Jones Point author John Adam Wasowicz (left) and Hampden-Sidney professor Shirley Kagan say hello from the Edgar Allen Poe Birthday Bash at the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Wasowicz and Kagan were both featured guests of the bash. Wasowicz hosted a “Mo and Poe” talk, which celebrated both the release of his latest Elmo Katz novel and the fictional detective who launched the American detective fiction genre, Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin. A big thanks to all who came out and joined the fun!
Events
BrickHouse Books Events
John Adam Wasowicz – February and March Tour Dates
Wasowicz at the Poe Birthday Bash January 18
John Adam Wasowicz will appear at the Poe Birthday Bash at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia on January 18th. John will be giving a “Mo ‘n’ Poe” book talk on Mo Katz, the featured sleuthing attorney in Jones Point, and Edgar Allen Poe, the grandfather of the American detective story.
Visit the Birthday Bash event page for tickets to the bash and more information on the festivities.
John Adam Wasowicz Tour Dates: November and December
Join John Adam Wasowicz on his tour for Jones Point, the sequel to his 2017 mystery/thriller, Daingerfield Island.
- November 29th and 30th, 10am–3pm | Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
- December 6th, 6–9pm | Prospero’s Bookstore, Manassas, VA
- December 7th, noon–4pm | Barnes & Noble, Hamilton, NJ
- December 15th, 11am–3pm | Book Warehouse, Lancaster, PA
- December 21st, 10am–2pm | Barnes & Noble, Manassas, VA
- December 29th, 10am–2pm | Barnes & Noble, Encinitas, CA
Carrie Conners Reading on Nov. 20
Carrie Conners, author of Luscious Struggle, will be appearing at Hinterlands Bar in Brooklyn as part of the Ditmas Lit reading series.
SAVE THE DATE!
November 20th
8pm – 10pm
Hinterlands Bar
739 Church Ave
New York, New York 11218
On Facebook? Check out the event page!
Kathi Wolfe Reading at Busboys and Poets
Kathi Wolfe, author of the fall BrickHouse Books release Love and Kumquats, will be reading at Busboys and Poets as part of the Sunday Kind of Love series. The series is co-sponsored by Split This Rock.
SAVE THE DATE!
Oct. 20, 5pm
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St NW (14th & V)
Washington, DC 20009
Carrie Conners Reading in NYC on Oct. 8
Carrie Conners, author of Luscious Struggle, is appearing at the Red Room in New York City for a reading. The event is part of the Same Page Reading Series.
SAVE THE DATE!
October 8, 7pm
The Red Room
3rd floor at 85 E. 4th Street
New York City
Jones Point Reading with John Adam Wasowicz, Derek McGinty, and Ciera Shine
John Adam Wasowicz, author of Jones Point, will be appearing alongside broadcast journalist Derek McGinty for a reading and discussion at Busboys and Poets. McGinty will perform a live narration of Jones Point. Moderating the discussion is Ciera Shine, host of Sankifa with Shine.
SAVE THE DATE!
Oct. 14, 6:30pm
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St NW (14th & V)
Washington, DC 20009
Carrie Conners Reads at Climate-Inspired Event

Carrie Conners reads climate-inspired work at the Dear Ocean event in Brooklyn, New York on August 23, 2019. (Photo: Carrie Conners)
Carrie Conners, author of Luscious Struggle, was featured in the Dear Ocean reading series, a climate-inspired event presented by the Human Impacts Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Carrie was among a line-up of poets and creators, including Bailey Alejandro Cohen-Vera, Layne Glasgow, I. S. Jones, Monica Lewis, and Mingpei Li. The evening was hosted by the Human Impacts Institute Artist-in-Residence Kwame Opoku-Duku and the Unbnd Collective.
Stay tuned for more readings and events with Carrie through the new year, and an upcoming interview with Carrie from Dichtung Yammer!
Wicked Woman Release Event: Linda Quinlan
Brickhouse Books is proud to present Linda Quinlan, whose manuscript Chelsea Creek won the Wicked Woman Book Prize. Linda will receive her prize and read from her work at a luncheon at the Arts Club of Washington on September 12, 2019. The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required at www.artsclubofwashington.org/events.
Linda Quinlan has been published in numerous literary journals, some of which include Pudding, New Orleans Review, Sinister Wisdom, and the North Carolina Literary Review. She was Poet of the Year in Wisconsin and had a play entitled When I Go to Sleep performed at the Players Theater in Waitsfield, Vermont. She lives with her partner in Montpelier, Vermont.