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Virtual Events With Ibram X Kendi, Megha Majumdar, and More

As we stay indoors during uncertain times, we’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. We’re compiling the virtual Penguin Random House book events, author Q&A’s and more that are happening each week (EST), and will be updating this page daily. Even if you miss an event streaming live, please check back here and watch the recordings.

See events that took place 3/23-3/29, 3/30-4/5, 4/6-4/12, 4/13-4/19, 4/20-5/3, 5/4-5/17, 5/18-5/31, and 6/1-6/14.

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June 15

• Books & Bathrobes event with Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half (1:30PM, Zoom)
• Dallas Museum of Art event with David Sibley, author of What It’s Like to Be a Bird (6PM, Event)
• Books & Books event with Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of Erietown, event with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library (7PM, Zoom)

June 16

• Politics & Prose hosts Ibram X Kendi and Ashley Lkuashevsky for the launch of Antiracist Baby (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, event with Reads & Company (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of Erietown, event with Gramercy Books Bexley (7PM, Event)
• Cozy Writing 101 with Julia Buckley (7PM, YouTube)
• Mary Morris, author of All the Way to the Tigers, and Christina Baker Kline with Harvard Book Store (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Longfellow Books and the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance host the launch of Colin Woodard‘s Union (7PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Big Ideas Night Presents: Pride with Alicia Garza, John deBary, Arlan Hamilton, R. Eric Thomas, Jeff Szewczyk, and Nico Tortorella and moderated by Will Lanier (8PM, Zoom)
• The Commonwealth Club presents Jonathan Karl, author of Front Row at the Trump Show (8PM, Zoom, Youtube, FB Live)
• Robert M. Gates, author of Exercise of Power, Virtual Town Hall Seattle Civics Series event (10:30PM, Crowdcast)

June 17

• Center of Strategic and International Studies hosts Robert M. Gates for the launch of Exercise of Power (11:30AM, Event)
• Politics & Prose presents Meredith Fineman in conversation with Sarah Hurwitz about her book Brag Better (1PM, Zoom)
• Square Books presents Jennifer Ackerman for the launch of her new book The Bird Way (6PM, Zoom)
• Mahogany Books hosts Ibram X Kendi, for the launch of Antiracist Baby (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of Erietown, in conversation with Kimberly A. Hamlin, hosted by Joseph-Beth Booksellers (7PM, Zoom)
• Bel Canto Books in conversation with Lauren Ho, the author of Last Tang Standing (7:20, Zoom)
• Brookline Booksmith presents Transnational Literature Series: Reimagining the American West with C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold, and Rishi Reddi (7:30PM, Crowdcast)
• Penguin Presents: Hank Green, author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, in conversation with Catherynne M. Valente (8PM, Zoom)

June 18

• PARENTING IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES: HOW TO BUILD A JUST FUTURE FOR KIDS INFORUM by the Commonwealth Club hosts Ibram X Kendi in conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims for launch of Antiracist Baby (1PM, YouTube)

• Mystery Lovers Bookshop: A chat with Kate Carlisle, author of The Grim Reader) and Abby Collette, author of A Deadly Inside Scoop (2PM, Zoom)
• Raising Antiracist Kids: Haymarket Live and Labyrinth Bookstore present Ibram X Kendi in conversation with Derecka Purnell (5PM, Livestream)
• Vroman’s Bookstore Presents Abbi Waxman, author of I Told You It Would Get Easier (6PM, Crowdcast)
• The Whitney Museum: Jed Perl, author of Calder: The Conquest of Space, in conversation with Alexander S. C. Rower (6PM, Zoom)
• Books & Books and the Miami Book Fair Present: A Live Discussion with Chanel Cleeton, author of Next Year in Havana, moderated by Renee Rosen (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Random House Virtual Events: One World Ideas x Action presents Valarie Kaur, author of See No Stranger, in conversation with One World editor-in-chief Chris Jackson (8PM, Zoom)
• The Dallas Museum of Art presents Katherine Sharp Landdeck, author of The Women with Silver Wings, in conversation with Alicia Morgan, Frontiers of Flight Museum (8PM, Virtual Event)

June 19

• Celebrate the Solstice with Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider series (3PM, Facebook Live)
• Busboys and Poets hosts Ibram X Kendi, author of Antiracist Baby (6PM, Event)
• Murder By the Book hosts Kim Harrison, author of American Demon (6PM, Facebook Live)

June 20

• Copperfield’s Books presents Raphael Bob-Waksberg, author of Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, in conversation with Kevin Hunsanger (10PM, Zoom)
• Kim Harrison signs American Demon, presented by Mysterious Galaxy (5PM, Facebook Live)
• Celebrate the Solstice with Kristen Britain and cover artist Donato Giancola (7PM, Facebook Live)

June 22

• Chatting and Cooking with Adeena Sussman, author of Sababa (11AM, Event)
• Robert M. Gates, author of Exercise of Power, Virtual Palm Beach Forum Event (12PM, Zoom)
• Event with Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book of Longings, and Madeline Miller (12PM, Instagram)
• NCTE Presents: A conversation with Ibram X. Kendi on his latest book Antiracist Baby (4PM, Event)
• Parnassus Books hosts Hillary and Chelsea Clinton for Grandma’s Gardens (4PM, Zoom)
• What’s Left of Me is Yours author Stephanie Scott in conversation with @thebookblondie (6PM, Instagram)
• Aspen Summer Words Conference featuring C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold (7:30PM, Zoom)
• Laird Barron, author of Worse Angels, discussion (8PM, Zoom)

