PAST EVENTS
2021 Events
October 5, 2021
Book Talk with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Centre College
Danville, KY
Private Online Event
September 24, 2021
A Conversation with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Hosted by Erica Bernal of LITina and
Philadelphia, PA
Live Event
September 8, 2021
Afro-Latina Voices and Visions
with Naimer Coster, Clevis Natera, and
Ivelisse Rodriguez
2021 Kweli International Literary Festival
Online Event
August 8, 2021
Pelo Malo y Pelo Bueno: Afro Latinas Who Rose Above
with Carmen Bardeguez-Brown and MK Chavez
Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: A National Hair Conference
Online Event
August 7, 2021
Getting to the Root of Afrolatina Hair
with Tyrice Brown MFA, MK Chavez, and
Dr. Raina J. León
Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: A National Hair Conference
Online Event
July 20, 2021
A Conversation with Chante Dyson
May 25, 2021
Reading Series
The Writer's Hotel Conference
Virual Event
May 18, 2021
Afro Latina arts and Literature
Comadres Connect Series
Private Online Event
April 13, 2021
Writer's Retreat
Block Island, RI
Private Event
April 7, 2021
Afro-Latinx Caribbean Literature
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
Private Online Event
March 28, 2021
Discussion with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Read Soul Lit's Patreon Book Club
Paris, France
Private Online Event
March 23, 2021
Discussion with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
LITina Book Club & Latina Made not Maid
Private Online Event
February 27, 2021
Black Lives Matter Book Club
Private Online Event
February 19, 2021
The Critical Moment: Mining for Meaning Workshop
The Desert Nights, Rising Stars
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
at Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
January 21, 2021
Puerto Rican Literature:
From New York to Puerto Rico and Back
Private Online Event
January 17, 2021
Discussion with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
ie. Latinx Book y Chisme Club
Private Online Event
2020 Events
November 21, 2020
August 28, 2020
Private Book Club Author Appearance
Boricua Book Group
Washington, DC
Zoom event
August 4, 2020
¿Y Tu Abuela? A Conversation on Blackness
Hosted by Dr. Marie Nubia Feliciano
Chapman College
Orange, CA
Zoom Panel
June 27, 2020
Book Club selection inspired by the exhibition
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman: Neither Fish, Flesh, nor Fowl
Los Angeles, CA
Virtual Event
June 6, 2020
Unapologetic & Searching: Latinx Voices in Fiction
The Bronx is Reading Virtual Book Festival
Virtual Event
May 3, 2020
Storytime Sunday
Virtual Event
Author Appearance: May 6
Casita Maria Virtual Book Club
Virtual Event
February 27, 2020
Afro-Latina Writers Reading and Panel
with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Yesenia-Montilla
Lehman College
Bronx, NY
February 23, 2020
BX Lattes & Literature Book Club
Bronx Library Center
Bronx, NY
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2019 Events
December 21, 2019
The Bronx is Reading Book Club
Andrew Freedman Home
Bronx, NY
November 23, 2019
Hostos Community College
Bronx, NY
November 21, 2019
10th Year Anniversary Celebration of
Daughters of the Stone with guest readers
New York, NY
November 18, 2019
Presentation, Book Reading & Signing
Newark, NJ
November 14, 2019
Creative Writing Workshop
led by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Bronx, NY
November 12, 2019
Presentation, Book Reading & Signing
Bronx Community College
Bronx, NY
November 7, 2019
Opening Reception
Bronx, NY
October 27, 2019
Readings with Miguel de la Cruz,
Fabián Soberón and Manny Lopez
Cafecito de Arte
New York, NY
October 15, 2019
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Ceremony and Reading
Bronx County Courthouse
Bronx, NY
October 13, 2019
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria
Kweli Journal, and Latinx in Publishing present
Latinx Heritage Month
A Reading with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
with guests Peggy Robles-Alvarado and
Laura Pegram, founderand editor of Kweli
New York, NY
October 9, 2019
100 Hispanic Women and BronxCare present:
What Inspires You?
Key Note Speaker / Panelist
Glen Island Harbour Club
New Rochelle, NY
September 27, 2019
Hispanic Heritage Month Private event
The Cervantes Society
Brookyn Court House
Brooklyn, NY
September 16, 2019
SUNY Rockland Community College
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Keynote Speaker for Opening Event
Rockland, NY
September 6-8, 2019
Hobart Festival of Women Writers
Workshop: Celebrating Wisdom Keepers
Hobart, NY
August 18, 2019
with Heide Gardner and Nikole Hannah-Jones
New York, NY
August 3, 2019
Pregones/PRTT
The FREE live arts series that asks,
“What makes our South Bronx boogie?
