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An Evening to Benefit The Telling Room

  • The Telling Room 360 Spring Street Redwood City, CA, 94063 United States (map)

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times bestselling mainstay, Elizabeth Strout captivates audiences with her distinctively New England stories and powerful narrative ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

On the heels of her critically acclaimed new novel, My Name Is Lucy Barton, she will return to her native Maine to discuss her new book and her life as a fiction writer. A book signing will follow.

Hosted by Waynflete School at the Waynflete Arts Center.

Limited VIP tickets available for a cocktail meet and greet with the author.

VIP event at 6:30pm | Doors at 7:00pm

$50 for VIP | $25 for general admission

All proceeds from this event will be used to support The Telling Room’s free literary arts programs for Maine youth.


The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland, Maine, dedicated to the idea that children and young adults are natural storytellers. Focused on young writers ages 6 to 18, we seek to build confidence, strengthen literacy skills, and provide real audiences for our students.