Hello to all my Vassar friends! In conjunction with the Vassar Club of Hudson Valley and Split Rock Books (an amazing bookstore owned by a Vassar alumna!), I’m going to be giving a special talk about Band of Sisters— and their compatriots, the women of the Vassar College Relief Unit, who served in France through…

I’ve been very remiss in posting this week’s events! — Come join me tonight (Tuesday) at Avon Free Public Library at 7pm EST for a discussion of Band of Sisters.  The event is free and open to anyone anywhere.  Just click here to register. — Find me on Wednesday night at 6pm EST at Erlanger…

Happy Monday, all!  As the book tour like no other book tour continues, I have a whole new crop of free, virtual events coming up this week! — Tonight!  Monday, March 15, 8pm:  Literature Lovers’ Night Out with Kate Quinn (The Alice Network) & Elizabeth Wetmore (Valentine). Literature Lovers’ Night Out is a legendary book…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…