Join The Strand for a Feminist Giant Book Club virtual event with writer and activist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah for a discussion of her debut book THE SEX LIVES OF AFRICAN WOMEN. Joining Nana in conversation is author and founder of Feminist Giant Mona Eltahawy. This event will be held on Zoom. This event is FREE to […]
Red Ink is a quarterly series curated and hosted by Michele Filgate, and co-sponsored by Literary Hub. Red Ink makes one think of vitality, blood, the monthly cycle, correcting history, and making a mark on the world. This dynamic series focuses on women writers, past and present. The next discussion, “Avoidance,” will feature Sari Botton (And […]
Join Julian Aguon, a Chamorro human rights lawyer and defender from Guam, for the New York launch of his new memoir, No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies. September 15 Brooklyn Museum With V (formerly Eve Ensler) and Gisela McDaniel Brooklyn, NY 7pm ET
ABFYR to present at the SLJ Nonfiction webinar, including a conversation between EVICTED! author Alice Faye Duncan and Calkins Creek Editorial Director Carolyn Yoder (virtual).
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with an evening of poetry and conversation featuring an all-star panel of Latinx poets. Co-hosted with Latinx in Publishing. Join in person or via livestream. Tuesday, September 20 6:30-7:30pm Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
Maya to speak about the queer and autism rep in their book, THE MANY HALF-LIVED LIVES OF SAM SYLVESTER, at the Wayword Festival with Hazelhead Academy. The event will be livestreamed on the university’s Instagram page.
Harvard Book Store welcomes Chamorro human rights lawyer and defender JULIAN AGUON for a discussion of his new book No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay. He will be joined in conversation by KHURY PETERSEN-SMITH—Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. September 22 Harvard Book Store With Khury Petersen-Smith Cambridge, MA […]
Julian Aguon in conversation with Rebecca Solnit celebrating the publication of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay by Julian Aguon, published by Astra Publishing. This event will take place in Kerouac Alley, between City Lights and Vesuvio Cafe, between Columbus and Grant Avenues. It is free to the public. We highly recommend the wearing of facial covering for this […]
Join Book People in celebrating Adam Soto’s new book Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep! He will be in conversation with Fernando A. Flores. The event will include a moderated discussion, a reading, an audience Q&A, and a signing line. Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Book People 603 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX […]
Join The People's Forum for an in-person book talk with Derecka Purnell on her newest book, Becoming Abolitionists. Drawing from her experiences as a lawyer, writer, and organizer initially skeptical about police abolition, Purnell charts her journey to her realization that the police were a placebo. She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Nyle […]
Join Kew & Willow Books to celebrate debut Latinx authors Christine Kandic Torres (The Girls in Queens) and Alejandro Varela (The Town of Babylon), as they discuss their writing journey and the importance of representing Queens in their books. This conversation will be moderated by Lupita Aquino (better known as Lupita Reads). Location: Kew & Willow Books, 81-63 Lefferts Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY […]
Sadie Dupuis, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and Michael DeForge will be appearing in person at Rough Trade NYC, for a conversation and book signing with moderator Arti Gollapudi, supporting all of their newly released books on Friday, September 30th at 6pm.
Vanessa A. Bee, author of HOME BOUND, and Jeanna Kadlec, author of Heretic: A Memoir (HarperCollins, October 25), read from their forthcoming memoirs and discuss their experiences leaving the evangelical church, finding new definitions of home and community, and then writing about these experiences. Location: N+1: 37 Greenpoint Avenue #316, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Part of the […]
Come listen to Dan Yaccarino, author and illustrator of The Longest Storm and City Under the City, on October 2nd at the 2022 Orange County Children's Book Festival in Costa Mesa, CA. Dan will be at the Illustrator Stage at 1:10 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn_CgxduXh4
Widespread outrage over recent instances of police violence has revealed that we may be in an unprecedented political moment: one in which people from all walks of life are re-evaluating the police, punishment, and prisons as solutions for harm. Join Mariame Kaba (No More Police: A Case for Abolition, co-authored with Andrea J. Ritchie), Derecka Purnell (Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, […]