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Book events for
A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
with author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

National Book Festival on the National Mall (History and Biography Pavilion), Washington, DC. Saturday, 22 September 2012, time TBA. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.loc.gov/bookfest.

National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets, Washington, DC. Saturday, 30 June 2012 at noon. Book talk and signing in conjunction with NPG’s new exhibition, “1812: A Nation Emerges,” which features Paul Jennings’s portrait. Free and open to the public. www.npg.si.edu.

St. John’s Church Adult Forum, Lafayette Square, corner of 16th and H Streets, Washington, DC. Sunday, 20 May at 10 a.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.stjohns-dc.org

Sotterley Plantation, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD. Friday, 4 May 2012 at 7 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public: reserve a space by calling 301-373-2280 or 800-681-0850. www.sotterley.org.

Virginia Festival of the Book, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, VA;
Thursday, 22 March 2012, at 4 p.m. at UVA's Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections, Beth Taylor will be on a panel with three additional authors whose books represent "The Many Faces of American Slavery";
Saturday, 24 March 2012 at Greene County Library, 222 Main Street, Stanardsville, VA, she will present a book talk with signing to follow. Both events are free and open to the public. www.vabook.org

New Dominion Bookshop, Downtown Mall at 404 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA;
Thursday, 8 March 2012. 5:30 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.newdominionbookshop.com

National Archives, National Archives Building on the National Mall in Washington, DC;
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, noon. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.archives.gov

White House Historical Association - sponsored program at St. John’s church at 16th and H Streets NW, Washington, DC.
Monday, 27 February 2012. Day-long program (10 a.m. 4:30 p.m.) on African American History in the White House Neighborhood. Multiple presentations by scholars plus a panel of descendants of notable African Americans associated with the Lafayette Square area, including Angela Hayes, Paul Jennings’s great great great granddaughter. Will include book sale and signing for A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons. Free and open to the public. Register at: www.whha.org

ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) Featured Authors Event, The Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington DC.
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Multiple authors with their books available for sale and signing. Free and open to the public. www.asalh.org

Woman's National Democratic Club, Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Thursday, 23 February 2012,
luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. and book talk at 1 p.m. (followed by book sale and signing). Open to the public. To register, go to www.democraticwoman.org (speaker presentation is $10, presentation and lunch $30 for non-members).

Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, 4243 Loudoun Avenue,
The Plains, VA.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 1 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.aahafauquier.org

Dallas Historical Society, Hall of State, Fair Park, Dallas, TX.
Sunday, 12 February 2012, 4 p.m., Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.dallashistory.org.

Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, James Madison Building (Mumford Room), Independence Avenue between First and Second Streets SE, Washington, DC.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, noon. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.read.gov

Barnes and Noble, Barracks Road Shopping Center, Charlottesville, VA.
Saturday, 4 February 2012, 1 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. barnesandnoble.com

James Madison’s Montpelier, 11407 Constitution Highway, Montpelier Station, VA. Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 5 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.montpelier.org

Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Sunday, 29 January 2012, 5 p.m. Book talk and signing. Free and open to the public. www.politics-prose.com