Events & Speaking
Join Tamera at book signings, conferences, reader retreats, and special events across the country.
Upcoming Events
MON–TUE
Aug 3–4
2026
New Voices, New Rooms Conference (SIBA & NAIBA)—Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland · Industry Event
Monday–Tuesday, August 3–4, 2026. The New Voices New Rooms Annual Conference and Tradeshow for booksellers serves members of both NAIBA and SIBA organizations across sixteen states in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States. The conference venue travels within the combined NAIBA and SIBA regions and is open to all SIBA and NAIBA members.
Tamera will be participating on behalf of Tyndale House Publishers and signing copies of In These Hills (releasing September 8, 2026).
Note: This event is not open to the general public.
Tuesday
Sep 8
2026

In These Hills—Release Day!
Lynchburg, TN & Nashville, TN · Book Launch
Release celebrations are in the works! Book signings in Lynchburg, Franklin, Brentwood, Fayetteville, and more will be posted here as soon as they're confirmed. Sign up for Tamera's newsletter to be the first to know details. Download Press Release →
Saturday
Sep 26
2026
ESA Fundraiser Brunch—Shelbyville, TN
Shelbyville, TN · Speaking
Tamera will be the featured speaker at a fundraiser brunch hosted by Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA), an international leadership, service, and social organization. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit high school scholarships and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The event will be held at Fair Haven Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Ticket details TBA—check back soon.
Tuesday
Oct 27
2026
Christian Fiction Reading Challenge—Featured Author Interview
Virtual / Zoom · Live Zoom Interview & Q&A (recorded for those unable to attend live)
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 4 pm Pacific · 5 pm Mountain · 6 pm Central · 7 pm Eastern.
Tamera is the October 2026 Featured Author for the Christian Fiction Reading Challenge—a free virtual book club with 2,200+ readers reading In These Hills together throughout the month of October. Join Tamera live on Zoom on Tuesday, October 27 for an author interview and Q&A where you'll hear behind-the-scenes secrets about the making of In These Hills. Can't make it live? The Zoom will be recorded and available to watch afterward.
Learn more & join the challenge →
Note: The Zoom space is limited to 500 attendees. Readers must subscribe at the Christian Fiction Reading Challenge website to receive the Zoom link and updates. Subscribing does not add them to Tamera's newsletter.
Saturday
Nov 7
2026
Read, Write, Rendezvous—Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN · Keynote Speaker
Holiday Inn Nashville Airport—Ballroom
Tamera is the keynote speaker for the 2026 Read, Write, Rendezvous conference. Open to the public; registration fee required. Deadlines apply.
Register here →
Saturday
Nov 14
2026
Host of Christmas Past Festival—Fayetteville, TN
Fayetteville, TN · Book Signing
The Book Inn 105 Market St E, Fayetteville, TN 37334
Tamera will be signing copies of In These Hills at The Book Inn on the town square—her newest novel set against the real history of Jack Daniel's Distillery and Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Come meet Tamera, purchase your copy of In These Hills, and get your book signed! Time to be confirmed—check back here for updates.
Host of Christmas Past Festival →
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Saturday
Mar 6
2027
Women's Retreat—Kennett, MO
Kennett, MO · Speaking
Tamera is the featured speaker for this Christ-centered women's retreat—a day designed to encourage, inspire, and refresh. Registration required. Link coming soon.
2027
The Southern Mansion Reader Weekend
Nashville, TN · Reader Retreat
On occasion, Tamera hosts an exclusive reader retreat at the Southern historical sites that inspired her novels. The weekend includes behind-the-scenes tours, dinners at historic properties, and an immersive deeper dive into the real histories and stories behind the books. Limited to 105 attendees, this is a rare and special way to experience Tamera's world firsthand. Details for the next Southern Mansion Reader Weekend will be announced via Tamera's newsletter before registration opens to the public.
Dates TBA—details will be announced via Tamera's newsletter once finalized.
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Past Events
Saturday
Jun 27
2026
American Library Association (ALA) 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition—Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL · Book Signing
Tamera will be signing ARC copies of In These Hills at the Tyndale House Publishers booth—available to the first 100 registered conference attendees who visit the exhibitor booth between 2:00–3:00 PM.
Note: This event is not open to the general public.
Sunday
Jun 14
2026
Moore County Historical Society—Lynchburg, TN
Lynchburg, TN · Speaking
USA Today bestselling author Tamera Alexander will speak about her upcoming novel In These Hills (releasing September 8, 2026, from Tyndale House Publishers) and about writing real history into fiction. This event begins at 2:00 PM at the Farris Creek Masonic Lodge, 101 Main Street, Lynchburg, Tennessee.
AS FEATURED IN THE LYNCHBURG TIMES →
Open to the public—no registration required.
Invite Tamera to Speak
Tamera speaks at churches, conferences, book clubs, reader retreats, and special events. Her topics include the intersection of faith and storytelling, researching and writing historical fiction, the real history of Nashville's great plantations, and finding God in the pages of history.
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