Upcoming Events
June 26, 2020
8 pm, Benefit reading for Black Visions Collective (online event)
July 28, 2020
7 pm, In conversation with Michelle Bowdler, to launch Is Rape A Crime? A Memoir, An Investigation, and a Manifesto
Harvard Bookstore (online event)
Past Events
November 23-25, 2019
Montreal Book Fair
Montreal, Canada
November 22, 2019
University of Quebec
Montreal, Canada
October 19, 2019
Boston Book Festival
“Writing Beyond Binaries”
Boston, MA
October 4-15, 2019
Noir Literature festivals
Pau & Toulouse, France
April 21-22, 2018
The Los Angeles Times Festival of the Book
Los Angeles, CA
April 27-28. 2018
The Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Paperback launch for The Fact of a Body!
In conversation with Celeste Ng
Porter Square Books, 7pm
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Writers With Drinks
The Make Out Room, 7:30pm
San Francisco, CA
Monday, May 14, 2018
The Bindery, 7:30pm
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30pm
Portland, OR
Friday, May 18, 2018
Visiting Writers Series
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Monday, May 21, 2018
Private book club event
New York, NY
Friday, May 25, 2018
In conversation with Adrian Todd Zuniga for the launch of his novel, Collision Theory
Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
Brookline, MA
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Newtonville Books, 7pm
Newton, MA
Monday, June 4, 2018
Lambda Literary Awards ceremony
New York, NY
June 10-15, 2018
“Such a Character! Writing Family” memoir writing workshop
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA
Monday, June 18, 2018
Vroman’s
Pasadena, CA
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Antioch University
Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Alexandria hosts a discussion of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Celebrity Book Club
Newtonville Books, 7pm
Newton, MA
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
In conversation with Daniela Lamas for her book You Can Stop Humming Now
Porter Square Books, 7pm
Cambridge, MA
Thursday, October 4, 2018
In conversation with Andre Dubus
Brattle Theatre
Harvard Book Store
Cambridge, MA
November 1-4, 2018
NonfictioNow Conference
Phoenix, AZ
Thursday, November 9, 2018
Lecture: “Structure, Risk, and Meaning”
Vermont College of the Fine Arts
Montpelier, VT
Wednesday, November 15, 2018
Reading from The Fact of a Body
Bowdoin College
Massachusetts Hall
Brunswick, ME
Monday, November 26, 2018
Memoir Monday
Reading with Nick Flynn, Sabrina Imbler, and Nina Sharmam
Powerhouse Arena
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Living Writers Series
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Friday, April 19, 2019
Visiting Writers Series
University of Maine Farmington
The Landing, 7:30pm
Farmington, ME
June 14-16, 2019
Nantucket Book Festival
Nantucket, MA
June 18-22, 2019
Chautauqua Writers Festival
Chautauqua, NY
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Contemporary Reading Group
Cambridge Public Library
Cambridge, MA
April 6-8, 2018
Muse and the Marketplace
The Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, MA
Thursday, April 5, 2018
In conversation with Xhenet Aliu and Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
7pm, Belmont Books
Belmont, MA
Monday, March 26, 2018
Cedar Crest College
Visiting Writers Series
Allentown, PA
Friday, March 23, 2018
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charottesville, VA
Saturday-Friday, March 3-9, 2018
Adelaide Writers’ Week
Adelaide, Australia
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Arlington Author Salon
Arlington, MA
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
with Dani Shapiro, Marcia Butler, Alison Espach, Aaron Tillman, and Lindsay Hatton
7pm, Point Street Reading Series
Bayberry Beer Hall 381 W. Fountain Street
Providence, RI
Saturday-Sunday, November 18-19, 2017
Miami Book Fair
Miami, FL
Saturday-Sunday, November 4-5, 2017
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
Monday, October 30, 2017
in conversation with Kenny Fries
Porter Square Books
25 White St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Boston Book Festival
12:30pm, Memoir and True Crime: The Prison of the Self, with Sarah Perry, Danielle Allen, and Ethan Gilsdorf
3:30pm, Writing from Privilege, with Laura Van Den Berg, Shuchi Saraswat, Hasanthika Serisena, and Kaitlin Solimine
Copley Square, Boston, MA
Friday, October 27, 2017
in conversation with Melissa Febos
7pm, Papercuts J.P.
5 Green Street, Boston, MA 02130
Sunday, October 22, 2017
3:30pm, Tres Gatos
470 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
in conversation with Celeste Ng
7pm, Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Saturday-Sunday October 14-15, 2017
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro, VT
(Please note: all events in GA, CA, and PA from late August through early October have been cancelled while Alexandria recuperates from an accident. Events will be rescheduled for the paperback release in May 2018.)
August 12, 2017
In conversation with Val McDermid
Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
August 11, 2017
6:30 pm, Golden Hare Books
68 St. Stephen St.
Edinburgh, Scotland
August 10, 2017
7pm, in conversation with fellow debut authors Ali Land, Olivia Sudjic, Emily Morris, and Charlotte Bowyer
The Riff Raff
Effra Social, London
August 2-6, 2017
Cambridge Writers Workshop
Grenada, Spain
July 27, 2017
7pm, Tewksbury Public Library
300 Chandler Street
Tewksbury, MA
July 22, 2017
In conversation with Leah Carroll
6pm, Falmouth Public Library
300 Main St
Falmouth, MA
July 8, 2017
Volume Reading Series
Spotty Dog Books & Ale
Hudson, NY
June 28, 2017
Local Author Showcase
4pm – 7pm, Shrewsbury Public Library
Shrewsbury, MA
June 15, 2017
In Her Voice Festival kickoff event & talk
Crow’s Theatre
325 Carlaw Ave
Toronto, Canada
June 12, 2017
7 pm, Trident Booksellers
“Writing Hard Stories” with Melanie Brooks, Alysia Abbot, and Richard Hoffman
338 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115
June 8, 2017
12pm, Toadstool Bookshop
12 Depot St, Peterborough, NH 03458
7pm, Water Street Bookstore
125 Water St, Exeter, NH 03833
June 6, 2017
7 pm, Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd, Newton, MA 02459
June 5, 2017
7 pm, Trident Booksellers
“Writing Queer Lives” with Christopher Castellani, Kelly J. Ford, Garrard Conley, Catherine Guthrie, and Brontez Purnell
338 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115
June 1, 2017
In conversation with Kristen Radtke
7 pm, Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
May 26, 2017
7 pm, BookPeople
603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
May 25, 2017
6:30 pm, Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
May 24, 2017
6 pm, Square Books
160 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
May 23, 2017
6 pm, Garden District Books
2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130
May 21, 2017
Avid Bookshop at Five Points
Durham, NC
May 20, 2017
Regulator Bookshop
Durham, NC
May 19, 2017
6:30 pm, East City Bookshop
645 Pennsylvania Ave SE #100, Washington, DC 20003
May 18, 2017
7 pm, McNally Jackson
In conversation with Robin Wasserman
52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
May 17, 2017
7:30 pm, Northshire Bookstore
“Yaddo Presents”
424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
May 16, 2017
7 pm, Harvard Book Store
Launch event!
1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
May 5-7, 2017
Muse and the Marketplace Conference
Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA
April 26, 2017
6pm, NYU Bookstore
In conversation with Melissa Febos
726 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
March 22, 2017
reading with Douglas Whynott (The Sugar Season)
6 pm, Little Building, Charles Beard Room, Emerson College, Boston, MA