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RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS
May 4, 2024 – 9 a.m.
What Do Editors Want?: Small-Press Publishers Tell All
Washington Writers Conference panel (w/Hannah Grieco, Jen Harris and Richard Peabody)
Bethesda North Marriott
5701 Marinelli Rd.
Rockville, MD
March 30, 2023 – 7 p.m.
Fall for the Book Story Sprint (w/Laura Ellen Scott, Tara Campbell and Nathan Leslie)
Old Town Hall
3999 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA
NEWS
April 21, 2021 – THE DAMAGE DONE ACQUIRED BY CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Mike’s next book, The Damage Done, will be release by Crooked Lane Books in March 2022.
September 10, 2020 – THE IN BETWEEN OPTIONED
Production company No Trace Camping has optioned The In Between for film and TV development.
February 27, 2020 – THE IN BETWEEN RELEASED BY AUDIBLE ORIGINAL
Check it out here.
November 8, 2019 – THE IN BETWEEN ACQUIRED BY AUDIBLE ORIGINALS
Mike’s next book, THE IN BETWEEN, will be released as an Audible Original audiobook in Spring 2020.
June 24, 2017 – THURSDAY WINS FOREWORD INDIES AWARD
Thursday, 1:17 p.m. won Bronze in the Young Adult category at the Foreword Indies awards.
May 4, 2016 – ORIGINS PIECE AT JMWW
Mike writes about how he came up with the idea for Thursday 1:17 p.m. … and totally rewrote it when the first draft didn’t work. Read the article here.
May 1, 2016 – THURSDAY 1:17 P.M. RELEASED
Melanie Cordova at The Quarterly writes, “With the wry humor of a teenager, the vivid, sensory scenes, and a complex emotional range, Landweber’s novel provides both humor and food for thought.” Check out the full review here.
June 12, 2015 – NEXT BOOK ANNOUNCED
Coffeetown Press will publish Mike’s next book titled THURSDAY, 1:17 PM in May 2016.
June 27, 2014 – WE WINS INDIEFAB AWARD
We has received a Bronze in the General Adult Fiction Category of the 2013 IndieFab Awards. Check it out here.
May 12, 2014 – WE NAMED CATEGORY FINALIST IN ERIC HOFFER AWARDS
Check out the full list of finalists here.
November 14, 2013 – WE IS A FOREWORD FIRST WINNER FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL
ForeWord Reviews has awarded We a ForeWord First prize. This quarterly award is for the best debut novel. Check out the review of We here, and an interview with Mike here.
October 14, 2013 – GUEST EDITOR AT SMOKELONG QUARTERLY
Mike is reading flash fiction at Smokelong this week and picking his favorite story to go on the website.
October 13, 2013 – LIST OF FURLOUGH FICTION READS INCLUDES WE
Check out this list of books to read during the government shutdown, including We, at Everyday I Write the Book.
September 20, 2013 – BEST OF THE NET NOMINATION
Ardor has nominated Mike’s story, Touch for the Best of the Net. Click here to see the announcement and other nominees.
August 17, 2013 – INTERVIEW AT THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Mike is interviewed by Susi Wyss, author of The Civilized World, at The Nervous Breakdown.
PUBLICATION DATE ANNOUNCED
WE, a debut novel by Michael Landweber, an author in Washington DC, will be published Sept. 1 by Coffeetown Press.
PAST EVENTS
September 29, 2016 – 3 p.m.
Fall for the Book festival w/ Jamie Dulcos-Yourdoun
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North Plaza
George Mason University
Arlington, VA
September 25, 2016 – 5:30 p.m.
Reston Readings w/ Jen Michalski and Jen Daniels
Reston Used Book Store
1623 Washington Plz N
Reston, VA
July 2, 2016 – 2 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
West Towne Mall
7433 Mineral Point Rd.
Madison, WI
June 25, 2016 – 1 p.m.
Politics and Prose Bookstore w/ Tara Laskowski (listen to the event here)
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC
May 24, 2016 – 7:30 p.m.
Inner Loop Reading Series
Colony Club
3110 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC
May 23, 2016 – 7 p.m.
Starts Here! Reading Series w/ Ben Warner, Elizabeth Hazen, and Kurt Crisman
Artifact Coffee
1500 Union Avenue
Baltimore, MD
May 21, 2016 – 11:15 a.m.
Gaithersburg Book Festival
Modern Fiction panel with Paula Whyman, Kathy Flann and Garine Issasi
Edgar Allen Poe Pavillion
Gaithersburg City Hall
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD
April 30, 2016 – 3:45 p.m.
Washington Writers Conference
Small Press Panel – moderator with panelists Jen Michalski, Andrew Gifford and Marcos Martinez
Bethesda Marriott at Pook’s Hill Road
Bethesda, MD
April 23, 2016
Conversations and Connections conference
Panel with Rachel Coonce, Courtney Sexton, Tafisha Edwards, Steve Castro and Joe Callahan
George Mason University
Arlington, VA
January 12, 2014 – 7 p.m.
Three Tents Reading Series (w/Luke Goebel and Heather Rounds)
The Big Hunt
1345 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC
November 16, 2013 – 5 p.m.
510 Reading Series (w/Susi Wyss, Joanna Luloff, Julie Wakeman-Linn and Melissa Wyse)
Minas Gallery
815 W. 36th St.
Baltimore, MD
October 29, 2013 – 7 p.m.
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD
October 6, 2013 – 2 p.m.
A Room of One’s Own Bookstore
315 W. Gorham St.
Madison, WI
August 24, 2013 – 6 p.m.
Waterbear Reading Series (w/Amber Sparks, Tracy Dimond and Amanda McCormick)
One More Page books
2200 N. Westmoreland Street, #101
Arlington, VA