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Events
2025
Tuesday, May 6, 7pm, Chestnut Hill, MA, Hummingbird Books, in conversation with Tova Mirvis about her new novel, We Would Never
Sunday, June 8, 2-4 pm, Hull, MA, “Kantika: Author Talk with Mass Book Award-Winner Elizabeth Graver, at Nantasket Beach Resort. Sponsored by Mass Center for the Book and the Hull Public Library. Register here
Tuesday, June 17, 2-3pm ET, Virtual, “Library Without Walls,” Perkins Institute for the Blind
Tuesday, December 15, 3pm ET, Virtual, Montgomery County MD Public Library
Past Events
(2025)
- April 26, Newburyport Literary Festival, “Writing from the Real: Elizabeth Graver & Tova Mirvis in Conversation”
- March 23, Newton, MA, “A Sephardic Journey,” Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
- March 16, NYC, Helene Spring Library Lecture, East End Temple
- March 6, “Sephardic Stories,” Al Finci Distinguished Lecture in Sephardic Studies, UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, with Sarah Abrevaya Stein & Michael Frank. Watch video of event here.
- February 25, Virtual, “One Book, One Synagogue,” Temple Emeth, Teaneck, NJ
- February 16, Virtual, Santa Fe Distinguished Lecture Series
- February 20, Reading, MA, Whitelam Books
- January 12, Virtual, Loyola Marymount University, Jewish Book Group
(2024)
- November 21, Virtual, UNC Chapel Hill
- November 7, Marblehead, MA, JCC of the North Shore
- September 14, Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency
- September 17, Chestnut Hill, MA, Waterworks Museum, Julia Ward Howe Awards Ceremony
- September 5, Boston, MA, Beacon Hill Books, with Ben Shattuck
- July 26, Wickford, RI, 14 Gold Street Spiritual Refuge Series, Elizabeth Graver & Ralph Savarese, North Kingston Free Library
- June 4, New York, NY, “The Past as Presence: A Novelist & Psychoanalyst Compare Notes,” Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine, Columbia University, with Dr. Ruth Graver, moderated by Lisa Gornick
- May 21, Virtual, Ruth Keeler Library, North Salem, NY
- May 14, Virtual, North Castle NY Library
- May 8, Virtual, Jewish American Fiction Book Club, Marin County, CA; Jewish Women’s Literary Society of Boynton Beach, FL
- May 5, One Bay One Book discussion of Kantika.
- May 1, Newton, MA, Hummingbird Books
- April 19, Boston, MA, Carl Steinbaum Memorial Lecture, Temple Israel of Boston
- April 18, Virtual, Temple Beth Israel, Skokie, IL
- April 17, Newton, MA, Brandeis National Committee
- April 15, Hartford, CT, University of Hartford, Edward Lewis Wallant Award Ceremony
- April 8, Virtual, Beth El Synagogue, Durham NC
- March 28, New York, NY, The Jewish Museum, “Wandering Jews: Two Diasporic Journeys Out of the Ottoman Empire,” with Elizabeth Graver, Jordan Salama & Stephanie Butnick
- March 27, 73rd National Jewish Book Awards Panel, Touro University
- March 19, Virtual, Mandel JCC of Cleveland, with Aaron Hamburger
- February 8, Virtual, Congregation Beth Israel, North Adams, MA
- February 4, Virtual, Jewish Federation of Great Orange County
- January 25, Cambridge, MA, Porter Square Books, Elizabeth interviews Katherine Vaz
- January 21, New York, NY, Center for Jewish History, 7th Annual New York Ladino Day, with Bryan Kirschen & Jane Mushabac
- January 9, Virtual, Qesher Book Club. Watch video here.
(2023)
- December 19, San Francisco, CA, Association for Jewish Studies Conference, “The Muse under the Microscope:”
- December 14, Naples, FL, Jewish Federation of Greater Naples
- December 13, Miami Beach JCC, Miami, FL, with the Guy Mendilow Ensemble
- December 12, Boca Raton, FL, Levis JCC & B’nai Torah; Pinecrest, FL, Alper JCC
- December 7, East Falmouth MA, Falmouth Jewish Congregation
- December 5, New York, NY, Stern College
- December 3, International Ladino Day, with Devin Naar, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, U. of Washington. Watch video here.
- November 29, Virtual, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, with Rachel Amado Bortnick
- November 15, Cherry Hill, NJ, Katz JCC
- November 9, Virtual, Jewish Historical Society of Hong Kong
- November 3, Rockville, MD, Bender JCC
- October 26, Worcester JCC
- October 27, Concord, MA, Concord Festival of Authors
- October 22, Chicago Loop Synagogue, with Rosellen Brown
- October 22, Lombard, IL, Congregation Etz Chaim
- October 18, Virtual, JCC West Orange, NJ
- October 18, Virtual, “Coming to America,” Milwaukee Public Library & the Yiddish Book Center
- October 7, Morristown Festival of Books, with Idra Novey & Julie Maloney
- September 28, Worcester, MA, College of the Holy Cross
- September 2, Virtual, Jewish Women’s Archive. Watch video here.
- September 14, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC, “Sephardic Stories,” with Elizabeth Graver, Michael Frank, Shoshana Bean & Maira Kalman
- September 12, Virtual, Beth EL Temple, Harrisburg, PA
- September 7, Virtual, Center for Jewish History
- August 15, Virtual, Merage JCC, Irvine, CA
- August 3, Where the Sidewalk Ends Literary Luncheon, Chatham, MA
- July 19, Bookwoman Austin (virtual), with Ramona Reeves
- July 13, Davoll’s, South Dartmouth, MA, with Emily Franklin
- June 26, “Scribblers on the Roof,” Ansche Chesed Synagogue, NYC, with Michael Frank
- June 15, “One Book, One Hadassah.” Watch video here.
- June 1, Provisions Williamstown, with audiobook narrator Gail Shalan
- June 2, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Great Barrington, MA, with Sarah Aroeste
- May 24, Astoria Bookshop, Astoria, Queens, with Anna Solomon
- May 17, Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, MA, with Judy Bolton-Fasman
- May 12, “A Mighty Blaze, Friday Frontliner,” with Allison Adair. Watch video here.
- May 4, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA, with Aaron Hamburger
- May 3, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, S. Seltzer Silberman Conversation Series. Watch video here.
- April 26, Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore, Middletown, CT, with Sylvie Graver Pingeon
- April 25, New York State Writers Institute/SUNY Albany
- April 23, Literary Modiin, with Jennifer Rosner & Sandi Wisenberg
- April 19, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
- April 18, Newtonville Books, Newton, MA, with Tova Mirvis