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Beyond the Ghetto Gates Book Tour

“We all are so appreciative of your time energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to share yourself with us. Thank you is so insufficient.” – Florida Book Club Participant

I have greatly enjoyed talking about Beyond the Ghetto Gates with a variety of book clubs, educational groups, Sisterhood groups, and more via Zoom visits to all parts of the country, and am eager to extend the conversation. Use the Contact form to reach out so we can arrange a meeting.

Book Talks

Upcoming Virtual Events

All times are Eastern Time unless otherwise noted.

February 14, 2022 – Temple Beth Tzedek Women’s Network, Williamsville, NY – 7pm

Upcoming In-person Events

April 2, 2022 – B‘nai Keshet Kaplan Minyan Series, Montclair, NJ, 10:30am
April 4, 2022 – West Orange Public Library Book Club – 1:30pm
May 21, 2022 – Keynote speaker at the Women Who Write annual conference

Completed

2020 Events

April 15 – She Writes Sisters Eileen Sanchez and Michelle Cameron in conversation about Beyond the Ghetto Gates via Zoom.
April 23 – Book Club Meeting at JCC of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY, 12:30-2pm
April 28 – Behind the Book Interview at Chester Library, 2:30pm
May 5 – Book Talk at the International Friends Club, 10am-noon
May 5 – Book Talk at the Gold Coast Library of Glen Head, NY, 7pm
May 12 – Book Talk at the West Orange Public Library, West Orange, NJ, 7pm
May 13 – Book Talk at Congregation Beth Torah, Florham Park, NJ, 7pm
May 19 – Book Talk at the Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ, 5:30pm
May 24 – B’nai Keshet Book Club, Montclair, NJ, 6:30-8:30pm
May 28 – private book club, 7:30pm
May 31 – Congregation Beth Ohr , Old Bridge, NJ, 1pm
June 4 – Congregation Shirat Hayam Book Club, Marshfield, MA, 4pm
June 9 – private book club, 4-6pm
June 16 – Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ, 7:15pm
June 24 – Between Friends Book Club, 7pm
June 25 – Temple Sholom of West Essex , Cedar Grove, NJ, time TBD
June 30 – NY Historical Novelists Society Program – joint program with Mary Calvi and Julieta Almeida Rodrigues, 6:30-8pm
July 9 – Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley,Woodcliff Lake, NJ, 8pm
July 13, Temple Sinai, Summit, NJ 8pm
September 9 – JCC of Metrowest, West Orange, NJ – 1pm
September 10 – Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, NH – 7pm
September 13 – Temple Hatikvah Sisterhood, Flanders, NJ – 11am
September 15 – Sharon Hadassah, Town & Village Synagogue., New York, NY, 1pm
September 16 – Happy Bookers book club, 7pm
September 23 – Bernardsville Library, Bernardsville, NJ – 7pm
October 18 – White Meadow Temple, Rockaway, NJ, 2-4pm
November 10 – Mandel JCC Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 10am
November 12 – NCJW West Morris / Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael Sisterhood, 7pm
November 18 – The Jewish Federation of North America Virtually Limitless Series: Our Shared Shelf NWP Book and Author Series, 8pm
November 19 – Northern Virginia Hadassah Book Club, 7pm
December 1 – Bender JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD, 12pm
December 3 – Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, Paramus, NJ, 7pm
December 6 – 69th Annual Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Detroit JCC, Detroit, MI, 11am
December 14 – Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach, FL, 7pm
December 15 – private book club, 7pm
December 17 – Brooklyn Public Library book talk and discussion, 5pm
December 21 – Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ, 7:30pm
October 27 – Kol Isha and B’nai Torah Sisterhood Book Clubs, Boca Raton, FL – 7:30pm
October 28 – Private book club, Dripping Springs, TX
November 11 – Temple B’nai Israel, Basking Ridge, NJ, 7pm
November 14 – Temple Beth Shalom – 10:30am

