2019 Events
April 16, 2019 - San Francisco, CA
6 p.m. reading and book signing
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
Lower Level – Latino Hispanic Community Room
https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1034532201
February 19, 2017 - Munich, Germany
4 p.m. book launch and signing at The Munich Readery
www.readery.de
February 28, 2017 - 12:40 p.m. appearance on WUNC's "The State of Things" with Frank Stasio
wunc.org/post/writing-legacy-lovie-beard-shelton#stream/0
March 2, 2017 - Raleigh, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Quail Ridge Books
http://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/yarger17
March 4, 2017 - Wake Forest, NC
2 p.m. reading/book signing at Page 158 Books
www.facebook.com/events/1652412838392642/
March 12, 2017 - Washington, DC
3 p.m. reading and concert with singer/songwriter Scott Graham
(email Lisa for location; see CONTACT tab)
March 14, 2017 - Harrisonburg, VA
2 p.m. reading/book signing at Virginia Mennonite Retirement
Community (Strite Auditorium)
7 p.m. reading at Eastern Mennonite University (Martin Chapel)
emu.edu/language-and-literature/writers-read/
March 15, 2017 - Wilmington, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Pomegranate Books
pomegranatebooks.wordpress.com/category/events/
March 19, 2017 - Raleigh, NC
Call the (North Carolina) Midwife
3 p.m. at the North Carolina Museum of History (Longleaf Classroom)
A look at how midwife Lovie Shelton’s work delivering babies in eastern North Carolina homes compared to that of nurse-midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, as depicted in the popular BBC period drama series “Call the Midwife."
ncmuseumofhistory.org/events/call-north-carolina-midwife
March 20, 2017 - Chapel Hill, NC
1:25 - 2:15 p.m. American Studies Colloquium, Donovan Lounge, 223 Greenlaw Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
americanstudies.unc.edu/event/lisa-yarger-lovie-the-story-of-a-southern-midwife-and-an-unlikely-friendship-2/
March 22 - Durham, NC
6 p.m. reception, reading and book signing at the Center for Documentary Studies
documentarystudies.duke.edu/events/reception-reading-and-book-signing-lisa-yarger-author-lovie-story-southern-midwife-and
March 23, 2017 - Asheville, NC
7 p.m. reading, conversation and book signing at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe
(with “Birthing From Within” author Pam England)
www.malaprops.com/event/lisa-yarger-pam-england-present-their-books-lovie-story-southern-midwife-and-ancient-map
March 24, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
7 p.m. reading/book signing at A Cappella Books
https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/99/lisa-yarger-lovie
March 25, 2017 - Charlotte, NC
2 p.m reading/book signing at Park Road Books
www.parkroadbooks.com/event/author-event-lisa-yarger-lovie
March 26, 2017 - Washington, NC
2 p.m. reading/book signing at First United Methodist Church (Wesley Hall)
www.friendsofbrownlibrary.com/calendar.htm
March 27, 2017 - Greenville, NC
4:30 p.m. lecture at East Carolina University
(Medical History Interest Group)
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/HOM/
April 19, 2017 - Chapel Hill, NC
5:30 p.m. reading/talk
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing
(Fox Auditorium, just inside main entrance on Medical Drive)
www.facebook.com/events/398604580498790/
April 20, 2017 - Greensboro, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Scuppernong Books
www.scuppernongbooks.com/event/lisa-yarger-%C2%A0lovie-story-southern-midwife-and-unlikely-friendship
May 24, 2017 - Chicago, IL
3 p.m. reading/book signing, American College of Nurse-Midwives Annual Meeting
Chicago Hilton, Continental Ballroom Foyer
October 4, 2017 - Munich, Germany
Call the (North Carolina) Midwife - Midwives in the 1950s
7:30 p.m. at Amerikahaus
A look at how midwife Lovie Shelton’s work delivering babies in eastern North Carolina homes compared to that of nurse-midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, as depicted in the popular BBC period drama series “Call the Midwife."
