Upcoming Events
To schedule an event with the authors of Unwavering, email unwaveringbook@gmail.com.
Norfolk, VA - USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) Reunion
Join coauthor Taylor Kiland, granddaughter of USS Ponchatoula’s sponsor Isabel Taylor Kiland, for a book presentation and signing at the ship reunion’s hospitality suite at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside, 777 Waterside Drive.
Annapolis, Maryland - U.S. Naval Institute
Join coauthor Taylor Kiland as she moderates the panel “Warrior Women: Fighting to Serve, Serving to Fight,” a discussion of women’s past and present contributions to the U.S. Navy. Event will be held at the Jack Taylor Conference Center in the Yard.
Dallas - Presentation at Texas Tech Vietnam Center Symposium
Coauthors Taylor Kiland and Judy Gray will present on The Trouble with Laos: Henry Kissinger’s Missteps and the Birth of the MIA Controversy.
Dallas - Book Party
You are invited to a book party at Visions of Venice in the Dallas Design District. Come meet book characters Candy Parish Ellis, Hunter Ellis, and Tom Meurer — who worked tirelessly with Ross Perot during the Vietnam War to raise awareness about our POWs and missing men. Coauthors Taylor Kiland and Judy Gray will be selling and signing books. To RSVP, email Taylor at Taylor.Kiland@gmail.com
Alexandria, Virginia - Alexandria Rotary Club
Join coauthor Taylor Kiland for a book talk and signing at the Alexandria Rotary Club’s weekly meeting at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria.
San Diego, California - The Glen at Scripps Ranch
Join coauthor Taylor Kiland for a book talk and signing at The Glen at Scripps Ranch retirement community at 9800 Glen Center Drive in San Diego.
Zoom - Veterans Breakfast Club
Free and open to the public - Join coauthor Taylor Kiland for a book presentation. Zoom link to be posted in January 2024.
Alexandria, VA - Goodwin House
Private event - Join coauthor Taylor Kiland for a book talk and signing. To access invitation list, email Taylor.
Washington, DC - Army Navy Club
By invitation only - Coauthor Taylor Kiland will present and sign books. Email Taylor to access invitation list.
Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs National Golf Club
Private event - Coauthors Judy Gray and Taylor Kiland will be presenting and signing books.
Annapolis, MD - Annapolis Opera
Free and open to the public - Join coauthor Taylor Kiland for a book talk before the Annapolis Opera’s performance of Glory Denied, an opera about the longest-held POW of the Vietnam War, Floyd Thompson.
Neptune Beach, FL - The BookMark book store
Free and open to the public - Join coauthors Judy Gray and Taylor Kiland for a book presentation and signing.
Oldsmar, FL - Rotary Club
Free and open to the public - Join coauthor Judy Gray for a book talk and presentation. Address TBD.
Cape Cod, MA — DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)
ZOOM
This is a virtual event using Zoom video conferencing software. Additional details will be provided when available.
Washington, DC — Annual Veterans Conference
Coauthor Taylor Kiland will moderate a panel discussion with POW wife Andrea Rander, former POW Charlie Plumb, and former POW and his wife Porter and Marty Halyburton.
Palm Springs CA — POW/MIA Recognition Day
Dinner and Evening Lecture for Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind.
MORE INFO: https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/
Quincy, MA — POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony
POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony at the Clock Tower Marina Bay hosted by Quincy Mayor Tom Koch: Join coauthors and Quincy Mayor Tom Koch for POW/MIA recognition ceremony followed by lunch book talk.
Quincy, MA —Thomas Crane Library
Book talk with coauthors and POW family members.
MORE INFO: https://thomascranelibrary.org/
Jacksonville, FL – Fleet Landing Retirement Community
Coauthors will discuss the book with book characters Capt. Dick Strattona and Alice Stratton, and The Bookmark bookstore will be onsite to sell books.
Greenville, SC — Poinsett Club
Coauthors will speak at the club’s military lecture series luncheon and Fiction Addiction bookstore will be onsite to sell books.
MORE INFO: https://www.poinsettclub.org/
Tampa, FL — Barnes & Noble
Meet the author, book discussion, and signing at Barnes and Noble, Carrollwood, Tampa, FL: Meet Local Author Judy Silverstein Gray (barnesandnoble.com).
Coronado, CA — Rotary Club
Coauthor Taylor Kiland will speak to Rotary members at their weekly lunch meeting.
Williamsport, PA — Peter Herdic House
To kick off Independence Day festivities, author Judy Gray is the annual featured reader of the Declaration of Independence. Call 570.322.0165 for dinner reservations.
MORE INFO: https://herdichouse.com/upcoming-events-2
Lewisburg, PA — Barnes & Noble
Meet author Judy Gray and learn why the book Unwavering should be on your bookshelf.
Lewisburg, PA — Private Event
Email the authors to book your private event: Unwaveringbook@gmail.com
REGISTER NOW: https://my.hamilton.edu/alumni/event-registration
Lewisburg, PA — Buffalo Valley
Join us for an engaging multimedia book discussion, held at Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village. Meet the authors and learn more about the gutsy POW and MIA wives who changed the course of history. Admission is free, refreshments will be served, and there is ample parking.
Lewisburg, PA – Union County Veterans Parade
Authors Judy Gray and Taylor Kiland are the 2023 Parade Marshals. Meet and chat with the duo at the picnic and concert in the President’s Grove, following the parade.
MORE INFO: https://ucveterans4thofjuly.aplos.org/
Arlington, VA — Army Navy Country Club
Join the coauthors and MIA widow Candy Parish Ellis and POW wives Andrea Rander and Emilee Reynolds for a book discussion and signing. Candy was 22 years old and the mother of a three-week-old son when her husband, Navy Lt. Chuck Parish, was shot down over North Vietnam. He was never heard from again. Andrea’s husband, an Army intelligence officer, was captured during the Battle of Hue and held as a POW for five years. Emilee was engaged to Air Force Lt. Jon Reynolds when he was shot down in November 1965. His status was unknown for three years. As a fiance, Emilee had no rights and no status.
Richmond, VA — Virginia War Memorial
Coauthor Taylor Kiland will discuss her new book with teachers from around the state of Virginia attending a Teachers Institute.