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AWP - Los Angeles
Becoming a Debut Novelist: The Journey from Agent Queries to Book Launch
Friday, Mar 28, 2025 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PDT
Beyond Beaches & Colonialism: Writers from the Caribbean Diaspora
Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PDT
Tucson Festival of Books
Between Two Worlds
Join acclaimed authors Mateo Askaripour, Luis Jaramillo and Lilliam Rivera as they explore the ways supernatural elements and magical realism illuminate questions of identity, belonging, and cultural heritage in their latest works.
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
Panelists: Mateo Askaripour, Luis Jaramillo, Lilliam Rivera
Moderator: April Ignacio
Darker Side of Artistic Pursuits
Join authors Lilliam Rivera, Margarita Montimore and Nnedi Okorafor as they discuss the pursuit of artistic dreams, the complexities of ambition, and the potential costs of success.
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)
Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
Panelists: Margarita Montimore, Nnedi Okorafor, Lilliam Rivera
Moderator: Anne Gardner
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Join authors Kelley Armstrong, Lilliam Rivera, and Erika T. Wurth as they explore the shadows that lurk in their haunting tales. They will discuss how they craft supernatural suspense, develop atmospheric tension, and bring their unique perspectives to ghost stories and paranormal fiction.
Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)
Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Panelists: Kelley Armstrong, Lilliam Rivera, Erika T. Wurth
Moderator: Jody Hardy
Children's Literature Festival
University of Central Missouri
Children’s Literature Festival
New York: Tiny Threads Book Launch at Recirculation
Word Up welcomes Lilliam Rivera, for her adult debut novel Tiny Threads (out September 24), a sinister, supernatural dive into the dark side of the glittering, glamorous world of fashion. In conversation with Rivera is Jessica Hoppe, author of First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream (out September 10).
Los Angeles: Tiny Threads Book Launch at Skylight Books
Please join me for the west coast Tiny Threads Book Launch at Skylight Books. Where something RED!
BARELY FLOATING BOOK LAUNCH
Join us for a reading + signing with local author Lilliam Rivera for her new middle grade novel BARELY FLOATING!
We Light Up the Sky Launch at Skylight Books
Join Skylight Treehouse and the LA Public Library virtually on Crowdcast for an interactive event celebrating Lilliam Rivera's book WE LIGHT UP THE SKY! This event will be followed by an in-person signing on Saturday, October 9th at 4:00 PM at Skylight Books!
Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association FallCon
Will be presenting at the Children’s Keynote Breakfast, October 6 at 9am.
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall 2021
I will be a featured speaker at the Sunday Brunch, chatting about We Light Up the Sky.
FIYAHCON 2021
First Contact Stories from a dominant perspective are often underpinned by “othering” and colonialist ideals as thinly-veiled representations of a human culture foreign to the author. But what do first contact stories look like when the historically “othered” contol the narrative? Together these authors flip the script and parse visions of first contact.
UNEARTHED: A JESSICA CRUZ STORY Debuts!
My first graphic novel for DC Comics is available in comic book stores everywhere.
Kennedy Center 50
Join Mi’Jan Celie & Lilliam Rivera as they spend the hour trading stories about their different creative practices, futurist aims, and how they build thriving careers & communities as BIPOC cultural producers and workers.
Second Star to the Right Bookstore Event
If you are nearby, come join us as we talk about our latest novels. (Masks required)
WE LIGHT UP THE SKY Is out!!!!
My new young adult novel is out today and there will be a virtual launch party hosted by The Lit Bar. More info to come!
House of Speakeasy
Come listen to me tell a story tied to the theme “Nerves of Steel” with these other fabulous authors. Sign up for access here.
Fall Con
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association
Mountains and Plains Independent Bookseller’s Association’s Fall Con. Catch Lilliam at the YA Lit Lunch Break.
Main Street Bookstore Event
An evening with novelist Lilliam Rivera and Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Stephen Kaliski as they discuss the challenges and rewards of spinning classical myths into relevant cultural commentary. Register for the event here.