Discussing THE YEAR WE LEARNED TO FLY with students from PS 130 The Parkside LOWER School!

This event is closed to the public.

Looking forward to being in conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert about my novel, REMEMBER US which has been chosen as a Onward Book Club selection.

Come join us on IG LIVE.

Kwame Alexander, Renée Watson, Major Jackson, Nikky Finney, Virginia Fowler, myself along with musical guest/bestie, Toshi Reagon, as we honor the legacy of Nikki Giovanni with one of the highest honors in poetry.

15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

So it's my last year as New York State Author. (Some people didn't even know I held this role.) Patricia Spears Jones is New York State Poet. Come hear us talk about what these roles have meant to us and so much more.

This event is closed to the Public.

Joining award-winning authors, Kaija Langley, Amina Luqman-Dawson, Dr. Jasmine Taylor for a timely conversation about young people's literature and our communities. Come thru!

via Webinar

Looking forward to talking all things RED AT THE BONE. Can't believe this book is six years old now!

This event is closed to the public.

So excited to be heading to the state of my birth, getting an Honorary Degree and giving Kenyon College's 2025 Commencement Address!

1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

Proud and grateful to be honored by the New York Women's Foundation. Come join me, Fran Drescher and thousands of guests to celebrate, uplift, and create a better future for all women, girls, and gender-expansive people.

Discussing EACH KINDNESS with students from the Castle Bridge School in the Bronx!

Event closed to the public.

61 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023

Hanging with Mahogany L. Brown at the 8th Annual Black Girl Magic Ball.

Discussing BEFORE THE EVER AFTER with the students of M.S. 936

Event closed to the Public.

Talking all things BROWN GIRL DREAMING with the students of New Utrecht High School.

Event closed to the Public.

MAY 2- 4th 2025

A weekend with my people in Wisconsin!

The Reading Room

226 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11221

Join Morgan Jerkins and Jacqueline Woodson in conversation at The Free Black Women’s Library. We'll be celebrating the launch of Jerkins’s beautifully written new novel, ‘Zeal’. Booksigning to follow.

Join the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) for a special free webinar featuring Jacqueline Woodson in conversation with Jill Egan, leader of DPLA’s Curation Corps and curator of the Banned Book Club.

Via Webinar.

Jacqueline Woodson in conversation with Greg Walton, author of Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change With Small Acts.

Via Zoom.

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025.

Medgar Ever College

1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Celebrate the power of books with National Book Award-winner and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Jacqueline Woodson. Woodson is one of the nation’s most acclaimed authors writing for children, adolescents, and adults. Weaving together lyrical language and powerful imagery to create rich and emotional stories, her work explores the complex intersections of race, class, gender, family, and American history. Join Woodson for a one-time livestream global conversation around stories and books that connect us to one another.

This event is for public schools, libraries, community centers, and other publicly funded programs & organizations that serve youth. Each registration provides a school-wide license to livestream program as an assembly. Please note that this educational program will be streamed live without a recording.

This world premiere concert features Education Artist-in-Residence Jacqueline Woodson reading Each Kindness onstage to music composed, arranged, and performed by six members of celebrated string production company Rootstock Republic, along with projections of E.B. Lewis’ striking artwork.

April 28 - 29

40th Key West Literary Seminar

January 12-15, 2023