Book Events 2026

National Association of Memoir Writers Book Club

March 5, 2026 at 4pm Pacific Time

ZOOM DISCUSSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – everyone is welcome – SIGN UP HERE

Tucson Festival of Books

March 14-15, 2026 – Booth #244 (9:30am to 5:00pm)
Indie Author Tent Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 10:00AM to 1:00PM

Truckee Lit Crawl

April 10 and 11, 2026

LA Times Festival of Books

April 18 and 19, 2026
She Writes Press Exhibitor Booth #132 on the Mall by Tommy Trojan

Lit Fest in the Dena

May 1 and 2, 2026 (Pasadena, CA) (exact time and date forthcoming)

Panel: Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault Through Storytelling

Andrea Leeb and Leslie Johansen Nack

Moderated by Epstein survivor and nationally known survivor advocate, Anouska De Georgiou

May 2, 2026

Woodinville Library (Seattle)

Panel Discussion: Putting Mom on the Page (Without Getting Grounded) 11:30am

June 27, 2026,

Northwest Book Fair – Seat 27 – Clark College Campus, Vancouver, WA

June 27, 2026
10am to 4pm

PAST EVENTS

BOOK TOUR
NINETEEN: A Daughter’s Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery

Named on Zibby’s Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

September 13, 2025 at 5pm Author Signing event at Zibby’s Bookshop, Santa Monica, CA

September 25, 2025, 10am to 3pm Author Signing and Podcast event, Whitby Hotel, New York City

Zibby’s Bookshop
October 13, 2025, at 6pm
1113 Montana Avenue,
Santa Monica, CA
Register at Eventbrite
(In Conversation with Anastasia Zadeik)

America’s Boating Club at Oceanside Yacht Club
October 14, 2025, at 6pm
1950 N. Harbor Drive
Oceanside, CA
Dinner and Book Talk

Warwick’s
October 16, 2025 at 7:30pm
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, CA
Reserve a seat here
(In Conversation with San Diego legend, Judy Reeves)

Barnes & Noble Encinitas
October 18, 2025, at 6pm
Towncenter, 1040 N. El Camino Real Drive
Encinitas, California
(In Conversation with Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, Ph.D.)

Barnes & Noble Silverdale
October 25, 2025, at 12pm
10315 Silverdale Way,
Silverdale, Washington
More Information here
Local Author Table

Third Place Books Ravenna
October 28, 2025, at 7pm
6504 20th Avenue NE
Seattle, Washington
Information here
(In Conversation with Ronit Plank)

Wild Sisters Bookstore
November 1, 2025, 3-5pm
3325 Folsom Blvd,
Sacramento, California
Register at [link coming] In Conversation with Bridey Thelen-Heidel)

Book Passage
November 2, 2025, 4pm
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.,
Corte Madera, California
Reserve a seat here
(In Conversation with Brooke Warner)

Book Fair at The Marker Union Square
November 6, 2025, 4pm
501 Geary Street
San Francisco, California
RSVP here

Explore Books
December 13, 2025, 3pm
221 Main Street
Aspen, Colorado
Register here

Nineteen is named on Zibby Owens’ Fall 2025 Most Anticipated Books

What The Trade Reviews are Saying:

BOOK CLUBS

Leslie is available to speak in person or via Zoom or Skype.

Photos from Nineteen