Kathryn Stockett is author of The Help, The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film. These are the tour dates for her new book The Calamity Club.

Book Tour 2026

Monday, May 4 
Brooklyn, NY • McNally Jackson @ St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church, 7pm
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Tuesday, May 5 
Montclair, NJ • Montclair Literary Festival, The Sanctuary - Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, 7pm
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Wednesday, May 6 
Jackson, MS • Lemuria Books in conversation with Ellen Daniels @ Eudora Welty House & Garden, 5:30pm
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Thursday, May 7 
Oxford, MS • Square Books @ Off Square Books, 5:30pm
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Friday, May 8 
Southaven, MS • Book Signing with Kathryn Stockett, BAM, 6:30pm 
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Saturday, May 9
New Orleans, LA • The Garden District Bookshop at The Academy of the Sacred Heart, 5pm 
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Tuesday, May 12 
Coral Gables, FL • Books & Books with The Rev. Dr. Laurinda Hafne @ The Coral Gables Congregational Church, 7pm
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Wednesday, May 13 
Dallas, TX • Arts & Letters Live with Amanda Churchill @Dallas Museum of Art, 7:30pm 
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Thursday, May 14 
Atlanta, GA • A Cappella Books with Peter Biello @Wild Heaven Garden Club , 7pm 
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Friday, May 15
Birmingham, AL • Alabama Booksmith w/ Sid Evans, 6pm @Morris Sirote Theater
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Saturday, May 16 
Fairhope, AL • Page & Palette with Patti Callahan Henry, 4pm 
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Sunday, May 17 
Charleston, SC • Buxton Books x CHS Library Society, 4pm @Charleston Music Hall
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Monday, May 18 
Columbia, SC Clarksville, TN • BAM, 7pm 
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Tuesday, May 19 
Winnetka, IL • The Book Stall, At the Skokie School Auditorium, 7pm 
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Wednesday, May 20 
Milwaukee, WI • Boswell Books w/ Bernie’s Book Bank with Natalie Shepard, 11:30am @The Ivy House
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Thursday, May  21 
Minneapolis • Talk of the Stacks series & Valley Bookseller with Rob Goudy , 6:30pm @ Pohlad Hall at the Minneapolis Central Library
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