Charis welcomes Yrsa Daley-Ward in conversation with Tina Leung for a discussion of The Catch, a darkly whimsical tale of women daring to live and create with impunity. Yrsa will be introduced by Glory Edim, who acquired The Catch for the Well-Read Black Girl series in partnership with Liveright Publishing. This event takes place on...

Livingston Lecture featuring Becky Aikman Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger during World War I The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the most dangerous aircraft of World War II through the treacherous skies of Britain. They were crop dusters and debutantes, college girls and performers...

Charis welcomes anthology contributors: Sam Cohen, Venita Blackburn, Temim Fruchter, Alissa Nutting, and Emily Austin for a panel discussion moderated by Charis bookseller Abeo Chimeka-Tisdale about Be Gay, Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos. In sixteen brilliant, wild-eyed stories, Be Gay, Do Crime delivers a celebration and reckoning of why queer people turn to...

Elizabeth Musser in conversation with Carolyn Curry Author of From the Valley We Rise From the award-winning, best-selling author of The Swan House comes a meticulously researched novel that brings to life the courage and faith of those who risked everything to protect the innocent during humanity's darkest hours. In the heart of Southern France,...

Charis and Zami Nobla welcome Kaila Adia Story in conversation with Susana Morris for a discussion of The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity, a work that debunks the myth of rainbow solidarity and repositions Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people at the forefront of queer pasts, presents, and futures. This...

Charis welcomes Mary Kay McBrayer in conversation with Jeffrey W. Peterson for a discussion of Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem's Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair, the astonishing little-known history of Harlem racketeer Madame Stephanie St. Clair, one of the only female crime bosses and a Black, self-made businesswoman in early twentieth-century New...

Charis welcomes Fiona Zedde in conversation with Anondra "Kat" Williams for a discussion of Eve Falls First, a light-hearted, age-gap lesbian romance about starting over and risking it all, even when you’re both old enough to know better. This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is...

Charis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Rob Franklin in celebration of Great Black Hope, a gripping, elegant debut novel about a young Black man caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest, from an electrifying new voice.

Charis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Rob Franklin in conversation with Doug Jones for a discussion of Great Black Hope, a gripping, elegant debut novel about a young Black man caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest, from an electrifying new...