Events

Past events

NOVEMBER 2024:

• November 11th-17th
  Kaua’i
  Kaua’i Writers Conference
  Christina will return to Kaua’i for the Kaua’i Writers Conference to lead her renowned Masterclass
  with Paula McLain and Meg Wolitzer. Learn more and buy tickets here!

OCTOBER 2024:

• October 1st, 7pm ET/4pm PT
  Virtual Livestream
  Writers & Readers for Harris Event: A Virtual Conversation with Christina Baker Kline, Elin Hilderbrand, and Cheryl Strayed with DNC Treasurer Virginia McGregor. For more information and to register for the event, click here!

SEPTEMBER 2024:

• September 1st – 7th
  France
  Writing Retreat in Chamonix, France
  Christina is co-leading a writing retreat with Paula McLain (NYT bestselling author of The Paris Wife, When the Stars Go Dark) in Chamonix, France. This week long intensive writing workshop includes private coaching, luxurious chalets, a private chef, and deck-side jacuzzis all in a spectacular setting, the heart of the French Alps. The retreat is sold out, but to join the waitlist, visit this page.

JULY 2024:

• July 8th, Time TBD
  New Jersey
  Longport Library NJ Summer Author Event
  Christina will talk about her career as a historical novelist and discuss her writing process and sources of inspiration. Q & A and book signing to follow. 
• July 17th, 6 pm – 7 pm ET
  Maine
  In conversation with Roxana Robinson about her new novel, Leaving. A joint appearance with the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the Jesup Library at MDI High School. For more information, click here!
• July 27th, 3:30 – 4:30 pm ET
  Bar Harbor, Maine
  In conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan about her new novel The Cliffs at Jesup Memorial Library. For more information and to register for the event, click here!

JUNE 2024:

• June 18th, 7 pm ET
  New York City
  In conversation with Judith Lindbergh about her new novel Akmaral, at Book Culture, NYC. Register for the event, here!

MAY 2024:

• May 13th, 7 pm – 8 pm ET
  New York City
  In conversation with Simon Van Booy about his new novel Sipsworth, The Strand Bookstore. For more information & to purchase a ticket, click here!
• May 14th, 7 pm ET
  New Jersey
  Montclair Literary Festival
  In conversation with Harlan Coben about his new novel Think Twice. For more information & to purchase a ticket, click here!
• May 21st, 7 pm ET
  New Jersey
  In conversation with Caroline Leavitt about her new novel Days of Wonder, Little City Books, Hoboken, NJ. For more information, click here!
  
• May 30th, 6 pm ET
  New York City
  32nd Annual Authors Guild Foundation Gala
  Christina is the chair of the Gala Committee for the 32nd Annual Authors Guild Foundation Gala. For sponsorship opportunities or information about purchasing individual tickets, please contact Nikki Maniscalco at nmaniscalco@authorsguildfoundation.org.
  Support the gala here!

APRIL 2024:

• April 2nd, 12 pm – 1 pm ET
  Zoom
  Igniting Creativity with Literary Collaboration: YaleWomen Zoom Event, with Anne Burt The Dig. Join two successful Yale writers of literary fiction as they discuss their own writing journeys, their current two-book collaboration, and the shifting publishing landscape. WATCH NOW.
• April 9th, 7pm CST
  Amite City, Louisiana
  Common Read “Orphan Train” Keynote
  Christina will visit Hammond Branch Library to give a talk about her novel Orphan Train, the 2024 Common Read pick. For more information click here!
• April 18th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm EDT
  New Jersey
  Roots & Wings (NJ) Luncheon, with Ann Napolitano Dear Edward and Hello Beautiful. Roots & Wings will host its 11th annual Authors’ Luncheon at The Mansion at Mountain Lakes. As a long-time friend of Roots & Wings, Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times best-selling author, will join them again as the event’s host. Please join us for lunch, stimulating conversation, and good company while supporting our mission of providing safe housing, emotional support, life skills, and educational opportunities for youth aging out of foster care, empowering them to rise toward their greatest potential. For more information & to register for the event, click here!
• April 23rd, 7pm ET
  New York City
  Symphony Space Thalia Book Club Jane Smiley, Lucky
  As a featured event of Thalia Book Club, Christina will be in conversation with Jane Smiley about her latest novel, Lucky, at Symphony Space in NYC. The event also includes a reading from the novel by an actor and a Q&A with the audience. Details & Tickets here!
• April 25th, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm ET
  New York City
  Aspen Words Literary Prize Award Ceremony at the Morgan Library NYC. Christina serves as head judge. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture. For more information & to register for the event, click here!
• April 27th – May 2nd
  New Jersey
  Christina is on the board of the Montclair Literary Festival. The Montclair Literary Festival is a community-wide event that aims to exchange ideas, inspire future literary works, and engage with different points of view. Working closely with the Montclair Public Library, Watchung Booksellers, and a team of local volunteers, the festival will also generate lasting connections between arts institutions, schools, and the community, benefiting a broad cross-section of participants and attendees. We welcome Montclair residents to get involved by sponsoring, volunteering, or joining a committee. For more information & to get tickets, click here!
• April 29th, 6:30 pm ET
  New York City, Barnes & Noble Atlantic Avenue
  In conversation with Tara Conklin about her new novel Community Board.

