Upcoming Events

PEN America Literary Awards

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:30 pm

The Town Hall, New York City

Finalist for the PEN/Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

The Art of Revision

presented by LitQuake, LitCamp

Sunday, April 12 at 3 pm

Page Street SF (297 Page Street, San Francisco)

$25, tickets: here

Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

Friday, April 17, 2026

Bovard Auditorium, USC, Los Angeles

Finalist in Current Interest

PAPERBACK RELEASE

April 28, 2026

Paperback Release Party - Reading and Libations!

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7 pm

Bird & Beckett Bookstore (653 Chenery Street, San Francisco)

Author Talk: Jeanne Carstensen

Saturday, June 13 at 4 pm

Bel Canto Books at KUBO LB (3976 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA)

A Conversation About A Greek Tragedy

Monday, July 27, 2026 at 6 pm

City Lights Bookstore

Past Events

Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

Friday, October 10, 2025
6:30 PM PDT

In conversation with Annika Hacin Sridharan, MSW, Psy.D

Litquake

Sunday, October 12, 2025
2:30 PM PDT

"Fostering Empathy Through Nonfiction"

Mechanics' Institute

Thursday, September 4, 2025
6 PM PDT

In conversation with REVEAL's Michael Montgomery

Bay Area Book Festival

Sunday June 1, 2025
1:30 PM

In Search of Sanctuary with Jeanne Carstensen,  Stephanie Canizales and Cruz Medina

The Marsh Cabaret, Downtown Berkeley

Good People Dinner

Thursday, June 19    
6 PM PDT
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Saturday, April 27th

3:30 PM PDT

University of Southern California Campus

Powell's Books

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

7:00 PM PDT

Jeanne Carstensen In conversation with Sallie Tisdale

1005 W. Burnside St., Portland, OR

P&T Knitwear

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

6:30 PM EST 

Jeanne Carstensen In conversation with Joan Walsh

180 Orchard Street, New York, NY

A Great Good Place For Books

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

7:00 PM PDT

Jeanne Carstensen In conversation with Elizabeth Rosner

6120 La Salle Avenue, Oakland, CA

Sebastopol Community Cultural Center

Sunday, April 6th, 2025

Doors 5:00 PM PDT, Event 5:45 PDT

Author Talk: Jeanne Carstensen and Michael Krasny

390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA

Book Passage

Saturday, April 5th, 2025

4:00 PM PDT

Jeanne Carstensen In conversation with Susanne Pari

51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA

Mrs. Dalloway's

Monday, March 31, 2025

7:00 - 8:30pm PDT

Jeanne Carstensen's A GREEK TRAGEDY In Store Event and Book Signing with Frances Dinkelspiel

2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Commonwealth Club

Thursday, March 27, 2025

5:30 - 6:30 PM PDT

Jeanne Carstensen: The Human Cost of the Migration Crisis with Tyche Hendricks 

110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

TICKETS ON SALE NOW