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Oct
12
8:00 PM20:00

Amherst Books, Amherst, MA

  • Wednesday, October 12, 2016
  • 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 20:00 21:00
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Naomi Jackson, Visiting Writer at Amherst College, will read from and answer questions about The Star Side of Bird Hill.

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Sep
29
6:00 PM18:00

Gracie Mansion Book Club Launch, Langston Hughes Community Center, 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona, NY 11368

  • Thursday, September 29, 2016
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
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The Star Side of Bird Hill is an official selection of the Gracie Mansion Book Club. This book club event will take place at the Queens Public Library's Langston Hughes Community Center. More details are available here.

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Sep
17
3:00 PM15:00

Naomi Jackson & Masande Ntshanga, Barnes & Noble, 106 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY

  • Saturday, September 17, 2016
  • 3:00 PM 4:30 PM 15:00 16:30
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Naomi Jackson will be in conversation with Masande Ntshanga, South African author of The Reactive (featured in Poets & Writers July/August 2016). A Brooklyn Book Festival Book End Event. 

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Aug
30
7:00 PM19:00

The Star Side of Bird Hill Paperback Launch with Jacqueline Woodson, Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY

  • Tuesday, August 30, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
  • Community Bookstore (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading from and in conversation with author Jacqueline Woodson about The Star Side of Bird Hill in celebration of the book's paperback release.

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Jul
27
7:00 PM19:00

The Star Side of Bird Hill Barbados Launch, Bridgetown, Barbados

  • Wednesday, July 27, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
  • Barbados Museum & Historical Society (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be in conversation with celebrated author Karen Lord & The Star Side of Bird Hill cover artist Sheena Rose for the official Barbados launch of her debut novel. A book signing will follow.

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Jul
23
4:00 PM16:00

Chattel House Books, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, Barbados

  • Saturday, July 23, 2016
  • 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 16:00 18:00
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Naomi Jackson will read from and sign books at Chattel House Books.

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Jul
20
6:00 PM18:00

Quaternary: Four Barbadian Female Artists, Holetown, St. James, Barbados

  • Wednesday, July 20, 2016
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00
  • Gallerie NuEdge (map)
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Naomi Jackson will join writer Amanda Haynes to moderate a panel discussion with the visual artists featured in Quaternary - Versia Harris, Katherine Kennedy, Llanor Alleyne, Sheena Rose.

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Jul
16
2:00 PM14:00

Brass Tacks: A Workshop on the Nuts & Bolts of Building a Writing Life, St. George, Barbados

  • Saturday, July 16, 2016
  • 2:00 PM 5:00 PM 14:00 17:00
  • Fresh Milk (map)
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Naomi Jackson will lead a  professional development workshop for writers at Fresh Milk in Barbados. 

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Jul
3
to Jul 8

This Summer, You Write Your Novel, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

  • Sun, Jul 3, 2016 6:00 PM 18:00 Fri, Jul 8, 2016 12:00 PM 12:00
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Naomi Jackson will teach a paid writing intensive at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Further information and registration details can be found here.

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Jun
23
7:00 PM19:00

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

  • Thursday, June 23, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
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Naomi Jackson will present a reading from The Star Side of Bird Hill as a Visiting Writer at the Sarah Lawrence Summer Seminar for Writers.

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Jun
21
7:00 PM19:00

Jami Attenberg Saint Maizie Paperback Launch, New York, NY

  • Tuesday, June 21, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Housing Works (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading new work at the paperback launch of Jami Attenberg's Saint Maizie.

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Jun
17
6:00 PM18:00

Girls Write Now, CHAPTERS Reading Series, New York, NY

  • Friday, June 17, 2016
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00
  • Scholastic (map)
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Naomi Jackson will read from The Star Side of Bird Hill and answer questions as part of Girls Write Now's mentee commencement ceremony.

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Jun
16
7:30 PM19:30

Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY

  • Thursday, June 16, 2016
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Pete's Candy Store (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading from and signing copies of The Star Side of Bird Hill alongside author Kristopher Jansma.

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Jun
11
1:00 PM13:00

POPSICKLE 2016, Brooklyn, NY

  • Saturday, June 11, 2016
  • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 13:00 14:00
  • Throne Watches (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading from The Star Side of Bird Hill, representing Prospect Lefferts Gardens reading series Sundays at Erv's at the 2016 POPSICKLE literary festival.

