Pine Reads Review brings Dhonielle Clayton, best-selling YA author, co-founder of Cake Literary and COO of We Need Diverse Books, to Worlds of Words to talk about diversity in publishing, and to read from and discuss her solo debut, The Belles.

The University of Arizona Bookstore offers books for sale and autographing during this event. Clayton’s other works include Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet, The Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls, Shiny Broken Pieces and Tiny Pretty Things.

This event is sponsored by University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Arizona Department of English, University of Arizona College of Education, University of Arizona Poetry Center, Poets and Writers and Worlds of Words.

The presentation includes two free hours of professional development.

Free parking is available at the surface parking lot north of the intersection of First and Vine. Paid parking is available at the Second St. Garage next door to the College of Education. Located just off of the 2nd St. streetcar stop.

Event details may change.

This all-ages event is free and open to the public. For a calendar listing of our events, visit our Events Page.