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Mapping Memories: A Family Write-in

Underground at the Harrison Center 1505 N. Delaware, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Join author Katherine Higgs-Coulthard for this fun writing session for the whole family. Families will collaborate to write a story about a specific experience using guided prompts, including making neighborhood...

Storytime with Janna Matthies

Lawn at Harrison Center 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN, United States

About the Author Janna Matthies’s early years consisted of inventing stories on her cassette recorder, practicing piano and violin (preferably by moonlight), and searching the garden for additions to her...

Real Life, Reimagined Workshop

Indiana Humanities 1500 N Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN

Supported by: hello & handshake Conversations, place details, characteristics, moments we can't forget: these real-life happenings are all fodder for fiction. Join us to boldly reimagine the real as its...

Zine Making Workshop

Indianapolis Propylaeum

During this workshop, children are invited to engage in storytelling and creative expression by reading Listen to Our Future: Toy Drive, discussing key themes and character actions, and creating their...

Silent Book Club Indy Meetup

Foundry Provisions 236 E 16th St, Indianapolis, United States

Need a break from the festival bustle? Or maybe you’ve purchased a book you can’t wait to crack open? Silent Book Club Indy offers introverts and extroverts alike a space...

Censorship: A Conversation on Voice, Artistic Risk and Imagination

Speck Gallery 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN, United States

Artists have always pushed boundaries—only to face backlash, bans, or erasure. From books and films to music and visual art, censorship continues to shape what stories get told and who gets...

The Legacies of Booth Tarkington

Indianapolis Propylaeum

Booth Tarkington is one of just four authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, putting him in a category with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. However,...

Midwest Goodbyes: Poets on Loss

Harrison Gallery 1505 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Mary Ardery is the author of the poetry collection Level Watch (June Road Press, 2025). Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, Best New Poets, Poet Lore, Prairie Schooner, RHINO,...

Storytime with Annie Sullivan

Lawn at Harrison Center 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN, United States

About the Author Annie Sullivan is the author of three young adult fantasy novels (A Touch of Gold, A Curse of Gold, and Tiger Queen) published by an imprint of...

How We Show Up: Building Literary Communities

Speck Gallery 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN, United States

How can we build and sustain communities that honor the art of storytelling? Whether through art, activism, mutual aid, or shared space, people find ways to connect, resist isolation, and...