Upcoming Events
15th Annual Harvard German American Conference 2023
The German American Conference (GAC) is the largest transatlantic student-led conference of its kind in the United States and provides a unique platform for leaders from academia, business, society, and politics to engage with passionate young minds.
We are committed to question the familiar and discuss impulses for action in fields such as society, culture, and technology, as well as business and politics, creating an inclusive space for open, interdisciplinary exchange among curious current and future leaders from both sides of the Atlantic – and beyond.
Please join Catherine for a discussion, "Reasoning from the past: Challenges for democracy across centuries" from 11:15-12:30 on Sunday, October 29 at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Book Hill Talks--Georgetown Neighborhood Library (DC)
Author Catherine Grace Katz will lead a discussion of her book, The Daughters of Yalta at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library Thursday, October 26 at 6:30 PM.
Friends of the Library of Collier County (Naples, FL)
As part of the Friends of the Library of Collier County 2022 Nonfiction Author Series, Catherine Grace Katz will be presenting about The Daughters of Yalta.
Where: Kensington Country Club, 2700 Pine Ridge Road, Naples
When: Breakfast is served at 8:30 a.m.; authors speak at 9:15 a.m., followed by a book signing.
Cost: $250 for members of the Friends of the Library of Collier County, and $295 for nonmembers. Friends memberships begin at $30/year and provide access and discounts to other programs; sign up at collier-friends.org.
Tickets: The series is sold out but there is a waiting list. Email Marlene Haywood at mhaywood@collier-friends.org or call 239-262-8135.
Mashpee Women’s Club
Catherine will be speaking about The Daughters of Yalta at the Mashpee Women’s Club. Member please register with the club.
The Country Club of Florida
Private event for members of the Country Club of Florida (Village of Golf, FL).
Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, FL)
Catherine will be speaking about The Daughters of Yalta at Palm Beach’s Society of the Four Arts on November 30 (Winston Churchill’s birthday) at 3PM ET. This will be an in-person event. Please register at this link.
Blenheim Palace
Catherine will be speaking virtually at Blenheim Palace at 5 PM GMT. Details to follow.
Princeton Library
Please join the Princeton Library for a virtual discussion with Catherine about The Daughters of Yalta at 7PM ET! Join the event via Crowdcast here!
Titcomb's Bookshop
Please join Catherine for a virtual discussion about The Daughters of Yalta with East Sandwich, MA’s own Titcomb’s Bookshop at 7PM ET! Registration for Zoom link available here.
National Churchill Leadership Center, GW University
Catherine will be in conversation with NCLC Executive Director Justin Reash at George Washington University for a discussion about being a first time author and the importance of history today beyond the history department. The event will take place at 5:30 PM in the Gelman Library. In person attendees must register in advance. The event will also be live streamed. Please register for either in person or streaming here.
Harvard Coop
Catherine will be speaking at the Harvard Coop in Cambridge, MA and will be signing books at the store. Please join for this in-person event. Attendance is first come, first served.
Park Avenue Armory
As part of the Malkin Lecture Series, Catherine will be speaking at the Park Avenue Armory in a virtual program about Daughters of Yalta on October 19 at Noon ET. Sign up to receive the link here.
Politics & Prose
Please join Catherine Grace Katz and acclaimed British historian and Churchill biographer Andrew Roberts for a virtual discussion at Washington DC’s Politics & Prose for a lively discussion about The Daughters of Yalta and the writing of history. Sign up here for the Daughters of Yalta paperback pre-launch event!
Churchill Society of British Columbia
Members of the Winston Churchill Society of British Columbia are invited to a discussion with Catherine Grace Katz about The Daughters of Yalta. Please sign up with the club.
Glencoe Library
Catherine will be speaking virtually with the Glencoe Library in Glencoe, IL about The Daughters of Yalta. Sign up here for the free event!
38th International Churchill Society Conference
Catherine will be co-hosting the 38th annual International Churchill Society conference in London October 7-9, featuring Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as special guest. Catherine will also be in conversation with Emma Soames, editor of Mary Churchill’s War, a collection of her mother’s wartime letters, about the Churchill daughters and their wartime service.
Luminary Cafe
You’re invited to have a virtual coffee with Catherine at 5PM ET on October 1! As part of the Luminary Cafe series, sign up for a small group conversation with Catherine about writing, history, The Daughters of Yalta, and anything else you would like to discuss! Limited to 10 people, sign up here! Part of the proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross.
Private Women's Club (NYC)
Catherine will be doing a private speaking engagement on September 28 at noon.
Sun Valley Writers’ Conference (Sun Valley, ID)
The Sun Valley Writers’ Conference brings together readers, writers, and artists of diverse age, background, and experience to be informed, enlightened, challenged, and inspired by a world-class literary program in the great outdoors.
Sign up to attend this annual event at www.svwc.com, where you can view the full list of authors presenting at this year’s conference.
Washington Metro Oasis
Members of Washington Metro Oasis are invited to a virtual class with Catherine Grace Katz at 10:30 AM ET about the 1945 Yalta Conference and her book, The Daughters of Yalta. Please sign up at this link.
