https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1 daily 0.75 2026-01-04 https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2026/1/27/the-writing-show-with-james-river-writers monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/bc9a8ffb-3b89-4df2-a8d6-58996594f24a/Williams+Horizontal.png Events - The Writing Show with James River Writers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2025/3/20/2025-virginia-festival-of-the-book monthly 0.5 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/d0a243a5-2d16-485f-9ac7-2e9854552085/Screenshot+2025-03-18+at+10.19.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Events - 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2025/2/7/tangleroot-at-politics-amp-prose-washington-dc monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/7b57c1ee-dd8c-445f-a6dd-e47bb4a2e001/7+-+Kalela+Williams+banner.png Events - Tangleroot at Politics & Prose: Washington D.C. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2025/2/4/tangleroot-with-liberation-is-lit monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/4c7ed313-3746-48c4-b40b-c480f604c6a6/Tangleroot+Flyer.png Events - Tangleroot with Liberation is Lit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2025/1/30/author-hour-ya-and-young-at-heart monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/b1429a3d-a9c7-408d-98f8-2ae0192da83f/YA%40SSB+%281%29.png Events - Author Hour: YA and Young at Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2024/11/13/untangling-the-publishing-process monthly 0.5 2024-11-13 https://www.kalelawilliams.com/events-1/2024/11/16/yallfest-charleston monthly 0.5 2024-11-13 https://www.kalelawilliams.com/new-blog-1 daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://www.kalelawilliams.com/new-blog-1/2025/4/15/program-portfolio monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/a48d05ca-8af7-402a-994f-325a4be8993c/history+making+productions++%281%29.jpg New Blog - Program Portfolio A look and listen into programs, podcasts, and videos author and “Black History Maven” Kalela Williams has been a part of. https://www.kalelawilliams.com/new-blog-1/2025/4/21/vpm-why-is-author-kalela-williams-so-excited-about-the-virginia-festival-of-the-book monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/839062f4-7cfa-4196-a51b-0c12d057d12d/Screenshot+2025-04-21+at+8.37.38%E2%80%AFPM+Medium.jpeg New Blog - VPM: Why is Author Kalela Williams So Excited About the Virginia Festival of the Book? “Really, what's exciting to me about the festival,” said Williams, “is the way that it allows me to think bigger and think broader and think more deeply and think more imaginatively. It's just really thrilling.” Photo by Kate Simon https://www.kalelawilliams.com/new-blog-1/2025/4/21/monticellos-pursuits-of-knowledge-series-in-conversation-with-jocelyn-johnson monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab2b950365f02159adfa481/475e739f-638d-4ec0-b23d-caa7f24e252e/Screenshot+2025-04-21+at+8.16.15%E2%80%AFPM.png New Blog - Monticello's Pursuits of Knowledge Series Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello’s new series of dynamic conversations with leading thinkers exploring Jefferson's world, ideas, and legacy. 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