Author Tour
Tonight! Zoom in to hear about BAND OF SISTERS
Brace yourselves! Tonight, on Zoom with LaSalle Public Library, I will be attempting Power Point for the first time since my short-lived career as a lawyer. Come join me for pictures of heroic Smithies and possibly widespread technological malfunction. Did I say that last bit out loud? In any event, I’m so looking forward to…
Read MoreTonight! Celebrating International Women’s Day with Melanie Benjamin and Steph Dray
Join me tonight for a spirited celebration of International Women’s Day as Melanie Benjamin, Stephanie Dray, and I talk about some of our favorite forceful historical women! The event, hosted by Pamunkey Regional Library, is free and open to anyone anywhere. You don’t even have to register! We’ll be streaming live to their Facebook page,…
Read MoreTalking about Smithies All Over the Internet!
Happy Friday! I’m going to be talking about heroic Smithies at various places around the internet today! Both of these events are free, live (yep, you can watch ’em as they happen, bloopers and all), and require no registration. At 10am EST, I’ll be doing my very first Instagram live with Beyond the Bookends on…
Read MoreTonight! With Tasha Alexander and Deanna Raybourn!
The old gang is getting back together! I am so excited to be reuniting with two of my favorite people for the first time in a decade! I mean, it’s not like it’s been a decade since we’ve seen each other. We have tea together, we email together, we’ve done events in pairs– but it’s…
Read MoreAsk Me Anything: BAND OF SISTERS Edition!
Despite– or perhaps because of?– my tendency to either cut off bits of my face or record myself sideways, the response to the Wednesday Ask Me Anythings has been so positive that I’ve decided to keep them going! Today, I’ll be doing a Band of Sisters themed Ask Me Anything! Because there are so many…
Read MoreBAND OF SISTERS Palooza!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Band of Sisters launch night eve/ Women’s History Month celebration last night! I couldn’t imagine a better way to kick off both a new book and a month-long celebration of women’s history! Speaking of month-long celebrations…. I’ve got a jam-packed month of Band of…
Read More‘Twas the Night Before Launch…
‘Twas the night before launch/and all through the screen/authors were talking/about the most amazing women of history they’d seen! Okay, I am totally not quitting my day job to write poetry. But I will be on screen tonight with author friends Marie Benedict, Vanessa Riley, and Kristin Harmel discussing our favorite forgotten heroines and celebrating…
Read MoreAsk Me Anything!
For the month of February you can find me live on Facebook and Instagram (@laurenwillig) every Wednesday at noon! Join me tomorrow, February 3rd, as I live-stream from the snowy Hudson Valley to discuss everything from coffee flavors to the Pink Carnation character who almost made it into Band of Sisters. Do you have questions…
Read MoreFind Me at Anderson’s!
Tonight, I have the great privilege of joining Serena Burdick at Anderson’s Bookshop (via Zoom) to discuss her latest novel, FIND ME IN HAVANA! Join us as we discuss the Hollywood actress and Cuban exile, Estelita Rodriguez; writing about forgotten women; and the excitement and pitfalls of recreating the stories of real people. Time: Wednesday,…
Read MoreVirtual Events!
As we creep towards spring, I have an exciting line-up of virtual events to help up brush away the pandemic winter blues! Here’s a list of what’s going on so far…. — January 27th, 8pm: celebrating Serena Burdick‘s new book, Meet Me in Havana, at Anderson’s Bookshop. Free and open to the public. You can register…
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