In joint efforts to unify the Armenian community, The Mirror-Spectator Calendar is a place to find, post and share interesting events and gatherings, ANYWHERE around the world. Posting events is always FREE for everyone!
The International Armenian Literary Alliance's October edition of Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Nicole Haroutunian, author of Choose This Now, in conversation with fellow writer, journalist and IALA founder Olivia Katrandjian. The virtual event, cosponsored by Literary Mama, will take place on October 19, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for their fifth annual Emerging Writers Showcase — a reading that highlights the work of rising Armenian writers — hosted by Shahé Mankerian, IALA’s Mentorship Program Director. The event will take place virtually on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance is pleased to invite you to The Business of Writing, a free and virtual panel discussion with literary agents Arevik Ashkharoyan, Jennifer Azantian and Natalie Edwards. The event will take place on Zoom on November 15, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 9:00 PM Armenia Time. […]
The final installment of the International Armenian Literary Alliance's Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Tenny Arlen’s posthumous poetry collection To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here? Jesse Arlen, co-translator of the book, will be joined by Susan Barba, Hagop Gulludjian and Arthur Ipek. The virtual event, cosponsored by UCLA’s Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies, Promise Armenian Institute, Richard Hovannisian […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the launch of Literary Lights 2026 featuring Peter Balakian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of New York Trilogy, in conversation with writer, critic, editor and translator, Diana Arterian. The virtual event will take place on February 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | 10:00 PM Armenia […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the second installment of Literary Lights 2026, featuring Rebecca Rose Mooradian, author of the highly anticipated picture book Rose by the Sea, in conversation with fellow writer, Astrid Kamalyan. The virtual event will take place on April 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the third installment of Literary Lights 2026, featuring the editor and poetry contributors of the landmark anthology, Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora. Event host and contributor Shahé Mankerian will be joined by editor Gassia Armenian and fellow Los Angeles-based poets, Tina Demirdjian, Arminé Iknadossian, Arthur […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the fourth installment of Literary Lights 2026 featuring Naira Kuzmich’s posthumous debut novel Fearcatcher. Vedran Husić, author and Kuzmich’s former partner, will be joined by writers and editors Aram Mrjoian and Chelsey Kimberly Shannon. The virtual event, cosponsored by the University of New Orleans Press, will take place […]
Literary Lights 2026 resumes this fall with an event featuring Sarah Ignatius, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Kaleidoscope of Destiny, in conversation with award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist Dana Mashoian Walrath. The hybrid event, cosponsored by the Belmont Public Library, will take place on September 22, 2026, 7:30 PM Eastern Time at the […]
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance for the sixth installment of Literary Lights 2026 featuring Aram Saroyan, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Before I Forget, in conversation with Shahé Mankerian, the 2026–2028 Altadena Poet Laureate Editor-in-Chief. The virtual event will take place on October 4, 2026, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern […]
