November 16, 2019, 11 AM EST
Kentucky Book Festival
AllTech Arena
4089 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511
Info: www.kyhumanities.org
October 17 – 20, 2019, 11 AM
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Historic Downtown Brattleboro
Brattleboro, Vermont 05302
Info: www.brattloboroliteraryfestival.org
September 21, 2019, 10 AM PST
UCAAB Fall into Fiction
Americus Reading & Discussion
Waterfront Hotel
10 Washington St.
Oakland, CA 94607
Info: www.ucaabookclubs.com
August 24, 2019, 10 AM PST
Leimert Park Book Fair
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Mall
3650 W. Martin Luther King
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Info: www.leimertbookfair.org
May 18 – 19, 2019, 11 AM PST
Lit Fest Pasadena
Pasadena Playhouse District
Pasadena, CA
Info: www.litfestpasadena.org
May 11, 2019, 8 PM PST
World Stage Master Poets
Michael Datcher, Nikki Blak, Conney Williams, Pam Ward & AK Toney
The World Stage
4321 Degnan Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Info: www.theworldstage.org
April 10, 2019, 8 PM PST
Animating Black and Brown Liberation Reading & Discussion
Featuring Kamau Daaood & Pam Ward
The World Stage
4321 Degnan Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Info: www.theworldstage.org
Info: https://www.sunypress.edu/p-6679-animating-black-and-brown-liber.aspx
October 9, 2018, 7 PM PST
Americus Reading & Discussion
Pasadena City College
Speaker Series
1570 E. Colorado Bl.
Pasadena, CA 91106
September 22, 2018, 11 AM PST
12th Annual Fall into Fiction
United California African American Book Clubs
Long Beach Marriott
The Rickenbacker Room
4700 Airport Plaza Drive
Long Beach, CA 90815
Info: www.ucaabookclubs.com
August 4, 2018, 7 PM PST
Americus Reading & Discussion
Avenue 5o Studio Art Gallery
131 N. Avenue 50
LA, CA 90042
Info: 323 258-1435
July 24, 2018, 7:30 PM PST
Reading Nelson Mandela Prison Letters
Mark Taper Auditorium
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W. 5th Street
LA, CA 90071
Info: (213) 228-7000
May 17, 2018, 7 PM PST
William Grant Still Arts Center Americus Reading & Discussion
2520 West View St.
LA, CA 90016
Info: (323) 734-1165
May 15, 2018, 6 PM PST
BBC Radio 5 Live “Up All Night Show” Interview: Americus & State of America
London, UK
Listen Live: BBC 5 Live website
September 24, 8:30 PM, PST
Carry on Harry Radio Show Interview
Maxwell House, Singapore
Info: http://www.carryonharry.com/
September 27, 5 PM
West Hollywood Reads Noir Reading
West Hollywood Park, CA
Info: http://www.weho.org/residents/arts-and-culture/weho-reads
October 2, 10 AM, PST
Literary Nation Talk Radio, 88.3 FM Interview
Little Rock, AK
Info: http://www.speakloudly.com/” http://www.speakloudly.com/
October 3, 10 AM PST
Dishing with Judith Radio Show Interview
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://dishingwithjudith.com/
October 11, 4 PM
KRST Conference Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: (323) 759-7567
October 13, 3 PM
Cal State Los Angeles Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://www.calstatela.edu/event/americus-afternoon-michael-datcher
October 18, 8 PM
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://www.thingstodoinlosangelesca.com/details-E0-001-075027386-7/MICHAEL_DATCHER_READS_FROM_AMERICUS_Venice/
October 20, 5:30 AM PST
Talk Sh*t Radio Show Interview
Gainesville, FL
Info: Spreaker.com //Talk Sh*t
October 22, 9 AM, PST
Writer’s on Writing, 88.9 FM Interview
Irvine, CA
Info: http://www.barbarademarcobarrett.com/writersonwriting/
October 22, 8 PM
The World Stage Performance Gallery Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://www.theworldstage.org/
October 30, 7 PM
ESO WON Bookstore Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://www.esowonbookstore.com/
November 2, 1 PM
Private Book Club Reading
Los Angeles, CA
November 6, 12 Noon
UCLA Bunche Center Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
Info: http://ow.ly/DMbbT
November 15, 8 PM
Outpost! Reading & Book Signing
Albuquerque, NM
Info: http://www.outpostspace.org/pages/event/182912
November 19, 12 Noon
Eastern Washington University Reading & Book Signing
Shirley DuBois Lecture Series
Cheney, WA
Info: http://www.ewu.edu/csbssw/programs/africana-studies-program
November 20, 7 PM
California State University Northridge Panel & Book Signing
Northridge, CA
November 24, 11:30 AM
California State University Dominguez Hills Reading & Lecture
Carson, CA
December 6, 2 PM E.S.T.
