Past Events

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.

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.

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. 

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”.

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

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).

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.

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)."

PBS Books, in partnership with GPB, is thrilled to present an unforgettable, emotional evening of reading, as the biggest children's book authors read real pandemic stories submitted by real kids!

PBS Books, SciStarter and PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs celebrates Citizen Science Month and Earth Day present a free virtual program on April 20th at 7pm ET in celebration with Citizen Science Month, STEM storytelling, and Ken Burns’s BENJAMIN FRANKLIN