We'll kick off each month hearing from a current author about their lives, published work, and current projects. We'll take question submissions ahead of time, and have a short Q&A time at the end of the interview, so start thinking about what you would like to ask! To submit your questions in advance, reply to this email or send us a message at brighterwinterchallenge@gmail.com, and specify which author the question is for.

On literary nights, we'll have a special speaker joining us to present their thoughts on a topic pertaining to books in general and Brighter Winter books in particular! These lectures will be informal, and again an opportunity will be presented at the end for a brief discussion or questions. 

For the interviews and literary topics, you aren't required to join with your camera on (although we encourage it) and discussion participation is totally optional.

Our third and most interactive gathering is an online book club - one in January and one in February. These book clubs will be hosted by Cathy Breit, and she’ll be guiding the discussion (meet her on her Substack). Because the nature of a book club is participatory, we're depending on book club attendees to engage in the conversation! 

For January, the Book Club will be reading Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart by Russ Ramsey. In February, we’ll be talking about The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower. If you decide to participate, just read the book assigned for that month, and come prepared to discuss. We’ll ask for an RSVP a week before to help Cathy plan accordingly. After your RSVP, you’ll receive  a discussion guide in advance so you can think about the questions ahead of time.