Events

Hilary will be reading from PAPER IS WHITE at events around the country in 2018. For more information, or to request an appearance at a bookstore, reading series or book club, contact us. Reading dates will be updated periodically, so check back in!

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PAST EVENTS

AWP--BEYOND SURVIVAL: IDENTITY AND SECOND GENERATION FICTION. March 2019. with Tyrese Coleman, Camille Acker and YZ Chin.
SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION--AUTHORS ON THE MOVE. March 2, 2019.
DIMOND LIBRARY--AUTHOR SERIES, OAKLAND. On Tuesday , November 27 6 p.m. Hilary will be reading and conversing with the audience about PAPER IS WHITE.
JEWISH LEARNING WORKS: THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE--The Jewish Community Library, SF. On Sunday, Nov. 11 , 1:30 p.m. @ The Jewish Community Library. Hilary will be reading and speaking with filmmaker Nancy D. Kates about telling the story of queer, Jewish lives.
QUEER STUDIES LECTURE-- Oxford, MS On October 25, 4 p.m. @ THE SARAH ISOM CENTER FOR WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES, UNIVERSITY of MISSISSIPPI, OXFORD. Hilary will be reading and discussing her work with Prof. Jaime Harker.
ODD MONDAYS: SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST--Noe Valley, SF. On Monday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. @ Folio Books in Noe Valley. Hilary will be reading with Barbara Ridley and R. Ruth Linden. Join us for a very special evening of remembrance.
LITQUAKE SF: IN PURSUIT OF PUBLISHING--On Sunday, Oct. 14 , 2 p.m. @ California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio 195 De Haro St, San Francisco. Hilary will be speaking with Ho Lin, Mae Respicio, Nik Sharma and Adam Smyer about the joys and perils of publishing. This event is a "Hot Ticket," so get your tickets early!
SUNY GENESEO-- Rochester, NY On September 27, 6 p.m. @ SUNY GENESEO in Geneseo, NY. Hilary will be reading and discussing her work in the Doty Tower Room.
SCRIBBLERS ON THE ROOF--NYC. On July 30, 8 p.m. @ Ansche Chesed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Hilary will be reading with Laura Esther Wolfson. Don't miss this rooftop reading!
PERFECTLY QUEER READING SERIES, SF. On July 24, 7 p.m. @ Dog Eared Books in the Castro. Hilary will be reading with Nick White, Lucy Jane Bledsoe and Dave Madden. Don't miss it!
GET LIT in Petaluma. On July 12, 7 p.m. @ Aqus Petaluma. Celebrating 5 years of Get Lit. Hilary will be reading with Melissa Eleftherion & Manjula Martin on Thursday, July 12; 7pm at Aqus Café in Petaluma.

LAFAYETTE LIBRARY. On June 21, 7 p.m. @ Lafayette Library in Lafayette, CA Hilary will be reading in the Sweet Thursday reading series.
PRIDE SF @ CSZ Join Hilary on June 19, 6:30 p.m. @ Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco for a reading and discussion of Paper is White.
TAPESTRIES OF SHADOW AND LIGHT. Join us on June 7, 6:00 p.m. @ Oakland Library, Main Branch when Hilary, Elizabeth Rosner (SURVIVOR CAFE) and Rachel Hall (HEIRLOOMS) read from their work and discuss writing and the legacy of the Holocaust.
PERFECTLY QUEER. Join us on May 23, 7 p.m. @ Laurel Books in Uptown Oakland.
SALT LAKE CITY! LET'S GET TOGETHER! Hilary will be reading in conversation with Salt Lake's own Writer @ Work Rachel Borup at Weller Book Works. May 17, 7:00 p.m. 607 Trolley Sq, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.
MOTHERS' DAY IN PT. RICHMOND. Join us on May 12, 7 p.m. @ Kaleidoscope Coffee in Pt. Richmond, CA on the theme of mothers.
PORTLAND! Hilary will be reading in conversation with special guest Willa Schneberg at Annie Bloom's Books. May 1, 7:00 p.m. 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland.
LOS ANGELES LAUNCH! Hilary will be reading in conversation with special guest Josh Gershick at Diesel, A Bookstore. April 19, 6:30 p.m. 225 26th St Ste 33, Santa Monica, California.
SF W/ ANCA SZILAGYI. Hilary will be reading with Anca Szilagyi, author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, April 14 at 7 p.m. at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco.
WHY THERE ARE WORDS. Hilary will be reading as part of WTAW on Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at Studio 333 in Sausalito.
OAKTOWN SPECTACULAR! Hilary will read at A Great Good Place for Books in Montclair, April 11, 7 p.m. in conversation with Nayomi Munaweera, author of ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS and WHAT LIES BETWEEN US.
SAINTS & SINNERS Hilary will be reading as part of the 15th annual Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans, March 23-25, 2018. Check Saints & Sinners for more details.
LAUNCH PARTY! Celebrate the publication of PAPER IS WHITE at East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA. Hilary will be reading in conversation with Jane B. Mason, author of Without Annette (Scholastic, 2017). More than a reading, this is going to be a big, fat book party with food, drink and the klezmer talents of Mike Perlmutter and Dave Rosenfeld! FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2018 @ 7 PM.

Hilary Zaid has written a beautiful, heartbreaking book about the stories that haunt us, about the ways silence can be wielded as a weapon and ultimately about how love between women can be redemptive. An important book. Also, a very funny book.
--Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors and what Lies Between Us