Featured Events in Doylestown in February, 2025 (June Updated)

This workshop requires tickets. There are two options. One admits you to the workshop, and the other includes a copy of THE STARLETS. The ticket option that includes the book offers excellent value, as the author will personally sign this book, as well as any additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the workshop evening. COWRITING: A Yes And Approach to Collaboration and Creativity Have you ever been curious about cowriting, or creative collaboration in general? My collaborations are some of my most rewarding career experiences, but I'll admit, at first I was hesitant: what if my partner and I disagree? What if we work differently? Are two heads really better than one? In this workshop, we'll discuss how being open to team play can elevate your writing game generally, as well as bring joy and nuance to how you approach relationships and the world. Plan for exercises and discussion about fiction writing, improv, and positive psychology. Bring a novel or story concept you’ve been tinkering with but that isn’t quite working yet, and open yourself up to the benefits of the collaborative brainstorm. About our Guest: Lee Kelly is the author of City of Savages, a Publishers Weekly “Best of Spring 2015” pick and a VOYA Magazine “Perfect Ten” selection, A Criminal Magic, which was optioned and developed for a television series by Warner Bros., The Antiquity Affair, co-written with Jennifer Thorne (Summer 2023), With Regrets (Fall 2023) and The Starlets (forthcoming from Harper Muse, Fall 2024). Information Source: The Doylestown Bookshop | eventbrite

This workshop requires tickets. There are two options. One admits you to the workshop, and the other includes a copy of THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE. The ticket option that includes the book offers excellent value, as the author will personally sign this book, as well as any additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the workshop evening. Pre-order Jo’s upcoming book, Everyone Is Lying to You: A Thriller, HERE. How to Write and Sell Anything Everyone has a story inside them. Whether it's a novel, a memoir, a blog, a newsletter or a screenplay. The trick is getting started. Join us with bestselling author, influencer and podcast host Jo Piazza, author of the bestseller The Sicilian Inheritance, to engage in a frank and open chat about how to get started writing, publish and monetize your content. About our Guest: Jo Piazza is the international bestselling author of twelve books, including the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them with Christine Pride. She’s also the host of the critically acclaimed Under the Influence podcast. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three feral children. Information Source: The Doylestown Bookshop | eventbrite

This workshop requires tickets. There are two options. One admits you to the workshop, and the other includes a copy of DEVIL IS FINE. The ticket option that includes the book offers excellent value, as the author will personally sign this book, as well as any additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the workshop evening. Let’s have a dialogue about dialogue. There is no right way to write dialogue—I only know the techniques that work best for me. I’ll share those as part of this session—but I want to hear from you as well. What works in helping you craft realistic conversations on the page? With time permitting, we’ll engage in a generative exercise to implement some of the ideas we discuss. About our Guest: John Vercher lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He has a BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in creative writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program. John was an assistant teaching professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University, was the inaugural Wilma Dykeman writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and is the 2024–2025 artist-in-residence at Monmouth University. His debut novel, Three-Fifths, was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune and Booklist. It was nominated for the Edgar Award and the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel. His second novel, After the Lights Go Out, called “shrewd and explosive” by the New York Times, was named a Best Book of Summer 2022 by Book Riot and Publishers Weekly and a Booklist Editors’ Choice book of 2022. His most recent novel, Devil Is Fine, was named one of Time’s Must-Read Books of 2024 and has been longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Information Source: The Doylestown Bookshop | eventbrite