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Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Nicole Haroutunian

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 3d

Missed the chance to join us for Literary Lights 2025 featuring Nicole Haroutunian last month? We've got you covered! You can now watch the full recording of the event on our YouTube channel. 🎬

#IALA #armliterary #armenian #literature #writing #publishing #books #fiction #LiteraryLights #LL25

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 4d

Join us for The Business of Writing, a free virtual panel with literary agents Arevik Ashkharoyan, @jenazantian.bsky.social, and @nedlovesbooks.bsky.social. Moderated by John Parker, this conversation will explore submissions, rejections, and publishing trends. 💼✨

🔗Register here: bit.ly/43ASWAw

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 6d

Join Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Peter Balakian for the 3rd Annual Louisa Solano Memorial Reading, with an introduction by fellow IALA Advisory Board member Susan Barba. Join the event in-person at Grolier Poetry Bookshop or virtually on Zoom on November 5!

🔗 Reserve your spot here: bit.ly/4hDg6vY

Four Poems — The Argyle Literary Magazine

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 6d

"She regifted all, a painless sloughing of skin. Vulture breeze, numb in the wreckage, stripped to bone, oblivious of the price tag dancing from his sleeve."

Read IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's four poems published in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social! ✍ ✨

Find them here: bit.ly/3JtLZu8

by John Jeffire “Vulture breeze, numb in the wreckage, stripped to bone…”

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 8d

Writers! Sign up for Anamot Press's first online workshop, "տեղն ու տողը," where you'll be able to play and experiment with the Armenian language through storytelling. ✍ 🇦🇲

The workshop takes place on November 15th. Don't miss out on this exciting event!

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4obZmOY

by Laura Rink | The roots of red.

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 8d

"...three thousand years as mysterious as twenty-three, my grandmother’s age when she came to America, her previous life hushed..."

Read IALA member @laurarink.bsky.social's piece "Geraniums" published in Short Reads. 🌺 💬

Check it out: bit.ly/3JoCjRM

Geraniums

The Armenian Diaspora Quartet: Nancy Kricorian's Four Novels About Post-Genocide Experience

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 8d

📚 Join novelist and IALA advisory board member @nancykric.bsky.social at UCLA on October 30th as she discusses her latest book, The Burning Heart of the World.

Learn more and RSVP here: www.international.ucla.edu/armenia/even...

In-person only lecture by novelist Nancy Kricorian organized by the <a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/resources/armenian-music-program/" target="_blank">HASOM Armenian Music Program</a>

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 10d

⏰ Tomorrow!

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 12d

Don't forget to join us this Sunday for our 2025 Emerging Writers Showcase! ✨

Get the chance to hear from new Armenian voices and network with your fellow writers at this virtual event

Register here: bit.ly/4mXfUIY

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 11d

🌟 Meet Alexa Luborsky! From poetry to other mediums, Alexa has been dazzling the literary scene with her innovative work.

You can find out more at alexaluborsky.com and read her latest poetry publication in @fourwaybooks.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4hrpeDC

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 11d

Los Angeles poetry lovers! 🌴 ✨

Have any plans October 28th? If not, head on over to IALA 2024 mentee Melineh Yemenidjian's book launch party at The Wicked Wolf! During the event, she will read from her new poetry collection, The Split Pomegranate. 📖

Go show your support!

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 12d

✨ Call For Submissions ✨

Submissions for Mizna's 2026 issue will open November 1st! They are welcoming any and all kinds of writing for their new issue, so don't miss out on this opportunity!

Learn more: bit.ly/4qla5rP

Mizna @miznaarabart.bsky.social · 19d

Call For Submissions: Mizna 27.1 // Submissions open Nov 1, 2025 and close Dec 1, 2025.

Submissions will soon be accepted for our first 2026 issue! This upcoming issue is unthemed. We welcome all writing that adheres to Mizna’s guidelines.

Learn more: mizna.org/mizna-news/c...

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 12d

Don't forget to join us this Sunday for our 2025 Emerging Writers Showcase! ✨

Get the chance to hear from new Armenian voices and network with your fellow writers at this virtual event

Register here: bit.ly/4mXfUIY

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 12d

📚 Join us on November 8th for Inch by Inch, a virtual panel on translating Armenian literature into English!

Featuring translators Jennifer Manoukian & Armen Karakashian, moderated by @tatevik.bsky.social, with Garen Torikian of Inch Press.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nkQ8i2

Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora by Gassia Armenian - International Armenian Literary Alliance

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 14d

Congratulations to IALA members Tina Demirdjian, Arminé Iknadossian, Arthur Kayzakian, Shahé Mankerian, and Raffi Joe Wartanian on the publication of a new anthology they are featured in, Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora! 👏

Learn more & get the book here: bit.ly/47cYJi9

Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora endeavors to visualize the contemporary Armenian experience in the homeland and in Los Angeles.

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 19d

Looking for your next poetry fix? Read IALA board member Aida Zilelian's poem, "Happy," published in Vagabond City literary magazine, and get a taste of the past. ✍ 🌟

Check it out: bit.ly/4nsXT5L

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 19d

Join IALA advisory board member Gregory Djanikian at the Kelly Writers House on October 21st at 6 PM for a special poetry reading of his collection, Nostalgia for the Future! 💬 ✨

📖 Grab a copy of the book here: bit.ly/3WbwNVr
👉 Register for the event here: bit.ly/496h15G

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 20d

This Sunday! See the link below to register (free) for a conversation with Nicole Haroutunian & Olivia Katrandjian, co-sponsored by the International Armenian Literary Alliance & Literary Mama!
@okatrandjian.bsky.social @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social @armenianliterary.org

Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · Oct 3

@armenianliterary.org and @literarymama.bsky.social are co-sponsoring a virtual conversation between @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, author of Choose This Now, and @okatrandjian.bsky.social, founder of the IALA, on October 19, 12pm Eastern. Join us!

Registration link: tinyurl.com/m9edcu

Photo of book cover of Choose This Now on the left and the author, Nicole Haroutunian, with information about the event detailed in our post

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 20d

We have been so fortunate to have Mai Serhan participate in two of IALA's Palestinian-Armenian solidarity readings in the past! Well done, Mai! 🙌

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 20d

🚨 This Sunday! 🚨

Join us on Oct. 19th for our next Literary Lights 2025 event cosponsored by @literarymama.bsky.social and featuring @nicoleharoutunian.bsky.social, author of Choose This Now, in conversation with IALA founder @okatrandjian.bsky.social!

Register here: bit.ly/3KAQyDa

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 21d

Congrats to Mai Serhan on the release of her new memoir, I Can Imagine It For Us! ✨👏

Published by @aucpress.bsky.social, the book details Serhan's search for a connection with her estranged father and the Palestinian homeland she can never visit.

Learn more: bit.ly/47ci3dX

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · Sep 25

Calling all Armenian creatives in London! 🇬🇧✨

If you’re interested in literature and art, we would love to hear from you! Comment below, DM, or email us at [email protected]

Armenian Graphic Novels: An Uncharted Territory

International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · 22d

Ever hear of ReA Comics? Bedo Demirdjian co-founded this new publication to support and uplift Armenian graphic novels. You can learn more about Demirdjian's initiative in this podcast interview he did with @evnreport.bsky.social.

🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4h8SYFt

ReA Comics, a recently established publication focusing on graphic storytelling is presenting some of its inaugural publications to the readers this fall. Bedo Demirdjian, one of the co-founders of th...