2021
February 6 | 1:45 pm-3 pm | Conversations and Connections Writing Conference from Barrelhouse | Keynote panel
March 5 | 2 pm | Bookable-Space African-American Lit-Literary Salon: Melanie S. Hatter
April 13 | 7 pm | “Love and Loss” with Marian Fontana, Melanie S Hatter, and Marion Winik hosted by Pen Parentis
May 18 | 7 pm | The Literary Cypher | Reading and discussion
September 9 | 12 pm | SHELF LIFE—Literary Fiction: A Discussion with Yvonne Battle-Felton, Keisha Bush & Melanie S. Hatter
2020 Events
July 17 | 1 pm EST | The Sociopolitical Power of Story, panel discussion, 1455 Summer Literary Festival.
August 2 | 3 pm EST |Reading and Q&A, Small Press Author Series with Hidden Timber Books.
This is where my book tour took me in 2019:
March 16 | 2 pm | Book launch at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe, Washington, D.C.
March 22 | 12:00 pm | Reading and Q&A, Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Va.
March 29 | 11:30 am | AWP Conference reading/signing for attendees, Portland, Ore.
March 29 | 7 pm | AWP Offsite reading with Four Way Books, Persea Books, and Bull City Press at Lucky Lab Beer Hall, Portland, Ore.
March 30 | 6:30 pm | AWP Offsite reading with Kimbilio and Barrelhouse Press at Floyd’s Oldtown Coffee and Tea, Portland, Ore.
April 2 | 7 pm | Reading with David Ebenbach at Politics and Prose at Union Market, Washington, D.C.
April 4 | 7 pm | Reading at Book Culture, New York City, N.Y.
April 6 | 8 pm |Reading, Molasses Books, Brooklyn, N.Y.
April 7 | 6 pm |Why There Are Words Reading Series at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, N.Y.
April 8 | 6:30 pm | Reading and discussion, Busboys and Poets, 14th and V, Washington, D.C.
April 28 | 11 am-4 pm | Special guest speaker, La Rambla stage at 11:30 am, Kensington Day of the Book Festival, Kensington, Md.
April 28 |5:30 pm | Reading, Reston Readings, Reston, Va.
May 18 | Reading, Sleepy Hollow Lit Fest, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
May 20 | 7:30 pm | Readings on the Pike, Arlington, Va.
August 4 | 4 pm | Reading with Derrick Weston Brown, East City Bookshop, Washington, D.C.
September 6 | 7 pm | Reading, Words Out Loud, Glen Echo Park, Md.
October 11-12 | Panelist, 17th Annual James River Writers Conference, Richmond, Va.
October 26-27 | Panel discussion and reading with Sehba Sarwar, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
November 2-3 | Panelist on CityLit Stage, Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, Md.
December 8 | Panelist, Strong Female Protagonists, The Writer’s Center, Chevy Chase, Md.
I will come to one of your New York events.
Terrific book tour, Melanie! Will definitely get to one of your DC events.
Thanks so much for your support, Jan!