Skip to content
PBS Books LogoPBS Books LogoPBS Books Logo
  • SEARCH
  • SCHEDULE
  • COLLECTIONS
  • READERS CLUB
  • RESOURCES
    • Virtual Library
    • About
  • SUBSCRIBE
Donate
PBS Books LogoPBS Books LogoPBS Books Logo
  • SEARCH
  • SCHEDULE
  • COLLECTIONS
  • READERS CLUB
  • RESOURCES
    • Virtual Library
    • About
  • SUBSCRIBE

Events for July 9 - April 30

12 events found.

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
Today
  • December 2022

  • Tue 20
    Featured December 20, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Trailblazing Women Writers Talk: Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

    PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with legendary Julie Andrews and award winning writer, Emma Walton Hamilton, authors of  “The First Notes: The Story of Do Re Mi.”

  • Wed 21
    Featured December 21, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Highlights of Exploring Our Nation: Ken Burns

    PBS Books is pleased to host re-release the highlights of our digital program with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author of Our America: A Photographic History.

  • January 2023

  • Wed 4
    Featured January 4, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small with Ben Vanstone

    The Magic of Masterpiece Join PBS Books for a conversation with Ben Vanstone, Writer and Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE’s All Creatures Great and Small.  As the writer and Executive Producer, Vanstone will discuss and examine the adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, the timeless story written by James Herriot. Season 3 premieres Sunday, January 8, 2023, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. All Creatures Great and Small returns for a third season filled with compassion, trials, and triumph in the Yorkshire Dales. Tag along on adventures with Siegfried Farnon, Tristan Farnon, Mrs. Hall, and more as James and Helen prepare for [...]

  • Thu 12
    Featured January 12, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Genevieve West and Monica Miller | Trailblazing Women Writers

    PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a program about Zora Neale Hurston’s latest book You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays with co-editor Genevieve West, Ph.D. in conversation with Monica Miller, Ph.D., in connection with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE.

  • Mon 16
    Featured January 16, 2023 at 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm UTC-4

    “The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.” with Jeh Johnson, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security | Ford School Events

    In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Wed 18
    Featured January 18, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Documenting Family History in the Digital Age | ‘Finding Your Roots’ National Conversation Series

    "Documenting Family History in the Digital Age" is the first of the four-part "Finding Your Roots" National Conversation Series.

  • Tue 24
    Featured January 24, 2023 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm UTC-4

    ‘The Half-Life of Freedom: Notes on Race, Media and Democracy’ with Jelani Cobb | Ford School Events

    Wallace House, in partnership with PBS Books, presents journalist and scholar Jelani Cobb, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes, as part of the continuing series: "Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press."

  • Fri 27
    Featured January 27, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    “Cultural Exchange Rate – A Case Study” with Tania El Khoury | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

    Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury examines the universal, never-ending story of migration through a family diary of the borders, and the recognition that the cruelest of borders are invisible to the eye and present in everyday life.

  • Tue 31
    Featured January 31, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Charles M. Blow | Wright Museum Speakers

    Livestream presentation of the Wright Museum’s inaugural President Lecture Series featuring columnist, political analyst and author Charles Blow, who brings insight and a robust discussion on Martin Luther King Jr., race and culture.

  • February 2023

  • Thu 2
    Featured February 2, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk | Zora Neale Hurston and Black History Month with Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D.

    PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a program with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, who recently adapted Zora Neale Hurston’s Magnolia Flower and soon-to-be-released The Making of Butterflies.

  • Fri 3
    Featured February 3, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    “Climate Change and the Importance of the Urban Landscape” with Martha Schwartz | Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

    As Founding Partner of Martha Schwartz Partners, Landscape Architects, Martha Schwartz is a world-renowned designer.

  • Wed 8
    Featured February 8, 2023 at 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm UTC-4

    Finding Your Roots: Genealogy & The Next Generation

    Wondering what's on the minds of youth when it comes to genealogy? Join the virtual conversation with Student Reporting Labs on Wed. Feb. 8 at 8/7c. This event, Genealogy & The Next Generation, is the second of a 4-part National Conversation Series in connection with Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and presents an intergenerational conversation about family trees. The conversation will be moderated by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab alumna Sonal Prakash and feature Finding Your Roots lead genealogist Akosua E. Moore, filmmaker and scholar Thomas Allen Harris, and college sophomore Naima Blanco-Norberg who is delving into genealogy [...]

  • Previous Events
  • Today
  • Next Events
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file

Detroit PBS
Suite 150
48325 Alpha Dr
Wixom, MI 48393
Phone: 248-305-3788
Email: email@pbsbooks.org

CONTACT US TODAY

Quick Links

  • About
  • Video On Demand
  • Book Fairs
  • Book Lists
  • Official Contest Rules

Newsletter

Subscribe Now
PBS Books
© Detroit PBS | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
Toggle Sliding Bar Area
Page load link

search PBS Books

America250 Reading List
PBS Books Readers Club - "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
Gary Graff: 501 Essential Albums of the ‘80s
Filmmaker Talk: Behind the Scenes of Caregiving
PBS Books Readers Club: Our Favorite Cozy Murder Mysteries
Wisdom Keepers
Author Talk: Mac Barnett
Author Talk: "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
PBS Books Readers Club - "We All Live Here" by Jojo Moyes
PBS Books Readers Club - "Miss Austen" by Gill Hornby
Go to Top