June 23

• Robert M. Gates, author of Exercise of Power, Virtual Commonwealth Club event (1PM, Zoom)
• Virtual Happy Hour with Stephanie Scott, author of What’s Left of Me Is Yours, and Karen White hosted by FoxTale Book Shoppe (5PM, Zoom)
• P&P Live! featuring Roddy Doyle, author of Love (5PM, Zoom)
• Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, event with Square Books (6PM, Instagram)
• Nancy Thayer, author of Girls of Summer, event hosted by Titcomb’s Bookshop (7PM, Event)
• Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl, NYT Books Instagram Takeover (7PM, Instagram)
• Discussion with Chanel Cleeton, author of The Last Train to Key West, hosted by Fountain Bookstore (7PM, Crowdcast)
• OBLONG ONLINE: Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents, in conversation with Honor Moore (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Maria Konnikova discusses her new book, The Biggest Bluff, with David Epstein (7PM, Zoom)
• Kristen Howerton, author of Rage Against the Minivan, in conversation with Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, presented by Warwick’s Bookstore (7PM, Event)
• Jasmine Guillory and Austin Channing Brown in conversation (8PM, Instagram)
• Bookshop Santa Cruz event featuring C Pam Zhang, in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (10PM, Crowdcast)

June 24

• Random House Virtual Events: Inside the House: Pride (12:30PM, YouTube)

• An Unlikely Story hosts Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton for Grandma’s Gardens (4PM, Crowdcast)
• Free Library of Philadelphia event featuring Roddy Doyle, author of Love, in conversation with Liz Moore (5PM, Crowdcast)
• P&P Live! featuring Maria Konnikova, author of The Biggest Bluff, with Dan Pink (6PM, Zoom)
• Colin Woodard discusses new book, Union, with Gibson’s Bookstore (6PM, Zoom)
• Penguin Presents: Emily Henry, author of Beach Read, and Laura Hankin, author of Happy and You Know It (7PM, Instagram)
• Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, event with Books & Books Inc (7PM, Crowdcast)
• Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, Just the Right Book Podcast Virtual Event with RJ Julia Booksellers (7pm, Zoom)
• AFROPUNK x PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE series featuring Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half (7PM, Instagram)
• Lisa Alther, author of Swan Song, and Marcy Dermansky, author of Very Nice, hosted by McNally Jackson (7PM, Zoom)
• Blue Willow Virtual Event: Jasmine Guillory, author of Party of Two, and Abbi Waxman, author of I Was Told It Would Get Easier (8PM, Zoom)
• Random House Virtual Events: Big Ideas Night presents Black Activism featuring Blair Imani and Jamia Wilson in conversation with Glory Edim (8PM, YouTube)

June 25

• Robert M. Gates, author of Exercise of Power, Virtual Washington Speakers Bureau event (2PM, YouTube)
• Discussion with Chanel Cleeton, author of The Last Train to Key West, hosted by East City Bookshop (6:30PM, Zoom)
• Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of Erietown, with Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library (6:30PM, Facebook)
• Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, event with Strand Book Store (7PM, Zoom)
• Nancy Thayer, author of Girls of Summer, event with Bethany Beach Books (7PM, Facebook)
• The Alignist event featuring Pitchaya Sudbanthad, author of Bangkok Wakes to Rain (7:30PM, Facebook)
• Ottessa Moshfegh, author of Death in Her Hands, in conversation with Ariel Levy hosted by Murmrr and Community Bookstore (7:30PM, Crowdcast)
• One World Ideas x Action: Book Club on The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (8PM, YouTube)
• Roddy Doyle, author of Love, event (8PM, Facebook)
• Commonwealth Club of California: BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg, author of Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory (9PM, Zoom)

June 26

• The Writing Barn hosts Lisa Katzenberger, author of National Regular Average Ordinary Day (11AM, Event)
• BookTrib event featuring Alma Katsu, author of The Deep (12PM, Facebook)
• Robert M. Gates, author of Exercise of Power, event with Virtual Chicago Council on Global Affairs (1PM, Zoom)
• Nancy Thayer, author of Girls of Summer, event with Browseabout Books & Lewes Public Library (5PM, Zoom)
• Harvard Book Store Virtual event featuring Roddy Doyle, author of Love, in conversation with John Freeman (5PM, Crowdcast)
• Debut Horror Showcase hosted by McNally Jackson featuring Rachel Harrison, author of The Return, Molly Pohlig, and Elisabeth Thomas (7PM, Zoom)
• Wes Moore, author of Five Days, in conversation with Michele Norris, hosted by Politics & Prose (7PM, Event)

June 27

• Spine & Vine reading and Q&A with Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half (3PM, Instagram)

June 28

• ALA Book Award Celebration featuring Carolina De Robertis, author of Cantoras, receiving Stonewall Book Prize (1PM, YouTube)
• P&P Live! featuring Colin Woodard, author of Union (1PM, Zoom)
• Virtual Summer Reading Adventure at Carlsbad Library featuring Julie Clark, Richard Farrell, Kimmery Martin, Isla Morley, and Abbi Waxman (2PM, Zoom)