Author Events
Available November 2020
Malcolm and Me
After clashing with her Catholic school teacher over Thomas Jefferson’s enslavement of people, thirteen-year-old Roberta Forest questions religion and adult hypocrisy at school, home, within her Philadelphia parish, and nationwide as the Watergate scandal unfolds. Young, gifted, Black and Catholic, Roberta is unsure about the Catholic part. Fixated on winning an essay contest to solve all her problems, setbacks teach the aspiring writer that solutions, like truth, can be complex. Gradually, Roberta learns to change course, embraces the power of forgiveness, and becomes a budding social justice activist with the help of the best teacher she never had: Malcolm X. Capturing the explosive and elusive nature of truth, Malcolm and Me is a gritty and graceful coming-of-age tale about truth, race, family and faith.
February 26, 2021
Time: 7:30 p.m. EST
Online Event
Meet Young Adult Author Robin Farmer
YA author Robin Farmer will chat with us about her debut historical fiction novel, Malcolm and Me. The author will discuss how the novel’s historical setting reflects today’s world as it deals with racism, injustice, activism and family.
March 20, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Online Event
Coming of Age in YA Fiction
Novelists Mahogany Browne (Chlorine Sky), Robin Farmer (Malcolm and Me), and Ed Lin (David Tung Can’t Have A Girlfriend Until He Gets Into An Ivy League College) discuss their coming-of-age YA novels that grapple with race, social justice, family, friendship, and romance.
Past Events
Book Signing Event
November 16, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
Instagram Live
@chopsueybooks
Live Interview for Book Launch
Ward Tefft Interviews Robin live about her debut novel, Malcolm and Me
October 9, 2020
Time: 8:30-9:30 PM
Richmond, VA
James River Writers Conference
James River Writers Conference, joining authors Rachel Beanland and Hank Phillippi Ryan in reading excerpts from our novels.
Registration closes October 5, 2020
October 6, 2020
Time: 7:00 pm
Live on Youtube
August 21, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm
Richmond, VA
Live on Instagram
Robin Farmer reads from her forthcoming novel, Malcolm and Me as part of Richmond Magazine’s Writers in Residences series today on Instagram live. The book is a coming-of-age story, centered on a 13-year-old named Roberta Frost as she grapples with adult hypocrisy, family truths, forgiveness and social activism.