Good Writing: An Evening with Anne Lamott & Neal Allen
Join Anne Lamott and Neal Allen as they discuss their new book, "Good Writing: How to Improve Your Sentences," sharing writing tips and stories, followed by an audience Q&A.
Beloved author Anne Lamott has a new book, Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences, coming out on March 17, 2026, co-written with her husband, Neal Allen. Based on rules of writing Neal has collected over the years, it’s also a sideways glimpse into how Anne and Neal collaborate on writing, editing, and living together.
Together, they bring humor, warmth, and wisdom to audiences seeking relief from political fear, help with roadblocks to creativity, and methods for taming life’s everyday gremlins.
Signed books will be available for purchase.
Good Writing will be released on March 17, 2026.
Neal Allen is a writer, spiritual coach, and speaker. He is the author of Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic (Namaste, 2023), and Shapes of Truth: Discover God Inside You, as well as the upcoming Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences with Anne.
Anne Lamott is the author of twenty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Help, Thanks, Wow; Dusk, Night, Dawn; Traveling Mercies; and Bird by Bird, as well as seven novels. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame.
Anne and Neal live in Northern California.
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