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Western Illinoians!! I will be at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL this comingThursday, 3/5, for a reading, conversation and book signing. Free and open to all--Please join!! More details: jenniferegan.com/category/news/

Wherein, at the invitation of @jonathangibbs.bsky.social, I write about twelve brilliant stories by twelve brilliant writers, some of whom are alive @egangoonsquad.bsky.social @theactualemma.bsky.social @cdrose.bsky.social.

The Velshi Banned Book Club featured “The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan this weekend. Watch the full interview here: https://bit.ly/3OYriJ6

This coming Saturday! Use the promo code SONGWRITER for $25 tickets!

1/31/26, 9:30 pm @joespub.bsky.social: I‘ll read from THE CANDY HOUSE and @rhettmiller.bsky.social will play an original song inspired by my novel (!!!) and other songs! PLUS a discussion of consciousness and AI with @csmapnyu.org ‘s Dr. Chris Barrie. Wow—JOIN US!!! @songwriterpodcast.bsky.social

I talked about #JaneAusten on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social last week! www.ms.now/morning-joe/...

Our Jane Austen Tea Party with Brandon Taylor, @egangoonsquad.bsky.social, and @adellewaldman.bsky.social was covered by @latimes.com! buff.ly/MeZu09t

“The rules around female behavior have changed, but the architecture of how people interact and fall in love have not,” @egangoonsquad.bsky.social says of Austen's enduring legacy.

**TONIGHT** in Lower Manhattan, 7pm. Join us!! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/john-f... @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social @altajournal.bsky.social

Saturday morning in Brooklyn: Let's read the Constitution together! With @mawaldman.bsky.social and special guest readers below; join us!! @brennancenter.org

Join @egangoonsquad.bsky.social and @mawaldman.bsky.social for a public reading and discussion of the U.S. Constitution. This free event will take place at the Center For Fiction in Brooklyn, NY, on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET.

Let's read the Constitution aloud and discuss it together in a collective effort to make sense of this moment. Join me, along with special guests, this Saturday at The Center for Fiction at 10 am. Free and open to all. @brennancenter.org #falloffreedom

Monday night in Brooklyn! Join us!! @archipelagobooks.bsky.social archestrat.us/products/mon...

***TONIGHT, 7:30 pm in Manhattan @92ndstreety.bsky.social JOIN US!! @newyorker.com @backlisted.bsky.social www.92ny.org/event/willia...

Public Art Exhibit and talk on NYC homelessness **TOMORROW, Saturday Oct 25th, 4pm, in Lt. Petrosino Square (Lafayette St. &, Cleveland Pl, lower Manhattan). I'll join the artist, Alex Strada, and Will Watts of @nyhomeless.bsky.social Beautiful weather; join us!! storefront.nyc/program/the-...

This week, Sophie sat down with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jennifer Egan to chat all about Wilkie Collins's ‘The Woman in White.’ 🎧 Subscribers can dive into this new episode on Patreon or Apple Podcasts now. #SecretLifeOfBooks #classicbooks #BookSky #JenniferEgan @egangoonsquad.bsky.social

This was a blast. If you want to get lost in the Gothic, read REBECCA!!

What could be better than a #VelshiBannedBookClub meeting with the singular @egangoonsquad.bsky.social? A #VelshiBannedBookClub meeting on Gothic classic “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier *with* @egangoonsquad.bsky.social#VelshiBannedBookClub#VelshiBannedBookClub#VelshiVelshi 📚

What could be better than a #VelshiBannedBookClub meeting with the singular @egangoonsquad.bsky.social? A #VelshiBannedBookClub meeting on Gothic classic “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier *with* @egangoonsquad.bsky.social#VelshiBannedBookClub#VelshiBannedBookClub#VelshiVelshi 📚

Fun, wide-ranging interview www.animalbloodmagazine.com/features/fic...

TONIGHT at 6pm in NYC!!! @newyorker.com www.eventbrite.com/e/a-century-...

TUESDAY NIGHT in NYC! I'll speak with Deborah Treisman about 100 years of @newyorker.com fiction!! 6pm @rizzolibooks.bsky.social!! Join us!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-century-...

