April author events calendar
April’s author events lineup includes appearances from a wide range of voices—Cory Booker, Jane Smiley and others—providing ongoing opportunities for in-person and virtual community-building and newsletter signups. Authors are using events to deepen reader relationships and capture direct contacts. (localnewsmatters.org)
Sen. Cory Booker has two West Coast ticketed appearances listed on the April calendar: an April 3 evening event in Santa Monica moved to the JAMS Performing Arts Center, per the Eventbrite listing. (eventbrite.com) Book Passage is presenting Booker at Angelico Hall, Dominican University of California on April 4 with a $45 ticket that explicitly includes a copy of Stand, according to Bay City News/SFGate coverage of the calendar. (sfgate.com) Jane Smiley is scheduled for an in-person reading and signing at Copperfield’s Books in Santa Rosa on April 23; Eventbrite lists the session as one hour with free registration required because of limited seating. (eventbrite.com) Khiara M. Bridges appears on the calendar twice: an April 7 City Lights conversation with Jyesha Wren is listed on event pages, and a separate April 23 author talk and signing is shown for Baldwin & Co. in New Orleans. (eventbrite.com) (allevents.in) The Bay City News/SFGate roundup flags Independent Bookstore Day and multiple April 25 fundraisers — including the Walnut Creek Library Foundation Authors Gala — as coordinated calendar highlights for local bookstores and literary organizations. (sfgate.com) Several listings show ticket bundles that include a book or pre-signed copy as part of admission: St. Louis County Library’s ticketed Booker event lists an individual ticket at $42 that “includes one pre-signed copy” of Stand. (slcl.org)