Rincon Criollo, La Casita de Chema
Bronx, NY
Writer's Night at Kasteli Cafe
Hosted by Elisabeth Amaral
featuring writers from The Writers Hotel
New York, NY
June 29, 2019
The 6th Annual Latina 50 Plus Award Ceremony
Fordham University
McGinley Hall
Bronx, NY
by Willie Perdomo
Featuring Guest writers: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Roberto Carlos Garcia, and John Murillo
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
New York, NY
Guest Speaker & Book Signing
Bronx Council of the Arts
Artist Sustainability Workshop Series:
Finding the Right Literary Agent
NYPL | Westchester Square Library
Bronx, NY
Author Book Selling Table
Bronx Library Center/New York Public Library
Bronx, NY
Author Reading & Book Signing
Brush The Bronx!
Bronx, NY
Private Class Presentation
Reading, Q&A, Book Signing
Hunter College
New York City
Celebrate Women's History Month
Reading, Q&A, Book Signing
Poe Park Visitor Center
Bronx, NY
March 15, 2019
Celebrate Women's History Month
with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Reading, Q&A, Book Sale/Signing
Launch of 10th Anniversary Trade Paperback ed.
Andrew Freedman Home
Bronx, NY
January 17 – February 25, 2019
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Short story “Mapping” displayed as part of an exhibition.
On Friday, March 15, 2019 Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa launched the
10th Anniversary edition of Daughters of the Stone at the
Andrew Freedman Home.
For more images, click here.
Dahlma with Literary Agent, Marie Dutton Brown
at the paperback launch of Daughters of the Stone
at the Andrew Freedman Home in The Bronx.
Pregones' Stage Garden Rumba 2019 with poets Caridad de la Luz and
Sandra Garcia Rivera.
2018 Events
October 18, 2018
Club KRVC
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa reads from her new work,
A Woman of Endurance
Riverdale, NY
July 25, 2018
Howard University
Vida Afro-Latina Workshop:
Afro-Latinx/Afro-Caribbean Identity & Healing
Washington, DC
July 19, 2018
Youth Pathways, FedCap
Workshop: We Are All Storytellers
Bronx, NY
April 6, 2018
CentroPR: Center for Puerto Rican Studies
Hunter College, CUNY
The 100 Puerto Ricans Oral History Project
New York, NY
Radio Free Brooklyn
Interview with host Michele Carlo
Brooklyn, NY
2017 Events
June 28, 2017
The University of Massachusetts Boston
William Joiner Institute Summer Writers' Workshop
Panel: Race, Refugees, Immigration and War
Reading: Reclaiming My Journey
Boston, MA
June 27, 2017
The University of Massachusetts Boston
William Joiner Institute Summer Writers' Workshop
Fiction Workshop: From Image To Word
Boston, MA
May 2017
PRIDA
Puerto Rican Institute of the Development of the Arts
New York, NY
2016 Events
November 18, 2016
Greenberg Public Library
Reese's Reading Round Table &
Panel Discussion
Elmsford, NY
October 18, 2016
Center College Convocation
Reading & Book Signing
Danville, KY
October 15, 2016
Calabash Tea & Tonic
Reading & Book Signing
Washington, DC
October 13, 2016
Jazz and Justice - Pacifica Radio Show
Reading & Interview
Washington, DC
September 29, 2016
Bronx Community College, CUNY
Latino Heritage Presentation
Reading & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
September 24, 2016
Word Up Community Bookstore
Declaraciones, Pluma y Tinta
Reading & Book Signing
New York, NY
July 16, 2016
Afro-Latina Book Brunch
Cuba Libre Restaurant
Reading & Book Signing
Washington, DC
Fall 2016
Hobart Festival of Women Writers
Workshop: Memoir
Hobart Village, NY
Fall 2016
Women Writers of the Diaspora
Calabar Exports
Brooklyn, NY
March 16, 2016
City College, CUNY
Women Writing the Caribbean
Reading & Panel Discussion
New York, NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Latina 50+ Panel: Telling Our Stories
Bronx, NY
March 4, 2016
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
Class presentation
New York, NY
March 2, 2016
University of Georgia
Class, Public Presentation & Book Reading
Athens, GA
2015 Events
September 23, 2015
PEN Mingle with La Casa Azul Bookstore
La Casa Azul Bookstore
Sponsored by PEN American Center
New York, NY
September 15, 2015
HBO
Conversations with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Reading & Book Signing
New York, NY
September 1, 2015
Hobart Festival of Women Writers
Workshop: From Image to Word
Hobart, NY
July 18, 2015
Harlem Book Fair
Panel: Literature of the Diaspora
New York, NY
May 30, 2015
The Bronx Book Fair @ The Bronx Library Center
Reading & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
March 24, 2015
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Women's History Month
Essay Contest Awards Ceremony
Reading & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
