WRITING MOTHERHOOD, a 4-week online course featuring Angela Garbes, Louisa Hall, Sabrina Orah Mark, and Erika Morillo
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The conversation will be conducted in English with a summary translation by Karla Paul. According to ZEIT magazine, she is “Germany’s best-known book influencer” and regularly inspires over 100,000 readers about culture with her book podcast “Long Story Short” and her digital channels. The actress Julia Nachtmann reads. MORE INFO
Salon presenter Lida Shams-Mostofilets. The German passages will be read by Johanna Bantzer from Schauspiel Hannover. Admission: 12/6 € More info
It's no secret that becoming a mother comes with many serious changes: lack of sleep, hormones go crazy, the body changes, teeth become sharper, hair becomes thick and fluffy... Wait, what? Which mother should identify with this? For example, the nameless protagonist from Nightbitch , called Mother – she would agree, wagging her tail and panting. American bestselling author Rachel Yoder deals with motherhood and identity in her Kafkaesque debut novel in a way that is as personal as it is satirical. She questions social expectations of new mothers and thus hits the zeitgeist - so it's no wonder that the book is currently being made into a film.
Join the Backstory Fiction book club! Tickets available here
AUGUST - Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch
Tuesday 15th August, 8pm UK time
A glittering line-up of writers, performers and musicians come together to celebrate the maternal figures that have shaped their lives in a M/OTHER gala spectacular, hosted by the one and only Jan Fran. More info and tickets
For her first ever conversation event in Australia, Yoder joins Australian author Kate Mildenhall (The Mother Fault) to discuss the strangeness of motherhood, the challenges new parents often confront to retain a sense of self, and the many complexities involved in depicting the fullness of the mothering experience in fiction. More info
Sponsored by The Auburn University English Department, Rachel reads from Nightbitch at Well Red Bookstore in Auburn, AL. More info
If you were able to listen to the French writer Catherine Dufour a few hours ago, talking about how she turned a woman’s body into fantasy-genre territory in La Inmaculada Concepción, and if you still have the image etched in your mind of Mia Farrow eating raw flesh in Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)..., you might now be ready to read Nightbitch [published in Spanish as Canina], the debut novel by Rachel Yoder from the USA or, at least, to listen to the author speaking about motherhood in an unconventional way.
Reading and conversation with journalist Desireé de Fex at Festival 42 in Barcelona. More info
Join Prairie Lights & the Tuesday Agency for a special reading from the anthology Listening in the Dark: Women Reclaiming the Power of Intuition and signing by Amber Tamblyn. Tamblyn will be joined in conversation by Rachel Yoder.
Please join us for a reading and conversation with Rebecca Rukeyser in celebration of the release of her book The Seaplane on Final Approach. She will be joined in conversation by Rachel Yoder. More info.
Speculative Fiction Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Gundy (chair), and participants: Jessica Penner, Sofia Samatar, Rachel Yoder More info.
Rachel Yoder reads from her book and is interviewed by Sheri Hostetler (free and open to the public). More info. View the livestream.
Please join us for a reading and conversation with Rachel Yoder in celebration of the paperback release of her book Nightbitch. More info
Reading of Nightbitch followed by Rachel in conversation with Patti Malenke. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Details on Wooly Pig Farm Brewery website.
We'll be mingling with Rachel and chatting about her newest book, NIGHTBITCH, while savoring treats from Bay Laurel Baking Company. Rachel will be reading and signing - feel free to read the book ahead of time for fun discussion (though it's not required).
$6 tickets cover food/drink - purchase online (encouraged!), at the shop, or at the door. Masks + proof of vaccination required.
Newburyport Literary Festival
For many aspiring authors, landing an agent feels like it might be the end of a long road trip. But most published authors will tell you that’s just the beginning. What happens next? Join literary agent Monika Woods of Triangle House with two of her authors, Rachel Yoder (Nightbitch) and Mike Meginnis (Drowning Practice), as they discuss the triumphs and tribulations of publication. Peek inside the author/agent relationship and travel along on the journey, from the moment the book caught the agent’s attention, through the sale to a publisher, and all the way to that magical moment when the finished book hits the shelves. Register now.
Please join us for a reading and discussion to celebrate the release of Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us. Colleen Kinder, editor of the book, will be joined by a group of panelists featured in the collection including: Rachel Yoder, Erica Cavanagh, Lucas Mann, Lia Purpura, Maggie Shipstead, and Vanessa Hua.
Library Review calls the collection, “Sweet but often poignant collection . . . Mesmerizing . . . This highly recommended collection of letters would appeal to many types of readers, including individuals interested in creative writing, the epistolary form, or travel literature.”
LIVESTREAMED TO AUSTRALIA FROM IOWA, USA
Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch is one of the wildest debuts of the year, a feral, often hilarious take on the impact of new motherhood, as a resentful, flailing woman finds herself transforming into a dog. The monstrousness of mothers takes a more sombre form in Briohny Doyle’s Echolalia, in which a young mother’s alienation from her family and the shrinking world she inhabits lead to a psychological disintegration that matches that of the scorching world outside. MORE INFO
Rachel Yoder will join us via Zoom Friday, February 11th at 7pm to read from and discuss her debut novel Nightbitch. Register online.
Tune in to hear Gwen E. Kirby discuss her new collection of short stories Shit Cassandra Saw in conversation with Rachel Yoder! This is a VIRTUAL EVENT. Please register here.
A searing page-turner that is also a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of “perfect” upper-middle class parenting; the violence enacted upon women by both the state and, at times, one another; the systems that separate families; and the boundlessness of love, Jessamine Chan’s taut, explosive debut novel, The School for Good Mothers (Simon & Schuster), introduces, in Frida, an everywoman for the ages. Using dark wit to explore the pains and joys of the deepest ties that bind us, Chan has written a modern literary classic. RSVP here.
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes local author Claire Oshetsky who will be in conversation with writer Rachel Yoder (Nightbitch) about Chouette—Oshetsky's exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis. More information
Tattered Cover is pleased to virtually present Debuts to Devour on November 16th at 6:00pm MT featuring Gene Kwak, Mina Seçkin, and Rachel Yoder. The three debut novelists will discuss everything about their debut books, from inception to process to the publishing process.
Rachel discusses her process of adapting Nightbitch for film as well as her decade-long exploration of creative process via the journal draft as part of the University of Iowa Cinematic Arts Lecture Series. More info
Join three exceptional writers as they probe, blast, and confront the bizarre, challenging, beautiful, transcendent, dangerous, and downright contradictory complexities of womanhood. More info
This event will feature a short reading from Yoder’s debut novel, Nightbitch and the opportunity to ask your own questions. More info and to register
Author Hour, sponsored by the Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma City, presents “Dark Vibes” featuring Rachel Yoder, Grady Hendrix, Erica Waters, and Aden Polydoros. Watch the live stream on Facebook.
Join author Miriam Toews as she discusses her new novel, Fight Night, with Rachel Yoder.
This free event will be streamed live on the Novel Neighbor’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Registration is optional, but recommended.