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May
27
8:00 PM20:00

Naomi Jackson & Shelley Marlow, Poetry Project, New York, NY

  • Friday, May 27, 2016
  • 8:00 PM 9:30 PM 20:00 21:30
  • St. Mark's Church (map)
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Reading, Q&A, and book signing. 

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May
21
to May 24

Anguilla Literary Festival

  • Sat, May 21, 2016 10:00 AM 10:00 Tue, May 24, 2016 11:45 AM 11:45
  • Paradise Cove Resort (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be the featured emerging Caribbean writer at Anguilla Lit Fest.

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May
3
7:00 PM19:00

Brews & Prose, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Tuesday, May 3, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Market Garden Brewery (map)
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Naomi Jackson will read from The Star Side of Bird Hill and answer questions.

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Mar
24
6:00 PM18:00

Caribbean Feminisms on the Page with Dr. Gloria Joseph, Barnard College, New York, NY

  • Thursday, March 24, 2016
  • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 18:00 19:30
  • Barnard College (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be in conversation with Dr. Gloria Joseph, scholar and author of The Wind Is Spirit, The Life, Love & Legacy of Audre Lorde. Sponsored by the Barnard Center for Research for Women. 

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Mar
19
1:00 PM13:00

Fiction Bootcamp: Crafting Character, Catapult, New York, NY

  • Saturday, March 19, 2016
  • 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 13:00 17:00
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Naomi Jackson will be teaching a paid writing intensive on character for Catapult. 

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Feb
25
7:00 PM19:00

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

  • Thursday, February 25, 2016
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Afrikan Heritage House (map)
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Naomi Jackson will read from The Star Side of Bird Hill and answer questions.

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Jan
12
6:30 PM18:30

Enoch Pratt Free Library Writers LIVE Series, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Tuesday, January 12, 2016
  • 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 18:30 20:00
  • Central Library (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading from and answering questions about The Star Side of Bird Hill. 

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Nov
21
4:00 PM16:00

Miami Book Fair, Miami, Florida

  • Saturday, November 21, 2015
  • 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 16:00 17:00
  • Miami Dade College (map)
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New Fiction: Stories of Exile and Displacement. Panel discussion followed by book signing.

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Oct
21
7:30 PM19:30

Brooklyn Public Library Park Slope Branch, Brooklyn, New York

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2015
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Brooklyn Public Library - Park Slope Branch (map)
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Naomi Jackson will be reading and in conversation with Amy Shearn as part of the Bookish series at the Brooklyn Public Library's Park Slope branch. 

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Oct
12
8:00 PM20:00

Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, New York

  • Monday, October 12, 2015
  • 8:00 PM 9:30 PM 20:00 21:30
  • Franklin Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
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Oct
1
12:00 PM12:00

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  • Thursday, October 1, 2015
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
  • Kelly Writers House (map)
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Reading, Q&A and Book Signing.

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Sep
20
1:00 PM13:00

Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY

  • Sunday, September 20, 2015
  • 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 13:00 17:00
  • Brooklyn, NY (map)
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Naomi Jackson will appear at two events (The Search for the Discussible Book, 1 pm, St Francis College Workshop Room; Between Two Worlds, 3 pm, Borough Hall Media Room). She will also sign copies of The Star Side of Bird Hill at Greenlight Bookstore's table.  

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Sep
19
2:00 PM14:00

Women's Voices and Caribbean Literature, Brooklyn, NY

  • Saturday, September 19, 2015
  • 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 14:00 16:00
  • MoCada (map)
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Naomi Jackson will read from her novel and be in conversation with Guyanese writer Rosalind Kilkenny McClymont. A book signing will follow. 

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Sep
17
7:00 PM19:00

WNYC Book Swap Beer Spectacular, New York, NY

  • Thursday, September 17, 2015
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
  • The Greene Space (map)
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Naomi Jackson will host WNYC's Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event with The Takeaway's books critic, Mythili Rao. 

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Sep
8
6:30 PM18:30

Reading at Avid Bookshop, Athens, Georgia

  • Tuesday, September 8, 2015
  • 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 18:30 19:30
  • Avid Bookshop (map)
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Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing.

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Sep
5
11:15 AM11:15

Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Georgia

  • Saturday, September 5, 2015
  • 11:15 AM 12:30 PM 11:15 12:30
  • Decatur, GA (map)
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Naomi Jackson will appear on a panel with Susan Abulhawa as part of the Roxane Gay Selects track of the AJC Decatur Book Festival.  A book signing will follow. 

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