EVENTS
2018
January 13, Saturday
7:00pm Angel's Flight Literary West
WOMAN Reading
The Last Bookstore
Los Angeles, CA
January 21, Sunday
3:00pm The Table Reading Series
Hosted by Jessica Ceballos and Angelina Saenz
The Hollywood Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
February 3, Saturday
11:00am AAAU Empowering Women and Girls since 1881
Benefit for Tech Trek Science Camp for Girls
TPC Valencia Golf Course
Valencia, CA
February 10, Saturday
5:00pm Heartbreak and Shortcake Low Tea Lit Salon
Los Angeles, CA
February 15, Thursday
6:00pm Drunken Masters Lit Series
Los Angeles, CA
April 12-13, Thursday - Friday
Festival of Faith and Writing
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
April 14, Saturday
10:00am Pasadena Festival of Women Authors
Pasadena, CA
April 19, Thursday
Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
Phoenix, AZ
April 21-22, Saturday - Sunday
LA TIMES Festival of Books
USC
Los Angeles, CA
4:30pm PANEL - You Go Girl: Women in Charge
with Amy Alkon, Melissa Carbone, Krista Suh
2017
February 2, Tuesday
7:30pm Skylight Books
Interview with Susan Sherman for amazing book, "If You Were Here"
Los Angeles, CA
February 7, Tuesday
7:00pm West Hollywood Library Book Club
West Hollywood, CA
February 9th, Thursday
3:00pm AWP--Panel "To The Finish Line"
Washington, D.C.
February 10-11th, Friday and Saturday
NAACP Image Awards - Nomination in the category "Outstanding
Literary Debut"
Pasadena, CA
February 14th, Tuesday
2:00pm University of California, Riverside
Writer's Week - Reading and Panel
Riverside, CA
February 15th, Wednesday
12:00pm Riverside Community College
Riverside, CA
February 16th, Thursday
7:00pm Why Are There Words? Reading
Los Angeles, CA
February 18th, Saturday
2:30pm Oceanside Public Library
Oceanside, CA
February 23rd, Thursday
4:00pm Smart Girls Run The World
Ontario Public Library
Ontario, CA
February 24th, Friday
7:00pm Black History Month Celebration
West Hollywood Library
West Hollywood, CA
March 21st, Tuesday
12:00pm Brandeis University
Palm Desert, CA
April 5th, Wednesday
12:00pm San Diego State University, Calexico Campus
Calexico, CA
April 8th, Saturday
8:00pm Dirty Laundry Lit
Hollywood, CA
April 22-23th, Saturday and Sunday
12:00pm LA Times Festival of Books
USC
Los Angeles, CA
April 24th, Monday
12:00pm Soho House
West Hollywood, CA
May 2nd, Tuesday
12:00pm College of the Canyons
Valencia, CA
May 9th, Tuesday
7:00pm PEN Center USA Author Evening with Roxane Gay
Los Angeles, CA
May 20th - May 21, Saturday-Sunday
8:00pm Pasadena Literary Festival - Shades and Shadows Reading
Saturday Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA
2:00pm Pasadena Literary Festival - Panel with Heidi Durrow
Sunday El Portal Restaurant, Pasadena, CA
May 26th - May 28, Friday-Sunday
SummerWords, Literary Festival
Sacramento, CA
June 14th, Wednesday
7:00pm PEN Center USA
Author Evening
Los Angeles, CA
July 1, Saturday
3:00pm Dirty Laundry Lit: Orange County
Makara Arts Center
Santa Ana, CA
July 4th - 6th, Tuesday - Thursday
12:00pm Idyllwild Arts Academy Conference
Idyllwild, CA
July 11th, Sunday
3:00pm The Table Lit Reading
Hollywood, CA
August 10th, Thursday
7:00pm Black Caucus, American Library Association (BCALA)
2017 Honoree for Best Debut Fiction
Atlanta, GA
