BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//PBS Books - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for PBS Books
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Halifax
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20220313T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20221106T050000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20230312T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20231105T050000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20240310T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20241103T050000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230503T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230503T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230427T180913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T203246Z
UID:5689-1683144000-1683147600@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: Self-Love with Vashti Harrison
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with New York Times bestselling author and award-winning creator Vashti Harrison\, who recently wrote and illustrated “BIG.” This program is offered to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month\, promoting self-love\, self-acceptance\, and self-empowerment for the young and the young-at-heart. Join us to learn about the story and Vashti’s creative process\, hear Vashti read an excerpt of her book\, and learn about the importance of self-love. \nAUTHOR: VASHTI HARRISON \nVashti Harrison is the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders\, Little Dreamers\, and Little Legends and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong’o’s Sulwe\, Matthew Cherry’s Hair Love\, Andrea Beaty’s I Love You Like Yellow\, and Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic’s Hello\, Star\, among others. She earned her BA in studio art and media studies from the University of Virginia and her MFA in film/video from CalArts\, where she rekindled  a love for drawing and painting. Vashti lives in Brooklyn\, New York\, and invites you to visit her at vashtiharrison.com or on Instagram and Twitter @vashtiharrison. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nVashti is the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders\, Little Dreamers\, and Little Legends and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong’o’s Sulwe\, Matthew Cherry’s Hair Love\, Andrea Beaty’s I Love You Like Yellow\, and Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic’s Hello\, Star\, among others. BIG was named one of BookPage’s Most Anticipated children’s book of the season and has received three starred reviews from Publishers Weekly\, Booklist\, and The Horn Book. Vashti recently graced the cover of Publishers Weekly and CBS Saturday Morning profiled Vashti to celebrate her work\, Black History Month\, and preview BIG. \nThis is a deeply personal story for Vashti—rooted in her own experiences as a child sitting in the crosshairs of adultification bias and anti-fat bias\, struggling to find self-acceptance. She writes in her author note\, “In childhood\, big is good. Big is impressive\, aspirational. But somewhere along the way\, the world begins to tell us something different: That big is bad. That being big is undesirable…My size indicated to adults that I was big enough to know better\, even though I was still just a kid. I learned that day that my body did not fit. It did not belong. And adults no longer saw me as a little girl who could make innocent mistakes.” There is a dual message within this text: first\, this is a story about size\, yes\, but not just in the body-image context; it also addresses how “big” kids—especially Black children—are often treated as if they are older than they are. And then beyond size\, it shows how words affect young children and can shape their image of themselves before they’ve even had a chance to figure out who they are. \nFilled with truth\, beauty\, joy\, and acceptance\, this is a tour de force. Vashti traces a child’s journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal. With spare text and exquisite illustrations\, this emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small is a tender portrayal of how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time. A story whose seeds are from Vashti’s own childhood\, this will be an important book for so many—anyone who is misunderstood as well as any adult who wants to understand how to be truly accepting and supportive. While it will resonate with many\, young Black girls will especially find a story and character they might see themselves in.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrating-mental-health-awareness-month-self-love-with-vashti-harrison/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Vashti-Harrison-1280x720-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230510T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230510T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230427T182524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T202828Z
