SEATTLE with Margaret Owen
Celebrate the release of Page Powars’ paperback edition of AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES, as part of Powars’ national book tour! Join Beguiled Books for a captivating event with New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Indie bestselling author, Page Powars. Page will be joined in conversation with local Seattle author, Kamilah Cole.
Tickets are free; RSVP encouraged here.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the authors, followed by a meet-and-greet and signing.
Copies of AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES and other Page Powars and Kamilah Cole books will be available for purchase at the event.
Big Ohio BookCon
Buy your ticket here.
Beyond the Binary: Writing Authentic LGBTQIA+ Stories
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026
Panel time: 11-11:45 a.m.
Book sale & signing: 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Location: Williams on the Lake Event Venue
YALLFest
For specific information, visit YALLFest’s website.
Fierce Friday, afternoon: Join Fierce Reads with Page Powars at the John L. Dart Library, 1067 King St, for an afternoon of signings and other bookish fun.
Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm: Panels and signings at Charleston Music Hall, Charleston Museum, and American Theater Ballroom and Cinema. Free, no tickets required.
Brooklyn Book Festival
Learn more about the Brooklyn Book Festival here. No ticket necessary. Just show up!
LIU's Brooklyn Summer Writing Festival
Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus presents the Summer Writing Festival, located in central Brooklyn and with a focus on commercial fiction genres.
4pm-5pm: The Art of the Romance Novel, Moderated by Zachary Sergi With authors Brian D. Kennedy, Annika Sharma, Meredith Schorr, Page Powars & TJ Alexander, in Kumble Theater on LIU's Brooklyn Campus.
5pm-6pm: Signing & Photo Op, sponsored by Greenlight Bookstore, in the Atrium space outside the theater.
Book Lovers Bookshop: Pride Panel
Location: On Zoom
Chaired by Caden, owner of Book Lovers Bookshop
Attending authors: Lyla Lee, Deanna Grey, and Page Powars
Look out for the link here!
7PM BST / 2PM EST
Desmond-Fish Library with Becky Albertalli
Reserve your signed copies, as well as review parking and event info, here!
AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES: LA Launch with Trinity Nguyen
This event is not ticketed.
Official event page, where And They Were Roommate can be purchased to acquire at the event, can be found here.
LA Times Festival of Books
For more info, please visit the website!
Saturday:
First-Time Romance Authors Panel: Broccoli Theatre, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Signing: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday:
The Ripped Bodice Booth Signing: 1 p.m.
Virtual: Page Powars and Hannah V Sawyerr at Brain Lair Books
Join Page Powars, author of Borrow a Boyfriend Club, and Hannah V Sawyerr, author of All The Fighting Parts, as they share stories about their debut novels in a lively get together with friends.
Tune in on our YouTube Channel - Brain Lair Books Channel
About the authors
Hannah V. Sawyerr was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC’s World Have Your Say program, as well as the National Education Association’s “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in Essence, xoNecole, and gal-dem. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Sawyerr is an English professor at Loyola Marymount University and lives in Los Angeles, California. ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS is her debut novel.
Page Powars is the author of young adult titles The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and the forthcoming And They Were Roommates. He also helps with music soundtracks, sobs over The Untamed, and unfortunately plays Genshin Impact. Originally from Michigan, he lives in the New York City area.
NYC Book Launch: The Borrow a Boyfriend Club (RSVP required!)
Join us as we celebrate the debut LGBTQ YA novel by Page Powars - The Borrow a Boyfriend Club! Powars will introduce us to Noah and Asher and the covert high school club masquerading as an Italian Appreciation Club. He will be joined in conversation by Tashie Bhuiyan (Counting Down with You).
RSVP for free HERE.
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Page Powars is the author of the forthcoming young adult novels The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and And They Were Roommates. He is based in the New York City area. Outside of writing, Page helps with soundtracks, sobs over The Untamed, and unfortunately plays Genshin Impact.
Tashie Bhuiyan is the author of Counting Down with You and A Show for Two, and a New Yorker through and through. She recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations, and hopes to change the world, one book at a time. She loves writing stories about girls with wild hearts, boys who wear rings, and gaining agency through growth. When she's not doing that, she can be found in a Chipotle or bookstore, insisting 2010 is the best year in cinematic history. (Read: Tangled and Inception.)
LA Launch Event: The Borrow a Boyfriend Club with Racquel Marie and Christian Banas (RSVP REQUIRED)
To celebrate the release of The Borrow A Boyfriend Club, we're hosting an in-store event with Page Powars on Saturday, September 16th at 5pm. He will chat about his debut queer rom-com with author Racquel Marie and audiobook narrator Christian Banas.
The book signing will follow the conversation. All ticket holders will receive a copy of the book.
Can't make it? Order a signed book for yourself or donate one to a youth organization HERE.