What Just Happened? 3RP Highlights of 2021

3RP staff from left co-director Kat Georges, social media co-ordinator Kaitlyn Kennard, lead editor Mary Manspeaker, publicity liaison Ashyln Petro, and co-director Peter Carlaftes
In 2021, we have slowly begun to emerge from the stranglehold of the pandemic—in fits and starts, with some backsliding—but overall there’s a sense of progress away from the worst of COVID. Relieved? Getting there. Our mighty staff is fully vaccinated, we have held the occasional and much-enjoyed in-person meetings, and we have released a slew of critically-acclaimed new titles that simply shine.
Here’s a look at just some of what happened:
December 12, 2021: DA DO SF 8: Dada Performance and Poetry at Specs’
Come to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 12 at 6 p.m. as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading with Bay Area contributors—SF Poets...
December 7, 2021: Prose! Poetry! Party! 9!
Join Three Rooms Press Tuesday, December 7, 2021 as we celebrate our favorite literary event of the year: PROSE! POETRY! PARTY! 9! featuring 17 poets and authors in a PROVOCATIVE...
December 2, 2021: East Village Arts Festival Bonanza! with NYPL
As part of New York Public Library's Tompkins Square branch's the fifth annual East Village Arts Festival, on Thursday, December 2nd from 2 to 7 pm will feature local writers and...
November 16, 2021: 2021 International Virtual DADA Festival: Session IV: The Americas DADA Superstars, Part 2
Three Rooms Press is proud to sponsor the 2021 International Virtual ¡DADA! Festival: A series of livestreamed dada actions by contemporary dada artists from around the world. The festival will...
November 16, 2021: 2021 International Virtual DADA Festival: Session III: European DADA Superstars, Part 2
Three Rooms Press is proud to sponsor the 2021 International Virtual ¡DADA! Festival: A series of livestreamed dada actions by contemporary dada artists from around the world. The festival will...
November 11, 2021: Kelly Ann Jacobson, Author of Tink and Wendy is Taking Over Twitter!
Kelly Ann Jacobson (@KAnnJacobson) is taking over Young Entertainment Magazine's Twitter feed (@YoungEntmag) on November 18 at 4 pm. Don't miss out on this enchanting opportunity to interact with and...
November 10, 2021 International Virtual DADA Festival: Session II: The Americas DADA Superstars, Part 1
Three Rooms Press is proud to sponsor the 2021 International Virtual ¡DADA! Festival: A series of livestreamed dada actions by contemporary dada artists from around the world. The festival will...
November 10, 2021: 2021 International Virtual DADA Festival: Session I: European DADA Superstars, Part 1
Three Rooms Press is proud to sponsor the 2021 International Virtual ¡DADA! Festival: A series of livestreamed dada actions by contemporary dada artists from around the world. The festival will...
November 8, 2021: TINK AND WENDY Official Virtual Book Launch
One of the hottest indie books in LGBTQ young adult this fall is TINK AND WENDY, a queer take on the Peter Pan tale, that Foreword Reviews calls “a masterful reinvention...
October 28, 2021: ¡DADA! NYC 2021 Festival with 3RP and NYPL, Session 2
Three Rooms Press and New York Public Library present ¡DADA! NYC 2021 Festival: A 2-part festival of LIVE dada performance by contemporary dada artists from around the New York...
October 27, 2021: ANIMAL WRONGS Official Book Launch with Author Stephen Spotte in Conversation with Peter Carlaftes
ANIMAL WRONGS by Stephen Spotte is garnering rave reviews: Kirkus says, “This medieval comedy smacks of Monty Python’s bawdy and mischievous sense of humor.” Library Journal raves, “Spotte is a...
October 21, 2021: ¡DADA! NYC 2021 Festival with 3RP and NYPL, Session 1
Three Rooms Press and New York Public Library present ¡DADA! NYC 2021 Festival: A 2-part festival of LIVE dada performance by contemporary dada artists from around the New York region....