UID:5697-1683748800-1683752400@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Short Story Month: Zora Neale Hurston with Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, is pleased to host a program with award winning Filmmaker\, Tracy Heather Strain\, who is the Director of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Claiming A Space on PBS.  A celebrated novelist\, anthropologist\, essayist\, and central figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s\, Zora Neale Hurston wrote numerous short stories and novels\, which were greatly influenced by her anthropological work.  Join us to meet filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain and to learn about AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Claiming A Space\, her process to create the work\, and gain insights into Zora Neale Hurston.  The film is streamable at pbs.org \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER: TRACY HEATHER STRAIN\nTracy Heather Strain\, a two-time Peabody Award-winning\, Emmy-nominated director\, producer\, writer and researcher\, is a recipient of the 2022 Chicken & Egg Award. Her film “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart\,” which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and broadcast on American Masters\, won Strain an NAACP Image Award for Motion Picture Directing and the American Historical Association’s John E. O’Connor Film Award. \nHer additional directing credits include; “American Oz” and “Building the Alaska Highway” for American Experience\, “The Stories We Tell” for Race: The Power of an Illusion\, “When the Bough Breaks” for Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? and “Bright Like a Sun” and “The Dream Keepers” for Blackside’s six-part series I’ll Make Me a World: A Century of African American Arts. \nCo-founder and president of The Film Posse\, Strain also serves as the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University’s College of Film and the Moving Image. \nABOUT THE SHOW: ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE\nRaised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville\, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard University before arriving in New York in 1925. She would soon become a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance\, best remembered for her novel\, Their Eyes Were Watching God. But even as she gained renown in the Harlem literary circles\, Hurston was also discovering anthropology at Barnard College with the renowned Franz Boas. She would make several trips to the American South and the Caribbean\, documenting the lives of rural Black people and collecting their stories. She studied her own people\, an unusual practice at the time\, and during her lifetime became known as the foremost authority on Black folklore.  \nDirected by Tracy Heather Strain\, produced by Randall MacLowry and executive produced by Cameo George\, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race\, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrating-short-story-month-zora-neale-hurston-with-filmmaker-tracy-heather-strain/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TracyHeatherStrain-1280x720-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230517T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230512T143939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T202804Z
UID:5826-1684353600-1684357200@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month\, PBS Books is pleased to share an important conversation with award-winning author Paula Yoo\, who published “From A Whisper To A Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement”. The book is a groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the case that took America’s Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. \nWhile Paula Yoo’s book was written for a YA audience after significant research\, it has captivated audiences of all ages. She has crafted a suspenseful\, nuanced\, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in Civil Rights history\, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism. In this current climate of civil unrest and a country confronting a history of deeply rooted systemic racism\, the story of Vincent Chin is as important now as ever. Asian American history is often overlooked and undertaught in schools\, and Vincent Chin’s name remains relatively unknown despite making national and international headlines at the time. Now\, almost 40 years later\, it’s time to remember Vincent Chin and the significant role his case played in American history. \nPaula Yoo will be interviewed by Zosette Guir\, Manager of Detroit Public TV’s One Detroit initiative. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paula Yoo\nPaula Yoo is an award-winning author of children’s books\, a former journalist\, and current screenwriter who has merged her talents to create a thoroughly researched and reported nonfiction book\, but with the intensity of a suspense movie thriller\, and the intimate emotional character journey of a novel. As a Korean American who’s specialized in multicultural Asian-American themed children’s books and having lived in Detroit working as a journalist for The Detroit News\, Yoo is able to examine the controversial racial issues behind the Vincent Chin story with sensitivity\, authority and grace. “From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry” is her debut YA nonfiction book. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrating-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Paula-Yoo_AuthorTalk-1280x720-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230523T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230509T185359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T134841Z
UID:5814-1684872000-1684875600@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:Well Beings Town Hall | LGBTQIA+ Youth: Finding Wellbeing and Community
