• Family Ties Panel at Massachusetts Historical Society (IN PERSON & VIRTUAL)

    Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, United States

    A'Lelia will join biographers Jeffrey Boutwell and Hester Kaplan -- who also have written about family members -- on a panel moderated by Pulitzer Prize winner Megan Marshall. The event is hybrid and free of charge. An in-person reception will begin at 4:15 PM. Click here to register From the MHS website: This panel discussion […]

  • Washington Writers Conference in Bethesda, MD

    Bethesda North Marriott Hotel 5701 Marinelli Road, Rockville, DC, United States

    Panel: “Your Story, Your Way” You have a tale to tell, your own or one that’s been in your family for years, but how should you tell it? In this panel, moderator Tre Johnson (Black Genius) talks to A’Lelia Bundles (Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance), Jeannie Vanasco (The Glass Eye), and Jennifer […]

  • Joy Goddess at Kansas City Public Library (In Person & on YouTube)

    Kansas City Public Library 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

    Join the Kansas City Public Library for an inspiring evening celebrating the life and legacy of A’Lelia Walker, the “Joy Goddess of Harlem’s 1920s.” Author A’Lelia Bundles will share insights from her latest biography, exploring the lasting influence of the Walker family from St. Louis to the Harlem Renaissance and their impact on the arts, […]

  • Biographers International Conference in New York

    Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    PANEL: In the Right Hands: Biographers as Collectors Biographers can support their research by collecting important related material often overlooked on the market or in storerooms and unavailable in any repository or online. This panel will explore what authors have purchased, inherited, or been given, whether books, manuscripts, periodicals, ephemera, artworks, textiles, or objects, produced […]

  • Wednesday Morning Group in Bethesda

    Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Bethesda, MD, United States

    A’Lelia Bundles returns to WMG to discuss her biography of her charismatic great-grandmother, Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. A‘Lelia Walker, best known as the only daughter of hair […]

  • Peoria Riverfront Museum

    Peoria Riverfront Museum 222 SW Water St, Peoria, IL, United States

    As part of the Joyful Resistance exhibition, A'Lelia will talk about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance and the items from her Madam Walker Family Archives that are […]

  • Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival

    Island Conference Center 30 Island Inn Road, Oak Bluffs, MA, United States

    A'Lelia will talk about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance at the Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival.

  • Edgartown Books 8/16/2026

    Edgartown Books 44 Main Street, Edgartown, MA, United States

    A'Lelia will sign copies of Joy Goddess and On Her Own Ground at Edgartown Books.

  • VIRTUAL Hoosier Authors Book Club “Joy Goddess”

    Join A'Lelia for a virtual conversation about Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance with members of the Hoosier Authors Club From the Hoosier Authors Book Club website: Dubbed […]