October 20, 2021: EVERYTHING IS JAKE Official NYC Virtual Book Launch
Discover what critically-acclaimed novel EVERYTHING IS JAKE is all about as Three Rooms Press presents the official NYC virtual book launch featuring author Jethro K. Lieberman in conversation with Scavenger author...
October 13, 2021: LA di DADA 8, Grant Park, Downtown Los Angeles
A first of its kind!! Incredibly provocative, eclectic art and performance as Three Rooms Press presents the Eighth Annual ¡LA DI DADA! Dada Salon and First Live Zoom ever of contemporary...
October 6, 2021: NEEDLEWORK Book Launch feat. author Julia Watts
Livestreamed on facebook.com/groups/threeroomspress
or on Youtube: bit.ly/oct6-needlework
LAMBDA Award-winning Author Julia Watts (Quiver) brings the Appalachian LGBTQ experience to life in her latest...
July 1, 2021: Teen Book Club: The Door to Inferna via Aurora Public Library
Aurora Public Library will have a special guest for this Teen Book Club: author Rishab Borah, a teen who has already published his first novel while he's still in...
April 27, 2021: Vanessa Baden Kelly on NBC discusses her 3RP Book FAR AWAY FROM CLOSE TO HOME
Some of the best ways we can help support other women is to share our stories. Emmy Award winner Vanessa Baden Kelly tells us about her new book, “Far Away...
April 22, 2021: Vanessa Baden Kelly discusses FAR AWAY FROM CLOSE TO HOME on ABC KATU-2
Vanessa Baden Kelly is an Emmy winning actress and nominated writer who has written a book called, Far Away from Close to Home: A Black Millennial Woman in Progress. In...
April 24, 2021: Gina Yates, Narcissus Nobody, a reading of debut fiction via Bookworks, Albuquerque
Bookworks hosts Albuquerque author Gina Yates for a reading from her debut novel, Narcissus Nobody. The reading will take place on Zoom at 1 pm Mountain time (12 pm Pacific/2...
April 21, 2021: Becoming a Teen Author with Rishab Borah via Athens, Georgia Regional Library
Join us for a discussion with teen author Rishab Borah, a junior in high school and author of The Door to Inferna, the first book in the Elkloria series. The recorded...
March 9, 2021: The 14th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading
Back for a 14th year (to the delight of devoted fans), Three Rooms Press will host its annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7...
February 16, 2021: Teen Talk: Interview with Rishab Borah at Washington, DC Public Library
DC Public Library is hosting a Teen Talk event featuring The Door to Inferna and Rishab Borah!
Rishab Borah is the author of The Door to Inferna,...
Rishab Borah is the author of The Door to Inferna,...
February 14, 2021: Virtual Poetry Reading feat. 3RP Co-director Kat Georges
The weekly reading series from Great Weather for Media continues virutally, with a special Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading featuring poet and Three Rooms Press co-director Kat Georges and poet Al...
February 13, 2021 Love=Love=Love: Five Authors on Equal Love in Lit
Join Three Rooms Press on Valentine’s Day Eve, Saturday, February 13, 7 pm EST for LOVE = LOVE = LOVE, a lively discussion of equal love in literature by five...
January 28, 2021: Meet Rishab Borah, via Alameda County Library
Do you want to write, but maybe you thought you were too young?
Join our conversation with Rishab Borah and learn about his writing process and how he turned an...
January 13, 2021: Creem & The Detroit Rock Revolution feat Loudmouth author Robert Duncan & Creem cofounder Jaan Uhelszki
Loudmouth, Creem, and the Detroit Rock Revolution:
A lively discussion of Rock Stars, Lester Bangs and the Roots of Punk Rock
Wednesday, January 13, 6 pm Pacific (9...
January 21, 2021 Young Authors Club with Rishab Borah via Thousand Oaks Library
Young aspiring writers welcome and invited! Interested in Writing? Check out this event sponsored by Thousand Oaks Library! Guest speakers, including Rishab Borah, author of THE DOOR TO...
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