Tour Dates
| **NASHVILLE AND MILWAUKEE DATES CANCELLED. KAREN WILL BE IN ITALY JULY 14-24 PROMOTING THE ITALIAN PUBLICATION OF STEALING ATHENA (“LE DUE DONNE DEL PARTENONE”). |
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Tuesday, July 15 – Nashville - CANCELED |
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Tuesday, July 22 – Milwaukee/Mequon - CANCELED |
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Monday, July 28 – LIVE Radio Interview |
9:00 - 9:15 am
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KVON-AM
Napa, CA NPR / Morning Edition |
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November 20-23 – New Orleans |
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New Orleans Festival of Words and Music
Hosted by Rosemary James and Joseph DeSalvo, proprietors of the famous Faulkner House Books in Pirates’ Alley in the French Quarter, this is a magnificent annual conference for writers and/or anyone interested in literature, film, and music. Karen will be on panels at two events. For information about attending, visit the website: http://www.wordsandmusic.org/ |
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Saturday, November 22 |
10:00 am
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The Hollywood Experience
Reading for Success in the Film World. The Inspiration of Great Literature for Hollywood.
Karen will speak about adapting her own books and others for the screen. |
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Saturday, November 22 |
1:00 pm
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Secrets, Sibling Rivalry, and Sisterhood : Themes that stand the test of time in literature.
Karen will join Julia Glass, National Book Award winner for Three Junes, and controversial memoirist and writing teacher extraordinaire Rosemary Daniell to discuss the eternal nature of these themes.
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For information, please contact:
Todd Doughty, Associate Director of Publicity
Doubleday
745 Broadway, 22nd Floor
NYC 10019
212-782-9796 phone
212-782-9261 fax
tdoughty@randomhouse.com
Lectures
Karen Essex has lectured extensively on women’s history, including topics such as Kleopatra’s true history and her relevance to today’s woman, the indelible link between art and power, and women’s hidden roles in monumental events. She has also given workshops on turning history into fiction and the art of adapting for the screen.
To inquire about booking Karen Essex, please click here.
She has visited with honors’ classes in literature, history, and women’s studies, sat on panels, luncheoned with students and faculty, and given many inspirational workshops to women writers and artists of all ages. Some of these organizations and schools include:
- The Field Museum of Chicago (in conjunction with the touring exhibit Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth)
- Friends of the Vanderbilt Librar
- The National Women’s Book Association
- University of North Carolina, Asheville
- Vanderbilt University (honors classes)
- Ball State University
- Harpeth Hall Academy
- The Centennial Club (a women’s organization celebrating literacy, history, current events)
- The Margaret Cunningham Women’s Center of Vanderbilt University
- Borders Books (a three-city screenwriting workshop)
- Vromans Bookstore Workshop Series
- The Southern Festival of Books
- The New Orleans Festival of Words and Music
- The Southern Kentucky Festival of Books
- The Nashville Screenwriter’s Conference
- M.T.S.U. Guest Writers Series
- Goddard College, Guest Writers Series
She has also discussed her work on The Today Show, PBS’s A Word on Words hosted by John Seigenthaler, NPR’s The Fine Print with Rebecca Bain and other NPR and PBS programs.
Karen will be happy to work with you in adapting one of her lectures to the needs of your school or organization.
