2026 Events

Sunday, April 4, 2026. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Reading and Panel Discussion with David Haynes, celebrating publication of Martha's Daughter: A Novella and Stories. With Whitney Bryant and Tonya Abari. Nashville Public Library, Donelson Branch, 2714 Old Lebanon Pike, Nashville.

Sunday, February 22, 2026. 2:00 p.m. Reading and discussion of writings on emigration, including Houses with Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Illinois, Openwork: A Novel and Benefit Street: A Novel. Highwood Historical Society, Highwood City Hall, 17 Highwood Avenue, Highwood, Illinois. To reserve a seat call 847-682-9039.

2025 Events

Sunday, October 19, 2025, Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, moderator for panel discussion on three literary biographies: The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford by James McWilliams; Peace is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien by Alex Vernon; and Between Grief and Nothing: the Passions, Addictions, and Tragic End of William Faulkner by Lisa C. Hickman. The panel discussion can be viewed here on C-Span.

 

2023 Events

Saturday, August 19, Weave a Real Peace (WARP) virtual panel discussion, “Portable Story/Woven Story: a weaver, a novelist, and a scholar talk about how textiles inspire and renew human connection,” with Adria Bernardi Bernardi, Cameron Taylor-Brown, and Mary Jo Bona, moderated by Judi Jetson.  Recording available.

March 8, 7:00 p.m. Reading and author’s discussion at The Book Cellar, Chicago.

February 15, 7:00 p.m. Virtual webinar. “Textile and Text—Meaning-Making in the Languages of Woven Cloth,” panel discussion with Cameron Taylor-Brown, Mary Jo Bona, and Adria Bernard, hosted by Natalie Boyett, Founder and Director of The Chicago Weaving School.

February 2, 6:30 p.m. Adria Bernardi reading from Benefit Street at IAM Books, Boston.

February 1, 5:30 pm. Reading, discussing and book signing at Tidepool Bookshop, Worcester MA, in partnership with the Worcester Jewish Community Center Authors’ Series.

January 26, 2023. Poet's Corner featuring Adria Bernardi, Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville.
Recording available.

 

2022 Events

Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. 6:30 p.m. CT
Book Launch for Benefit Street at Parnassus Books, Nashville
In person. Registration required.

Tuesday, Sept. 6. 7:00 p.m. CT
Adria Bernardi in Conversation with Katie Runde and Louisa Hall at Prairie Lights, Iowa City
Virtual event.

Friday, Oct. 14–Sunday, Oct. 16
Panel discussion and book signing
Southern Festival of Books, Nashville
Date and time TBD.  Check website for updates.
In person.

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. 7 p.m. CT 
Birthing the Book: A Conversation with Adria Bernardi at Porch Writers’ Collective.
Porch House at 2811 Dogwood Place, Nashville.
In person.

 

Writing Workshops

Friday, Sept. 23. 1:00–3:00 p.m.
“Hand—Eye Coordination: Sketching and Drawing to More Deeply Imagine Objects and Space,” 
MTSU Writes Fall Conference. Murfreesboro TN
Virtual. Registration required.

 

Tuesdays, Nov. 22–Dec. 13, 6:00–8-00 p.m.
“Writing about Place Through the Senses” at Porch Writers’ Collective.
Porch House at 2811 Dogwood Place, Nashville.
In person. Registration required.