2024
If you would like to book Jessica for a speaking event, go to the contact page and reach out to her speaking agent (for paid events), publicity team (for bookstore events), or the contact form (for book clubs, etc.).
Tuesday, June 18, Seven and One Books, Abilene, Texas, 5:30-7 pm: LINK
with Alisha Taylor, director, A Legacy Unearthed
Wednesday, June 19, BookPeople, Austin, Texas, 7-8 pm: LINK
with Alexa Ura, freelance journalist
Saturday, June 22, Fenner Quadrangle, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
with readings from Gregory Fletcher and Jaclyn Fowler, moderated by Julie Sidoni Yelen
Tuesday, July 9, Half-Price Books, Dallas, Texas: LINK
with Ruth Graham of the New York Times
Thursday, July 11, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Texas, 6:30 pm: LINK
with Yaffa Frederick of the Houston Chronicle
Tuesday, July 16, Nowhere Bookshop, San Antonio, Texas: LINK
with Kimberly Garza, author of The Last Karankawas
Thursday, July 18, Fabled Bookshop, Waco, Texas, 7pm: LINK
with Kerri Fisher, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Baylor University
August 22, 2024, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
First-year convocation
September 22-28, 2024, Banned Books Week Events
Four events at Austin Public Library and BookPeople; go to The Beautiful and Banned Instagram page for more details!
October 15, 2024, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Austin, Texas
October 19, 2024, Freedom to Read Day of Action Rally, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York
Live podcast recording and Banned Books Trivia event
November 16, 2024, Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, 1:15 pm: LINK
“Texas Roots, Hidden Truths: Uncovering Family Histories and Lost Legacies,” a conversation with Jason Heid and Tim Z. Hernandez in the Texas Tent (book signing to follow in the Main Tent)
November 18, 2024, San Antonio Public Library, hosted by Texana/Genealogy: LINK
6:00-7:00 pm, Central Library, 600 Soledad, San Antonio, TX 78205
Past Events
Tuesday, August 4, Brazos Bookstore, 7pm CST: LINK
with Megan Kimble, Senior Editor at the Texas Observer and author of Unprocessed
Thursday, August 6, Bookends & Beginnings, noon CST: LINK
with Wendy Pearlman, author most recently of We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled, featuring the work of GirlForward and World Relief Chicago
Tuesday, August 11, Instagram Live with Kate Bowler, 4:30 CST
Instagram: @katecbowler and @jessica_goudeau
Monday, August 17, BookPeople, 7pm CST: LINK
with Helen Thorpe, author most recently of The Newcomers, featuring the work of Refugee Services of Texas and iAct
Wednesday, August 19, LIRS Virtual Book Series, 2pm CST: LINK
Tuesday, August 25, Image Journal Summer Stage, 3pm CST: LINK
with Dina Nayeri, author most recently of The Ungrateful Refugee
Thursday, August 27, “We Welcome Refugees,” 4pm CST: LINK
with Tess Clarke
Friday, August 28, “Women of Welcome,” 12pm CST: LINK
with Sarah Quezada, author of Love Undocumented
Thursday, September 17, Neighbors for Refugees Event, 12pm EST: LINK
with Nazanine Scheuer, Senior Director of Partnership and Innovation at Save the Children
Thursday, September 17, Journey’s End Refugee Services, 7pm EST: LINK
with several special guests
Tuesday, September 22, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 12 pm EST: LINK.
with Shaun Casey, director of the center and professor of practice at Georgetown
Monday, October 19, Get Out the Vote for Refugees with the Mandy Patinkin and the Biden Campaign, 7 pm EST: LINK
with Kathryn Grody and several other special guests, hosted by Voice for Refuge
Friday, October 23, HIAS Book Club, 12 pm EST: LINK
with Rabbi Rachel Grant-Meyer
Saturday, October 24, RST Book Club, 10am CST: LINK
with Ashley Faye
Saturday, October 24, Northwest Regional Refugee Roundtable, 9-12am MST: LINK
with Danielle Mayfield
Tuesday, October 27, Arrive Ministries, “The Story of Refuge,” 12 pm: LINK
with Mike Bergman, Director
Thursday, October 29, World Relief Memphis book club, 7:30 pm CST: LINK
Tuesday, November 10, “Border Stories: Immigration, Refuge, and Justice,” Texas Book Festival Panel,
11:30-12:15 pm CST: LINK
with Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo (The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border), and Francisco Cantú (contributor to anthology Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy)
Thursday, November 12, The Loft Literary Center, 2pm CST: LINK
with Kao Kalia Yang, author most recently of Somewhere in the Unknown World (forthcoming November 11)