BookMarks: The Prison System and Mental Health, a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer and Phoebe Zerwick

Come participate in a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer and Phoebe Zerwick who will explore the debacle of mass incarceration and its intersection with mental Health through their two recently released books, "The Other Dr. Gilmer" and "Beyond Innocence." The Event will start at 6:30 at BookMarks in Winston-Salem, NC. The session will be moderated […]

National Writer’s Series: An evening with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer

EVENT AND BOOK In-person tickets for this event can be reserved through the City Opera House. Livestream tickets for this event can be purchased through our site.  Based on one of the most popular This American Life stories of all time, The Other Dr. Gilmer is a powerful true story about a shocking crime and […]

Harbor Springs Festival of the Book

So looking forward to this amazing Festival and the family reunion that will be happening as well. Will be in conversation with two other amazing others on Friday at 2:00 talking about the Discovery of Self in narrative and will be speaking to justice on Saturday at 2:00. https://www.hsfotb.org

Southern Festival of Books

Please come join me at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville this Saturday, 10/15/22 at 10:00. I will be in conversation with author David Domine. Hope you can come out!  There will be a book signing immediately following our session. https://sofestofbooks.org/full-schedule

Kentucky Book Festival (Lexington, KY)

Please join me at the KY book festival!  We will be having a conversation about Compassion with Chad Oldfather, Benjamin Gilmer, Amelia Zachry, & Jane Olmsted

Free

Virginia Rural Health Association Keynote (Williamsburg)

Look forward to joining the Virginia Rural Health Association in. a conversation about the importance of storytelling and rural Health advocacy. If you are interested in attending the conference, please reach out to VRHA at https://vrha.org/conference/.  

NCAFP Family Physician Conference Keynote (Asheville)

Looking forward to being in Conversation with NC family physicians at this year's conference! We will be talking about the important role that family medicine physicians have in telling their stories: why our training makes us well-positioned to advocate for change. If you would like to attend the conference, please sign up at: https://web.cvent.com/event/e906fa93-ab4e-4030-9dae-0aadab33f025/summary

Davidson College Lecture: Literature and Medicine

Looking forward to speaking to the Davidson students about the intersection of literature, justice and medicine. This will be a lecture that is part of of Dr. Onita Vaz's literature and medicine class. This is private event.

Savannah State University

Looking forward to speaking to Dr. Brook's Criminology class:  Will be talking about why humans experience cognitive fallibility, and why we are not born criminals!

Savannah Book Festival

Looking forward to sharing Vince's story at the Savannah Book Festival! I will be speaking at 3:15 at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension on 2/18/23:  120 Bull St., Savannah, GA