∴ Pen Parentis ∴

Providing resources to authors who are parents.

The Literary Salon presents two notable authors reading from their work each month in two hour event which concludes with an intimate Q&A and signings at the authors’ discretion.

Please visit the Literary Salon event page for more information.

Pen Parentis needs 100 authors who have kids to Beta-Test our new, interactive website. Please provide your name and email address if you are a fiction writer and have children living at home (any age, and at any level of your career).


Thank you so much for your help.

PEN PARENTIS is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of PEN PARENTIS may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Donate now!Use this link! Your donations help keep this Reading Series going strong.

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