www.amerikahaus.de/veranstaltungen/detail/call-the-north-carolina-midwife-midwives-in-the-1950s/
November 28, 2017 - Edinburgh, Scotland
3:20 p.m. reading/book signing
First Scottish Maternity and Midwifery Festival
The Corn Exchange
www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/events/edinburgh-2017/agenda/
6 p.m. reading and book signing
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin Street
Lower Level – Latino Hispanic Community Room
https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1034532201
February 19, 2017 - Munich, Germany
4 p.m. book launch and signing at The Munich Readery
www.readery.de
February 28, 2017 - 12:40 p.m. appearance on WUNC's "The State of Things" with Frank Stasio
wunc.org/post/writing-legacy-lovie-beard-shelton#stream/0
March 2, 2017 - Raleigh, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Quail Ridge Books
http://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/yarger17
March 4, 2017 - Wake Forest, NC
2 p.m. reading/book signing at Page 158 Books
www.facebook.com/events/1652412838392642/
March 12, 2017 - Washington, DC
3 p.m. reading and concert with singer/songwriter Scott Graham
(email Lisa for location; see CONTACT tab)
March 14, 2017 - Harrisonburg, VA
2 p.m. reading/book signing at Virginia Mennonite Retirement
Community (Strite Auditorium)
7 p.m. reading at Eastern Mennonite University (Martin Chapel)
emu.edu/language-and-literature/writers-read/
March 15, 2017 - Wilmington, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Pomegranate Books
pomegranatebooks.wordpress.com/category/events/
March 19, 2017 - Raleigh, NC
Call the (North Carolina) Midwife
3 p.m. at the North Carolina Museum of History (Longleaf Classroom)
A look at how midwife Lovie Shelton’s work delivering babies in eastern North Carolina homes compared to that of nurse-midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, as depicted in the popular BBC period drama series “Call the Midwife."
ncmuseumofhistory.org/events/call-north-carolina-midwife
March 20, 2017 - Chapel Hill, NC
1:25 - 2:15 p.m. American Studies Colloquium, Donovan Lounge, 223 Greenlaw Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
americanstudies.unc.edu/event/lisa-yarger-lovie-the-story-of-a-southern-midwife-and-an-unlikely-friendship-2/
March 22 - Durham, NC
6 p.m. reception, reading and book signing at the Center for Documentary Studies
documentarystudies.duke.edu/events/reception-reading-and-book-signing-lisa-yarger-author-lovie-story-southern-midwife-and
March 23, 2017 - Asheville, NC
7 p.m. reading, conversation and book signing at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe
(with “Birthing From Within” author Pam England)
www.malaprops.com/event/lisa-yarger-pam-england-present-their-books-lovie-story-southern-midwife-and-ancient-map
March 24, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
7 p.m. reading/book signing at A Cappella Books
https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/99/lisa-yarger-lovie
March 25, 2017 - Charlotte, NC
2 p.m reading/book signing at Park Road Books
www.parkroadbooks.com/event/author-event-lisa-yarger-lovie
March 26, 2017 - Washington, NC
2 p.m. reading/book signing at First United Methodist Church (Wesley Hall)
www.friendsofbrownlibrary.com/calendar.htm
March 27, 2017 - Greenville, NC
4:30 p.m. lecture at East Carolina University
(Medical History Interest Group)
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/HOM/
April 19, 2017 - Chapel Hill, NC
5:30 p.m. reading/talk
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing
(Fox Auditorium, just inside main entrance on Medical Drive)
www.facebook.com/events/398604580498790/
April 20, 2017 - Greensboro, NC
7 p.m. reading/book signing at Scuppernong Books
www.scuppernongbooks.com/event/lisa-yarger-%C2%A0lovie-story-southern-midwife-and-unlikely-friendship
May 24, 2017 - Chicago, IL
3 p.m. reading/book signing, American College of Nurse-Midwives Annual Meeting
Chicago Hilton, Continental Ballroom Foyer
October 4, 2017 - Munich, Germany
Call the (North Carolina) Midwife - Midwives in the 1950s
7:30 p.m. at Amerikahaus
A look at how midwife Lovie Shelton’s work delivering babies in eastern North Carolina homes compared to that of nurse-midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, as depicted in the popular BBC period drama series “Call the Midwife."
www.amerikahaus.de/veranstaltungen/detail/call-the-north-carolina-midwife-midwives-in-the-1950s/
November 28, 2017 - Edinburgh, Scotland
3:20 p.m. reading/book signing
First Scottish Maternity and Midwifery Festival
The Corn Exchange
www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/events/edinburgh-2017/agenda/