August 13th, Sunday
3:00pm The Table Lit - Reading Series with LA Times Book Editor,
Carolyn Kellogg (mentor) and Andrea Cota (mentee)
Featuring Deaf Artists
Hollywood, CA
August 15th - August 26th
12:00pm Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Fellow In Fiction
Burlington, VT
September 9th, Saturday
5:00pm Well-Read Black Girl Conference
Panel also featuring Tiphanie Yanique, Bernice McFadden and
LaShonda Barnett
Brooklyn, NYC
September 30th - October 14th
10:00am Mesa Fellowship
Fellow-In-Residence
San Francisco, CA
October 17th - October 19th, Tuesday - Thursday
10:00am Pasadena City College
Writer-In-Residence
Pasadena, CA
November 2nd - Thursday
12:00pm Idyllwild Arts Academy Conference
Idyllwild, CA
November 4th - Saturday
7:00pm Dirty Laundry Lit: Safe Word
Hollywood, CA
November 6th - 16th
Iowa International Workshops, University of Iowa
(in partnership with the US State Department)
Serevan, Armenia
December 3rd - Sunday
3:00pm The Table Reading Series: WeHo at the HoHo
with Karen Eyres, mentor, and Kibby Araya, mentee
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood, CA
*Private Events are not listed on this calendar.
What You've Missed
BOOK TOUR 2016
PRE-RELEASE:
June 4th, Saturday
2:00pm Happier Hours Women’s Literary Salon (with Jillian Lauren, Claire
Bidwell Smith, and Jenny Feldon)
Los Angeles, CA
June 8th-10th, Weds-Fri.
All Day University of California, Riverside–Palm Desert
Rancho Las Palmas Resort
Palm Desert, CA
June 11th, Saturday
2:30pm Mixed Remix Festival (with Heidi Durrow)
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
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OFFICIAL RELEASE
June 14, Tuesday
7:30pm BOOK LAUNCH EVENT: Skylight Books (with
David Ulin)
Los Angeles, CA
June 20th, Monday
7:00pm Litquake (with Kaitlin Solimine)
Alamo Drafthouse
San Francisco, CA
June 21st, Tuesday
7:30pm Powell’s Books
Portland, OR
June 22nd, Wednesday
7:00pm Elliott Bay Books
Seattle, WA
June 26th, Sunday
2:00pm Barnes & Noble, Calabasas
Calabasas, CA
June 29th, Wednesday
7:00pm Left Bank Books
St. Louis, MO
July 16, Saturday
7:00pm The Last Bookstore (with Dana Johnson)
Los Angeles, CA
July 17, Sunday
7:00pm Idyllwild Authors Series (with Eduardo Santiago)
Idyllwild, CA
July 20, Wednesday
7:30pm Free Library of Philedelphia
1901 Vine Street,
Philedephia, PA
July 25, Monday
7:00pm Literary Death Match
Southbank Centre
London, England
August 19-20, Friday-Saturday
2:00pm Mississippi Book Festival
State Capitol Building
Jackson, Mississippi
September 11th, Sunday
4pm Roar Shack
@826LA
Los Angeles, CA
September 18th, Sunday
11am Brooklyn Book Festival
Main Stage
New York, New York
7:00pm Sunday Salon (with Nita Noveno)
Jimmy’s No. 43
New York, New York
8:00pm Well Read Black Girl with Glory Edim
Jimmy’s No. 43
New York, New York
September 27th, Tuesday
7:30pm Skylight Books - Banned Book Week!
Los Felis, CA
October 26th, Wednesday
7:30pm NoHo Lit Crawl
North Hollywood, CA
October 30th, Tuesday
7:30pm Griffith Park Reading Series
Los Angeles, CA
November 3rd, Thursday
7:00pm Chevalier Books
Los Angeles, CA
November 5th, Saturday
8:00pm Dirty Laundry Lit
Los Angeles, CA
November 6th, Sunday
Austin Book Fest
Austin, TX
*Private Events are not listed on this calendar.