Earlier this week, we celebrated 100 years of The Great Gatsby. Thank you @egangoonsquad.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, Wesley Morris, and Ernesto Quiñonez for an insightful discussion and Dylan Baker for a wonderful performance.

TONIGHT!!

Calling Brooklyn!! I'll interview @katiekitamura.bsky.social about her hotly-awaited new novel, AUDITION, at the Center for Fiction at 7pm on Tuesday, 4/8. Join us!! centerforfiction.org/event/the-ce...

Make sure you have your tickets for our centennial celebration of The Great Gatsby. @egangoonsquad.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, Wesley Morris, and Ernesto Quiñonez will take the stage, and Dylan Baker will perform an excerpt from the novel. Join us! bit.ly/4bH094Y

Wednesday 4/2 at 6:30 pm at McNally Jackson Seaport. Join us to celebrate Amity Gaige's spectacular new thriller, HEARTLAND!! April pick for @todayshow.com's Read With Jenna Book Club!!! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/040220...

In @egangoonsquad.bsky.social's "Manhattan Beach", diving plays a critical part in the story (not scuba). In 1942 Anna Kerrigan is working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She changes jobs to start working on underwater repairs. She faces the difficulty of being the first woman diver at the Navy Yard.

*JANE AUSTEN CELEBRATION* Thursday, 3/27 at 7:30, Live and Livestream @92ndstreety.bsky.social. Join us!! @ireadvintage.bsky.social www.92ny.org/event/a-cele...

@egangoonsquad.bsky.social is ABSOLUTELY this chill #ManhattanBeach

Join us to celebrate 100 years of of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. Authors and admirers @egangoonsquad.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, Wesley Morris, and Ernesto Quiñonez will take the stage. In-person and livestream tix available! bit.ly/4bH094Y

OHIOANS!! I will give a lecture at Ohio U TONIGHT, 2/19, at 7:30 pm about making fiction out of domestic odds and ends. Join us!! woub.org/2025/03/17/p...

TONIGHT AT 6:30, Lower Manhattan...Join us!!

WATERFRONT GEEKS!! @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social has written a genre-defying, un-put-downable study of container shipping and its impact on Oakland CA. I'll speak with him @P&T Knitwear in NYC on Tues 3/18, 6:30 pm. JOIN US!! @fsgbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/alexis-mad...

WATERFRONT GEEKS!! @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social has written a genre-defying, un-put-downable study of container shipping and its impact on Oakland CA. I'll speak with him @P&T Knitwear in NYC on Tues 3/18, 6:30 pm. JOIN US!! @fsgbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/alexis-mad...

Friends and readers near New Haven, CT: I'll be reading from THE CANDY HOUSE and in conversation with Amity Gaige at 5pm on Tues. Feb 18 on the Yale Campus: 63 High St, R. 102. Free and open to all!! english.yale.edu/event/yale-e...

Friends and readers near New Haven, CT: I'll be reading from THE CANDY HOUSE and in conversation with Amity Gaige at 5pm on Tues. Feb 18 on the Yale Campus: 63 High St, R. 102. Free and open to all!! english.yale.edu/event/yale-e...

Thanks to @egangoonsquad.bsky.social for the gift link.

New York books!! Including some of my faves:

Revisiting a classic by the great @margaretatwood.bsky.social! www.newyorker.com/podcast/fict...

Support independent booksellers this holiday season by shopping at Bookshop. And pick from our curated reading lists to support PEN America, too! These selections from Jennifer Egan are a great place to start. Shop the list at: bookshop.org/lists/little... #seasonsreadings #giftideas #books

GREAT song (with very innovative pauses)!

HOLIDAY OFFER: Will personalize any books ordered from local indie Greenlight Bookstore, with holiday greetings (specify in "notes" field). No sales tax if sent out of state. Hardcovers of GOON SQUAD, MANHATTAN BEACH and THE CANDY HOUSE available!! www.greenlightbookstore.com/search/site/...

Some observations while canvassing in PA. www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...