Upcoming Events
LA Times Festival of Books
Panel Event - Hereditary: Real Secrets and Superstitions in Fictional Families. Follow families across generations and borders, secrets and superstitions, asking us to consider how the choices we make in our youth reverberate throughout our possible futures.
PEN America World Voices Festival
Panel Event - Secrets & Lies: The Hidden Lives of Families
What are the secrets that lurk behind the closed doors of a family’s history, unknown or unexplored even to the family itself? And how far must one run to escape them?
Carol Bensimon’s Diorama (tr. Zoë Perry and Julia Sanches), Rodrigo Hasbún’s The Invisible Years (tr. Lily Meyer), and Bsrat Mezghebe’s I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For all examine attempts to flee buried pasts—whether in Brazil, Bolivia, or Eritrea—and come to terms with their repercussions in a foreign land.
Moderated by writer and critic Anderson Tepper.
Mojomala
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2026 by Apple Books, The Skimm, and Debutiful, I Hope You Find What You're Looking For delves into the secret lives of three women on the eve of Eritrean independence. Bsrat Mezghebe's debut novel, set in the Washington, DC area, explores love, motherhood, and what it means to be free. The author will speak and sign copies.
Mary Riley Styles Library
Author Bsrat Mezghebe presents her highly-anticipated debut novel, I Hope You Find What You're Looking For, a charming multi-generational family story and loving ode to an immigrant community on the cusp of a new age. The novel is part of the Well-Read Black Girl Books series.
This event is co-hosted with Bards Alley Bookshop. Copies of the author's books will be available for sale at the program or you can reserve copies by calling Bards Alley at 571-459-2653. A book signing will follow the author talk.
AWP Author Signing
Bsrat will be at the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair at the Baltimore Convention Center. Stop by to chat and have your book signed.
New Dominion Bookshop
Join us for an evening with Bsrat Mezghebe, in conversation with writer Tochi Eze.
Pratt Library
Bsrat Mezghebe will be joined in conversation by author and Well-Read Black Girl founder Glory Edim.
Politics and Prose Bookstore
Bsrat Mezghebe will be in conversation with Glory Edim, a literary tastemaker, entrepreneur, and advocate for diverse voices in literature.
Bards Alley Bookshop
Join us on Tuesday, February 10th at 7:00PM at the Reston Regional Library for a presentation and discussion on the debut novel and Well-Read Black Girl Book series book, I Hope You Find What You Are Looking For, by author Bsrat Mezghebe. Bsrat will be in conversation with award winning author and professor Helon Habila.
Harvard Bookstore
Harvard Book Store welcomes Bsrat Mezghebe—writer featured in the anthology Well–Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves—for a discussion of her debut novel, I Hope You Find What You're Looking For. She will be joined in conversation by Tatiana Johnson-Boria—educator, artist, facilitator, and award-winning author of Nocturne in Joy.
First Novel Friday @ The Center for Fiction
On the first Friday of the month, join us as we celebrate and launch a selection of the best debut novels published today.This month, we are pleased to welcome debut novelists Madeleine Dunnigan (Jean), Bsrat Mezghebe (I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For), and Daniel Poppick (The Copywriter). February’s novels explore how identity, art, and belonging shape our lives in moments of upheaval and change.