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Events

Upcoming Talks, Readings, Panels & Memoir Workshops

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FEBRUARY

17-19

2023

READOUT LITERARY FESTIVAL

MEMOIR PANEL & 

MEMOIR WORKSHOP

GULFPORT, FL

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MARCH

18

2023

GOLDEN CROWN REGIONAL LITERARY EVENT

PANEL ON DIVERSITY

JERSEY CITY, NJ

10AM-5PM

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MARCH

19

2023

YAD VASHEM USA

PANEL & WORKSHOP ON DOCUMENTING FAMILY HISTORY

NEW YORK, NY

9AM-2PM

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MARCH

19

2023

SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

GINGER'S BAR

BROOKLYN, NY

3-5PM

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MARCH

24-26

2023

SAINTS & SINNERS LITERARY FESTIVAL

MEMOIR PANEL, MEMOIR WORKSHOP & READING

NEW ORLEANS, LA

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MARCH

30

2023

AUTHORS IN CONVERSATION

W/ RITA MAE BROWN

THE CENTER

NEW YORK, NY

7PM

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APRIL

8

2023

AUTHOR TALK W/ RICK KOONCE, PODCAST HOST

BREAD & ROSES BOOKSHOP & CAFE

HYANNIS, MA

12PM

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APRIL

13

2023

HOLOCAUST TALK

CENTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

CENTERVILLE, MA

5:30PM

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APRIL

22

2023

RAINBOW BOOK FAIR

THE CENTER

NEW YORK, NY

12-6PM

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APRIL

29

2023

SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

CAMP REHOBOTH WOMEN'S FEST

REHOBOTH BEACH, DE

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MAY

3

2023

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MEMOIR WORKSHOP

PRIVATE GROUP

ZOOM

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RESCHEDULD

FOR FALL 2023

UMASS ALUMNI MEMOIRIST PANEL

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CLUB

BOSTON, MA

7PM

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MAY

24

2023

STATEN ISLAND PRIDE

MEMOIR PANEL

STATEN ISLAND, NY

TBD

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JUNE

7

2023

OUTSPOKEN

READING

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, NY

7PM

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June

8

2023

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Live Interview

Instagram

with Robin Homonoff

4PM

@ robinkallink

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JUNE

10

2023

MEMOIR WORKSHOP

Golden Crown Literary Society

(register here)

ZOOM

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JUNE

11

2023

SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

DC PRIDE

WASHINGTON, DC

12-7PM

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JUNE

14

2023

OUTSPOKEN

READING

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, NY

7PM

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JUNE

15

2023

MEMOIR WORKSHOP

In partnership with New Shelves

register here ($25)

ZOOM

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JUNE

22

2023

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LIVE INTERVIEW

THINGS THAT MATTER

Hosted by Martie McNabb

& Founder Marj Kleinman

6PM

STOOP: 264 PROSPECT PLACE, BROOKLYN

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JUNE

27

2023

SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

BLU & BLUSH BAR

DENVER, CO

6-8PM

Didn't make it to Denver because of weather...

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JUNE 29

2023

PANEL: WRITING WITH AN EMOTIONAL CORE

GOLDEN CROWN LITERARY SOCIETY CONFERENCE

DENVER, CO

10AM

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JUNE 30

2023

AUTHOR READING

GOLDEN CROWN LITERARY SOCIETY CONFERENCE

DENVER, CO

1:30PM

...and because United canceled my flight

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JULY

11

2023

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MEMOIR WORKSHOP & TALK

ALL SHE WROTE BOOKS

SOMMERVILLE, MA

7PM

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JULY

12

2023

AUTHOR TALK

WELLFLEET PUBLIC LIBRARY

WELLFLEET, MA

7PM

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JULY

26

2023

MEMOIR WORKSHOP

"From Pain to Published"

HYANNIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Hyannis, MA

5PM

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AUGUST

2

2023

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BOOK TALK "Half In"

HYANNIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Hyannis, MA

5PM

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AUGUST

19

2023

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SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

STIR LOUNGE

PHILADELPHIA, PA

5-7PM

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AUGUST

20

2023

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SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

LEHIGH VALLEY PRIDE

BETHLEHEM, PA

11AM-7PM

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SEPTEMBER

17

2023

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SAPPHIC LIT POP-UP BOOKSTORE

Charlottesville Pride

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

11AM-5 PM

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OCTOBER

1

2023

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"QUEER BOOK NOOK" BOOTH

BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL w/ authors Gerard Cabrera and Kate Rounds

BROOKLYN, NY

12-6PM

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OCTOBER

10

2023

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READING "HALF IN"

Must Love Memoir


 

JAKE'S DILEMMA, NEW YORK, NY

7:30AM

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OCTOBER

12

2023

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BOOK READING "HALF IN"

Napi's Restaurant (upstairs)


 

PROVINCETOWN, MA

9-11:30AM

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OCTOBER

12

2023

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BOOK SIGNING "HALF IN"

Womencrafts


 

PROVINCETOWN, MA

1-2PM

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OCTOBER

12

2023

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BOOK TALK "WHAT PAPA TOLD ME"

Wheldon Memorial Library


 

WEST BARNSTABLE, MA

6:30PM

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OCTOBER

29

2023

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TALK: WHAT PAPA TOLD ME

Temple Emeth

Teaneck, NJ

11AM

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NOVEMBER

1 & 15

2023

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2-WEEK MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP

 

IN-PERSON ~ PLEASE PRE-REGISTER

Space Limited. Pre-Register HERE

444 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD, ELMSFORD, NY

6-8PM

$72 for both Classes

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NOVEMBER

16

2023

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WRITING WORKSHOP

WOMEN'S FICTION WRITERS

(members only)

Zoom

7PM

2024

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MARCH

5

2024

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BOOK TALK "Half In"

WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION

Washington, DC

12:30PM

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JUNE

3

2024

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BOOK TALK "HALF IN"

JCC GREATER NEW HAVEN

New Haven, CT

7:30PM

More events being added!

speaking requests

A few photos from past events

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Click HERE to listen to my talk at Generation Woman NYC, 2022.

speaking requests

In Person or on Zoom

If you would like me to speak at your event, school, synagogue, book club, tiny house festival, book festival or anything else, please send me an email. my topics range from the Holocaust to living tiny to decluttering tips to writing memoir.

Some topics include:

  • Memoir Workshop: From Pain to Published: Turning Heartache into Memoir
     

  • How writing my memoir Half In, was like therapy, and how that process helped me overcome the shame of being in a secret, age-gap, love affair
     

  • The riveting experience of how I learned the first-person account of my grandfather's experiences in the Holocaust.
     

  • How my experience living in a 90-square-foot, NYC studio made my life larger; as well as tips for organizing and decluttering your stuff.
     

  • How to organize your workspace for success. From clearing off your desk to your desktop.

book club

book clubs

Let's chat! Virtually.

I would be delighted to join your book club to talk about any of my books. 
Simply email me 
here with your request.

Thank you!

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