2021 Events

January 6 – Sisterhood of Temple Beth El, Aliso Viejo, CA, 12 noon PT (3:00pm ET)
January 18 – Quest Book Club, Interfaith Philadelphia, 7:30pm
January 21 – Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, NJ, 7pm
January 22 – TGI Reading – 8pm
January 27 – private book club, 1pm
February 1 – Beth Tikvah Congregation Book Club, Chicago, IL – 7pm CT
February 4 – Temple Israel of The City of New York, 7:30pm
February 8 – Authors at Home, Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium (LMxAC), 7:30pm
February 11 – Congregation Kahal Chaverim, 7:30pm
February 13 – Virtual Story Slam/Literary Salon, sponsored by Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Summit, NJ, 7pm
February 18 – Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT
February 21 – Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, Mahwah, NJ, 1pm
March 1 – Millburn LIbrary Fireside Book Chat, Millburrn, NJ, 7pm
March 21 – Temple Beth El, Allentown, PA, 11am
March 23 – private book club, 12:45pm
March 25 – Women’s History Month panel, Brooklyn Public Library, 5pm
April 20 – Temple B’nai Or, Morristown, NJ, 7:30pm
May 10 – MakomNJ, Florham Park, NJ – 7:30pm
July 19 – St. Mary’s County Library, Lexington, MD – 7pm
August 14 – The International Napoleonic Society and the Napoleonic Historical Society: A Virtual Joint Napoleonic Congress, on the panel “Napoleon in Fiction: Jews, Blacks, Women, and Muslims” with Margaret Rodenberg and Sandra Gulland – 11 AM
October 6 – Caldwell Hadassah, Caldwell, NJ, 7:45pm
October 12 –Buffalo JCC Book and Arts Fair – 7pm

Social Media/Radio/Podcasts

Radio & Podcast Appearances

The Book of Life BOOKS IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS podcast
Dropping in with Diane Dewey, where I talked about Beyond the Ghetto Gates.
Writers Voices, talking to the mother-daughter team of Monica Hadley and Caroline Kilbourn.
Talking with fellow historical novelist Susanne Dunlap on her new podcast, “It’s Just Historical.”

You can access it in several ways:
- Via Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-just-historical/id1522202312
- Online via Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+ebRvRYrfw
- Online via Susanne’s podcast website: https://www.itsjusthistorical.com

Social Media

March 23 – Five Questions with Michelle Cameron – Clea Simon’s blog
March 27 – Murphy Writing Seminars Virtual Reading, link to video
April 4 – Reading “And the People Stayed Home” together with other authors launching books now, for the Jewish Journal
April 7 – Readers Coffeehouse
April 7 – Launching a Book in the Time of COVID-19 – Lisa Romeo Writes blog
April 8 – She Writes Press KEEP CALM AND READ ON Spring Virtual Book Tour with Girly Book Club
April 12 – Why I Write blog post – Christi Craig’s blog
April 15 – Interview with Laura Zam on Twitter’s #bookpartychat at 3pm.
April 26 – First Chapter Fun on Hannah Mary McKinnon’s Facebook and Instagram Live @hannahmarymckinnon. If you missed it, listen now via Facebook Live or on Youtube.
May 1 – Author takeover of Wild Sage Book Blog
May 31 – Featured as Morris County Library’s Author of the day.
One of Women Writers, Women’s Books Recommended Reads for June.
June 17 – Interview with Loretta Goldberg, in anticipation of the June 30 Published Authors event at the NY Chapter of the Historical Novelists Society.
June 23 – An interview on Dead Darlings, which is holding a Virtual Book Tour for authors whose tours were cancelled due to the pandemic.
July 2 – An interview in Womenscape.
July 6 – An interview with fellow historical novelist, Susanne Dunlap, on her blog.
July 28 – An interview with Heidi Slowinski on her blog.
August 11 – “Coronavirus and Living in a Historical Novel” on A Writer of History, M.K. Todd’s blog.
August 31 – From the Library of Caprice Garvin

Events