Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
READ 718 Spring Celebration 2021
Website: https://secure.givelively.org/event/read-718/read-718-spring-celebration-2021
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
In Conversation with Carla Hayden
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Kennedy Center Book Club
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
Reading the City: Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Lisa Ko, Jacqueline Woodson, and Isaac Fitzgerald
Saturday, October 30th, 2021
Virtual Six Bridges Book Festival
Monday, December 6th, 2021
In Conversation With Myisha Cherry
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
Brown Girl Dreaming: Exploring Identity and Belonging with Jacqueline Woodson This event will take place virtually on YouTube Live.
Please join us on Wednesday, February 2 for a special virtual presentation from New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson. In her acclaimed memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, Ms. Woodson uses verse to tell her family story, recount her experience growing up amid the remnants of Jim Crow and the growing Civil Rights movement, and reflect on the joy of finding her voice through writing. Ms. Woodson will discuss her experiences and her writing, followed by a Q&A with questions from Facing History students.
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Author Read Aloud and Conversation: ADL Education Register Online
Website: https://adl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8BP42_z9QKKLg5ombvggMg
Saturday, February 26th, 2022
Tea Rose Foundation of NW Arkansas Event Zoom
Website: https://akapao.com/wewriteforyou
Please join Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Phi Alpha Omega Chapter; the Tea Rose Foundation of Northwest Arkansas; the Rogers Public Library; and the Rogers Public Library Foundation for We Write For You III, a Black children's book author panel and book reading for children ages 0 through 18.
This year's virtual event will feature: Ashley Franklin, author of Not Quite Snow White and Better Together Cinderella; Ayana Gray, New York Times Bestselling Author of Beasts of Prey; and Jacqueline Woodson, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, National Book, and NAACP Image Award winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming and The Day You Begin. We believe that representation matters, and we are delighted to bring these diverse authors to our community.
Free, signed books will be available to all children who attend the event.
Registration ends February 15, 2022.
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
University of Mount Union Event ECKLER LECTURE FEATURING JACQUELINE WOODSON
Website: https://www.mountunion.edu/events/eckler-lecture-featuring-jacqueline-woodson
The Eckler Lecture will feature award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. Woodson has written dozens of books for adults and children. She is also a four-time Newbery Honor winner, four-time National Book Award finalist and also the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award recipient, among many other accolades. Tickets are free, but required and can be ordered by visiting mountunion.edu/lecture-series
Friday, April 1st, 2022
The Center for Black Literature Presents the 16th National Black Writers Conference
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Virtual Litteralund Book Festival
Website: https://litteralund.se/konferens/
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
The Power of Story: Author Meet-and-Greet
Website: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2022/04/26/power-story-author-meet-and-greet
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
NEA Big Read The Center For Fiction
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
In Conversation with Rachel M. Harper Powell's Books
Website: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416502968183/WN__buLQCuTRXmJCWFB2ZcTrw
Sunday, May 15th, 2022
American Writers Festival
Website: https://americanwritersmuseum.org/american-writers-festival/
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
Brooklyn Book Festival
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Website: https://brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/jacqueline-woodson/
Sunday, October 16th, 2022
Block Party with Jason Moran The Kennedy Center
Performances for Young Audiences season. Jacqueline Woodson will narrate and share poetry
with music by Jason Moran and The Bandwagon. The REACH Plaza will have outdoor games
inspired by Jacqueline’s book The World Belonged to Us: sidewalk chalk activities, hopscotch, fort
building, jump rope, double dutch, and hula hoops! Food and refreshments will also be available
for purchase onsite to keep you fueled at this fun-filled event. Most enjoyed by all ages.