Fresh Outlook News TV Show Guest Analyst
New Jersey-Area, NJ
Info: http://www.ebru.tv/en/genres/TalkShow/fresh-outlook
December 17, 1 PM E.S.T.
Talking With Francesca, Americus & Ferguson Radio Interview
1510 WMEX & 106.1 FM
Boston, MA
Info: www.talkwithfrancesca.com
February 3, 11:30 AM
University of Southern California Reading & Book Signing
Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 11:00 AM
University of California Riverside Reading & Book Signing
Riverside, CA
February 10, 7:00 PM
University of the Pacific Lecture, Reading, & Book Signing
Stockton, CA
Info: Wendell Phillips Center Room 140 (209) 946-7707
February 11, 11 AM
University of the Pacific Class Room Reading
Stockton, CA
February 13, 2 PM
Ferguson, MO Activist Meet & Greet
Ferguson, MO
February 14, 2 PM
Private Reception, Reading & Book Signing
Hosted by Eugene B. Redmond Writer’s Club & Friends
East St. Louis, IL
February 16, 12:30 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Reading & Book Signing
Elijah P. Lovejoy Library
Edwardsville, IL
February 17, 8:30 AM
Miles Davis Theater of the Katherine Dunham Performing Arts Center Reading & Book Signing
East St. Louis High School
East St. Louis, IL
February 17, 12:30 PM
Southwestern Illinois College Reading & Book Signing
Building A, Room 1009
Belleville, IL
February 17, 6 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Reading & Signing
East St. Louis Higher Education Center
Building B, Room 2083
601 Thompson Drive
East St. Louis, IL
February 24, 11:30 AM
Compton Community College
Compton, CA
February 25
The Drawing Room
Brighton, England
February 26
Royal Holloway University
London, England
February 27
Birmingham University
Birmingham, England
February 27
University of London, Goldsmiths
London, England
May 25 , 2 PM E.S.T.
Fresh Outlook News TV Show Guest Analyst
New Jersey-Area, NJ
Info: http://www.ebru.tv/en/genres/TalkShow/fresh-outlook
June 10, 7:30 PM
The World Stage Reading & Signing (w/Paul Calderon)
4344 Degnan Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Info: http://www.theworldstage.org
June 16, 12 PM
The Huntington Library Reading & Signing
Seaver Classrooms-Munger Research Center
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Info: http://dornsife.usc.edu/icw
September 20, 12 PM
The Brooklyn Book Festival Reading & Panel
Borough Hall Courtroom
209 Joralemon St.
Brooklyn, NY
Info: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/michael-datcher
https://www.facebook.com/
twitter.com/BKBF
http://brooklynbookfestival.tumblr.com/
November 19, 2015 3 PM
UC Riverside Raising Fences Reading & Discussion
355 HUB
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521
February 25, 2016 11 AM
Santa Monica College Americus Reading & Discussion
Spring Literary Series
Santa Monica College
1900 Pico Bl.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Info: https://www.smc.edu/ACG/Marketing/Events/Pages/Literary-Series.aspx
March 13, 2016 1 PM
Uptown Word Series Americus Reading
North Neighborhood Library
5571 Orange Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90805
Info: http://uptownword.lizgonzales.com/pages/upcoming.html
April 1, 2016 1:30 PM
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference Americus Reading & Discussion
“The Black Literary Imagination & Social Justice” (w/J.O. Bankole)
JW Marriott
1st Floor, Gold Salon
900 W. Olympic Bl.
LA, CA 90015
Info: https://guidebook.com/guide/22655/event/12522986/
April 3, 2016 3 PM
National Black Writers Conference Americus Reading & Panel
“Shaping Memory: The Odyssey to Manhood”
Medgar Evers College
Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Info: http://centerforblackliterature.org/category/nbwc/
June 8, 2016 9 AM
UCR Low Residency Program in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts
“The Writer as Public Intellectual & Engaged Citizen”
Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort
41000 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Info: 760.834-0928
June 13, 2016 11 AM
The Library of Congress
“Lineage: From the Black Arts Movement to Cave Canem Symposium”
Organizing Founders Panel
The Library of Congress’ Folger Shakespeare Library
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4860
Info: www.loc.gov/poetry