Join us tomorrow, June 8, @pencegallery for an evening with authors Shobha Rao and @esmewwang. It’s the last event of the season—don’t miss it! Doors open at 7, program starts at 7:30 p.m. 📖 More at storiesonstagedavis.com. https://www.instagram.com/p/BybKYDNB6iQ/?igshid=z0pa865lbltm

❤️❤️❤️ #Repost @crystalwilki ・・・ This wonderful actor Alana Mathews Arcurio delivered a stellar performance of my short story "In Plain Sight" last night. She embodied the character of Jeanette so completely. I was in tears.Thank you @storiesonstagedavis https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu17DqyHKNY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=safj74e4amk4

We’re back at @pencegallery this Saturday, March 9, with authors @i__rojascontreras and @crystalwilki —we can’t wait! Actor Katherine Miller will read “The Hour of the Fog” by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and Alana Mathews Arcurio will read “In Plain Sight” by Crystal Wilkinson. Read more about the authors and actors at storiesonstagedavis.com. (And thanks to our official bookseller, @avidreaderdavis, for hosting us last month!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BunAseHnB5S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f9edaqhqbck0

Thanks to everyone who packed @avidreaderdavis to see Jamel Brinkley, Nick White, David Scott, and Evan White! We’ll return to @pencegallery on March 9 with Crystal Wilkinson and Ingrid Rojas Contreras. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtxNCTXHkZ-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ub446z9y30h1

Join us tonight @pencegallery for stories of trouble at sea! We’re featuring new fiction from @scott_alumbaugh and Anne Da Vigo, read by actors Lisa Halko and Will Oberholtzer. 🌊 7:30 PM/doors open at 7. Free. More info at storiesonstagedavis.com. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsi-GNxntb7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jgsy8l3a1cxi

We’re in Sacramento Magazine this month! To experience the Stories on Stage magic, come out to Pence Gallery this Saturday, October 13, and hear fiction from Michael David Lukas and Valerie Fioravanti.

Two of our authors are on the #nationalbookaward longlist for fiction! Jamel Brinkley will be at Pence Gallery in February, and Tommy Orange will join us in June. 💕 Visit storiesonstagedavis.com to see our full 2018-19 calendar of events. #Repost @nationalbookfoundation ・・・ 📚 The final list is here! Announcing the Longlist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction! 📚 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnt2xuqlJwt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q2cak5lh0atz

Scenes from Opening Night, Part 1. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnmkn-BFfOI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gcw5dkp0rqnt

Two days until our Opening Night Gala with Paula Saunders & Vanessa Hua! If you haven’t reserved your tickets yet, there’s still time—there are a limited number left at Eventbrite. This beautiful photo by artist Kim Brennan, “Meditating Past, Present, & Future,” will be up for grabs at our silent auction. Can you guess where it was taken?

We’re thrilled that Dunloe Brewing has donated some great items, including this beer, to our silent auction on September 8. Do you have your Opening Night Gala tickets yet? Don’t miss it! Get the details here. #Repost @dunloebrewing ・・・ Two Birds Stoned - barrel aged peach sour available on draft and in bottles today. This years version spent a year in oak before it was transferred onto fresh peaches from Good Humus Produce in Capay

We’re so thrilled to have a piece of Kellie Raines' art in our silent auction on 9/8! Read more about Peacockery and preview our other items.

There we are! Our season-opening event with Paula Saunders & Vanessa Hua is getting closer... get your tickets for our Opening Night Gala and fundraiser at Eventbrite. #Repost @pausaunders ・・・ #comeseeme! ❤️

Fig streusel cookies are just one of the things we have in store for you at our Opening Night Gala on 9/8—you can also look forward to savory bites, a Pimm’s Cup cocktail, and powerful writing from Vanessa Hua and Paula Saunders. Limited tickets available!

Looking Forward to Season Six

Have you previewed our

upcoming sixth season

yet?

We’re excited to bring you a mix of emerging writers with first books published or soon-to-be-published, like Jamil Kochai and Tommy Orange, as well as returning favorites with fresh work, like Colin Winnette, Pam Houston, and Shobha Rao. Keep checking back as we finalize our 2018-19 calendar.

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Featured Authors & Actors 6/9/18

Featured Authors & Actors 6/9/18

Join us on the Pence Gallery patio for our last event of the season.

Lynn Freed’s books include seven novels, a collection of stories and two collections of essays. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Harper’s,The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly, among numerous others. She is the recipient of the inaugural Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,…

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We had so much fun last night celebrating contest winners Jeanne Panfely and Mackenzie Nordahl! Thanks to actors Veronica Jarboe and Kellie Raines, and thanks to the UC Davis English Department for letting us take over Voorhies 126. See you at Pence Gallery on June 9 for the last event of our season, featuring authors Lynn Freed and Molly Giles.

Featured Authors & Actors 5/12/18

Featured Authors & Actors 5/12/18

Jeanne Panfely is a fiction writer from Marin County, California, and a second-year MA student in the creative writing program at UC Davis. She has been previously published in Litro Magazine and was the recipient of the Walter and Nancy Kidd Prize. Mackenzie Nordahl is a fourth-year undergraduate at UC Davis. When she’s not stressing about graduating, she’s either playing tennis or trying out a…

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