News & EVENTS

BOOK EVENTS

April 25 — Greenville, SC — Liberty Fellowship 20th Anniversary Dinner

June 2 — Charleston, SC — Pre-publication sneak peek for members of Mother Emanuel and the A.M.E. community, in conversation with Dr. John Thomas, editor of The Christian Recorder — Emanuel A.M.E. Church, 110 Calhoun Street — 7 p.m. — Video: TCR Dialogue and Mother Emanuel Book Launch

June 3 — Charleston, SC — Official Book Launch — In conversation with Carolyn Murray, anchor at WCBD-TV — Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, in conjunction with Buxton Books — 6 p.m. — Honoring Mother Emanuel - Charleston Library Society

June 5 — Columbia, SC — In conversation with Dr. Bobby Donaldson, director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina — Allen University, Waverly Building, 2200 Hampton Street, in conjunction with All Good Books — 5:30 p.m. — Video: Emanuel Nine Book Talk

June 8 — Charleston, SC — Second Sunday — signing books in VIP tent on King Street, near Liberty — June at the 2nd Sunday Tent — 2nd Sunday on King Street

June 9 — Savannah, GA — In conversation with Jordyn Holman, business reporter for The New York Times — The Seminar (private forum for senior communications and public affairs professionals) — 3 p.m.

June 10 — Atlanta, GA — In conversation with Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr., James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory University and former President of Morehouse College — Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW — 7 p.m. — Video: Elson Lecture: Kevin Sack's "Mother Emanuel"

June 11 — Washington, DC — In conversation with Robert Samuels of The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winning co-author of His Name Is George Floyd — Politics and Prose at The Wharf, 610 Water Street, SW — 7 p.m. — Kevin Sack — Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church - with Robert Samuels — at The Wharf | Politics and Prose Bookstore

June 12 — New America — In (virtual) conversation with journalist and author Caleb Gayle — 12 p.m. — Video: Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church

June 12 — Baltimore, MD — In conversation with Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead, professor of communication and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland and host of Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA-FM — Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street — 7 p.m. — Video: Kevin Sack: "Mother Emanuel"

June 13 — Fairfax, VA — In conversation with Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church of Washington, DC — Fairfax Presbyterian Church, 10723 Main Street — 7 p.m. — Video: Fairfax Presbyterian Church - YouTube

June 20 — Jacksonville, FL — Jacksonville Public Library Lit Chat, in conversation with Isaiah M. Oliver, president of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida — Main Library, 303 N. Laura Street — 4 p.m. — Lit Chat with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Kevin Sack | Jacksonville Public Library

June 23 — Cambridge, MA — In conversation with James Dao, editorial page editor of The Boston Globe — Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue — 7 p.m. — Kevin Sack at Harvard Book Store | Harvard Book Store

June 25 — Savannah, GA — In conversation with Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman, pastor of historic First African Baptist Church — The Learning Center, 3025 Bull Street — 12 p.m. — Mother Emanuel 12:00 - 1:00 pm Wednesday, June 25 — Senior Citizens, Inc.

July 22 — Atlanta, GA — Atlanta Press Club, in conversation with journalist and author Ken Foskett — Manuel’s Tavern, 602 N. Highland Avenue NE — 6-8 p.m. — APC Author Talk featuring Kevin Sack - Atlanta Press Club

July 23 — Atlanta, GA — In conversation with Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr. — UNITE conference, sponsored by UNCF — Signia by Hilton Atlanta, 159 Northside Drive NW — 11:25 a.m.

August 13 — Camden, SC — In conversation with Camden Mayor and former State Senator Vincent Sheheen, in conjunction with Books on Broad — Liberty Hall, Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad Street — 6 p.m.

September 10 — Jacksonville, FL — Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park Street — 7 p.m.

September 13 — Eva Haller Salon Series — virtual — 5 p.m. Eastern — Eva Haller Salon Series | MY HERO

September 14 — Jacksonville, FL — In conversation with Dean Kate Moorehead Carroll — St. John’s Cathedral (Taliaferro Hall), 256 East Church Street — 11:45 a.m. — Cathedral Conversation: Kevin Sack and Kate Moorehead Carroll - St. John's Cathedral

September 18 — Sumter, SC — Sumter Museum, 122 N. Washington Street — 6 p.m. — Talk and Book Signing Reception with Kevin Sack - Sumter Museum

September 25 — New York, NY — Trinity Talks, in conversation with the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, rector — St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Church, 209 Broadway — 6:30 p.m. — Trinity Talks: Kevin Sack   | Trinity Church

November 1-2 — Los Angeles, CA — Library Foundation of Los Angeles Literary Feasts

November 7 — Charleston, SC — Charleston Literary Festival — In conversation with best-selling author and Princeton scholar Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., featuring a performance by the Emanuel AME Choir — Dock Street Theater, 135 Church Street — Charleston Literary Festival

November 20 — Columbia, SC — Benedict College

February 21, 2026 — Detroit, MI — Detroit Public Library Author Series — Clara Stanton Jones Friends Auditorium, Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue — 2 p.m.

September 21, 2026 — Memphis, TN — Wax Institute keynote — Temple Israel, 1376 East Massey Road — 12:30 p.m.

COVERAGE

New York Times' Kevin Sack dives into Mother Emanuel's history at CofC on Monday - Charleston City Paper

Spirited Brunch is an open book - The Food Section

Need a summer read? These are the South’s hottest new books — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sack’s Emanuel history defines massacre’s impact - Charleston City Paper

Ten Years After Tragedy: PW Talks with Kevin Sack — Publishers Weekly

Kevin Sack: Ten years after the mass murder at Mother Emanuel, it’s more important than ever to resist the suppression of history | Faith and Leadership

Pulitzer winner to discuss history of AME church at Atlanta History Center — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

24 New Books to Read in June: Taylor Jenkins Reid, James Patterson, V.E. Schwab and more - The New York Times

On Heartbreak & Healing: Where are we as a community a decade after the Mother Emanuel massacre? | Charleston SC | Charleston Magazine

Remembering the Mother Emanuel Church Shooting 10 Years Later | TIME