Events

Jeanne Carstensen at the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards at Town Hall, NYC. Photo courtesy of PEN.

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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

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The Art of Revision

presented by LitQuake, LitCamp

Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3 pm

Page Street SF (297 Page Street, San Francisco)

$25, tickets: here

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Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

Friday, April 17, 2026

Bovard Auditorium, USC, Los Angeles

Finalist in Current Interest

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Saturday, April 18 @ 4:30 pm

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Panel: The Immigration and Refugee Crisis in America and Beyond

Jeanne Carstensen, Jazmine Ulloa, and Amelia Frank-Vitale

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PAPERBACK RELEASE

April 28, 2026

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April 28, 7:00 PM (NorCal)
Paperback Release Party
Bird & Beckett Bookstore, San Francisco(with live rebetika music and food)
653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA 94131

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May 17, 3:00–5:00 PM (NorCal)
How to Find, Create & Work with a Writing Group
Bay Area Book Festival panel, Page Street, Berkeley
(with Jackie Davis Martin, Janis Cooke Newman, Nayomi Munaweera, and Susanne Pari)
2508 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA

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May 20, 6:30 PM (NorCal)
Author Talk
Mill Valley Library (bookseller pending: either Book Passage, Friends of Mill Valley Library, or Pt. Reyes Books)
(with Nina Schuyler)
375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

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June 2, 7:00 PM (NorCal)
Who Gets to Survive the Crossing?
Clio’s Books, Oakland
(with Lauren Markham)
353 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610

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June 10, 6:30 PM (SoCal)
A Greek Tragedy: Lives & Deaths at Sea in the Refugee Crisis
Village Well Books & Coffee, Los Angeles
(with Michael Scott Moore)
9900 Culver Blvd #1b, Culver City, CA 90232

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June 13, 4:00 PM (SoCal)
Author Talk
Bel Canto Books at KUBO LB, Long Beach
3976 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807

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June 15, 6:30–8:00 PM (doors at 6:15 PM) (SoCal)
A Greek Tragedy: Immigration and the Refugee Crisis from the U.S. Border to the Sea
Verbatim Books, San Diego
(panel with Marco Werman and Kate Morrissey)
3793 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104

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July 25, 2:00–4:00 PM (NorCal)
Book Event with Mesa Refuge
Presbyterian Church, Point Reyes Station
1445 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

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Monday, July 27, 2026 @ 6pm PT
Virtual Author Talk: Jeanne Carstensen with Saumya Roy
Virtual Event with City Lights Bookstore
Register for this free online event