Author, screenwriter and musician James McBride
Chia Messina
James McBride is a man of many talents: a musician, a screenwriter, and an award-winning author. His latest novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, was a huge bestseller. He’s also written the memoir The Color of Water, about growing up in Brooklyn as one of twelve Black children raised by a white, Jewish mother.
McBride will give a talk and sign books Thursday at the Champaign Public Library, part of the Great Authors at the Library series.
Guest
James McBride
Author, musician, screenwriter, journalist
Want to go?
When: 7–8 p.m. Thursday, October 8, 2026 (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green St, Champaign, Illinois 61820
Admission: Free
For further reading
- Penguin Random House: Author page
- Fresh Air:
- James McBride Pays Tribute to His Mother. (January 25, 1996)
- 'Emphasize The Positive': James McBride On The Kindness That Shaped Him (March 9, 2020)
- James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story' (March 5, 2021)
- The New York Times: James McBride Doesn’t Read Reviews. Here’s Why. (August 24, 2023)
