Virtual Author Talk - How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts 02/04/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 02/04/2025 11:00 AM 02/04/2025 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - How Women's Liberation Transformed America: In Conversation with Clara Bingham 03/20/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 03/20/2025 11:00 AM 03/20/2025 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry 03/04/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 03/04/2026 11:00 AM 03/04/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade) 07/23/2025 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 07/23/2025 1:00 PM 07/23/2025 1:45 PM Virtual Author Talk - Learning the Power of Poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo 07/23/2024 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM 07/23/2024 11:00 AM 07/23/2024 11:30 AM Virtual Author Talk - Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction: In Conversation with Silvia Moreno-Garcia 10/09/2024 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 10/09/2024 4:00 PM 10/09/2024 5:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Living the Otter Life with Katherine Applegate (3rd-6th Grade) 06/24/2025 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM 06/24/2025 1:00 PM 06/24/2025 1:30 PM Virtual Author Talk - Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World–with Nate Klemp, PhD 09/18/2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 09/18/2024 11:00 AM 09/18/2024 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Lush Lyricism and Intimate Confessions with Miranda Cowley Heller 04/22/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 04/22/2026 11:00 AM 04/22/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande 07/16/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 07/16/2026 11:00 AM 07/16/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic with Dr. Lindsey Stewart 02/12/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 02/12/2026 11:00 AM 02/12/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine with Journalist Julia Hotz 01/20/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 01/20/2026 11:00 AM 01/20/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Nuestra América: Stories of 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States with Smithsonian Educators 10/02/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 10/02/2025 11:00 AM 10/02/2025 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - Nurturing Future Generations: Stories from the Heart of Grandfatherhood with Ted Page 06/18/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 06/18/2026 11:00 AM 06/18/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts with Smithsonian Curator Emerita Valerie Neal 04/02/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 04/02/2026 11:00 AM 04/02/2026 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love with Marjan Kamali 05/07/2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 05/07/2026 4:00 PM 05/07/2026 5:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains with Pria Anand 07/31/2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 07/31/2025 11:00 AM 07/31/2025 12:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On Writing a Brilliant, Dark, and Diabolical Thriller with Author Liann Zhang 05/14/2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 05/14/2025 4:00 PM 05/14/2025 5:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor 04/14/2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 04/14/2026 4:00 PM 04/14/2026 5:00 PM Virtual Author Talk - On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience in Virtual Conversation with Jason Reynolds 04/30/2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 04/30/2026 4:00 PM 04/30/2026 5:00 PM 