Wednesdays On the Stoop, a series of free programming by Zoom every Wednesday from 4 pm - 5 pm. The sessions are designed to be a constant structure--every Wednesday at 4 you can count on Blue Stoop to plug you into your writing energy with an informal and supportive space.

Join publishing professionals from Penguin Random House for a discussion of their new Philly-specific mentorship program for Philadelphians interested in working in the publishing industry.

Register for this event here.

Anne Speyer is a senior editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell. In the seven years she’s worked at Random House, she’s edited or co-edited a wide variety of commercial fiction with a special emphasis on mystery and thriller, including novels by Diana Gabaldon, Curtis Sittenfeld, J. P. Delaney, C. J. Tudor, Julia Heaberlin, and Lesley Kara. A New York City native, she lives in Brooklyn with a dog named Fish.

Miriam Tuliao is a Library Marketing Manager at Penguin Random House. A New York Public Library veteran, she is an adjunct library science instructor at Queens College and Indiana University, as well as, an active member of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association and REFORMA, The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. 

Libby Burton is an executive editor at Crown and has previously worked as an editor at Henry Holt & Company, Twelve, and Grand Central Publishing. She has edited a range of nonfiction and fiction, including books by Stacey Abrams, Melissa Broder, and Mariah Carey, among many others. A graduate of the University of Virginia, she is the author of the poetry collection Soft Volcano and has an MFA in poetry writing from Columbia University.