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READINGS/SIGNINGS – LIBRARIES AND BOOK SHOPS
November 20, 2025 @ 5:00 – Montgomery County MD Library – Teen Group, Connie Morella branch, 6400 Democracy Blvd
September 3, 2025 @ 6:30 – Montgomery County MD Library – Kensington Park branch, 4201 Knowles Ave
June 8, 2025 @ Noon – 3:00 – Elaine’s Restaurant – 208 Queen St., Alexandria, VA
May 22, 2025 @ 4:45 – Montgomery County MD Library – Teen Group, Davis branch, 6400 Democracy Blvd
March 30, 2025 @ 4:00-5:00 – Montgomery County MD Library – Chevy Chase branch, 8005 Connecticut Ave.
January 11, 2025  – Montgomery County MD Library – Teen Group, Chevy Chase branch
August 13, 2024 – Authors’ Hour reading at Chautauqua Institution, Ames, NY
March 13, 2024  by Zoom — Chevy Chase at Home organization
Recording of Powerpoint presentation available at:
https://www.youtube.com/@chevychaseathome2738/videos
March 9, 2024 —  United Church+Die Vereinigte Kirche, 1920 G St., NW, Washington, DC
Co-sponsored by Swiss Club of Washington, DC
November 30, 2023 — The Lantern Bookshop, 3241 P St., NW, Washington, DC
November 12, 2023 — The Last Word Book Store, Savage Mill, MD
Local Author Showcase sponsored by the Maryland Writers Association.
 
BOOK FAIRS 
November 11-12, 2026 World Bank 1818 Society Alumni Book Sale, 1818 H St., NW, Washington, DC @ 11-3:00
October 24, 2026 Blessed Sacrament Church FunFest Bazaar, 3630 Quesada St., NW, Washington, DC 9-2:00
May 17, 2025 – 10:00-6:00 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, MD
(At my publisher’s booth: Bold Story Press)
April 27, 2025 – 11-4:00 Kensington Day of the Book, Howard St., Kensington, MD
December 14, 2024 – Takoma Park Book Fair @ Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St., NW, Wash, DC
November 16, 2024 – “Books and Brews” @ Union Craft Brewery, 1700 W 41st St., Baltimore, MD
October 19, 2024  – Eat Local Read Local @ Cascades Library, Potomac Falls, VA
June 8, 2024 – Local Authors’ Bazaar at People’s Book store in Takoma Park, MD
May 18, 2024  – Gaithersburg, MD – Book Festival at Bohrer Park 
April 21, 2024  – Day of the Book Festival at Howard St., Kensington, MD
December 9, 2023 – 10th Annual Kris Kringle Christmas Market,  La Plata, MD
Local authors sponsored by the Maryland Writers Association.
April, 2023 – Greater Pittsburgh Book Festival
 
BOOK CLUBS 
July 22, 2025 – IWF (International Women’s Forum) Book Club, North Chevy Chase, MD
March 20, 2025 – Nashville, TN Book Club
January 7, 2025 – Chevy Chase, MD Book Club
June 18, 2024 – Potomac, MD Book Club
October 7, 2023 – Potomac, MD Book Club and Giving Together Giving Circle  

PRESENTATIONS AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS
December 4, 2026 Westland Middle School, Bethesda, MD
March 20, 2025 – Christ the King School eighth grade, Nashville, TN
March 22, 2024 – Upper St. Claire HS, Pittsburgh
Dec 1 and 8, 2023 – Gaithersburg Middle School, Gaithersburg, MD
Dec 5, 2023 –  Fox Chapel High School, Pittsburgh, PA 
Dec 6, 2023 – The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA
I really appreciated the lively and very engaged discussion and Q&A with these 
6th, 7th, 8th, and 11-12th grade students, librarians and teachers.
And the raffles of book copies were a hit!
Nov 14, 2023 –  Blessed Sacrament School, Washington, DC

July 7, 2023 BOOK LAUNCH #2
German-American Heritage Museum, Washington, DC
This in-person and hybrid (Zoomed) book reading and discussion focused on my historical research and writing process.
GAHMUS.org had been very helpful as I investigated the history of German immigration to the US.
June 26, 2023 BOOK LAUNCH #1
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
We celebrated the release of the paperback and e-book, with an author interview moderated by my publisher, Emily Barrosse.