Purchase Tickets: REGISTER HERE
Monday, October 17th, 2022
The MacDowell National Benefit
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
John Steinbeck "In the Souls of the People" Award: Jacqueline Woodson
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Thursday, January 12th, 2023
Singing Amercia: A Celebration of Black Literature
40th Key West Literary Seminar
January 12-15, 2023
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Saturday, January 21st, 2023
Storytime: Tami Charles & Bryan Collier: We Are Here w/ Jacqueline Woodson Books Are Magic
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
Wesleyan: Sonneblick Series Event
Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
In Rehearsal with Quinn Mason & National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center
Friday, March 17th, 2023
2023 Walter Dean Myers Awards & Symposium, Washington DC
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS PRESENTS BILL CHATS FEATURING BILL T. JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH JACQUELINE WOODSON
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
In Rehearsal with Orchestra: THIS IS THE ROPE, Kennedy Center
Saturday, April 1st, 2023
In Conversation with Jenn Baker: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference
Website: https://www.kwelijournal.org/upcoming-events/2023/3/31/2023-color-of-childrens-literature-conference
Sunday, April 2nd, 2023
This Is The Rope w/ National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC / Booksigning to Follow
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
“Recipe for Disaster" with Alison Riley: Books Are Magic
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Friday, April 28th, 2023
Each Kindness, The Kennedy Center, DC
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
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
TCU Summer Literacy Institute, Fort Worth, TX
Website: https://coe.tcu.edu/research-outreach/summer-literacy-institute/index.php
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Meet the Author: All Together with Jacqueline Woodson Johnson County Library
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Friday, June 9th, 2023
The Transformative Power Of Octavia E. Butler: From Page To Stage
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
Carolyn Mackler presents The Wife App, in coversation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2023
Members' Room: Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Promise: A Novel
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
NY State Award Ceremony and Book Festival
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023 7:00 pm
Schomburg Center and NBF Presents: An Evening with Nikky Finney and Robin Coste Lewis
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
GLOBAL VIRTUAL EVENT: Books and Beyond with Jacqueline Woodson 1 PM ET /10 AM PT
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.
Monday, October 9th, 2023 7:00 pm
Remember Us: Jacqueline Woodson in conversation with Toshi Reagon
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 6:00 pm
Know Your Power Presents: Jacqueline Woodson, Remember Us
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Thursday, October 12th, 2023 7:00 pm
Remember Us: Author Visit at St. Joseph County Public Library
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Friday, October 13th, 2023 7:00 pm
Introduction to Remember Us at Haymarket House
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Saturday, October 14th, 2023 6:00 pm
Remember Us: In Conversation with Chaun Webster
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Sunday, October 15th, 2023 3:00 pm
Join The Novel Neighbor and Noir Bookship to celebrate Remember Us!
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 7:00 pm
Kindred Stories: Celebrate the launch of Remember Us
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 6:30 pm
Remember Us Discussion at Changing Hands Bookstore
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Friday, October 20th, 2023 10:45 am
Annual Conference of the New York State English Council
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Saturday, October 21st, 2023 7:00 pm
2024 Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Pre-Conference Event with JACQUELINE WOODSON and AUTUMN ALLEN
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 7:00 pm
An Evening with Jacqueline Woodson Presented by Library Foundation SD
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 6:00 pm
IN-STORE EVENT: Jacqueline Woodson, Remember Us at Bookshop Santa Cruz
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
Author Talk at Orang County Public Libraries, CA
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 7:00 pm
17th National Black Writers Conference
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Friday, April 12th, 2024
Lincoln Center Presents American Songbook: The Each Kindness Suite
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
Embracing Meanwhile: A Visionary Cinematic Exploration of Race & Resistance
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Sunday, May 19th, 2024
I See My Light Shining: Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project Launch
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Teresita Fernández in Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
Build Love Celebration: East Harlem Tutorial Program
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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
Ming Smith: Transcendence Columbus Museum of Art
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Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Brown Girl Dreaming Anniversary Symphony Space
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Saturday, October 5th, 2024
DC Public Library Foundation's Igniting the Community Award Ceremony
Website: https://www.battleofthebanned.org/
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
West Hartford Public Library
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Friday, October 18th, 2024
Lincoln School Providence
Sunday, March 16th, 2025 11:00 am
EQUIVOX '25: Equal Voice Hedgebrook
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Website: https://hedgebrook.ejoinme.org/EQUIVOX25
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
2025 National Black Writers Biennial Symposium: Honoring Black Middle Grade and Young Adult Storytelling https://centerforblackliterature.org/nbwc-2025-program/
Medgar Ever College
1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Brooklyn, NY 11225Purchase Tickets: Center For Black Literature
Website: https://centerforblackliterature.org/nbwc-2025-program/
for Middle Grade and Young Adult Literature
Honorees: Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia
Moderator: Jacqueline Woodson
Thursday, April 17th, 2025 7:00 pm
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Design Matters w/ Debbie Millman & Guests Symphony Space
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025.
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Website: https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/design-matters-20th-anniversary-debbie-millman-roxane-gay
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 8:00 pm
Jacqueline Woodson and Greg Walton talk ORDINARY MAGIC Family Action Network
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.
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Friday, April 25th, 2025 1:00 pm
Banned Books & Other Stuff The Digital Public Library of America
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.
