Visiting Writers Series at Butler University

The Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series hosts free public readings and Q&A's with some of the most influential figures in contemporary literature today.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Butler University's Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series account on X is currently inactive.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

We're kicking off our spring season of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series with New York Times bestselling novelist Rebecca Makkai! Join us on Wed, Jan 29 @ 7:30PM Butler University's Schrott Center for the Arts. The event is free w/ no ticket needed.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

We're excited to share with you our incredible lineup of talented authors scheduled to come to Butler for the Spring '25 season. Be sure to mark your calendars!

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Join us for our final VWS event of the fall. On Tues, Nov 19 @ 7:30PM at Shelton Auditorium, Jamaica's Poet Laureate Kwame Dawes will visit Butler. You won't want to miss it!

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Join us for our next VWS event when acclaimed writer and multimedia artist Aisha Sabatini Sloan comes to Butler on Thurs, Nov 7. The free reading and book signing will be held at Eidson-Duckwall on Butler's campus starting at 7:30PM.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

We had glorious fall weather while hosting our 3rd visiting writer of the season. Canadian Indigenous writer Eden Robinson infected us with her zest for life and joyous laughter during her two days on campus this week as part of our Visiting Writers Series.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Don't miss our next VWS author, award-winning indigenous novelist and storyteller, Eden Robinson. Monday, October 28 @ 7:30PM at Shelton Auditorium.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

We had a fabulous visit with poet Shane McCrae who took part in various events at Butler during his 3 days on campus, from evaluating grad students' poetry individually to judging a poetry contest for Manuscripts magazine.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Join us on Monday, Oct 7 at 7:30PM at Schrott for our next VWS reading with poet Shane McCrae. Find out what made The Washington Post refer to McCrae's latest book Pulling the Chariot Of the Sun as a “lyrical and poignant" memoir.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

What a fantastic way to start a new Visiting Writers Series season! Pulitzer Prize winning author Hernan Diaz charmed his audience during his visit to campus with his warmth, humor, and an entertaining reading of his acclaimed novel "Trust."

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Welcome to a new season of the Visiting Writers Series! We're thrilled to launch the season with a visit from Pulitzer Prize-Winning novelist Hernan Diaz on Tues, Sept 17 @ 7:30PM at Schrott.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

SAVE THE DATE! We have an exciting lineup of authors coming this fall to Butler's Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series! Be sure to mark your calendars now. Find out more by visiting https://t.co/VTuZDP22Ai

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

We concluded a wonderful VWS season with a visit from award-winning poet Michael Torres. Thank you, Michael Torres, for helping us end our year on such a high note!

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Our last VWS event of the year is approaching fast. Don't miss "An Evening With Michael Torres," National Poetry Series winner. Wed, April 17 @ 7:30PM at Eidson-Duckwall. The event is free with no ticket required.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Our final VWS event of the year is coming up! Don't miss your chance to see former graffiti artist-turned poet Michael Torres whose debut poetry collection “An Incomplete List of Names” became a National Poetry Series winner. April 17 @ Eidson-Duckwall at 7:30PM

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Join us on March 21 for our next VWS event. Tiana Clark is an award-winning poet, essayist & professor best known for her poetry collection, "I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood," winner of the 2017 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. Event & parking are free, no tix needed.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Thank you National Book Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen for a wonderful visit to Butler last week! Be sure to join us for our next VWS event on March 21 when Tiana Clark takes the stage at Shelton Auditorium @ 7:30PM.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

VWS returns this Thursday, Feb 29 with a visit from National Book Award winning author & journalist Masha Gessen. A staff writer at The New Yorker, they have covered political subjects including Russia, L.G.B.T. rights, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the rise of autocracy.

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

VWS will be hosting prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen on Feb 29 at Schrott. One of our most trenchant observers of democracy, Gessen's the author of 11 books, including the National Book Award-winning "The Future Is History." Don't miss this rare opportunity!

[Visiting Writers Series at Butler University @VWS_at_Butler]

Thank you to bestselling author, Loudmouth Books owner & Butler Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence Leah Johnson for a truly entertaining reading last week! Her upcoming anthology, “Black Girl Power,” a companion to “Black Boy Joy,” is set to be released on Nov 5. Look for it!