NEWS / TOUR - "Gathering of Waters" Book Tour

--Sunday, April 28, 2 - 5 p.m.
Signing and Author Reception at Resource
Sunday, April 28, 2 - 5 p.m.
9110 Selborne Lane
Palmetto, Georgia 30268
Tel - (770) 463-1105
Reading/Discussion starts promptly at 2PM
Reception 3:30 - 5 p.m., Serenbe Market Green

-- July 18-21, 2013
A Literary Retreat for Women Who Love to Read
Join Avid Readers from all over the country for an intimate, fabulous weekend in Toronto. 
Hyatt Regency on King
370 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V1J

PAST 2013 EVENTS

--Mon., February 18, 7:00pm
McNally Jackson
52 Prince St.
NEW YORK, NY
*In conversation with Courttia Newland, author of Gospel According to Cane, moderated by Tracey Smith of the Go On Girl! Book Club.

--Tues., February 19, time TBA
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
BALTIMORE, MD
*With Courttia Newland, author of Gospel According to Cane.

--Wed., February 20, 7:30pm
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton St.
BROOKLYN, NY
*With Courttia Newland, author of Gospel According to Cane, cosponsored by Ron Kavanaugh of Mosaic Magazine.

--Thurs., February 28, time TBA
Warren County Public Library
BOWLING GREEN, KY

--Sat., March 2, 1:00pm
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave.
DETROIT, MI

--Sat., March16, 2013, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
3rd Annual Book & Author Luncheon
Continental Manor
112 Main Street
Norwalk, Connecticut

--Tue., March 12, 2013, 7:00 PM
An Evening with Best-selling Author Bernice L. McFadden
Co-sponsored by Sista to Sista Book Club
University of Minnesota Rochester
UMR University Square RM #417
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Rochester, MN 55904

--Sat., Apr 6, 2013, 9:00 PM
Target First Saturdays Series.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
BROOKLYN, NY

Awards

Awards and Honors

• 2012 New York Times Notable Books of 2012 (GATHERING OF WATERS)
• 2011 BCALA Literary Award in Fiction (Glorious)
• 2010 New York Times Book Review (Glorious)
• 2010 Debut Selection for The One Book, One Harlem Program (Glorious)
• 2010 O Magazine "Book to Watch" (Glorious)
• 2010 Historical Novel Society "Editor's Choice" (Glorious)
• 2007 Short-listed for the Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Fiction (Nowhere is a Place)
• 2007 National Book Club Conference BeBe Moore Campbell Memorial Literary Award
• 2006 Washington Post Best Fiction (Nowhere is a Place)
• 2004 Subject of The Lifetime Television 20th Anniversary Commercial
• 2004 Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Fiction Honor Award (Loving Donovan)
• 2002 Nominated for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (The Warmest December)
• 2002 Short-listed for the Hurston Wright Legacy Award in Fiction (The Warmest December)
• 2002 Zora Neale Hurston Society Award for Creative Contribution to Literature
• 2001 Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Fiction Honor Award (Sugar)
• 2001 Black Writer's Alliance, Gold Pen Award, Best Mainstream Fiction (Sugar)
• 2001 Black Writer's Alliance, Gold Pen Award, Best New Author
• 2001 Go On Girl Book Club New Author of the Year Award (Sugar)
• 2000 New York Times Book Review (Sugar)
• 2000 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writer's (Sugar)