About / Events

See also: Recent Events
Sep 07, 2025
Dark Arts Festival
Held at the Rhode Island School of Design, Canal Walk, and the Providence Market Square, this all inclusive festival will have over 100 artists, filmmakers, and authors. Also included are world premier films, paranormal investigating presentation, and drag shows. Special guest, sideshows, oddities, and more to be announced….

The show is 100% accessible with handicap parking. Sunday Providence parking is free.
More

Sep 13, 2025
Spooktastic Book Fair
Author and Spooktastic creator Alyssa Alessi (@pagesinthegraveyard) brings the third annual Spooktastic Book FairTM to haunt the Framingham Public Library on Saturday, September 13th! We'll be hosting 60+ authors ranging from creepy kidlit to adult horror, six publishers, several vendors of interesting and mysterious items, food trucks, and a brewery! Save the date and start off Spooky Season right!


Walk ins are more than welcome, but if you'd like to register for a reminder email and/or to get added to our Horror Author Event email list, please fill out the form here:
Register
More

Sep 16, 2025
West Warwick Library, Mission Mama Book Club
Connecting moms on the move, the Mission Mama Book Club will be discussing The Daughters of Block Island at 7:30 pm on Sept. 16th at Mission Mama Gym, 115 Washington Street West Warwick, RI 02893 (gym membership is not required to attend).
More

Sep 17, 2025
Time: 11 am - 3 pm
25th Annual Book and Author Fundraiser
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Women’s Club of South County
Christa Carmen will be at the Dunes Club in Narragansett, Rhode Island to present her novel, Beneath the Poet’s House, along with Anastasia Rubis, (Oriana) and Marjan Kamali (The Lion Women of Tehran). Books will be available for purchase along with a signing and lunch.
More

Oct 03, 2025
Time: 5-7pm
Heartleaf Books
Heartleaf Books w/Leanna Renee Hieber (America’s Most Gothic)
Signing backlist titles (The Daughters of Block Island & Beneath the Poet’s House) and bookplates for How to Fake a Haunting.

Oct 05, 2025
Time: 2pm
Ashaway Library
Christa Carmen w/Leanna Renee Hieber
In-conversation for "America’s Most Gothic" w/copies of "How to Fake a Haunting" available for sale.

Oct 07, 2025
Lunch Date
How to Fake a Haunting Placeholder event.
More info coming soon!

Oct 09, 2025
Time: 7pm
Levi Leland in Conversation with Christa Carmen
Riff Raff Bookstore & Bar
60 Valley St, Providence, RI 02909-2499
More

Oct 10, 2025
Time: 5-7pm
Barnes & Noble Smithfield
John Christa Carmen & Thomas D’Agostino in conversation as they discuss "How to Fake a Haunting".
More

Oct 20, 2025
Time: Doors open 6:30 pm, 7 pm start
#YeahYouWrite Reading Series
Sponsor: Someday Bar
Location: 364 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217
Join Christa Carmen, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Daria Lavelle for the Halloween edition of the #YeahYouWrite Reading Series. Author readings, literary-inspired cocktails, open mic, & more!
More

Oct 23, 2025
Wakefield Books at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library
Join Christa Carmen to discuss her latest novel, How to Fake a Haunting, at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, 25 Pier Market Pl, Narragansett, RI 02882.
More

Oct 24, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm
POWERHOUSE OF HORRORS 2
Powerhouse Arena, DUMBO Brooklyn
Tickets sold ahead of time through Powerhouse's website. They will cost $56 each (the price of two hardcovers), include two books of the buyer's choosing from the list the most recent books of each author participating), two drink tickets for the themed cocktail bar, spooky snacks, exclusive POWERHOUSE OF HORRORS 2 event merch with all participating authors' names, entry into raffle with prize(s) donated by authors, entry into costume contest, & opportunities for photos and signatures from authors.
Link to come.

Oct 25, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm
Once Upon a Bookstore
Join Christa Carmen and Kristin Offiler for conversation, signings, and photos, at Once Upon a Bookstore, 418 Quequechan St. Fall River, MA.
More

Oct 26, 2025
Time: 11:30 am
Ocean House Thriller Panel
More info to come!
More

Nov 02, 2025
Time: 4:00 pm
An Unlikely Story
Join Christa Carmen, Vanessa Lillie, & Tracy Sierra at An Unlikely Story, 111 South St, Plainville, MA 02762.
More

Nov 13, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Once Upon a Bookstore
Clay McLeod Chapman in Conversation with Christa Carmen, Once Upon a Bookstore
418 Quequechan St. Fall River, MA.

Nov 20, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 7:30 pm
Rochambeau Library 2025 Local Author Fair
708 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906
More

Press

View all press information

  • Dave Simms offers a stunning review of The Daughters of Block Island for Cemetery Dance: "The gothic horror novel just received a massive shot of adrenaline to its bleak-but-beautiful-heart...a stunning novel that arrives in the final month of the year, just in time for the calendar's longest nights of darkness. In this debut novel, Carmen doesn't attempt to top the classics; instead, she subverts them in a unique manner. She embraces the tropes that made the subgenre what it is and forges an enthralling tale of two sisters, a strange town, and a cast of characters that would make the masters proud...If this is any indication of what Christa Carmen can bring into the world, readers will be smiling under candlelight for years to come. An exceptional new talent has arrived."
  • KIRKUS REVIEWS calls The Daughters of Block Island, "Great fun for readers who've done their background reading and want to try a Gothic Plus."
  • Of The Daughters of Block Island, Dead Headspace's Brennan LaFaro writes, "What a fine line Christa Carmen has to walk with this book, and how masterfully she walks it...a layered tale that borders on cozy, while never quite allowing the reader to settle in too comfortably...Here lies mystery and secrets, and I was here for it."

Interviews

View all interviews