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Future APPEARANCES


Saturday April 23, 2016
One Book, One Lakeville Event 7 pm
Lakeville Area Arts Center
Lakeville, MN

Saturday April 30, 2016
Talk and Discussion 11:00 am
Friends of Ramsey County Libraries
Annual Luncheon

North Oaks Country Club
54 East Oaks Road | North Oaks, MN 55127




PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS
Saturday, November 22nd 2014
Tipped-In Event
Hazletine National Golf Club
1900 Hazeltine Blvd, Chaska, MN 55318

Sunday, November 23rd 2014
Westminster Presbyterian Church 9:15 a.m.
1200 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis MN 55403

Tuesday, January 27th 2015
Minnesota Public Radio
"Daily Circuit" with Kerri Miller 10-11am

Tuesday, January 27th 2015
Plymouth Library Reading 7:00 pm
15700 36th Ave. N, Plymouth, MN 55446

MISS HAZEL BOOK LAUNCH!
Wednesday, January 28 2015 
Magers and Quinn 7:00 p.m
3038 Hennepin Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55408

Thursday, January 29th 2015
Tipped-In Event 5:00 pm-8:30
Minneapolis Club
719 2nd Av. S, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Contact: Pamela Klinger-Horn at Magers and Quinn 

Tuesday, February 3 2015
Georgia Center for the Book Reading 7:15
215 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA, 30030

Wednesday, February 4th 2015
Alabama Booksmith Presentation
with Margaret Block
808 20th Street SouthDoubletree Hotel       Birmingham, Alabama35205

Thursday, February 5 2015
AM 1130 Radio with Monty Jett 8:10 am
Hilton Head Island, SC

Thursday, February 5 2015
WXIA TV  “Atlanta and Company” 11:00 am
Atlanta, GA

Thursday, February 5 2015
Atlanta FoxTale Book Shoppe 6:30 p.m. Reading
105 East Main Street #138 Woodstock, Georgia 30188

Friday, February 6th 2015
Atlanta Mayor's Office Luncheon Address 12:00
Atlanta, Georgia

Friday, February 6th 2015 
Jonathan Odell with Margaret Block
Gwinnett County Public Library 7:00 p.m. Talk
Suwanee Branch
361 Main Street Suwanee, GA 30024-2233

Saturday, February 7th 2015
Jonathan Odell with Margaret Block
Savannah College Art and Design 6:00 p.m. 
Museum of Art Theater
Event Details
601 Turner Blvd. Savannah, Georgia 31401

Monday, February 9 2015
Square Books 5:00 p.m. Reading and Signing
160 Courthouse Square Oxford, MS 38655

Tuesday, February 10 2015
Reed’s Gum Tree Books 12:00 -2:00 Signing
111 S Spring St. Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
Postponed

Tuesday, February 10th
Book Mart and Cafe 5:00-6:00 Signing
120 East Main Street
Starkville, MS 39759

Tuesday, February 10 2015
Homestead Education Center Evening Discussion 
402 Lake Valley RD, Starkville, MS 39759

Wednesday, February 11 2015
Lemuria Bookstore 5:00 p.m. Reading and Signing
4465 N Hwy 55 #202 Jackson, MS 39206

Thursday, February 12 2015
WDAM TV "Sunrise" Interview 5:45
Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS

Thursday, February 12 2015
Main Street Books 5:30 p.m. Reading
Birthday Party for Miss Hazel and Rosa Parks
210 N Main St. Hattiesburg. MS 39401

Friday, February 13 2015
Page & Palette 12:00 Luncheon
32 S Section St. Fairhope, AL 36532

Saturday, February 14th 2015
Books-A-Million 
The Shoppes at EastChase
7274 EastChase Pkwy
Montgomery, AL 36117

Monday, February 16th 2015
Books On Broad Presentation- Refreshments 5-6:30
Camden, SC

Tuesday, February 17th 2015
WCIV TV 10:15  Interview
Charleston, SC

Tuesday, February 17th 2015
Charleston Library Society
164 King Street
Charleston, SC 29401

Thursday, February 19th 2015
Meet the Author Tea 3:00-4:30
Meeting Room B
Chapel Hill Public Library
100 Library Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Friday, February 20 2015
Malaprop’s Cafe and Bookstore 7:00 pm Reading
55 Haywood St Asheville, NC 28801

Saturday, February 21 2015
Park Road Books 2:00 p.m.
4139 Park Road, Charlotte NC 28209

Monday, February 23 2015
Cliffs Valley luncheon address 11:30-1:00
2 Knightsridge Road, Travelers Rest, SC 29690

Monday, February 23 2015
Fiction Addiction 2:00 Reading and Signing
Haywood Mall
1175 Woods Crossing Road #5, Greenville, SC 29607