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Saturday, April 26th, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
ZEAL by Morgan Jerkins The Free Black Women’s Library
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.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 6:00 pm
Ms. Foundation’s annual Women of Vision Awards Ziegfeld Ballroom 141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
Macarthur Fellows Gathering!
MAY 2- 4th 2025
A weekend with my people in Wisconsin!
Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Brown Girl Dreaming Center For Fiction
Talking all things BROWN GIRL DREAMING with the students of New Utrecht High School.
Event closed to the Public.
Website: https://centerforfiction.org/
Friday, May 9th, 2025
KidsRead Center For Fiction
Discussing BEFORE THE EVER AFTER with the students of M.S. 936
Event closed to the Public.
Website: https://centerforfiction.org/
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Each Kindness Castle Bridge School
Discussing EACH KINDNESS with students from the Castle Bridge School in the Bronx!
Event closed to the public.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 6:00 pm
Black Girl Magic Ball Lincoln Center Plaza
61 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023
Hanging with Mahogany L. Brown at the 8th Annual Black Girl Magic Ball.
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Website: https://blackgirlmagicball.org
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 8:00
The New York Women's Foundation Award Ceremony New York Marriott Marquis Broadway Ballroom
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.
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Website: https://give.nywf.org/event/2025-celebrating-women-breakfast/e652071
Friday, May 16th, 2025
Kenyon College’s 2025 Commencement Address Kenyon College
So excited to be heading to the state of my birth, getting an Honorary Degree and giving Kenyon College's 2025 Commencement Address!
Monday, May 19th, 2025
Summer Reading Launch 2025 The Browning School
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.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 5:00 pm
Helping Black Children Rise: Agency and Resiliency in Children's Literature The Center for Black Agency and Resilience
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
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Website: https://tinyurl.com/CBAR052125
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Talking ANOTHER BROOKLYN with High School Students Brooklyn Emerging Leadership Academy
This event is closed to the Public.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 5:00 pm
State Author (Me) & State Poet (Patricia Spears Jones) Celebrating Our Journey Center For Fiction
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.
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Thursday, May 29th, 2025 6:30 pm
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA FROST MEDAL CEREMONY HONORING Nikki Giovanni The Century Club
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.
This event is closed to the public.
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 7:00 pm
Remember Us with Elizabeth Gilbert! Onward Book Club Selection!
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.
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Website: https://onwardbookclub.com/remember-us-by-jacqueline-woodson/
Saturday, June 14th, 2025 4:00 pm
Pippi Longstocking's 80th Birthday Celebration Lena Horne Bandshell
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
The Year We Learned To Fly
Discussing THE YEAR WE LEARNED TO FLY with students from PS 130 The Parkside LOWER School!
This event is closed to the public.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Bellagio Fellowship - Italy Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
July 2025
Working on something new!
Website: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/fellowships-convenings/bellagio-center/residency-program/
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Induction Ceremony Cambridge, Massachusetts
Website: https://www.amacad.org/events/induction-weekend
Sunday, September 14th, 2025
19th Annual Rev. James M. Lawson Lecture Vanderbilt University
Website: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/tag/lawson-lecture/
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 6:00 pm
International Black Writers' Festival 2025 Howard University
Come join me at the International Black Writers Festival 2025 in Washington, DC. Psyched to head back to Howard University! (HU! You Know!)
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
LA County Library Writers' Festival in conversation with Justin Torres Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/14533247
Saturday, October 11th, 2025
American Academy of Arts & Letters Induction Ceremony Class IV Speaker Cambridge, MA
Sunday, October 26th, 2025 12:00 pm
Brown Girl Dreaming Performance at Lincoln Center Open House Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall
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Monday, November 10th, 2025
Special Reading of Thornton Wilder’s The Long Christmas Dinner Symphony Space, New York, NY
Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
National Coalition Against Censorship Annual Gala New York, New York
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
76th National Book Awards Ceremony
Friday, November 21st, 2025
BlackStar Luminary Gala
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Website: https://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/info/info_fil.asp
Friday, December 5th, 2025
Più Libri Più Liberi Book Fair La Nuvola
Website: https://plpl.it/piu-libri-piu-liberi-en/
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
In Conversation with Mychal Threets for the launch of his debut picture book I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 12:30 pm
Brooklyn Ethical Black History Month: Writing to Remember Brooklyn Ethical
Website: https://bsec.org/events/black-history-month-writing-to-remember/
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
JACQUELINE WOODSON IN CONVERSATION WITH TAYARI JONES TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF "AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE" Busboy and Poets
Website: https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events-at-all-busboys-and-poets-locations-internal-use-only/
