# Event Details - **Event Name**: WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us in June at Womb House Books to discuss Katie Kitamura's thrilling and rule-breaking novel AUDITIONAbout this EventWomb House Books June Book ClubJoin us in June at Womb House Books to discuss Katie Kitamura's thrilling and rule-breaking novel AUDITION.WHB Sustaining Members receive the monthly book club pick and critical packet, 15% off in shop and online, free admission to all author events, and more. Consider becoming a member today! Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day – partner, parent, creator, muse – and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.Katie Kitamura is the author of Audition, which has been a finalist for the 2025 Booker Prize, the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Gotham Book Prize, and has been longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Her five previous novels include A Separation and Intimacies, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature, a Lannan fellowship, and many other honors, and her work has been translated into twenty-one languages. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oakland/whb-june-book-club-audition-by-katie-kitamura/100001989055135454 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Womb House Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Oakland - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Womb House Books - **lat**: 37.8359349 - **long**: -122.2618578 - **full address**: Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, Oakland, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/ab735aa7b31816f0200ffd5c60f27448dbdc32e3797644a7d7310fbe622f3fbf-rimg-w1200-h2133-dc171212-gmir.jpg?v=1778243429 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura being held? - **A:** WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura takes place on Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, Oakland, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura? - **A:** WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura is organized by Womb House Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** WHB June Book Club: Audition by Katie Kitamura is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oakland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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