March 20, 2015
Artist Square Group Gallery
Reading & Book Signing
Springfield, MA
March 7, 2015
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Latina 50+ Panel & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
2014 Events
November 30, 2014
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Comite Noviembre Puerto Rican Art & Book Festival
Reading & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
November 18, 2014
The Odyssey Bookstore
Reading & Book Signing
South Hadley, MA
October 25, 2014
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey
LUPE Latina Summit: The Power of You
Panel: A Writer's Journey
New Brunswick, NJ
September 5-7, 2014
Festival of Women Writers 2014
Workshop: From Image to Word
Reading & Book Signing
Hobart, NY
2013 Events
November 7, 2013
National Writers' Union
Workshop: Writing Family Memoir
New York, NY
November 16, 2013
Theodore Young Community Center
Roundtable Book Club Discussion
White Plains, NY
November 23, 2013
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Comité Noviembre Book Fair
Bronx, New York
October 12, 2013
East Harlem Book Fair / Festival del Libro
Panel: Writing Urban Latinas: The New Wave
Children’s Aid Society East Harlem Center
New York, NY
September 28, 2013
The Jersey City Free Public Library
Biblioteca Criolla
Reading & Book Signing
Jersey City, NJ
September 22, 2013
Brooklyn Book Festival
National Writers' Union display
Brooklyn, NY
June 8, 2013
De Almas Collective
Renewal: Sacred Women Writers Retreat
New York, NY
June 1, 2013
National Writers Union,
Harry Van Ardsdale School of Labor Studies &
La Casa Azul Bookstore, Empire State College
International Writers' Conference:
Writing Across the Borders
Panel: Migration and Immigration
New York, NY
March 23, 2013
Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts
sponsored by La Casa de Educación y Cultura
Reading & Book Signing
Perth Amboy, NJ
March 13, 2013
Lehman College, CUNY
Reading & Class Presentation
Bronx, New York
2012 Events
October 13, 2012
De Almas Women's Collective
Sacred Voices: Writing Retreat
Bronx, NY
October 6, 2012
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Panel: Fiction: Creating Narrative Voices
Part of Comadres & Compardres Writers Conference
Brooklyn, NY
September 29, 2012
The Langston Hughes Library & Community Center
Reading
Corona, NY
September 8, 2012
La Casa Azul Bookstore
Reading
New York, NY
May 14, 2012
City College, CUNY
Reading & Class presentation
New York, NY
April 26, 2012
Manhattaville College
100 Hispanic Women—Westchester Chapter
An Evening of Literature by Latinas
Purchase, NY
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa joined by Yuyi Morales, Sergio Troncoso and Torrey Maldonado at the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Photo by Marcia E. Wilson
2011 Events
December 3, 2011
Authors & Publisher's Fair
Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center
Presentation: Publishing & Publicity: My Journey—
Advice for New Writers
Queens, NY
November 19, 2011
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
Magic & Mysticism in Latino Writing
Reading & Book Signing
Washington, DC
November 17, 2011
Bronx Borough President PR Heritage Celebration
Key Note Remarks: The Puerto Rico/Bronx Connection
Bronx, NY
November 12, 2011
The Bronx Library Center
Book Talk
Bronx, NY
November 9, 2011
Greenlight Bookstore
Latina Writers: Sharing Our Experiences
Reading & Book Signing
Brooklyn, NY
November 5, 2011
AfroLatin@ Now! Conference
Panel: AfroLatin@ Perspectives for Youth
Reading & Book Signing
New York, NY
October 28, 2011
Hue-Man Books and Cafe
Panel: Magic & Mysticism in Latina Writing
New York, NY
October 17, 2011
Bronx Supreme Court Building
Reading & Book Signing
Bronx, NY
October 15, 2011
National Writers Union
Presentation: Never Take No for an Answer:
Promoting Your Own Work
New York, NY
October 13, 2011
Long Island University
Voices of the Rainbow Series
Reading & Book Signing
Brooklyn, NY
October 12, 2011
Upper West Side Reading Group
Book Discussion
New York, NY
October 9, 2011
New York Book Fair Expo
Queens Museum of Art
Book Sale & Signing
Queens, NY
October 5, 2011
(Private Event)
Latina Writers: Sharing Our Experiences
Reading & Book Signing
Iselin, NJ
September 22, 2011
The New School
Women Writers of the Diaspora
Reading & Book Signing
New York, NY
September 18, 2011
Brooklyn Book Festival
Las Comadres de las Americas &
La Casa Azul Bookstore
Brooklyn, NY
May 21, 2011
Go On Girl Annual Awards Dinner
Washington Marriott
Washington, DC
April 28, 2011
Hunter College, CUNY
Class Presentation
New York, NY
Monday, February 7, 2011
Houndstooth Pub
Presentation: Surviving Publication
New York, NY