Past Events

Sunday Apr. 21, 2024, 12–4pm

Kweli: The Color of Children’s Literature
New York, NY

Panel on Worldbuilding with Serene Hakim

Saturday Apr. 29, 2023, 3–4pm

Independent Bookstore Day
Books of Wonder, Manhattan, NY

Exploring Belonging Through Magical Realism
Friday Night Salon with Girls Write Now

Saturday Oct. 22, 2022, 3pm

Fantastic Middle Grade Reads
with Alexandra Overy & J.C. Cervantes
Books of Wonder, Manhattan, NY

(Crowdcast)

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Sep. 19–Oct. 14, 2022, 10am–4pm

Book on display
Placita Latina Latinx Artist Showcase
Decatur Visitors Center
113 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA

Friday Oct. 14, 2022, 6:30–9:30pm

Book reading & signing
at the closing reception
Placita Latina Latinx Artist Showcase
Decatur Visitors Center
113 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA

Thursday Oct. 13, 2022, 7pm

Decatur Book Launch
Little Shop of Stories
133 East Court Square, Decatur, GA

Tuesday Oct. 11, 2022, 7pm

New York Book Launch
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria
2113 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY

(Washington Heights, NY)

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Friday Nov. 4, 2022, 6pm

Craft Talk & Writing Prompts:
Exploring Belonging Through Magical Realism
Friday Night Salon with Girls Write Now

(Zoom)

View the video and writing prompts

Word Up Book Launch

Saturday Oct. 1, 2022, 3:30–4pm

Book Signing
Brooklyn Book Festival
Children's Day, Metro Tech Commons, SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) Booth #29

Events

Sunday Sept. 10, 2023, 12–4pm

Uptown Kid Lit with Word Up Bookshop
Inman Hill Park, New York, NY

12pm Middle-Grade Panel with authors Stacey Davidowitz & Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Saturday Oct. 21, 2023, 9am–4pm

Kentucky Book Festival
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Lexington, KY

Sunday Oct. 1, 2023, 11am-4pm

Maplewood South Orange Book Festival
The Woodland, 60 Woodland Rd.
Maplewood, NJ

Friday Sept. 29, 2023, 2–3pm EST

Latinx Kid Lit Book Festival
Virtual (See how to participate)

Sunday May 5, 2024, 12pm

Decatur Children’s Book Festival
The Chapel on Sycamore, 318 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA

12pm panel on Speculative Fiction with Mark Oshiro, Aisha Saeed, and Jill Tew

Saturday Sept. 14, 2024, 3:15pm

LKBF Latinx Storytellers Conference
Scholastic, 130 Mercer Street
New York, NY

3:15pm talk: Exploring Belonging Through Magical Realism