Sullivan & Cromwell
Catherine will be speaking with Sullivan & Cromwell for a private client event.
White House Historical Association
Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Author Catherine Grace Katz will join us to share the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.
History Happy Hour is a biweekly virtual program hosted by the White House Historical Association. Join us as experts weigh in on a variety of historical topics, share their insights, answer audience questions, and enjoy presidential-inspired libations. RSVP here.
Polish Hearth Club
Members of London’s historic Polish Hearth Club are invited to a discussion about The Daughters of Yalta and its deep connections to Polish history at 7 PM BST.
Chilton Club
Members of the Chilton Club are invited to this event about The Daughters of Yalta with Catherine Grace Katz at 6:30 PM EST. Members only, reservations required.
Union League Club of Chicago and Standard Club
Members of the Union League Club and Standard Club of Chicago are invited to an in-person lunch event with Catherine Grace Katz discussing The Daughters of Yalta at 11:30 AM CST. Members should RSVP with their respective club.
Charleston Library Society
Please join the Charleston Library Society at 6 PM EST for a virtual event with Julia Cooke and Catherine Grace Katz, where they will discuss Cooke’s book, Come Fly the World, and women in diplomacy in the 20th century. Join via Zoom here.
Birchwood Club
Catherine Grace Katz will speak with the Birchwood Club about The Daughters of Yalta. Members only, reservations required.
FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Please join Catherine Grace Katz in conversation with FDR Presidential Library and Museum Director Paul Sparrow for the museum’s Facebook Live series, “At Home With the Roosevelts,” where they will be discussing The Daughters of Yalta. A replay will be available on YouTube.
Coastal Georgia Historical Society
For the Coastal Georgia Historical Society’s spring membership meeting on Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m., historian Catherine Grace Katz will present a virtual lecture on her book, The Daughters of Yalta – The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War. Learn more about this story’s special connection to the history of the Golden Isles. Sign up here!
Past Speaking Engagements
Catherine has addressed a wide variety of audiences, from book festivals to presidential libraries, universities, book stores, city clubs, law firms, and financial institutions ranging across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Select past audiences include the institutions listed below, as well as a number of additional private groups, book clubs, and organizations. If you are interested in booking Catherine to speak at your firm, club, or organization, please visit the Contact page.
Acorn Club
America's National Churchill Museum
American Security Project
Austin Petroleum Landowners Association
Ben Hotel
Birchwood Tennis Club
Blenheim Palace
Book Passage
BookMovement
Boston Athenaeum
Bridgeside Books
Cantab NYC
Casino Club
Chalke Valley History Festival
Chartwell Booksellers
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chilton Club
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy
CIBC
College Club of Boston
Collier County Library
Colony Club
Council of the Library Foundation (LA)
Country Club of Florida
Dallas Country Club
DC Public Library
English Speaking Union
ExtendedSession
Falmouth Historical Society
First Monday Club
Fox Hill Village
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
George C. Marshall Foundation
Gerald Ford Presidential Library
Glencoe Public Library
Good Book Fairy
Great Big Book Club
Harriman Institute at Columbia University
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
Harvard Book Store
Harvard Club of Boston
Harvard Club of Chicago
Harvard Club of the United Arab Emirates
Harvard Coop
Harvard Global WE
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Law School
Headliners Club
Historical Society of Coastal Georgia
Institute on Religion and Democracy
International Churchill Society
International Churchill Society of British Columbia
International Churchill Society of Calgary
International Churchill Society of New York
International Churchill Society of South Florida
International Churchill Society Chartwell Branch
Jindal Global Law School
Junior League of Chicago
Junior League of New York
Junior League of Poughkeepsie
Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Associations
Kensington Country Club
Lake Forest Book Store
Mashpee Club
Metropolitan Club
Miami of Ohio
Morgan Stanley
Museums on the Green
Museum of Jewish History
Mt. Auburn Hospital
National Churchill Leadership Center at George Washington University
National Woman's Democratic Club
New York Historical Society
Northwestern Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Onwentsia Club
Other Other Club
Palm Beach Book Store
Park Avenue Armory
Phoenix Books
Polish Hearth Club
Politics & Prose
Present Day Club
Princeton Library
Queens Public Library
Rancho Mirage
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Sandwich Academy of Lifelong Learning
Sir Martin Gilbert Lecture
Social Science Club of Newton
Society of the Four Arts
St. Botolph Club
Standard Club
Suite Escape
Sullivan & Cromwell
Sun Valley Community Library
Sun Valley Writers Conference
Texas Book Festival
Texas Literary Society
The Book Stall
Titcomb's Bookshop
Toadstool Bookshops
U.S. Department of State, Executive Women at State
Union Club of Boston
Union League Club of Chicago
University Club of Chicago
Washington History Seminar
Washington Metro Oasis
White House Historical Association
Whittier Library
Wilmette Public Library
Wilson Center
Winnetka Public Library
Woman's Athletic Club
Women's National Republican Club
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