Monday, February 23 2015
EMRYS Lecture  7:00 p.m.
Greenville, SC

Tuesday, February 24 2015
Hub City Books, Public Library Event 7:00 pm
86 W Main St. Spartanburg, SC 29306

Wednesday, February 25 2015
Vero Beach Book Center 6:00 Reading
392 21st St. Vero Beach, Fl. 32960

Friday, February 27 2015
WTLV NBC 11:00 Interview
Jacksonville, FL

Friday, February 27 2015
The BookMark 7:00 p.m. Reading
220 1st St. Neptune Beach, Florida 32266

Saturday, February 28 2015 
McIntyre’s Books– 2:00 p.m. Reading
20 Market St., Fearrington Village
Pittsboro NC 27312

Wednesday, March 4
Lori and Julia Show 4:45
MYTALK Radio 
UCI Center on Law, Equality and Race Presentation
University of California at Irvine 
Irvine, CA

Wednesday, March 11th 2015
Vroman's Bookstore 7:00 pm Reading
695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 

Thursday, March 12th 2015
Book Passage Reading 7:00 pm Reading
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA

Tuesday, March 17 2015
Club Book: Friends of the Library 7:00 Talk
Prior Lake, Mn

Thursday, March 19th 2015
Barnes and Noble Galleria 7:00p.m.
Galleria Shopping Center
3225 W 69th St, Edina, MN 55435

Friday, March 20 2015
Anoka Senior High School
Day with all American History Students, Q&A, signing
3939 7th Avenue, Anoka, MN 55303

Friday, March 27th 2015
Tennessee Williams Festival 2:30 pm
Master Class with Author and Marly Rusoff
New Orleans, Louisiana

Friday, March 27th 2015
Faulkner House Books Signing 4:30
with fellow novelist Laura Lane McNeal
624 Pirate's Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116

Wednesday, April 8th 2015
St. Thomas Academy 1:55
Address to Cadets
Mendota Heights, MN

Wednesday, April 8th 2015
Content Bookstore – 6 :30pm
314 Division St. S Northfield, MN 55057

Thursday, April 9th 2015
The Hennepin County Public Defender's Office – 12:15-1:15pm Interview – Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League and White Privilege
701 Fourth Avenue South Suite 1400, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Saturday, April 11th 2015
Minnesota Black Nurses Association Gala, Speaker
Center for Changing Lives
2400 Park Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404


Thursday, April 30th 2015
Scout and Morgan Books Reading 7:00 pm
Wine and Cheese Reception
114 Buchanan Street North
Cambridge, MN 55008

Monday, May 11th 2015
Alumni Association of University Women (AAUW) 12 :00pm
Gale Mansion, St. Paul, MN


Friday-Sunday, May 15-17 2015
South Carolina Book Festival
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln Street, Columbia SC 29201

Tuesday, May 19th 2015
Parnassus Books 6 :30 pm
3900 Hillsboro Pike, Ste. 14, Nashville, TN 37215

Wednesday, May 20th 2015
Turnrow Book Store 5:30
304 Howard Street, Greenwood, MS 38930


Sunday, May 31 2015
Bayport,WI All Community Read!
10:15am  Worship "Jesus and Miss Hazel"
1:00pm   Public Reading and Book Signing
People's Congregational Church
309 North Third Street, Bayport, MN 55003

Thursday, June 4th 2015
Excelsior Bay Books Reading 7:00 pm
Ticketed Event, Multiple Authors
36 Water St.
Excelsior, MN  55331


Thursday, June 18th 2015
Hennepin Reads! 7:00 Reading and Talk
Hennepin Av. Methodist Church
511 groveland avenue
minneapolis, mn 55403

Monday, June 22 2015
OLLI: Beginning in the Middle
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS. 33401


Monday July 13, 2015 
To Kill a Mockingbird Read-a-Thon
Barnes and Nobel Galleria 7 pm
Galleria Shopping Center
 3225 W 69th, Edina, MN 55435


Friday July 31st, 2015
Authors After Hours 6:30 pm 
Ticketed Event
Daily Grind Espresso Cafe
217 N. Main Street, Stillwater, MN

September 4th-6th, 2015
Decatur Book Festival
Decatur, Georgia





Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
Brookdale Bookers Book Club Reading 10:30
Brookdale Library
6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

September 21st-22nd 2015
Booktopia 
Petoskey, MI 

Thursday, September 24th 2015
Advocates for Human Rights and Minnesota Institute for the Arts Inaugural Event Keynote 5:30
2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404


Monday, September 28th 2015
The East Side Freedom Library 7:00 pm
1105 Greenbrier St., St Paul, MN

Wednesday March 16th, 2016
"Facing the Gaps that Divide Us" talk 6:30 pm
​Olivet Congregational Church
1850 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104

Sunday April 17, 2016
Plymouth Reads talk 6:30 p.m.
Plymouth Creek Center
14800 34th Ave. N, Plymouth, MN
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