A year-round book festival dedicated to great conversations with today's best writers.
At the National Writers Series, we host monthly, up-close-and-personal conversations at the City Opera House, downtown Traverse City, with America’s best writers. Recently, Livability.com named Traverse City #6 on its list of Top 10 Cities for Book Lovers, and Publishers Weekly ran a full-page feature entitled “Traverse City is For Book Lovers.” Download the NWS 2012 Winter/Spring Program.
February 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
The program “NWS-An Evening with Vince Gilligan” will be cablecast on the following dates/times on UpNorth TV.
Sunday 2/19/12 @ 10 pm | Tuesday 2/21/12 @ 10 pm
Wednesday …
Monday, March 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
An American favorite, author of 18 blockbuster novels with special guest host Paula McClain New York Times best-selling author of The Paris Wife.
A child takes revenge for …
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio’s “Voice of Books”with special guest Geraldine Brooks, Pulitizer Prize-winning author of March.
National Public Radio’s acclaimed “Voice of Books” Alan Cheuse is a …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Here’s a question: Would you hire mercenaries to fight our wars?… Or kill one person to save five?… Or auction off admissions to elite universities? Would you correct …
Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:oo pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
One of America’s favorite journalists and best-selling novelist with special guest host Susan Casey, NY Times best-selling author of The Wave and Editor-in-Chief of O Magazine.
Her dog, …
Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Award-winning author of The Green Shore, a debut novel with special guest host Elizabeth Kostova, author of the international best-selling novel, The Historian.
“This is why I …
Mentoring students and encouraging young writers to hone their craft is a key component of the National Writers Series mission. When we bring national best-selling authors to Traverse City, it’s important to us to provide access to them for students …
