

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Writing Seminars Reading Series: Jonathan Franzen (Reading & Q&A)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Reading, Q&amp;A,  reception, and book signing with award-winning novelist Jonathan Franzen, author of six novels and five works of non-fiction.About this EventJonathan Franzen is the author of six novels, most recently Crossroads and Purity, and five works of nonfiction, including The Discomfort Zone, Farther Away, and The End of the End of the Earth. Among his honors are the National Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the Heartland Prize, Die Welt Literature Prize, the Budapest Grand Prize, and the first Carlos Fuentes Medal awarded at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. Franzen is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the German Akademie der Künste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. An ardent bird-watcher, he has served on the board of the American Bird Conservancy since 2008, and has received the EuroNatur Award for his work in bird conservation.Presented by the President’s Reading Series: Literature of Social Import.--The Writing Seminars hosts a wide array of writers across literary disciplines, including poets, novelists, translators, and biographers. Our regular reading series connects acclaimed writers from around the world with Baltimore communities at Johns Hopkins and beyond.Our events are always free and open to the public, and include lively Q&amp;A, catered receptions, books signings, and sales in partnership with Greedy Reads. If you would like to receive email announcements about our events, please contact wsreadings-request@lists.johnshopkins.edu.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/5836a0b0-001e-11f1-8e38-f9b94c99e860-rimg-w740-h740-dc777776-gmir.jpg
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Baltimore
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus
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- **full address**: Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, United States
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Writing Seminars
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops
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