MARCH 2024:

• March 7th, 6:30-7:30pm ET
  Virtual Tenement Talk
  This Women’s History Month, join us on Youtube Live for a conversation about Relinquished, a new book from author and sociologist Gretchen Sisson sharing the stories of American women who relinquished infants for private adoption. Sisson will be joined in conversation by Christina Baker Kline. Sisson and Kline will draw connections between past and present and shine light on these stories that deserve to be heard. WATCH NOW.

FEBRUARY 2024:

• February 20th
  About The Authors TV Virtual Interview
  Discussing Orphan Train, “The Scenic Route” & (my forthcoming novel – 2025) The Foursome on About The Authors TV: Historical Fiction Edition. WATCH NOW.
• February 19th-23rd
  Mexico
  San Miguel Writers Conference
  Christina is giving a keynote address and a book signing. Learn more and buy tickets here!

OCTOBER 2022:

• October 11: Christina in virtual conversation with Allison Gilbert about her new book, Listen, World! hosted by Books & Books, 7:00 PM EST 

AUGUST 2020:

• August 23: Left Bank Books in conversation with Lily King, 7:00 PM EST
• August 25: Center for Fiction in conversation with Amor Towles, 7:30 PM EST
• August 26: Midtown Scholar in conversation with Claire Messud, 7:00 PM EST
• August 27: The Vero Beach Book Center in conversation with Jodi Picoult, 7:00 PM EST
• August 30: Reading with Robin in conversation with Jean Kwok, 7:00 PM EST
• August 31: WATCH NOW Atlanta History Center in conversation with Paula McLain, 7:00 PM EST

SEPTEMBER 2020:

• September 1: Barnes & Noble in conversation with John Grisham, 7:00 PM EST
• September 2: Warwick’s in conversation with Kristin Hannah, 7:00 PM EST
• September 3: An Unlikely Story in conversation with Alice Hoffman, 7:00 PM EST
• September 4: Malaprops in conversation with Wiley Cash, 7:00 PM EST
• September 7: Adventures by the Book in conversation with Heather Morris, 8:00 PM EST
• September 9: WATCH NOW Skylark Bookshop in conversation with Alex George, 7:00 PM CST / 8:00 PM EST
• September 10: WATCH NOW Parnassus Books with Ann Patchett, 6:00 PM CST/ 7:00 PM EST
• September 13: WATCH NOW Montclair Literary Festival in conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan, 4:00 PM EST
• September 16: Room to Read in conversation with Erik Larson, 7:00 PM EST
• September 17: WATCH NOW Willoughby Public Library in conversation, 6:30 PM EST
• September 19: WATCH NOWJesup Library/Shermans Bookstore in conversation with Monica Wood, 5:00 PM EST
• September 23: Tucson Festival of Books, 3:00 PM PST/ 6:00 PM EST
• September 24: Book Club Girl’s Night In featuring Seghesio Family Vineyards, 7:00 PM EST
• September 25: Adams County Library in conversation with Amanda Eyre Ward, 6:30 PM EST

OCTOBER 2020:

