SHANNON McKENNA SCHMIDT
Writer & Traveler
UPCOMING EVENTS
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September 21, 2023, 6 p.m.
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
In person & Zoom; RSVP here
47-49 East 65th Street, NYC
In conversation with Blanche Wiesen Cook, historian and Eleanor Roosevelt biographer
Roosevelt Reading Festival, June 24, 2023
It was quite a crowd of Eleanor fans at the FDR Library's annual reading festival.
C-SPAN was on the scene recording the event. Click here to view.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7 p.m.
The James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall
Poughkeepsie, NY
The Little Point Bookshop, May 13, 2023
I had a fun, lively discussion with Kelly Coyle Crivelli, the owner of the Little Point Bookshop in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, about THE FIRST LADY OF WORLD WAR II. Click here to view on YouTube.
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
CRAFT: Authors in Conversation with
Little Jumbo, 214 Broadway St., Asheville, NC
With Malaprop's Bookstore
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
National Museum of the Pacific War
Virtual event.
Click here to register.
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The Roosevelt Story: Conversations,
March 16, 2023
In honor of Women's History Month, I discussed Eleanor Roosevelt's journey to the Pacific theater with William Harris, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Click here to view on YouTube.
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Friday, March 1, 2024, 8:45 - 10 a.m.
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Women's History Symposia with Christopher C. Gorham, author of The Confidante.
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CRAFT: Authors in Conversation with
Denise Kiernan
I joined Denise Kiernan, the author of The Girls of Atomic City, The Last Castle, and We Gather Together, on October 21, 2020, for some armchair adventuring and travel talk. During the chat, which was part of Denise’s web series, CRAFT: Authors in Conversation, we discussed writing while on the road, the most atmospheric literary locale, selling nearly all of your belongings to travel full-time, and much more, including the subject of my next book, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her incredible World War II-era journey. The conversation can be viewed here.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Friends of the National WWII Memorial
Monthly Virtual Conference Series
Registration link and details to come.
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Thursday, January 18, 2024, 6 p.m.
The White House Historical Association
History Happy Hour
Virtual event
Registration link to come.
March 21, 2024, 2 p.m.
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival / Writers Series
Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory
71-100 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA
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PAST EVENTS
Wednesday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.
42nd Street bet. Fifth & Sixth Avenues, NYC
Author talk followed by a Q&A
In partnership with the New-York Historical
Saturday, June 24 at 1 p.m.
Roosevelt Reading Festival, Hyde Park, NY
Hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
Wednesday, May 31 at 7 p.m.
Main Point Books, Wayne, NJ
C0-hosted by Radnor Memorial Library
Author talk and Q&A. Watch it here.
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Wednesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA
In conversation with Mary Anne Donaldson
Co-sponsored by Buttonwood Books & Toys
Saturday, May 13
Little Point Bookshop, Point Peasant Beach, NJ
In conversation with bookshop owner
Kelly Coyle Crivelli. Watch it here.
Tuesday, May 9
Barnes & Noble Tribeca, NYC
In conversation with David Michaelis,
the author of Eleanor
Wednesday, May 3
Browseabout Books & Lewes Public Library
Virtual event / In conversation with
Paul Sparrow, former director of the
FDR Presidential Library and Museum