2026

• March 31, 2026

  Prison POD

  Podcast Interview — Virtual

  Podcast interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• April 2, 2026

  National Prison Radio Talk

  Podcast Interview — Virtual

  Podcast interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me and the criminal legal system.

• April 13, 2026

  Aging Well Together Radio — WCOM FM

  Taped Interview — Airs May 7, 2026

  Radio interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• April 17, 2026

  Locked Up Living Podcast

  Virtual — Riverside, 12:15 PM EDT

  Podcast interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me, the criminal legal system, and the transformative power of literature.

• May 4, 2026

  Rising Above the Shadow of Abuse Podcast

  Virtual — Zoom, 11:00 AM EST

  Podcast interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me. Duration 1–1.5 hours.

• May 13, 2026

  Cyrus Webb Show — Live Interview

  Virtual — Streamyard, 12:00 PM EDT

  Live 30-minute interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• May 13, 2026

  Porter Square Books — Launch Event

  1815 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 118-119, Cambridge, MA — 7:00 PM

  “Be the Change” — Jean Trounstine in conversation with Angelia Jefferson and Stacey Borden. Author reading, Q&A, and book signing.

• May 14, 2026

  Frankie Boyer Show

  Virtual — Zoom, 10:00 AM ET

  Interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me with award-winning talk show host Frankie Boyer.

• May 14, 2026

  A Mighty Blaze with Caroline Leavitt

  Virtual — 4:00 PM ET

  Video interview on Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• May 16, 2026

  Book Party

  Somerville Armory Cafe, Somerville, MA — 7:00 PM

  Celebration of Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• May 20, 2026

  More Than Words

  242 East Berkeley St, Boston, MA — 6:00 PM

  Reading and discussion of Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• May 26, 2026

  Tewksbury Public Library — Virtual Event

  Virtual — partnering with a dozen local libraries, 7:00–8:00 PM

  “Sounds Like Trouble To Me — A Legal Thriller Inspired By True Stories” — Jean Trounstine in conversation with Angelia Jefferson.

• July 7, 2026

  Mercantile Library

  Cincinnati, OH

  Reading and discussion of Sounds Like Trouble to Me. Details to follow.

• August 17, 2026

  Edgewood Lifecare Community

  North Andover, MA

  Reading and discussion of Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• October 18, 2026

  Community Church of Boston

  Boston, MA

  Reading and discussion of Sounds Like Trouble to Me.

• November 12–14, 2026

  Midwest Modern Language Association

  Chicago, IL

  Conference presentation.

2025

2024

• March 28, 2024

  Porter Square Books

  Somerville, MA

• April 9, 2024

  Middlesex Community College

  Lowell, MA — 11am

• May 28, 2024

  Edgewood Senior Living

  North Andover, MA

• June 13, 2024

  Changing Lives Through Literature Conference

  Massachusetts

• September 12, 2024

  Maynard Library

  Maynard, MA

2021

• March 10, 2021

  Andover Library — Courageous Conversations Series

  Andover, MA — Virtual

  We Need to Talk About An Injustice: The Work of Bryan Stevenson

• May 12, 2021

  Andover Library — Courageous Conversations Series

  Andover, MA — Virtual

  Parole 101: The Massachusetts Parole System and Why it Needs to Change

• May 13, 2021

  Temple Emanuel — Book Discussion: Boy With A Knife

  Andover, MA — Virtual

2019

• March 31, 2019

  Community Church of Boston

  Boston, MA

  “Parole in Massachusetts: Why We Need More Second Chances”

• September 21, 2019

  Tewksbury Library — Local Author Fair

  Tewksbury, MA

• October 10, 2019

  Salem Athenaeum

  Salem, MA

  Changing Lives Through Literature

• November 1–3, 2019

  Conference — Theater, Sport and Literature in Prison

  Urbino, Italy

• November 24, 2019

  Community Church of Boston

  Boston, MA

  “Murder, Remorse, Prison, and Fighting for Justice” — with Karter Reed

2018

• March 20, 2018

  National Council on Juvenile Justice

  San Diego, CA

  “What’s Age Got to Do With It: The Implications of Sentencing Juveniles as Adults” — with Judge Jay Blitzman and Dr. Robert Kinscherff

• September 25, 2018

  Public Affairs Conference — Missouri State University

  Springfield, MO

• November 8–11, 2018

  National Conference on Higher Education in Prison

  Indianapolis, IN

  Presentation with community engagement activist Lillie A. Estes

2016

• April 19, 2016

  Porter Square Books

  Cambridge, MA

  Reading and signing Boy With A Knife

• May 10, 2016

  Harvard Law School

  Cambridge, MA

  “Should We Ever Sentence Juveniles To Adult Prisons?” — with Karter Kane Reed, sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Institute of Race and Justice

• May 31, 2016

  Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets

  Washington, DC

  In conversation with Joshua Rovner of the Sentencing Project

• June 2, 2016

  57th Street Books

  Chicago, IL

  With Bernardine Dohrn and Xavier McElrath-Bey

• August 23, 2016

  Santa Cruz Bookshop

  Santa Cruz, CA

  In conversation with Fred Keeley