EVENT PICS
From 2018 - 2020 (before the coronavirus quarantine), Zibby ran a series of “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books” author interview events. She hosted a literary salon in her home which met every two to three weeks with books sold by Berry & Co Bookstore, produced two book fairs a year powered by BookHampton, and was a frequent moderator at bookstore events.
Monday, March 9th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Zibby hosted Jan Eliasberg, HANNAH’S WAR, Janice Kaplan, THE GENIUS OF WOMEN, and design genius Shoshanna Gruss of Shoshanna. Three days later she and her family fled the city when the quarantine began. She hasn’t been back since.
Thursday, March 5th, 7:00 pm: Greer Hendricks, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 7:00pm: Brenda Janowitz, THE GRACE KELLY DRESS. Barnes & Noble Upper, 150 East 86th Street.
Wednesday, February 26th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am: Zibby Owens in conversation with Eilene Zimmerman. To attend this private event, become a Victory Circle member here. Learn more about the New Victory Theater here.
Tuesday, February 25th, 7:00pm: Deborah Copaken, Carolyn Murnick and Lauren Mechling speak about “Loyalty, Betrayal and Everything in Between,” at the Center for Fiction, Brooklyn.
Thursday, February 13th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Valentine’s event! Jill Santopolo, THE LIGHT WE LOST and MORE THAN WORDS with Gigi Levangie, BEEN THERE MARRIED THAT, at Dylan’s Candy Bar, 1011 Third Avenue.
Wednesday, February 12th, 5:00 pm: Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist, THE WOMAN IN THE PARK. 231 East 62nd Street.
Wednesday, February 12th, 6:30 pm: Interview with Rochelle Weinstein, THIS IS NOT HOW IT ENDS. Shakespeare & Co Bookstore, 939 Lexington Avenue (at 69th Street).
Tuesday, February 11th, 10:30 am: Susan Isaacs, TAKES ON TO KNOW ONE. Temple Emanu-El.
Thursday, January 23rd, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Rebecca Soffer, MODERN LOSS and Randi Zinn, BEYOND MOM. Private location.
Tuesday, January 14th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Rachel Levy Lesser, LIFE’S ACCESSORIES and Amy Blumenfeld, THE CAST. Private location.
Monday, January 6th, 7:00 pm - 9:00pm: Happy New Year! Back from “vacation” with the kids? Come over for cocktails and conversation with bestselling authors Jane Green, THE FRIENDS WE KEEP, and Lisa Jewell, THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS.
Tuesday, December 10th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: “For the Love of Books” panel and holiday book suggestions with author Thatcher Wine, founder of Juniper Books and author of “For the Love of Books” and Joshua David Stein, co-host of the Fatherly podcast and Children's Book Author. Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway (between 25th and 26th).
Monday, December 2nd, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm: The “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books” Pre-Holiday BOOK FAIR featuring all the books from the podcast in the past six months sold by BookHampton. 1 pm: Conversation with Michele Filgate, WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT, and Elissa Altman, MOTHERLAND: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, LOATHING AND LONGING.
Saturday, November 30th, 4:00 pm: Interview with Steve Schwarzman, the New York Times best-selling author of WHAT IT TAKES, at BookHampton, 41 Main Street, East Hampton, NY.
Friday, November 15th, 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Headspace! Best-selling author Lori Gottlieb, Ph.D., MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE, speaks to Abigail Maslin, LOVE YOU HARD and Allison Pataki, BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES. These wives of men with traumatic brain injury have written powerful amazing memoirs about being a wife - and a mom - while coping with TBI. Lori will share her own experiences as a therapist - and in therapy! We’ll discuss the inner workings of the mind.
Monday, November 11th, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: 11/11 at 11 am! Eve Rodsky will discuss her new book, FAIR PLAY, in L.A.!
Wednesday, November 6th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Thriller-fest. Event with best-selling author, Greer Hendricks, co-author of AN ANONYMOUS GIRL, and Wendy Walker, author of THE NIGHT BEFORE.
Wednesday, October 16th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Get ready to laugh. John Kenney, LOVE POEMS (FOR PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN) & Liz Astrof, DON’T WAIT UP: CONFESSIONS OF A STAY-AT-WORK MOM.
