Tiffany Jackson & More In The City This Week (YA Book Events NYC 5/21-5/27)

Posted on by Zakiya N. Jamal in Blog

Happy Monday, book nerds! There are two great events happening this week so check out the full schedule below for all the details and make sure to follow YA Book Events NYC on Twitter to get regular updates about the bookish events happening around the city.

Tuesday, May 22

Mark Oshiro + Tiffany Jackson at The Strand (7-8 p.m.)

Meet debut author Mark Oshiro and Allegedly author Tiffany Jackson as they celebrate the release of their new books, Anger is a Gift and Monday’s Not Coming. They will be joined by NYT bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton. Event admission is $15.

Saturday, May 26

Celia C. Pérez in Conversation with Shelley Diaz at Cafe con Libros, BK (6-8 p.m.)

Come to Cafe con Libros for an intimate conversation with Celia C. Pérez (The First Rule of Punk), and Shelley Diaz, the School Library Journal’s Reviews Team Manager. Admission is $5.

Published by Zakiya N. Jamal

Zakiya N. Jamal was born in Queens, raised in Long Island, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In other words, she’s a New Yorker through and through. She holds a BA in English from Georgetown University and a MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School. She has been published in Romper, BuzzFeed, People.com, Thought Catalog, and more. Her non-fiction essay about her "Cuban Impostor Syndrome" can be found in the Latinx anthology, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed. You can find her on Twitter at @ZakiyaNJamal.

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