Events Calendar
Wednesday
April 3
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET![Henry Louis Gates, Jr. headshot and The Black Box book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Henry-Louis-Gates-Jr.-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Hosted by Bridget and Mark ColmanThursday
April 4
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET![Jennifer Breheny Wallace headshot & Never Enough book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jennifer-Breheny-Wallace-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Hosted by Aidan Donnelley RowleyTuesday
April 9
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UNEvent-Banner-300x150.png)
Defending Creative Voices: Protection of Artists in Times of Emergencies
United Nations HeadquartersTuesday
April 9
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![Anna Quindlen headshot and After Annie book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Anna-Quindlen-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Anna Quindlen
Hosted by Esther Fein and Lisa WolfeThursday
April 11
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/James-Hannaham-and-PEN-conversation-Event-Page-Graphic-300x200.png)
James Hannaham in Conversation: Benefit for LGBT Books to Prisons
P&T Knitwear Books & PodcastsTuesday
April 16
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![Simon Schama headshot and Foreign Bodies book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Simon-Schama-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Simon Schama
Upper East Side, New York CityTuesday
April 16
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ETWednesday
April 17
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm ET![Lisa Grundwald headshot and book cover photo for The Evolution of Annabel Craig](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lisa-Grunwald-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Lisa Grunwald
Hosted by Cathy CramerThursday
April 18
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ETSaturday
April 20
11:00 am – 4:00 pm PT![Freedom to Read Community Summit Orange County](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Freedom-to-Read-Community-Summit-Orange-County-2-300x200.png)
PEN America’s Freedom to Read Community Summit – Orange County, California
UC Irvine Social and Behavioral Sciences GatewaySunday
April 21
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm MT![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shameless-Plug-300x200.png)
Shameless Plug: A Mixer Hosted by PEN America
Cultivate CoffeeWednesday
April 24
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm CT![Elizabeth Crook Headshot & The Madstone Book Cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Elizabeth-Crook-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Elizabeth Crook
Hosted by Lauren Embrey and Cris WorleyWednesday
April 24
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET![Colm Toibin headshot & book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Colm-Toibin-Ind-Page-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with COLM TÓIBÍN
Hosted by Sean and Mary KellyThursday – Saturday
April 25 – April 27
7:00 pm – 5:00 pm ETTuesday
April 30
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT