Book Signing and EBCRS Fundraiser with Joan Steinau Lester

December 13, 2026 from 12pm to 1pm | This is a Book Signing Event and Fundraiser for East Bay Church
December 13, 2026, from 12pm to 1pm

40 books will be donated.

Dr. Lester is the award-winning author of six critically acclaimed books. Her social justice commentary has appeared in USA Today, CNN, Ebony, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Black Issues Book Review, Ms., Cosmopolitan, Common Dreams, and Huffington Post, among others.

Her memoir Loving Before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White won the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, and was a Finalist for the Northern California Book Award, Story Circle Sarton Award, and the Foreword Indie Award. It also won the Montaigne Medal for the Eric Hoffer Awards. The paperback version will be published in December, 2026.

In-person at EBCRS

JOAN STEINAU LESTER

 
 
 
 
 

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December 13, 2026 from 12pm to 1pm
This is a Book Signing Event and Fundraiser for East Bay Church
December 13, 2026, from 12pm to 1pm

40 books will be donated.

Dr. Lester is the award-winning author of six critically acclaimed books. Her social justice commentary has appeared in USA Today, CNN, Ebony, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Black Issues Book Review, Ms., Cosmopolitan, Common Dreams, and Huffington Post, among others.

Her memoir Loving Before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White won the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, and was a Finalist for the Northern California Book Award, Story Circle Sarton Award, and the Foreword Indie Award. It also won the Montaigne Medal for the Eric Hoffer Awards. The paperback version will be published in December, 2026.

In-person at EBCRS

JOAN STEINAU LESTER