Events

Saturday, September 7, 2024, 1:00 PM
Chicago, IL ~ Printer’s Row Lit Fest ~ Grace Place, 2nd Fl. (637 S. Dearborn St.) ~ “Amplifying Women’s Voices: The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction,” in conversation with Claudia Dey, Janika Oza, and Emily Kellogg

Friday, September 6, 2024, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Chicago, IL ~ Chicago State University, Gwendolyn Brooks Library, 2nd floor ~ “Rootedness: An Exploration of Origin and Belonging,” a reading and discussion of Coleman Hill

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Brooklyn, NY ~ Kweli Lit Fest 2024 @ Akwaaba Mansion ~ In conversation with Nana Brew-Hammond, author of My Parents’ Marriage

Tuesday, June 25, 2:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ LIFTed UNITED ~ in conversation with Remica L. Bingham-Risher & Karis McPherson

Saturday, June 1, 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Swarthmore, PA ~ Swarthmore Campus & Community Store

Monday, May 13, 6:15 – 10:00 PM
Toronto, Canada ~ The Globe and Mail Centre ~ Carol Shields Prize for Fiction award announcement ceremony

Sunday, May 12, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Toronto, Canada ~ Victoria College, University of Toronto ~ Reading and Workshop: Celebrating the 2024 Carol Shields Prize Shortlist, hosted by Ian Williams

Saturday, May 4, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Montclair, NJ ~ Montclair Literary Festival ~ “History Reimagined,” in conversation with Vanessa Chan and Judith Lindbergh

Saturday, April 20, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Union, NJ ~ Barnes & Noble Bookstore

Sunday, April 7, 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Hoboken, NJ ~ Little City Books ~ Hoboken Literary Weekend ~ in conversation with Dr. Mariel Buqué

Friday, April 5, 1:00 – 2:00 PMGarden City, NY ~ Adelphi University ~ Writers & Readers Festival ~ “Breaking In and Breaking Through” with Jennifer Baker, Kermit Frazier, and Puja Shah in conversation with Ellen Hagan

Friday, March 29, 7:45 – 9:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ Poets & Writers ~ Mapping the Maze for Fiction Writers: Chart Your Path to Publication: “The Writer’s Journey”

Wednesday, March 20, 6:30 – 7:30 PM CTVirtual ~ Indiana University Northwest ~ Dunes Literary Series ~ with Rachel Galvin

Tuesday, March 19, 8:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ SwatTalk (sponsored by Swarthmore College)

Friday, Feb. 23, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Montclair, NJ ~ Montclair Public Library ~ “Finding Our Way Home” in conversation with Maisy Card, Dionne Ford, and Cleyvis Natera (sponsored by Friends of the Howe House)

Thursday, Feb. 22, 1:30 PM
Fairfax, VA ~ Fall for the Book Mini Fest ~ “Belonging and Exile: Contemporary Voices,” in conversation with Nana Brew-Hammond, Itoro Bassey, and Klara Kalu

Thursday, Feb. 15, 6:00 PM (reception at 5:00 PM)
Newark, NJ ~ Newark Public Library ~ “Our Stories to Tell: Black Authors Reflect on the Art of Writing,” in conversation with Maisy Card, Valerie Wilson Wesley, and Naomi Extra

Thursday, Feb. 8
Kansas City, MO ~ AWP conference ~ “Fictionalizing Marginalized Histories: India, Jamaica, Japan, USA,” in conversation with Maisy Card, Asako Serizawa, and Shilpi Suneja

Sunday, Jan. 28, 3:00 PM
Winston-Salem, NC ~ Moveable Feast

Sunday, Jan. 14, 4:40 – 5:40 PM ET
Virtual ~ One Breath Rising Reading Series

Thursday, Dec. 7, 7:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY ~ The Rally Reading Series at Pete’s Candy Store ~ with Julia May Jonas and Sahar Delijani

Tuesday, Nov. 28, 6:00 – 7:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop ~ a reading from Coleman Hill in conversation with Joy Baglio

Sunday, Nov. 12, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
New York, NY ~ Sunday Salon ~ with Eric Borsuk, Gina Chung, and Jimin Han

Thursday, Nov. 2, 7:00 PM
Montclair, NJ ~ Watchung Booksellers ~ in conversation with Dionne Ford

Wednesday, Oct. 25, 7:00 PM
South Hadley, MA ~ Odyssey Bookshop

Sunday, Oct. 22, 11:15 AM
Baltimore, MD ~ Lost Weekend Literary Festival ~ with Jamila Minnicks

Saturday, Oct. 21, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop ~ “Funding Your Writing Getaway and More: Residencies and Merit Fellowships”

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Vauxhall, NJ ~ Vauxhall Public Library ~ in the neighborhood where Coleman Hill is set!

Saturday, Oct. 14, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Charlottesville, VA ~ New Dominion Bookshop ~ in conversation with Daisa Granger Pascall

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 6:30 PM
Chicago, IL ~ City Lit Bookstore ~ in conversation with Garin Cycholl

Saturday, Oct. 7, 1:20 PM
Morristown, NJ ~ Morristown Festival of Books ~ with Andrea Yaryura Clark and Ilyon Woo in conversation with Faith Childs

Sunday, Oct. 1, 2:15 PM
Maplewood, NJ ~ Maplewood-South Orange (MAPSO) Book Festival ~ in conversation with Dionne Ford

Saturday, Sept. 30, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Provincetown, MA ~ Provincetown Book Festival ~ “Biomythography: Family History Through Poetry and Fiction,” in conversation with Rio Cortez

Thursday, Sept. 28, 7:00 PM
Exeter, NH ~ Water Street Bookstore ~ in conversation with Courtney Sender

Saturday, Sept. 23, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Baltimore, MD ~ Urban Reads Bookstore

Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Bethesda, MD ~ The Writer’s Center ~ in conversation with Marita Golden

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ Adriana Ink Book Club (FB Live)

Monday, Sept. 18, 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ BGC (Black Girl Collective) Book Club podcast

Saturday, Sept. 16, 11:00 AM: Coleman Hill New Jersey premier
Newark, NJ ~ Source of Knowledge Bookstore ~ in conversation with Maisy Card

Friday, Sept. 15, 6:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY ~ MoCADA ~ Lampblack Reading Series ~ with Benjamin Wright and Mayada Ibrahim

Monday, Sept. 11, 8:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY ~ Franklin Park Reading Series ~ with Jamel Brinkley, Rachel Heng, Tom Comitta, and James Sturz

Sunday, Sept. 10, 12:00 PM ET
Virtual ~ SJP Lit Salon ~ in conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 7:00 PM ET: Coleman Hill publication day
Brooklyn, NY and Virtual ~ Center for Fiction ~ Book launch in conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

2023

Kweli International Literary Festival
New York, NY

US Book Show keynote with Sarah Jessica Parker and Glory Edim
New York, NY

Publishers Marketplace Fall/Winter 2023 Buzz Books Editors Panel
Virtual

Deepening Diaspora Relations panel, New York Public Library
Virtual

Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Reading
Provincetown, MA