Events
Upcoming Events
47th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Come on out to the conference and find me at the ‘North Carolina Literary Review’ table. You can say hi, subscribe to ‘NCLR’ and pick up a copy of the jounal, and get a signed paperback copy of ‘Searching for Jimmy Page’.
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe Presents Cheryl J. Fish, In Conversation with Christy Alexander Hallberg
Join Christy Alexander Hallberg, author of ‘Searching for Jimmy Page’, as she engages fellow Livingston Press author Cheryl J. Fish in conversation about her debut novel, ‘Off the Yoga Mat’, at this virtual event sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, see the event’s Facebook page.
Brooklyn Book Festival
Come visit me, along with Cheryl J. Fish, author of ‘Off the Yoga Mat’ (forthcoming), and other Livingston Press authors, at the Livingston Press table at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, October 2, 2022! Pick up signed copies of our books and be a part of this historic event.
For more information: https://brooklynbookfestival.org/
Pinecones & Pages: The Boone Literary Festival
Fifty books will come to life with actors and music bringing the writing from the page to the stage. A children’s section will have stories and activities. Food and beer trucks, art booths, and a big tent of books to buy will be on the grounds.
At 8:30pm a show with a full band and big names in music and literature will perform.
Searching for Jimmy Page Zoom Event
Join Christy Alexander Hallberg, author of the award-winning novel Searching for Jimmy Page (published by Livingston Press, October 2021), and co-host Nathan D. Duvall, host of Lucid on 103.3 Asheville FM, for a special Zoom event at 4 PM EST April 20, 2022 to celebrate the six-month birthday and second printing of the novel super groupie Pamela Des Barres calls an “engrossing rockin’ tale” that “captures the mysterious compelling enigma that is Jimmy Page.”
Take a visual trip to various Led Zeppelin-related landmarks that are instrumental in the novel, hear the backstory and genesis of the book, and listen to a short reading from Searching for Jimmy Page by the author. As an added bonus, we’ll be joined by two very special guests who will share some of their personal stories about working with Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin: Chris Charlesworth is a former Melody Maker journalist (interviewed Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, and countless others), author of the blog Just Backdated and over a dozen books on various Rock legends. Chris is also a former executive producer for The Who and David Bowie’s former publicist at RCA Records (from 1979-1981). For more on Chris, visit his blog: https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/chris-charlesworth. Stuart Epps is a record producer and audio engineer who has worked with such legends as Led Zeppelin (Coda), The Firm (first album), Elton John, Bad Company, and George Harrison, just to name a few. Find out more about Stuart at www.Stuartepps.co.uk.
This Zoom event is free but you must register to attend. Registration automatically enters you to win an autographed copy of Searching for Jimmy Page. Don’t miss out on this event!
Register here: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/contact
Past Events
Hudson Library, Highlands, NC, Oct 30, 2021--with Renea Winchester. Photo by Michael O'Hearn
With Liz Goodman after the Zoom meet and greet the author she facilitated, February 26, 2022. Photo by Hub Respess.
With Meagan Lucas and Michael Amos Cody at City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC, Nov 19, 2021. Photo by Chris Wilcox
KGB Red Room, NYC, Oct 21, 2021--My launch reading. Kerry Robinson interviewed me. Photo by Hub Respess.
At the Grown Folks Book Fair at Adventure Bound Books in Morganton, NC, Feb 12, 2022. Photo by Mike Montgomery
With Angela Shores at the Grown Folks Book Fair at Adventure Bound Books in Morganton, NC, Feb 12, 2022. Photo by Mike Montgomery
Hudson Library, Highlands, NC, Oct 30, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
With Randall Martoccia at my ECU reading, Nov 11, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
Signing books at ECU. Photo by Hub Respess
Signing books outside The Next Chapter Books and Art, New Bern, NC, Nov 13, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
About to do a virtual reading at Malaprop's in Asheville--Oct 27, 2021
Signing books at Malaprops
Signing books at Malaprops
Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC, Nov 12, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
Signing books outside Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, Nov 12, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC, Nov 19, 2021. Photo by Hub Respess
Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC, Nov 20, 2021
With the great Jeff Jackson at Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC, Nov 20, 2021. Photo by Lee Zacharias
With the great Jeff Jackson at Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC, Nov 20, 2021. Photo by Lee Zacharias
With Lee Zacharias at Scuppernong Books, Nov 20, 2021. Photo by Michael Gaspeny
Punch Bucket Lit Festival panel
Readings, Book Signings, Etc.
October 21, 2021 7:30 p.m.
KGB Bar/Red Room, NYC
Video of this event is available here
In conversation with Kerry Robinson
https://redroomnyc.com/red-room/events
October 27, 2021 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Malaprop’s Bookstore, Asheville, NC
Virtual event/video available here
In conversation with Lee Zacharias, author of What a Wonderful World This Could Be
October 30, 2021 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Hudson Library, Highlands, NC
In conversation with Renea Winchester, author of Outbound Train
November 5, 2021 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Ghost Hill Press, Wilmington, NC
Virtual reading
November 11, 2021 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Joyner Library, Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Video of this event available here
November 12, 2021 4:00 p.m.
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
Meet and greet the author, book signing
https://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/hallberg21
November 13, 2021 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Next Chapter Books and Art, New Bern, NC
Book signing
November 19, 2021 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC
In conversation with Meagan Lucas, author of Songbirds & Stray Dogs
November 20, 2021 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
In conversation with Jeff Jackson, author of Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel
https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/event/christy-alexander-halberg-jeff-jackson-conversation-0
January 23, 2022 4:00 p.m. ESTVirtual event/Best Small Fictions anthology reading
February 12, 2022, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Adventure Bound Books, Morganton, NC
Grown Folks Book Fair, Featured Author Event
February 23, 2022, 7:00 p.m. EST
Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Virtual Reading and NCLR Winter Online Issue Launch
As the event’s special guest, I will do a short Q & A with NCLR intern Amrina Rangar about Searching for Jimmy Page
April 20, 2022, 4 p.m. EST
Searching for Jimmy Page: Celebration of a Novel
Virtual event, with co-host Nathan D. Duvall of the Lucid show on 103.3 Asheville FM
Special guests Rock journalist Chris Charlesworth and record producer/audio engineer (Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, The Firm, etc.) Stuart Epps
May 14, 2022, 11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Pinecones & Pages: Boone Literary Festival
Various books came to life with actors and music bringing the writing from the page to the stage. A children’s section had stories and activities. At 7:00 p.m. a show with a full band and big names in music and literature performed.
View part of my reading (end of first chapter of novel) and Charlie Richards playing “Four Sticks”
Oct 27, 2022, 6:00 p.m. EST
Malaprop’s Bookstore, Asheville, NC
Virtual event/video available here
Live Stream: Cheryl J. Fish presents Off the Yoga Mat,
In conversation with Christy Alexander Hallberg
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