Barrelhouse returns to Scranton, PA—our favorite home away from home—on Saturday, October 2.
During the day, we’ll take part in the second annual Pages and Places Festival. The event will feature 15 internationally recognized writers (including Christopher Hitchens) who explore the terrains of history, policy, science, media, and literature. Check out the full schedule at the festival’s website.
You’ll find us at the Book Expo on Courthouse Square. Come see us from 10-4! Buy deeply discounted back issues! Watch us surreptitiously drink in public! Pick up free swag!
Later that night, join us at …

On Monday night, Barrelhouse will be in New York for a reading from our latest issue featuring Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and Rebekah Sankey.

Be sure to meet us upstairs at Wonderland Ballroom tomorrow night for Barrelhouse Presents…Dzanc Books: A Reading by Jeff Parker and Dave Housley.

Barrelhouse is bringing the heat this July with events in DC, New York, Chicago, Scranton, and beyond!
– July 11: Arlington, Virgina - Iota Club & Café
– July 22: Washington, DC - Wonderland Ballroom – Barrelhouse Presents…Dzanc Books
– July 26: New York, New York - KGB Bar
– July 28: Chicago, Illinois – Open Books – Barrelhouse and Rose Metal Press
– August 13: Scranton, PA - Anthology New and Used Books (NEW DATE)

We had a blast hosting the inaugural installment of Barrelhouse Presents…our new monthly reading series introducing authors from great literary magazines and small presses at Wonderland Ballroom. You can check out some photos from the reading on Facebook, but you really had to be there. There was a great community vibe to the whole thing. Drinks and literary comradery will do that.

Barrelhouse is pleased to announce the launch of our new monthly reading series in Washington, DC. Hosted at Wonderland Ballroom in Columbia Heights, the series will showcase readers representing literary magazines and small presses we love, bringing new voices to the DC scene and introducing you to the best that indie lit has to offer.

Now, we want you to come you to our office party! On Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 7-10 pm we’ll be invading the Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan. Invite the whole office! That way, you’ll have the chance to make inappropriate and/or suggestive comments to your boss and randomly hookup with that cutie from Accounting!

Are you tired yet of hearing about AWP? You are probably tired of hearing about AWP. But you have to understand: this is like our Super Bowl. Our Wimbledon. Our Comic-Con. Actually, that last one is pretty much right, since AWP — like Comic-Con — is essentially Summer Camp for Nerds. Though Comic-Con seems to have more celebrities, and more costumes (unless you consider “hipster writer-type” to be a costume, in which case AWP has costumes galore).

I’m not going to AWP this year, so you can’t spend all your time with me like you usually do. Luckily, you can spend every waking (and, if you’re lucky, maybe even a few sleeping) hours with our contributors. Barrelhouse contributors are bolded below. If you find yourself with down time, stop by the table and spin the wheel!