Events
THE ‘BOOK OF ADDIS’ #BOOKTOURSOLIT
2018
2/22
African American Read-In, Broad Run High school
6:30 p.m.
NEW YORK, NY
3/3
Magical Realism Book Talk, Girls Write Now
1:30 p.m.
5/30
BALTIMORE, MD
Writers Haven Show with V. Helena
6/23
AUSTIN, TX
African American Book Festival
Carver Library
9:30 a.m. ‘Book of Addis’ Author Showcase
12:30 p.m. ‘Book of Addis’ Book Talk and Signing
Carver Museum Theater
2:00 p.m. panelist The Future Is Now: Achieving Wakanda in Practice and Promise
2017
2/4
ATLANTA, GA
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
2/12
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
African-American Read-In
Orange County Library, 2-4 p.m.
2/13
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
University of Central Florida
Signing & Book talk with Dr. Richard Brunson
Nicholson School of Communications Auditorium, 6:30
3/22
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
UVA- Virginia Festival of the Book
Secrets & Lies: Haunting Historical Fiction
Central JMRL Library 4 p.m.
201 E Market Street
3/23
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
UVA- Virginia Festival of the Book
UVa Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections, 4 p.m.
UVa Central Grounds, 160 McCormick Rd,
To book Brooke for a 2017 tour stop with your book club, school, church or organization, email press@bookofaddis.com
BOOK OF ADDIS author Brooke C. Obie at her alma mater Hampton University for the BOOK OF ADDIS COLLEGE TOUR stop on September 28, 2016.
FROM #BOOKTOURSOLIT 2016
JUNE 20: REDEEMER CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY
Redeemer Writers Reading Series
7-9p 1166 Avenue of the Americas (between 45th & 46th Streets) 16th Floor
JULY 3: VA
Book Launch Party, Reading, Author Q&A
Video and pictures here.
JULY 16: OXFORD, UK
Callaloo Writers’ Workshop
10 a.m. The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
Humanities Division, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Humanities,
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK
Photos and event recap here.
AUGUST 5: VA
Private book signing and author Q&A
SEPTEMBER 24: NEW ORLEANS, LA
Community Book Center
12 p.m. 2523 Bayou Rd.
Photos here.
SEPTEMBER 28: HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA
Harvey Library Meeting Room
4-5 p.m. 130 E Tyler St, Hampton, VA 23669
Photos here.
SEPTEMBER 29: NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA
Madison 107
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Photos here.
OCTOBER 3: NEW YORK CITY
Black Women and Identity in Literature
Housing Works Bookstore
7:00-8:30 126 Crosby St, New York, NY 10012
Photos here.
OCTOBER 5: NORTH CAROLINA A&T, NORTH CAROLINA
6 p.m. GPB Auditorium
OCTOBER 6: ELON UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA
Author of the Month Luncheon, African & African American Studies at Elon University
4 p.m. Public Talk: The Power of Writing in the Vernacular
OCTOBER 21: HOWARD UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
In conversation with Octavia Butler Scholar Dr. Gregory Jerome Hampton
4 p.m. Howard University Bookstore
NOVEMBER 4: MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, MACON, GA
Congressman John Lewis
Black Law Students Association Alumni Weekend
3:15-4:15 p.m.
NOVEMBER 15: BROOKLYN, NYC
Animal Farm Reading Series
594 Union Avenue
8 p.m.
NOVEMBER 26: BARNES & NOBLE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Brooke Obie Marissa Johnson
12-4 p.m. Meet the author
5 p.m. ‘Book of Addis’: Faith & Spirituality as Revolution
Award-winning writer and author of BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS Brooke C. Obie in conversation with Seattle activist and journalist Marissa Johnson on the role of faith and spirituality in revolution.