DESCRIPTION:LGBTQIA+ youth make invaluable contributions to our society today. Unfortunately\, staggering statistics show that LGBTQIA+ youth are especially vulnerable to mental health struggles. According to The Trevor Project\, more than 1.8 million LGBTQIA+ youth seriously consider suicide each year in the U.S.—and at least one attempts suicide every 45 seconds. Recent increases in violence against trans people\, especially trans women of color\, and heightened politicalization and stigmatization of Queer people in the news cycle can cause significant harm to mental health. Despite this adversity\, many LGBTQIA+ youth demonstrate exceptional resilience\, finding well being and creating communities of support. \n\nJoin Well Beings\, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs\, PBS Books\, Detroit Public Television and WETA for a Town Hall conversation\, led by youth\, for youth\, that will raise awareness about mental health challenges specific to the LGBTQIA+ community\, address stigmatization that can prevent care and support\, and create safe space for dialogue and sharing of resources.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/well-beings-town-hall-lgbtqia-youth-finding-wellbeing-and-community/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/344833678_242278605157739_6801728135480556150_n.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230524T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230522T183456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T184014Z
UID:5851-1684958400-1684962000@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:SUMMER READING: BEACH READS BOOKLIST READER BOOK CHAT
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation about Summer Reading and Beach Reads with Susan Maguire\, who is the Senior Editor\, Collection Management and Library Outreach at Booklist.  Join us to get special insights into great books to read in an array of genres in the following categories: Big Books\, Big-sized Tales\, Found Families\, Frigid Places\, Into the Forest\, and Underworld Retellings.  \nPBS Books is excited to announce its partnership with the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader. American Library Association (ALA) is the foremost national organization providing resources to inspire library and information professionals to transform their communities through essential programs and services. For more than 140 years\, ALA has been the trusted voice of libraries\, advocating for the profession and the library’s role in enhancing learning and ensuring access to information for all. Booklist is the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication. Since 1905\, Booklist has been proud to publish thousands of book and audiobook reviews each year\, helping library and education workers decide what to buy and how to guide patrons and students of all ages in choosing what to read\, view\, or listen to. Booklist Reader is a publication for the library patron to provide insights and recommendations into reading. \nABOUT THE FEATURED GUEST: SUSAN MAGUIRE\nSusan Maguire is the Senior Editor\, Collection Management and Library Outreach at Booklist\, the book review magazine of the American Library Association. Before coming to Booklist\, she worked in public libraries for a dozen years. \nABOUT BOOKLIST\nBooklist is the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication. Since 1905\, Booklist has been proud to publish thousands of book and audiobook reviews each year\, helping library and education workers decide what to buy and how to guide patrons and students of all ages in choosing what to read\, view\, or listen to. \nBooklist Publications includes two print magazines\, an extensive website and database\, e-newsletters\, webinars\, podcasts\, and other literature-based resources that support librarians in collection development and readers’ advisory. For more information on Booklist Publications\, including how to become a Booklist reviewer\, visit booklistonline.com.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/summer-reading-beach-reads-booklist-reader/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SusanMcquire-1280x720-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230531T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T070423
CREATED:20230522T182128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T004211Z
UID:5847-1685563200-1685566800@www.pbsbooks.org
SUMMARY:MASTERPIECE ENDEAVOUR: Producer Charlotte Webber
DESCRIPTION:The Magic of Masterpiece \nPBS Books is thrilled to host a conversation about MASTERPEICE’s final season of Endeavour with producer Charlotte Webber. Hear insights into the making of the ninth season and about what you can expect to see as the series comes to an end. \nWith characters from Colin Dexter’s books\, Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse and Roger Allam as Sam Thursday return for the ninth and final season of the critically acclaimed detective drama Endeavour\, premiering Sunday\, June 18\, 2023\, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE Mystery! on PBS. Set in the early 70s in Oxford\, the final season finds Endeavour Morse and Fred Thursday entering a new era.  \nDon’t forget to watch the all-new documentary\, Morse and the Last Endeavour\, airing June 11\, 2023\, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE. It will take you back at the nine seasons of the prequel and the history of the Inspector Morse character in this all-new documentary. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER: CHARLOTTE WEBBER\nCharlotte Webber joined the Mammoth family as Executive Producer in December 2022\, having worked with the team in various guises since 2018. Charlotte’s first role with Mammoth Screen was script editing WORLD ON FIRE\, and she has since script edited THE PALE HORSE and produced the last ever series of ENDEAVOUR. Before working for Mammoth\, Charlotte worked for BBC Drama London and script edited GOOD OMENS for Amazon Prime. As part of her remit as Executive Producer\, Charlotte is keen to develop a diverse slate of bold\, distinctive projects with a queer focus.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/masterpiece-endeavour-producer-charlotte-webber/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MP-Endeavor-CharlotteWebber.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR