Mira Ptacin, author of the memoir Poor Your Soul, winner of the 2016 Kirkus Best Book of the Year and the 2016 Maine Literary Award. 

Longfellow Books is located at 1 Monument Way, Portland, ME 04101.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/597929560578551/

South County and nearby CT friends! Come out to Savoy Bookshop & Cafe, 10 Canal St, Westerly, RI to hear Vikki in conversation with Sonya Huber, author of Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir and Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and associate professor of English at Fairfield University and in the Fairfield Low-Residency MFA Program. 

For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/238667776886422/

YAY! TENEMENTAL is published today! Come out to Ada Books to hear Vikki read from the book and discuss the writing process. Also: cookies.

Ada Books is located at 717 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903.

For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/232147137543277/