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Virtual Events With Carolina De Robertis, Asha Lemmie, 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, 6/1-6/14, 6/15-6/28, 6/29-7/12, 7/13-7/26, 7/27-8/9, 8/10-8/23 and 8/24-9/6.
September 7
- Jesup Memorial Library event featuring Colin Woodard, author of Union (7PM, Event)
September 8
- Carl Hiaasen, author of Squeeze Me, event with Book Passage (4PM, Zoom)
- Asha Lemmie, author of Fifty Words for Rain, in conversation with Finola Austin (6:30PM, Zoom)
- Patty Lovell, author of Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon, event with The Book Revue (7PM, Crowdcast)
- Mike Lupica, author of Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise, in conversation with Stephen Mack Jones (7PM, Facebook)
- Laura Griffin, author of Hidden, in conversation with Wendy Corsi Staub (8PM, Facebook)
- Carolina De Robertis, author of Cantoras, Angie Cruz, and Jaquira Diaz in conversation (8PM, Zoom)
- M. O. Walsh, author of The Big Door Prize, in conversation with Daniel Wallace (8PM, Zoom)
September 9
- Michele Harper, author of The Beauty in the Breaking, co-presenter for Black Caucus of the American Library Association (7PM, Event)
- McNally Jackson Bookstore event featuring Sigrid Nunez, author of What Are You Going Through (7PM, Zoom)
- Leah Konen, author of All the Broken People with Buffalo Street Books (7:30PM, Crowdcast)
September 10
- Susan Minot, author of Why I Don’t Write, in conversation with Mary Miller for Lemuria Books (12PM, Facebook)
- Stuart Stevens, author of It Was All a Lie, event with Texas Tribune Book Festival (3:30PM, Event)
- M. O. Walsh, author of The Big Door Prize, in conversation with David James Poissant (6:30PM, Zoom)
- Anthony DePalma, author of The Cubans, event with the Cuban Cultural Center of NY (7PM, YouTube)
- Warwicks Bookstore event featuring Sigrid Nunez, author of What Are You Going Through (7PM, Facebook)
- Book Passage event featuring Rhys Bowen, author of The Last Mrs. Summers, in conversation with Cara Black (7PM, Event)
- Michelle Chikaonda from Mighty Writers interviews Veronica Chambers. author of Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb (7:30PM, Instagram)
- One World Ideas x Action event featuring Gabriella Burnham, author of It Is Wood, It Is Stone, and Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina, in conversation with One World senior editor Nicole Counts (8PM, Zoom)
- Mike Lupica, author of Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise, in conversation with Joe Ide (9PM, Facebook)
September 11
- Salem Literary Festival featuring Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age (7:30PM, Event)
September 12
- Max Brallier, author of The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road, with Books of Wonder (10AM, Instagram)
- Book launch for Huddle Up! Cuddle Up! featuring Bethany Hegedus, Mike Deas, Fred Bowen, and James Ransome (3PM, Zoom)
September 13
- Salem Lit Fest – Witchy YA Panel featuring Zoraida Córdova, Alexis Henderson, and Christine Lynn Herman (11AM, Zoom)
September 14
- Chris Mooney, author of Blood World, in conversation with Chuck Hogan (7PM, Zoom)
- Bug Fest! w/ North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences featuring Timothy Winegard, author of The Mosquito (7PM, Zoom)
- YA Releases Panel with Lori Goldstein, Jessica Goodman, Natalie Mae, and Andrea Tang (7PM, Zoom)
- LiveTalks LA with Jane Fonda, author of What Can I Do? in conversation with Eva Longoria (9PM, Zoom)
September 15
- P&P Live! featuring Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning (4PM, Zoom)
- Atomic Cartoons and BookPeople event featuring Max Brallier, author of The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road (5PM, Event)
- Watermark Books event featuring M. O. Walsh, author of The Big Door Prize (7PM, Zoom)
- Nina LaCour, author of Watch Over Me, hosted by Main Street Books St. Charles (8PM, Event)
- Random House Summer Reads featuring Regina Porter, Yiyun Li, Gabriella Burnham, and Sanaë Lemoine (8PM, Zoom)
September 16
- Marcus JCC of Atlanta Book Fest In Your Living Room featuring Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning (1PM, Zoom)
- Politics of Fiction presents Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, with Ayad Akhtar and Rachel Kushner (4:30PM, Event)
- Square Books event featuring M. O. Walsh, author of The Big Door Prize (6PM, Zoom)
- Northshire Books event featuring Edward Melillo, author of The Butterfly Effect, in conversation with Benjamin Madley (6:30PM, Event)
- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, event with Penguin Bookshop Writers Series (7PM, Zoom)
- Nicholas Basbanes, author of Cross of Snow, event with the Caxton Club (7:30PM, Event)
- Lemont Public Library hosts Stephanie Wrobel, author of Darling Rose Gold (8PM, Zoom)
- Max Brallier, author of The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road event with Doug Holgate and Pages (8PM, Event)
- Nina LaCour, author of Watch Over Me, in conversation with Tiffany Jackson, hosted by Books Inc. (8PM, Zoom)
- P&P Live! featuring Daniel Yergin, author of The New Map, in conversation with Susan B. Glasser (8PM, Zoom)
- Asha Lemmie, author of Fifty Words for Rain, with Books on the Subway (8PM, Zoom)
September 17
- CUNY’s Leon Levy Center for Biography event featuring David Nasaw, author of The Last Million (6PM, Crowdcast)
- Nina LaCour, author of Watch Over Me, in conversation with Stephanie Perkins, hosted by Books & Books (6PM, Instagram)
- Craft with Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together, and Lydia Denworth (7PM, Crowdcast)
- Max Brallier, author of The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road event withJeff Kinney and An Unlikely Story (7PM, Crowdcast)
- Books Are Magic event featuring M. O. Walsh, author of The Big Door Prize (7PM, Zoom)
- Watermark Books event featuring Mike Lupica, author of Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise (7PM, Zoom)
September 18
- Harvard Bookstore: Science Book Talks featuring Edward Melillo, author of The Butterfly Effect (7PM, Event)
September 19
- Les d’Escoffier Book Club with Lisa Donovan, author of Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger (12PM, Facebook)
September 20
- Books & Books: A Virtual Afternoon with Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning (1PM, Crowdcast)
- Event featuring Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club, and Alan Bradley (3PM, Facebook)
- BookPassage: Extended Series featuring Wade Davis, author of Magdalena, in conversation with Don George (7PM, Event)