• October 1: One Book One Community 2020 event about Orphan Train with the Rodman Public Library, 7:00 PM EST
• October 2: One Book One Community 2020 event with students of Mount Union College  (private event)
• October 6: Christina in conversation with Monica Wood about her book, Ernie’s Ark hosted by Godine Publisher & Longfellow Books, 6:00 PM EST
• October 7: Drop-in to Books ‘n Birdies Book Club, 4:30 PM EST (private event)
• October 7: Drop-in to Bookish Book Club, 4:55 PM EST (private event)
• October 8: Booktowne event with Cathy Buchanan, 6:30 PM EST
• October 8: Bud Werner Memorial Library event, 6:00 PM  MDT / 8:00 PM EST 
• October 10: Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival in conversation with Richard Russo, 5:00 PM EST
• October 13: CBK takes over Indigo Instagram Live, 3:00 PM EST
• October 13: Drop-in to Denver Bookclub, 6 PM EST (private event)
• October 14: Drop-in to private bookclub, 8:20 PM EST (private event)
• October 19: A Virtual Bibliofeast with Women’s National Book Association, 7:00 PM EST
• October 22: Quail Ridge Books event with Cate Lineberry, 7:00PM EST
• October 24: WATCH NOW Keynote Speaker at Sanibel Island Online Writers Conference in conversation with Joyce Maynard, 7:00 PM EST
• October 26: Drop-in to Soho House Miami Book Club (private event), 7:30 PM EST
• October 27: WATCH NOW Southwest Harbor Public Library Talk with Lincoln Millstein, 5:30 PM EST
• October 28: Newark Art Museum with Nadine Sergejeff about A Piece of the World (private event), 11:00 AM EST

NOVEMBER 2020:

• November 5: Sanibel Island Writers Conference Virtual Classroom Visits
• November 5: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Verse & Vino Pre-Recored Event, 7:00 PM EST
• November 5: Drop-in to Willoughby Public Library Book Club, 7:30 PM EST (private event)
• November 6: Drop-in to book club, 5:30 PM EST (private event)
• November 9: Rockville Centre Public Library, 7:00 PM EST
• November 10: Book Movement Event Virtual Book Launch Party for STORIES FROM SUFFRAGETTE CITY, 7:00 PM EST
• November 12: “Book the Writer” with Jean Korelitz, 7:30-9:00PM EST 
• November 16:Suffragette City panel for Greenwich Library, 7:00 PM EST
• November 17: Blue Door Books Book Club, 10:00 AM EST
• November 18: Duke University Parents’ Committee Book Club, 4:00 PM EST 
• November 22: Kauai Writers Conference Book Club moderated by Kevin Larimer, 7:00 PM EST (private event)

DECEMBER 2020:

• December 3: Christina Featured on Julie Buxbaum’s Instagram Live, 5:30PM EST
• December 9: UVA Book Club event, 12:00 PM EST (private event)
• December 15: Event with Friends of the North Castle Public Library, 6:00 PM EST
• December 16: Headliners Club and the Austin Country Club WA Book Club, 1:30 PM EST (private event)

JANUARY 2021:

• January 11: Christina Attends Greenwich Book Club (private event)
• January 11: Authors in Conversation Event with Fiona Davis (private event for Roots & Wings NJ auction winner)
• January 12: Christina Takes Over Holly Furtick’s Instagram Live, 8:00 PM EST
• January 13: Christina in Conversation with Melanie Benjamin about her new book, The Children’s Blizzard, 8:00 PM EST
• January 19: Event with Swampscott Library, 6:30PM EST
• January 24: Kauai Writers Conference Book Club about The Exiles with Lisa Gornick, 7:00PM EST
• January 28: Town-wide read of The Exiles with Duxbury, MA (private event)
• January 28: Event with Ellsworth Public Library, 7:00PM EST

FEBRUARY 2021:

• February 4: Christina In Conversation with Lauren Fox about her new book, Send for Me, with Watermark Books, 7PM EST
• February 8: Christina Attends Moriah Senior Center Book Club (private event)
• February 8: Christina in Conversation with Susan Conley about her new book, Landslide, via Left Bank Books, 7PM EST
• February 9: Drop-in to Snowmass Book Club (private event)
• February 16: Zoom with Women’s National Book Association
• February 18: Christina in conversation with Denise Heinze about her new novel, The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew, with Fountain Bookstore, 6:00 PM EST
• February 21: WATCH NOWVirtual “Wrangling Research” Workshop at The Writers Circle, 2:00-4:00 PM EST

MARCH 2021:

• March 2: WATCH NOW Event with Naima Coster about her new novel, What’s Mine and Yours, hosted by Flyleaf Books, 7PM EST
• March 3: Event with Northeast Harbor Library, 4:30PM EST
• March 11: Join Stroock Book Club (private event)
• March 15: Event with Justine Cowan about her new novel, The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames, hosted by Malaprops, 6PM EST
• March 21: Montclair Literary Festival in conversation with Avni Doshi about her novel, Burnt Sugar, 12PM EST
• March 23: Event in conversation with Jillian Cantor about her new novel, Half Life, hosted by Doylestown Bookshop, 7PM EST 

