Happenings

Selected Interviews

Yellow Legal Notepad - a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Dani Shapiro on her Family Secrets Podcast

My Mother’s Fake Name and Secret Past - BBC World Outlook with Emily Webb

Justine Cowan in conversation with Virginia Prescott - Virtual Event by the Atlanta History Center in partnership with A Cappella Books

Door to Door with Author Justine Cowan and Georgina Lawton - Library Love Fest

Justine Cowan presents The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames in conversation with Christina Baker Kline

The Foundling Museum: Justine Cowan in Conversation

Read Now

I could never love my mother but at least I know why

The Daily Beast, April 1, 2022

Putting the Most Vulnerable Parts of Yourself on the Page

Literary Hub, January 14, 2021

My mother’s secret life was a Dickensian horror story

The Spectator, February 6, 2021

How Justine Cowan discovered her mother's brutal upbringing at London's Foundling Hospital

Mail on Sunday, January 23, 2021

'I was beaten and nearly drowned by a teacher as a child at Foundling Hospital'

Daily Mirror, February 10, 2021

Past Events

Deaton Creek Author Lunch, May 16, 2023

Book signing, Virginia Highland Books, April 23rd, 2022 1-3

Georgia Writers Conference, Writing and Pitching your First Book, February 20, 2022

Atlanta Writers Club, October 16, 2021

Book Signing - Malaprop's Bookstore, Saturday, June 19th, 2021

A Cappella Books' Grand Reopening Party featuring Justine Cowan and live music from Kayla Taylor Jazz - June 26th, 2021

Book Clubs

Micanopy Book Club, June 5, 2023

FMCA RV Convention Super-Sized Book Club, March 18, 2023

Third Thursday Book Club, July 21, 2022

Galen’s Book Club, July 12, 2022

Copenhagen Book Club, March 9, 2022

Legacy Ridge Book Club, November 3, 2021

Virago Book Club, September 22, 2021

Atlanta Book Club, July 26, 2021

My Girl Book Club, July 8, 2021

Oak Grove Book Club, June 29, 2021

Lincoln Park Book Club, Thursday, June 24, 2021

American Women’s Association Book Club, Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Pleasanton Book Club, June 3, 2021

Atlanta Legal Aid Book Club, May 20, 2021

Assistance League of Santa Clarita, May 6, 2021

Halfwits Book Club, May 6, 2021

Rabin Book Club, Sunday, May 2, 2021

Sigma Kappa Book Club, Saturday, May 1, 2021

Durham Book Club, Sunday, April 25, 2021

Happy Bookers of Audubon, Saturday, April 24, 2021

Northern California Women’s Physician Group, April 14t, 2021

Cool Moms Book Club, April 12, 2021,

Medina Ohio Book Club, April, 2021

Sacramento Book Club, March 31, 2021

Monday, March 29, 2021, PBPA Book Club, 202

Fresno Book Club, Sunday, March 21, 2021

Delaney/Wadeview Park Book Club, March 25, 2021

Crocker Viking Book Club, Sunday, March 7, 2021

Guardian ad Litem 20th Judicial Circuit Book Club, February 24, 2021

Decatur Book Club, February 23, 2021

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