NEWS / TOUR - "Gathering of Waters" Book Tour

Sun., Jan 22, 2012

9:00 PM EST
Bernice L. McFadden hosts #Blacklitchat on Twitter

Sun., Feb. 5, 2012

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Word Theater presents Bernice L. McFadden's short story "Black Power"
SoHo House NY,
29-35 9th
Avenue New York, NY 10014
Doors open at 2 PM Performances and Q & A from 2:30 to 4:30
Tickets are $28 in advance, $35 at the door. Soho House members and those under 25 years of age may call the box office for $23 tickets (310) 915-5150.

Thurs., Feb. 9, 2012

7:00 PM
NYC book launch for GATHERING OF WATERS
Center for Fiction
17 E. 47th St.
NEW YORK, NY
RSVP required, please email events@centerforfiction.org or call 212 755 6710

Sat., Feb. 11, 2012

2:00pm
Spaulding Library
5811 Old Silver Hill Rd.
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD

Wed. Feb 15, 2012

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Author Reading and Book Signing
Independence Blue Cross
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Author Reading, Discussion and Question & Answer
Art Sanctuary, 628 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA

Sun., Feb. 19, 2012

3:00 PM -6:00 PM
"Arts in the Afternoon"
First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
771 Somerset St
Somerset NJ
Tickets are $35, For more information, please e-mail Karen Seabrook at ksea11126@aol.com

Tues., Feb. 21, 2012

Time TBA
Hammonds House Museum
503 Peeples St. SW
ATLANTA, GA
Written Magazine presents Wine & Words with Bernice L. McFadden and Nelson George

Thurs., Feb. 23, 2012

5:00 PM Lemuria Books
202 Banner Hall
4465 I-55 North
JACKSON, MS

Fri., Feb. 24, 2012

5:00 PM
Square Books 160
Courthouse Sq.
OXFORD, MS

Thurs., March 1, 2012

6:30 PM
Skylight Gallery at Restoration Plaza
1368 Fulton St. 3rd Fl.
BROOKLYN, NY

Sat., March 3, 2012

6:00 PM
Literary Feast
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Details TBA

Sun., March 4, 2012

12:30 PM
LitLIVE!
Nova Southeastern University
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
* Lecture/discussion/book signing * Details TBA

Mon., March 5, 2012

8:00 PM
Novel Day for Students Broward High School
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
* Craft talk and short story contest for Broward High students
* Details TBA

Sat., March 10, 2012

1:00 PM
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
BALTIMORE, MD
* The Antigua & Barbuda International Literary Festival presents Bernice McFadden on panel (with others TBA) in celebration of International Women's History Month

Mon., March 19, 2012

7:00 PM
St. Mark's Bookshop
31 Third Ave.
NEW YORK, NY
* Akashic All-Stars event featuring Robert Arellano, Bernice L. McFadden, Eliza Factor, and Sterling Watson

Tues., March 20, 2012

7:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St.
BROOKLINE, MA *
Akashic All-Stars event featuring Robert Arellano, Bernice L. McFadden, Eliza Factor, and Sterling Watson

Thurs., March 22, 2012

7:00 PM
Books on the Square
471 Angell St.
PROVIDENCE, RI
* Akashic All-Stars event featuring Robert Arellano, Bernice L. McFadden, Eliza Factor, and Sterling Watson

Sat., March 31, 2012

Time TBA
National Black Writers Conference Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave.
BROOKLYN, NY
More dates to come!

Awards

Awards and Honors

• 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)