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Previous Events

MAR. 5, 2025 | NEW YORK, NY
Today Show: Celebrating Read with Jenna’s 6th Anniversary (Essie Chambers in Studio)
30 Rockefeller Plaza

FEB. 4, 2025 | NEW YORK, NY
Rachel Lyon presents Fruit of the Dead: A Paperback Launch and Reading
(In Conversation with Essie Chambers, Crystal Hana Kim, Nayantara Roy, and Lena Valencia)
P&T Knitwear, Pasadena Hilton, 168 S Los Robles Ave.

JAN. 25-26, 2025 | WINSTON SALEM, NC
13th Annual Movable Feast
Reynolds Place Theatre (inside Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts)
251 North Spruce Street

JAN. 16, 2025 | MOBILE, AL
An Evening with Essie Chambers & the Friends of the Mobile Public Library
Ben May Main Library, 701 Government St.

2024

DEC. 3, 2024 | NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI
Read with Robin: The Cardigan Connection
Gooseneck Vineyards, 1340 Tower Hill Rd.

NOV. 21, 2024 | NEW YORK, NY
Pete’s Reading Series
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St.

NOV. 20, 2024 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Boston.com Book Club Discussion: “Swift River” with Essie Chambers

NOV. 7, 2024 | CHARLOTTE, NC
Verse & Vino
Presented by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
Charlotte Convention Center, 
501 S College St., Charlotte, NC 28202

OCT. 26, 2024 | NEW YORK, NY
Well Read Black Girl Festival
Broadening the Bookshelf: Celebrating 100 Years of Storytelling at S&S
Panel Presented by Simon & Schuster
Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Queens NY, 11106

OCT. 18-19, 2024  |  MORRISTOWN, NJ
Morristown Festival of Books
Various Morristown, NJ locations

SEPT. 28, 2024 | WINSTON-SALEM, NC
Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors
Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce Street

SEPT. 21, 2024 | BECKET, MA
The Dream Away Reading Series with Essie Chambers, Ellen Meeropol, & Nerissa Neilds
1342 County Rd.

AUGUST 24, 2024 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Diverse Spines IG LIVE Book Chat with Essie Chambers

AUGUST 10, 2024 | MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA
Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival
Island Inn Conference Center (31 Island Inn)

AUGUST 1, 2024 | ATLANTA, GA
The National Book Club Conference
(Westin Buckhead Atlanta, 3391 Peachtree Rd NE)

JULY 15 – 29, 2024 | VIRTUAL EVENT
FANE presents A Night In with Essie Chambers
Hosted by Curtis Sittenfeld

JUNE 29, 2024 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Book Passage Corte Madera (51 Tamal Vista Blvd.)
In conversation with Anita Gail Jones

JUNE 28, 2024 | LOS ANGELES, CA
Book Soup (8818 Sunset Blvd.)
In conversation with Monica West

JUNE 24, 2024 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Magers & Quinn Booksellers (3038 Hennepin Ave)
In conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld

JUNE 20, 2024 | NEW YORK, NY
Today Show: Read with Jenna (Essie Chambers in Studio)
30 Rockefeller Plaza

JUNE 14, 2024 | CAMBRIDGE, MA
Harvard Books (1256 Massachusetts Ave.)
In conversation with Elizabeth Gonzalez James

JUNE 13, 2024 | SOUTH HADLEY, MA
Odyssey Bookshop (9 College St.)

JUNE 12, 2024 | GREENFIELD, MA
Greenfield Public Library (412 Main Street)
(Co-hosted by Imaginary Bookshop)

JUNE 11, 2024 | WARWICK, RI
10th Annual Summer With Robin
Warwick Country Club (394 Narragansett Bay Ave.)

JUNE 10, 2024 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mahogany Books x Bloombars (1231 Good Hope Road Southeast)
In conversation with Jamise Harper

JUNE 6, 2024 | BROOKLYN, NY
Books Are Magic (122 Montague Street)
In conversation with Dawnie Walton

JUNE 4, 2024 | NEW YORK, NY
Barnes & Noble (Upper East Side, 1550 3rd Avenue)
In conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn