In Meryl Branch-McTiernan’s debut novel, What You Should Worry About, it’s January of 2020 and thirty-seven-year-old Layla Moody is trying to worm her way into a party at the Sundance Film Festival, trying to gain access to someone who can jump-start her stymied career as a Hollywood television writer. Branch-McTiernan is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her short fiction has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail and the Southampton Review. She co-wrote and produced the comedy feature Katie’s Mom, which won the Audience Award for Fusion Features at the 2023 Dances with Films festival. The author will sign copies of What You Should Worry About.
You’re invited to the One-Year Anniversary for the publication of Carol Hoenig’s novel, Before She was A Finley. (Okay, just two days shy of the official anniversary.) Described as being a “behind-the-scenes force in the publishing industry” by CBS News’s Mary Calvi, Carol will discuss the journey the last year has been for her, where she’s traveled and the media attention she’s gotten. To celebrate, there will be refreshments and more. Bring your book club!
