Throughout the year, Lighthouse brings acclaimed and up-and-coming writers to Denver for craft sessions, on-stage conversations, readings, Q&As, and other events. Books by the authors are available at all events, courtesy of the Tattered Cover.
Interested in helping bring award-winning authors to Lighthouse and gaining exclusive VIP reception invites? Email Development Director Jordyn Wolking.
For our next Writer's Studio, we're bringing internationally renowned writer Edwidge Danticat to Denver on October 2, in partnership with The University of Denver’s Department of English and Literary Arts and Center for Judaic Studies. All those who purchased tickets to the original 2020 date for Inside the Writer's Studio event and/or Danticat's craft talk will be able to use those tickets at the rescheduled date.
Edwidge Danticat will join local award-winning author Carleen Brice on stage at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre on Saturday, October 2, for a reading and conversation. Her craft seminar, Writing Life and Death, will also take place on October 2.
Find tickets for all Writer's Studio events below:
- Inside the Writer's Studio with Edwidge Danticat (Denver)
- Inside the Writer's Studio with Edwidge Danticat (Zoom)
- Inside the Writer's Studio with Edwidge Danticat (Denver; Student/Teacher/Senior/Veteran)
- Inside the Writer's Studio with Edwidge Danticat: All-Access Pass
- The Writer's Studio Craft Talk with Edwidge Danticat: Writing Life and Death
Past Writer's Studio guests have included:
- Julia Alvarez and Kali Fajardo-Anstine (podcast)
- Michelle Tea and Esmé Weijun Wang (podcast)
- Kevin Young (podcast)
- Adam Johnson (podcast)
- Carmen Maria Machado (podcast)
- Claudia Rankine (as part of Denver Talks)
- Etgar Keret
- Elif Batuman & Aleksandar Hemon
- Dana Spiotta & Jess Walter
- Michael Ondaatje (podcast)
- Heidi Julavits & Ben Marcus
- Kazuo Ishiguro (podcast)
- George Saunders (podcast)
- Jennifer Egan (podcast)
- Mark Doty (podcast)
- Junot Diaz
- Thomas Lux (podcast)
- Mary Karr (podcast)
- Lorrie Moore (podcast)
- Colson Whitehead (podcast)
- Mark Strand (podcast)
- Tobias Wolff (podcast part one, podcast part two)
- Francine Prose
- Chris Offutt
- Lee Gutkind
- Pattiann Rogers
- Mark Irwin
2019: Julia Alvarez and Kali Fajardo-Anstine
November 6, 2019, @ The Newman Center for Performing Arts
2019: Michelle Tea and Esmé Weijun Wang
August 8 @ Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Ricketson Auditorium
2019: Kevin Young
March 19 @ Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design's Mary Harris Auditorium
2017: Claudia Rankine
November 15-16, 2017 @ Boettcher Concert Hall
2017: Etgar Keret
May 6-7, 2017 @ Mizel Arts and Cultural Center
2017: Elif Batuman and Aleksandar Hemon
March 25-26, 2017 @ Tivoli Center
2016: Dana Spiotta and Jess Walter
December 3-4, 2016 @ Denver Art Museum
2016: Michael Ondaatje
March 19-20, 2016 @ East High School
2015: Heidi Julavits and Ben Marcus
October 3, 2015 @ Denver Art Museum
2015: Kazuo Ishiguro
March 27-28, 2015 @ King Center
2014: George Saunders
September 20-21, 2014 @ Mizel Arts and Cultural Center
2013: Jennifer Egan
October 24-25, 2013 @ L2 Arts and Culture Center
2013: Mark Doty
May 19-20, 2013 @ American Mountaineering Center
2012: Junot Diaz
November 10-11, 2012 @ Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center
2011: Mary Karr
October 22-23, 2011 @ L2 Arts Theater
2010: Colson Whitehead
October 23-34, 2010 @ DCPA Jones Theatre
2009: Lorrie Moore
October 24-25, 2009 @ L2 Arts Theater