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Author Events | Current
February 18, 2024
Colonial Dames of Washington, Abner Cloud House, Washington
February 28, 2024
Oasis Continuing Education, Bethesda, Md. (live and virtual)
March 5, 2024
Library of Congress, “Made at the Library,” discussion with librarians Liz Novarra and Mari Nakahara, 12-1:00 p.m. (live and streaming)
(TENTATIVE)
March 9, 2024
AAUW-Northern Va. District, Alexandria Library, Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch
March 12, 2024
Washington International Club, Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2024
Capital Speakers Club, Columbia Country Club, Washington, D.C.
March 20, 2024
Wheaton Library, Montgomery County, Md., 6:00 p.m.
PUBLIC EVENT
March 22, 2024
Asian American Forum, Bethesda, Md.
March 24, 2024
Hill Center, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 7 p.m.; in conversation with author Stephanie Deutsch
PUBLIC EVENT
April 6, 2024
Arlington County Library, Cherrydale Branch, 3 p.m.
PUBLIC EVENT
Author Events | Past
Author Ann McClellan, presidential great-granddaughter Patricia Taft and Diana Parsell at “Still Blooming” luncheon at University Club on March 23, 2023, during National Cherry Blossom Festival.
December 16, 2023
Takoma Park Book Fair, Politics & Prose bookstore
Oct. 17, 2023
Marietta (Ohio) Garden Club
June 4, 2023
The Fountains of Hilltop and local book club, Grand Junction, Col.
May 19-21, 2023
Biographers International Organization (BIO) conference in New York; presented craft workshop on “Structuring and Revising Your Manuscript”
May 13, 2023
Washington Writers Conference, panelist for “Women’s Voices Across Genres”
May 11, 2023
Japan America Society of Chicago (virtual talk)
April 20, 2023
Association of Oldest Inhabitants in Washington, D.C.
April 15, 2023
Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, Va
April 5, 2023
American News Women’s Club, Washington, D.C.
March 30, 2023
Trust for the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
March 29, 2023
U.S. National Arboretum/Friends of the Arboretum, (virtual talk) “Eliza Scidmore: Botanical Ambassador for Japan and Its Cherry Trees”
March 27, 2023
Politics & Prose bookstore, Washington, D.C. (available on CSpan2’s American History TV)
March 23, 2023
University Club, Washington, D.C.; “Still Blooming” luncheon, in conversation with Patricia H. Taft; sponsored by National Cherry Blossom Festival
Feb. 27, 2023
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, (virtual talk) “Eliza Scidmore Beyond the Cherry Trees”
Interviews & Media Coverage
At the Tidal Basin with NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker in March 2023, filming for NBC’s “Today” show episode on Eliza Scidmore and D.C.’s cherry trees (Photo: Wakako Hisaeda)
American University’s Her Campus: “Local Author Uncovers Story of Woman Responsible for D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms,” by Ellie Blanchard, May 3, 2023
Q&A/with Deborah Kalb, April 22, 2023
C-Span2 American History TV: “Eliza Scidmore and the Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.,” April 22, 2023 (Politics & Prose talk on March 27, 2023)
GWU Hatchet: podcast by Sarah Sachs, “What’s New Buff and Blue: The Origin of D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms,” April 10, 2023
American Journalism: book review, April 7, 2023
NHK World-Japan TV: (in English) “Hanami Spirit Blooms in Washington,” with correspondent Hisaeda Wakako, March 31, 2023
NBC “Today” Show: “The Woman Behind the Cherry Blossoms,” with correspondent Kristen Welker, March 30, 2023
Wall Street Journal: book review, “Spring 2023 Reading List: The 4 Best Gardening Books,” by Dominique Browning, March 30, 2023
U.S. National Arboretum: virtual talk, “Eliza Scidmore: Botanical Ambassador for Japan and Its Cherry Trees,” March 29, 2023
Q&A/History in the Margins: blog of historian Pamela Toler, March 29, 2023
NPR Marketplace: “Make Me Smart” commentary (begins around 20 mins into the piece), March 28, 2023
BIO Podcast: interview with Lisa Napoli of Biographers International Organization, March 10, 2023
Marietta (OH) Times, “Marietta College alumna pens book,” March 4, 2023
Q&A/Humanities-Net, DC: interview with D.C. historian Matthew Gilmore, March 2, 2023
NASW: Advance Copy, National Association for the Advancement of Science Writing, March 1, 2023
Washingtonian: “One Woman’s Quest to Bring Cherry Blossoms to DC,” March 2023
D.C. Mondays/GWU Museum: virtual talk, “Eliza Scidmore Beyond the Cherry Trees,” Feb. 27, 2023
Q&A/Discovering Lives blog: interview by Paula T. Whitacre, Feb. 16, 2023
Library Journal, book review, Feb. 1, 2023
Past Talks & Media Coverage
In Juneau, Alaska, with Michael Portillo, filming in July 2018 for BBC2’s “Great American Railway Journeys” (Photo: Bruce Parsell)
March 30, 2022: World Radio podcast interview with Jenny Rough
April 7, 2021: Washington Walks (virtual)
Jul 29, 2018: BBC2 interview in Juneau with host Michael Portillo of “Great American Railroad Journeys”
July 31, 2018: public lecture at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
April 17, 2018: 90-minute teleconference briefing with staff at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
March 29, 2018: National Geographic Live! interview by scriptwriter Daniel Stashower for staged reading of Scidmore’s work
March 18, 2017: Japan TBS TV appearance in “Mystery Hunter” program on cherry blossoms
March 1, 2017: luncheon speaker, regional meeting of Ikebana International, Alexandria, Va.
Feb. 2017: interviewed for National Geographic online article on Eliza Scidmore
April 2, 2015: presenter at Journalism & Women’s Symposium (JAWS), D.C. chapter
April 4, 2014: discussion with Discovery Club of D.C. Lab School
Feb. 20, 2014: luncheon speaker, Washington-Tokyo Women’s Club, Arlington, Va.
April 10, 2013: presenter, Japan Cherry Blossom Association, Parliamentary Museum in Tokyo
April 7, 2013: speaker,Eliza Scidmore Cherry Blossom Society, Yokohama, Japan
March 7, 2013: presenter, Women’s History Discussion Group, Library of Congress
March 30, 2013: Japan NHK TV evening news interview on my Scidmore research
Oct. 19, 2012: panelist, 39th D.C. Historical Studies Conference
June 30, 2012: reader, New Mercury author series, Baltimore, Md.
March 13, 2012: interviewed in Washington Post by Michael Ruane for “Cherry blossoms’ champion, Eliza Scidmore, led a life of adventure,”
Honors & Awards
Receiving BIO Hazel Rowley Award from Gayle Feldman at BIO 2017 conference in Boston (Photo: James McGrath Morris)
2017: Hazel Rowley Prize from Biographers International (BIO) for best proposal for first biography
2012: Mayborn Fellowship in Biography, sponsored by University of North Texas and prize-winning biographer James McGrath Morris
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