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Events for January 29 - November 22, 2024

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  • May 2022

  • Tue 3
    Featured May 3, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk | Trailblazing Women Writers | Reshma Saujani’s ‘Pay Up. The Future of Women and Work’

    PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with Reshma Saujani, discussing her latest book "Pay Up. The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think)."

  • Thu 12
    Featured May 12, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    ‘Water’s True Cost’ with Author Peter Annin

    To address Water's True Cost, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with journalist and professor Peter Annin, discussing his book "The Great Lakes Water Wars," led by Program Director of the Great Lakes Now Sandra Svoboda.

  • Wed 18
    Featured May 18, 2022 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk: “Jo Jo Makoons” with Dawn Quigley

    PBS Books, in partnership with the American Indian Library Association, is pleased to interview trailblazer Dawn Quigley, author of the Jo Jo Makoons series, including the recently released Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants (#2).

  • Wed 25
    Featured May 25, 2022 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

    ‘I Am An American’ with Authors Grace Lin and Martha Brockenbrough | Trailblazing Women Writers

    PBS Books is pleased to interview trailblazers Grace Lin and Martha Brockenbrough, authors of "I Am An American: The Wong Kim Ark Story".

  • June 2022

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

    Author Talk: Paula Yoo

    In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin, PBS Books is pleased to interview award-winning author Paula Yoo, who recently published “From A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement”.

  • Wed 15
    Featured June 15, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    FILMMAKER TALK: Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, filmmakers of “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”

    In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the death of Vincent Chin, PBS Books, in collaboration with DPTV, is pleased to host an important conversation about “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” with Filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, along with executive producer Professor Juanita Anderson and attorney/activist Jim Shimoura. 

  • Sun 19
    Featured June 19, 2022 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm UTC-4

    ‘Juneteenth: We The People’ with The BLK Freedom Collective

    On Sunday, June 19 at 1 p.m. ET | 10 a.m. PT, PBS Books is pleased to present a special commemoration virtual event, “Juneteenth: We the People," produced by the BLK Freedom Collective.

  • Thu 30
    Featured June 30, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk | Mark Clague, ‘O Say Can You Hear’

    Thursday, June 30 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT, PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with author and esteemed scholar Mark Clague, author of O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of The Star-Spangled Banner,  in celebration of the Fourth of July and in anticipation of our nation’s 250th celebration.

  • July 2022

  • Tue 19
    Featured July 19, 2022 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk | ‘All The Way to the Top’ with Annette Pimentel and Jennifer Chaffins-Keelan

    Join PBS Books as author Annette Pimentel and activist Jennifer Chaffins-Keelan discuss All the Way to the Top and Jennifer’s experiences as a child activist.

  • Tue 26
    Featured July 26, 2022 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm UTC-4

    Author Talk | ‘Rolling Warrior’ with Judy Heumann

    Join trailblazer and disability activist Judy Heumann, who is considered the mother of the disability rights movement, in a conversation about her books Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior.

  • August 2022

  • Thu 4
    Featured August 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    Filmmaker Talk | ‘The Great Muslim American Road Trip’

    PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with the award-winning filmmakers of The Great Muslim American Road Trip - the director Alex Kronemer, artist and star Mona Haydar, and scholar Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.

  • Mon 15
    Featured August 15, 2022 at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm UTC-4

    #LOCBookfest22 Author Talk | ‘Flying the Coop’ with Lucinda Roy & ‘The Monsters We Defy’ with Leslye Penelope

    PBS Books, in collaboration with Virginia Public Media, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Leslye Penelope, author of "The Monsters We Defy," and Lucinda Roy, author of "Flying the Coop."

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