Events and Appearances

To request an author visit with Wade and/or Cheryl Hudson, please contact Patrick Oliver at SpeakLoudly: info@speakloudly.com or (501) 952-6169

UPCOMING

Let's Talk - a virtual conversation celebrating the release of The Talk, edited by Wade and Cheryl Hudson
August 11, 2020, 6 pm Eastern
Register for this FREE event at https://bit.ly/TheTalkLaunch

Highlights Foundation "Getting to Know Your Character Workshop"
July - August 2020
Katura Hudson, guest editor 
Registration: https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/programs/2332/getting-to-know-your-character-online-course-2020/

PAST

8th Annual African-American Children's Book Fair (virtual)
June 27, 2020, 11 am - 4 pm Eastern
Wade and Cheryl Hudson, featured authors
Hosted by the Reginald Lewis Museum
Schedule: https://lewismuseum.org/book-fair/

"How Diverse Stories Can Open Minds and Change the World"
June 24, 2020, 7 pm
Wade Hudson, moderator
Gaithersburg Book Festival (virtual)
Watch on YouTube
 

"Black Voices: Pushing for Change in Children's Book Publishing"
June 22, 2020, 1 pm Eastern
Wade and Cheryl Hudson, panelists
Authors Guild

"Say It Loud" Virtual Series
June 18, 2020, 3 pm Eastern
Wade Hudson, speaker
Watch: Say It Loud page on Facebook

"Coming of Age" panel
June 6, 2020
Wade and Cheryl Hudson, panelists
Bronx Book Festival: https://www.thebronxisreading.com/

KidLit Rally for Black Lives
June 4, 2020, 7 pm
Wade and Cheryl Hudson, speakers
Hosted by TheBrownBookshelf.com

Secure the Seat Writers Retreat
May 16, 2020
Katura Hudson - speaker

Kweli The Color of Children's Literature Conference
April 4, 2020
Wade and Cheryl Hudson - panelists
Visit kwelijournal.org to register

Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship Workshop
March 13 - 15, 2020
Katura Hudson, panelist

National Museum of African American History and Culture
Book signing for Brave. Black. First. 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World
February 22, 2020, 1 - 3 pm
Cheryl Willis Hudson, author and Erin K. Robinson, illustrator - autographing

We Write for You - A Black Children's Book Panel and Book Signing
Feb. 2, 2020 - 2 pm
Rogers Public Library, Rogers, AR
Wade Hudson - featured author

WomanMakers Initiative Luncheon
January 31, 2020
Cheryl Willis Hudson - participant
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
New York, NY

American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference
Jan. 24-27, 2020
Philadelphia, PA
Just Us Books is an exhibitor (Booth 1464) 

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Inauguration
Jan. 16, 2020 - 10:30 am
Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium 

East Orange Library Book Presentation
Dec. 16, 2019, 1:30 pm
East Orange Public Library, East Orange, NJ
Just Us Books will present a donation of books - given as part of their Children's Book Council Diversity Award - to the East Orange Public Library

Kwanzaa - Pride in Family, Community and Culture
Dec. 10, 2019, 5:30
Pride Academy, East Orange, NJ
Cheryl Willis Hudson - keynote speaker

Induction Coordinator Class Guest Lecture
Dec. 5, 2019, 10:30 and 11:30 classes 
Montclair University Urban Teacher Residency Program - Department of Teaching and Learning
Wade Hudson - presenter

NJ Black Business "Best in Business Awards"
Nov. 30, 2019, 6 pm
The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Just Us Books is a 2019 honoree
Tickets: http://www.njblackbusinesses.com/tickets

Children's Book Council Diversity Awards
November 19, 2019 (Panel: 5 pm)
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, NYC
Just Us Books is a 2019 honoree
Wade and Cheryl Hudson - panelists

Easton Middle School, Easton, PA October 25, 2019 Author visit

Mach Elementary, Easton, PA October 25, 2019 Author visit

Easton Book Festival State Theater Ballroom Easton, PA October 26, 2019 Panel: Publishing in Color: Telling African American Stories (11 am) Panel: Children's Book Censorship (4:30 pm)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards October 18 2019, 1 pm 777 UN Plaza, NYC Wade and Cheryl Hudson will be honored along with fellow 2019 awardees Reception and book signing immediately follow *Event is free and open to the public

Strong Girls + Empowerment & Activism Brooklyn Book Festival Langston Hughes House, 20 E. 127 St., Harlem Sept. 17, 2019, 7 pm Cheryl Willis Hudson - panels

Get Lit with the CEO - a conversation with Wade Hudson July 20, 2019, 10:30 am Central Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library - Dallas Wade Hudson will join via video conference

Empowering Kids panel July 14, 2019, 1 pm Eastern Books of Wonder - 84th Street location, NYC Cheryl Willis Hudson - panelist

ALA CONFERENCE Washington, DC June 20-25

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND Ella Baker Child Policy Institute Clinton, TN June 6, 2019 Wade & Cheryl Hudson - panelists on the Walter Dean Myers Authors' Panel

BOOK EXPO AMERICA Javits Center New York, NY May 30 – June 1, 2019

GAITHERSBURG BOOK FESTIVAL Gaithersburg, MD May 18, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Featured authors

REGINALD LEWIS 7th ANNUAL CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR Baltimore, MD May 11, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Presentation

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York City May 4, 2019, 9:45 AM Literature Symposium "Who's Life Is It Anyway?" Wade & Cheryl - Keynote address

DALTON SCHOOL New York City May 4, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Presentation

KWELI CONFERENCE New York City April 5 & 6, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Panel discussion

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP LIBRARY Somerset, NJ April 2, 6:00 PM Cheryl - ABCs of Publishing workshop

NORTH CAROLINA READING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE Raleigh, NC April 1, 2019 Panel Discussion spotlighting We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Moderated by Alan Bailey, chair-elect, CSK Committee

"We Rise" conversation with teens  I, TOO, ARTS COLLECTIVE Langston Hughes House (invitation only) March 28, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 PM Wade and Cheryl Hudson - Author visit

MONTCLAIR BOOK FESTIVAL Montclair, NJ March 23, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Presentation

GIFFEN MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Albany, NY March 8, 2019 Wade & Cheryl - Author visit

STORYMAKERS SYMPOSIUM Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, NY March 2, 1-4 pm Wade & Cheryl - Publishers panel

HAVANA, CUBA BOOK FESTIVAL Havana, Cuba February 6-14, 2019 Wade, Cheryl, Katura & Stephan Hudson (Part of the Black Publishers Delegation)