The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey -- Becca Rea-Tucker in conversation with Kwajelyn Jackson

Thu, 1/15/2026 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Charis welcomes Becca Rea-Tucker in conversation with Kwajelyn Jackson for a discussion of The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey, a warm, accepting, non-judgmental, and stigma-free companion for your abortion journey.

Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South-- Kylie Smith in Conversation with Vanessa Jackson & Jennifer Grant

Fri, 1/16/2026 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Charis welcomes Kylie Smith in conversation with Vanessa Jackson & Jennifer Grant for a discussion of Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South, which mixes exhaustive archival research, interviews, and policy analysis to offer a comprehensive look at how racism affected Black Southerners with mental illness during the Jim Crow era.

Monthly Meet & Mingle for LGBTQ+ Folks 50+

Sat, 1/17/2026 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Charis Books and More is excited to bring our community a monthly space for LGBTQ+ Singles who love women 50+ to socialize, build community, and make connections.

The purpose of this group is to celebrate and connect with other LGBTQIA folks & women 50+. We will not fade into the background. We are alive, vibrant, and sexy! If you are LGBTQIA, single, and love women 50 and over, this group is for you!

By single we mean available to mix and mingle - polyamorous folks are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Please RSVP -- space is limited!

A warm, accepting, non-judgmental, and stigma-free companion for your abortion journey.

Event on 1/15!

For readers of What Fresh Hell is This? and Next Level, a queer, gender-affirming guide to navigating menopause—find gender euphoria, learn how to advocate for your healthcare, and empower yourself.

By tracing Black empowerment politics' evolution, Black Power, Inc. explains its popularity, championed by leaders from Bill Clinton to Nelson Mandela, while also revealing its role in expanding US corporate power, locally and globally.

Event TBA!

Finding God in the Basement reimagines the Christian theology of sin and salvation through the lens of addiction, offering a liberative vision of human dignity, hope for recovery, and communal transformation.

Event TBA!

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.

Now in paperback! Event replay available here.

In this poetry collection, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses “The Golden Shovel” method to create wholly original poems based on the works of these groundbreaking women--and to introduce readers to their work.

Now in paperback! Event replay available here.

The real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! From Vanessa Riley, acclaimed author of Queen of Exiles, comes a sweeping, immersive saga based on the life of the legendary seventeenth-century pirate Jacquotte Delehaye.

Clothes to Make You Smile is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, one of fashion’s most influential Black designers, joyously told by fashion expert and educator Eric Darnell Pritchard and beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Shannon Wright.

Coming Up

Upcoming books that we are excited about!

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