Jul
12
4:30 PM16:30
Cragsmoor Historical Society talk
Lecture on A Hudson Valley Reckoning. Free lecture, no preregistration required.
Jul
30
7:00 PM19:00
Hudson River Maritime Museum
“Follow the River” lecture series at the Wooden Boat School, $10 general public, $5 for members.
Aug
1
4:30 PM16:30
27th Annual Sharon Summer Book Signing
The Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, Conn., hosts an annual book signing with 25 authors, including A Hudson Valley Reckoning.
Nov
18
7:30 PM19:30
Jun
10
2:00 PM14:00
Leisure World Center for Lifelong Learning
Book talk at Leisure World. Details to come!
May
24
2:00 PM14:00
FreedomCon 2025: Voices of Freedom
An online presentation through the Underground Railroad Education Center of Albany, N.Y. Register here: https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/freedomcon-2025-registration/?date=May24
May
18
12:15 PM12:15
Antiracism Spiritual Friendship and book talk
Friends Meeting of Washington, Quaker House Living Room, details to follow.
May
8
7:00 PM19:00
Apr
27
2:00 PM14:00
Irvington, N.Y. Public Library: Reckoning with Ancestral Sins
A rare interview with me and Eleanor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6l97AgYVhI
Apr
26
10:00 AM10:00
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
The Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District host the Hudson Valley History Reading Festival, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s free. Sign up here! https://www.fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar
Apr
8
6:00 PM18:00
A conversation with Richard Kreitner, author of "Fear No Pharoah."
Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, will host the release of “Fear No Pharoah: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery,” in conversation with Debra Bruno. Details to come.
Mar
29
2:00 PM14:00
Authors' Roundtable, Temple Sinai
Join the Women of Reform Judaism to explore the books of DC authors, including Joan Nathan and others, including A Hudson Valley Reckoning.
Mar
19
2:00 PM14:00
Ten Broeck book club e-discussion
Meet online with members of the Albany County Historical Society/Ten Broeck Mansion book club to discuss A Hudson Valley Reckoning.
Mar
15
1:00 PM13:00
Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County
A talk about A Hudson Valley Reckoning, free and open to the public. For more information, go here: https://www.facebook.com/saratogahunters/. or here: https://saratoganygenweb.com/gwsarhh.html
Mar
14
7:00 PM19:00
Capital District Civil War Roundtable
Learn more about how the Civil War involved free Black men in New York, and my own divided family, which included a branch of Georgian Van Valkenburgs who fought for the Confederacy. More information here: https://capitaldistrictcivilwar.org/
Mar
12
6:00 PM18:00
Cornell Club of Northern New Jersey
Register here for a book talk and cocktail hour at The Hill in Closter, N.J. https://cornelluniversity.imodules.com/s/1717/giving/interior.aspx?sid=1717&pgid=33567&gid=43&cid=52657&ecid=52657&post_id=0&authkey=51g%2b6DarzjVrGlmTmIrpBwsB4ht4Z3YzyU8j%2bqSxvxWcEWMZSfFB0w%3d%3d
Mar
11
6:00 PM18:00
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs
A discussion of A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family, in conversation with Amy Godine, author of The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier. https://www.northshire.com/event/northshire-saratoga-debra-bruno-hudson-valley-reckoning-amy-godine
Mar
7
1:30 PM13:30
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: New York's Enslaving Past -- Memory and Historical Reckoning
A talk on A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in my Dutch American Family. Free and open to the public. Please register here: https://www.olli-dc.org/events/030725lecture
Feb
11
12:00 PM12:00
Olana State Historic Site Webinar
A Hudson Valley Reckoning: A Conversation About the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in New York, in conversation with Lisa Fludd-Smith, Deputy Executive Director of the African American Archive of Columbia County.
Nov
21
9:30 AM09:30
Breakfast Club, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, N.J.
A conversation about A Hudson Valley Reckoning. For more information: https://www.englewoodhealthfoundation.org/event/breakfast-club-fall-2024/
Nov
20
6:00 PM18:00
Shakespeare & Company book signing, New York City
2020 Broadway, New York, New York.
https://shop.shakeandco.com/event/book-signing-debra-bruno
Nov
16
2:00 PM14:00
Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany County Historical Association
Author talk and book signing. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-event-a-hudson-valley-reckoning-tickets-1044090762577?aff=oddtdtcreator
Nov
13
6:00 PM18:00
FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park
In conversation with William Harris, at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Library. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zw0PqS13KE
Nov
3
2:00 PM14:00
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown
A talk featuring the Van Bergen Overmantel, an important piece of a puzzle in the family history of both me and Eleanor Mire.
Oct
29
6:00 PM18:00
Greene County Historical Society, Coxsackie
Vedder Research Library, Coxsackie, N.Y. https://www.gchistory.org/events-copy
Suggested donation $10.
Oct
28
7:00 PM19:00
Oct
27
12:00 PM12:00
Oct
26
2:00 PM14:00
Oct
25
6:30 PM18:30
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, author event and book signing
Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-hudson-valley-reckoning-author-event-book-signing-tickets-1003685850397
Oct
22
6:00 PM18:00
Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, local launch event, in conversation with Cornelia Read
Join a conversation with writer Cornelia Read, and hear about our uncanny Vanderzee connections.
Oct
19
5:00 PM17:00
Oct
16
12:00 PM12:00
Oct
15
5:00 PM17:00
Publication day launch party!
Launch party at Pepco Edison Place Gallery, sponsored by Sanctuary Theatre
Nov
14
4:00 PM16:00
Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in Early American North
The American Folk Art Museum will feature a display of the Van Bergen Overmantel and an interview with me and Eleanor Mire, talking about our connections to the Van Bergen family and slavery in New York State.