Wednesday, September 25th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Conversation with bestselling historical fiction novelist, Fiona Davis, THE CHELSEA GIRLS, and debut non-fiction author, Julie Satow, THE PLAZA: THE SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS HOTEL.
Saturday, September 14th, 4:00 pm: Launch event with Libby Babbott-Klein, author, and Jessica Walker, illustrator, of BABY FEMINISTS and BABY FEMINISTS TOO at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY.
Saturday, August 10th, 5:00pm - 7:30 pm: Sponsor of Author’s Night benefitting the East Hampton Library with live interviews throughout the evening.
Friday, August 9th, 5:00 pm: Interview with Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of INHERITANCE, at BookHampton in East Hampton, NY. Info here.
Thursday, August 8th, 11:00 am: Interview with Amanda Salzhauer co-author of THE KINDNESS ADVANTAGE, at Berry & Co Bookstore, Sag Harbor. 51 Division Street, Sag Harbor, NY.
Thursday, August 8th, 5:00 pm: Launch event with Candace Bushnell, IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY?, sponsored by Hamptons magazine. BookHampton, 41 Main Street, East Hampton, NY.
Monday, August 5th, 5:30 pm: Live podcast with Holly Peterson, IT’S HOT IN THE HAMPTONS, at the Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE), 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike. Clothes by Lauren Gabrielson. Books by Berry & Co.
Wednesday, July 31st, 5:00 pm: A panel on women’s friendships! Interview with Lauren Gershell, co-author, THAT’S WHAT FRENEMIES ARE FOR, and Eva Hagberg Fisher, HOW TO BE LOVED: A MEMOIR OF LIFESAVING FRIENDSHIP at BookHampton in East Hampton, NY.
Wednesday, July 24th, 12:00 pm: Book event with Laurie Gelman, YOU’VE BEEN VOLUNTEERED and CLASS MOM, in NYC, which was shown on ABC News 7 with Sandy Kenyon and on Taxi TV!
Monday, July 22nd, 11:00 am: Interview with Courtney Maum, author of COSTALEGRE, and Nicola Harrison, author of MONTAUK, at Berry & Co Bookstore in Sag Harbor.
Wednesday, July 11th, 5:00 pm: Interview with Jamie Brenner, author of DRAWING HOME, at BookHampton in East Hampton, NY.
June 5th, 2019: Launch event with Nicola Harrison, author of MONTAUK, at Barnes & Noble Tribeca.
May 29th, 2019: Book Fair! Conversation with Gretchen Rubin and Ingrid Fetell Lee.
May 10th, 2019: Live podcast with Laurie Gelman, CLASS MOM and YOU’VE BEEN VOLUNTEERED, in Scarsdale, NY, hosted by The IdeaMix Hustle podcast co-hosts, Ana Kertesz and Samhita Jayanti.
May 7th, 2019: Launch event with Jamie Brenner, author of DRAWING HOME, at Barnes & Noble, Upper East Side.
May 7th: Pre-Mother’s Day conversation with Camille Bardach Ramel, THE GOODBYE DIARIES: A MOTHER-DAUGHTER MEMOIR, and Camille Pagan, I’M FINE AND NEITHER ARE YOU.
April 27th: Conversation with Claire Bidwell Smith, THE RULES OF INHERITANCE, and Sarah McColl, JOY ENOUGH, in LA.
April 24th, 2019: Event with Presidential Candidate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, BOLD & BRAVE: TEN HEROES WHO WON WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
March 4th, 2019: Challah-making demo and conversation with Beth Ricanati, M.D., author of BRAIDED: A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND CHALLAHS.
February 13th, 2019: Pre-Valentine’s discussion with John Kenney, LOVE POEMS (FOR MARRIED PEOPLE) and Helen Ellis, SOUTHERN LADY CODE. Watch the highlight video here.
January 31st, 2019: Conversation with Lea Carpenter, RED WHITE BLUE, and Kathy Wang, FAMILY TRUST.
November 30th, 2018: Book fair! Discussion with Dani Shapiro, INHERITANCE, and Piper Weiss, YOU ALL GROW UP AND LEAVE ME.
