Pierce Alquist News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

'We were there by the water. We were there by the fire. There was so much power there,' said Karen Van Fossan, author.

The Rise of Virtual Foreign Author Tours By Ed Nawotka | May 07, 2021 One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic and the shift to virtual author events is that booksellers and publishers have had the opportunity to put together events for overseas authors who would not usually tour the U.S. “The possibilities are endless,” said Pierce Alquist, director of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Mass. “The pairings and creative panels we have done are once-in-a-lifetime events.” She cited a virtual event in February during...