Four Stories is a literary series bridging Greater Boston’s nightlife and arts community (and now Osaka's and Tokyo's, too!). Each event is held in a club, bar, or lounge, and features appearances from some of the most acclaimed authors in the nation, all reading their work under a unified theme.

The idea: to bring writers and readers, intellectuals and club-goers, friends and interested people together in a more upscale environment than a bookstore, to think, drink, eat, talk, laugh, hear stories, trade tales. It's simple, amusing, thought-provoking, and free for entry.

The experience: like a 19th-Century salon, only 150 years later―same socializing, same witty banter, corsets optional.

The media raves: The Boston Globe calls Four Stories "the city's hippest reading series," the Improper Bostonian names it the city's Best, PEN New England honors it with the Friends of Writers 2008 award, and the International Herald Tribune spotlights its global-trotting events! See what else the media is saying about us!

The Four Stories style of literary investigation: ask the best question; win a free drink!

See the scene: Visit the Four Stories Flickr Web site, download free MP3s & slideshows from past events, or join the Four Stories group on Facebook!

 

Four Stories was founded and is run, in both Japan and the U.S., by the bi-continental-and perpetually jet-lagged-freelance writer Tracy Slater.

Hear about the next Four Stories event.

Miss an event? Catch the stories anyway by downloading mp3s from our past events.