APRIL 2021:

• April 14: Drop into Ibis Book Club (private event)
• April 14: WATCH NOW Event with Paula McLain about her new novel, When the Stars Go Dark, hosted by Warwick’s, 7PM EST
• April 20: Drop into Naples Book Club (private event)
• April 26: Drop into Ontario Book Club (private event)
• April 29: Christina joins the Executive Service Corps for “Turn the Page on 2020,” 12:30PM EST

MAY 2021:

• May 4: Christina in conversation with Robin Wood about her new novel, The Field House, hosted by Left Bank Books, 7PM EST
• May 5: Lower Connecticut Valley Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) Book Club, 1:30PM EST (private event)
• May 6: Christina hosts Off Campus Writers’ Workshop with Caitlin Horrocks, 12PM EST 
• May 11: Christina in conversation with Jeff Arch, about his debut novel, Attachments, hosted by Chaucer’s Bookshop, 8PM EST

JUNE 2021:

• June 7: Christina in conversation with Michael Punke about his book Ridgeline hosted by Free Library of Philadelphia, 7:30 PM EST
• June 10: Christina in conversation with Elizabeth Letts about her book The Ride of Her Life hosted by Warwick’s, 7:00 PM EST
• June 13: Christina in conversation Monica Wood at Denmark Arts Center, 4:00 PM EST
• June 21: Event with St. Mary’s County Library Program, 6:30pm EST

JULY 2021:

• July 13: Christina Interviewed for Conversations Live by Cyrus Web, 10:00 AM EST
• July 13: Writers in the Loft event, 7:00 PM EST
• July 14: Christina goes live with Zibby Owens on Instagram, 12:00 PM EST
• July 22: The BookWorm Virtual Book Fest, 11:30 PM EST 
• July 27: Christina goes live for the Lori & Julia Talk Show and Book Club, 4:30 PM EST
• July 27: Christina goes live with Adriana Trigiani on Facebook, 6:00 PM EST
• July 28: WATCH NOW Christina interviewed for Friends and Fiction, 7:00 PM EST
• July 29: Christina interviewed by Cindy Han from Maine Public Radio via Zoom , 7:00 PM EST
• July 30: Christina interviewed live on A Mighty Blaze hosted by Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum, 4:00 PM EST

AUGUST 2021:

• August 10: In-person and virtual event with College of the Atlantic in conversation with Karen Collins, 9:30 AM EST
• August 10: Christina in conversation with Eleanor Brown hosted by Douglas County Library, 8:00 PM EST
• August 17: Event with the Glen Clove Public Library, 2:00 PM EST

SEPTEMBER 2021:

• September 8: Christina in conversation with Meredith Hall at Warwick’s about her new novel, Beneficence, 7:00 PM EST
• September 22: In-person event at Montclair Golf Club, 6:30 PM EST
• September 23: Christina in conversation with Kristin Hannah about The Four Winds, hosted by East City Bookshop, 7:00 PM EST
• September 24: Bucks County Book Festival, 7:00 PM EST
• September 27: Event with Mineola Public Library, 7:00 PM EST
• September 30: In-person Save the Children event at the Westport Library, 6:30 PM EST

OCTOBER 2021:

• October 25: WATCH NOW Authors Guild Speakers Series: Speaking Volumes, 7:00 PM EST

NOVEMBER 2021:

• November 5: NY Library Association Annual Conference in Syracuse, NY, 12:30PM EST
• November 9: Virtual In Conversation with Nathaniel Miller about his new book, Stockholm Sven, hosted by Northshire Books, 6:00PM EST

JANUARY 2022:

• January 13: Colony Club Presentation in Sayreville, NJ, 12:00PM EST
• January 19: Rescheduled Save the Children event at the Westport Library, 6:30 PM EST

MARCH 2022:

• March 3: Hub City Writers Project virtual in conversation with Diana Giovinazzo about her new book, Antoinette’s Sister, 6:00 PM EST 

APRIL 2022:

• April 7: Roots & Wings Foundation Annual Authors’ Lunch with Paula McLain at the Park Savoy in Florham Park, NJ, 11:30 AM EST- 2:30 PM EST
• April 7: RJ Julia Booksellers in conversation with Paula McLain and Amanda Eyre Ward about her new novel, THE LIFEGUARDS (virtual), 7:00 PM EST 
• April 13: Cold Spring Harbor Annual Luncheon at the Huntington Crescent Club, NY, 11 AM EST – 2 PM EST