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 Literary Lights 2025 reading series returns with an event featuring Aram Mrjoian, editor and author of Waterline, in conversation with award-winning writer Chris McCormick. The virtual event will take place on September 20, 2025, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | 9:00 PM AMT. In this deeply moving […]
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 […]
IALA will host Inch by Inch, a virtual reading and panel discussion on translating Armenian literature into English, on November 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET | 9:00 PM AMT. For many in the Armenian diaspora and the English-speaking world, centuries of Armenian literature remain hidden behind a language barrier. Translators […]
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 us for the launch of the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Imagining Alternative Futures with Olivia Katrandjian. The virtual two-hour workshop will take place on March 29, 2026, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM Armenia Time. (Note: Daylight saving time is scheduled to begin on Sunday, March 29 in the UK, […]
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 second installment of the Sarkisian Workshop Series: Centering Indigenous Experiences in Climate Narratives with Diane Wilson. The virtual workshop will take place on April 19, 2026, at 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 8:00 PM Armenia Time. Foundational to Indigenous culture is a worldview that […]
