Macmillan Speakers Bureau

07/28/2025

For the first time ever, sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning are set to star in a film together, in the adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s global book phenomenon The Nightingale. Directed by Michael Morris, is coming exclusively to theatres February 12, 2027.

01/16/2025

For the New York Times, Los Angeles native and author of “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’", Héctor Tobar writes "Holding On to a Middle-Class Home in a Burning Los Angeles" which you can read here:

Recovering from a disaster requires patience. And many working people — especially those whose wealth is tied up in their homes — might reconsider remaining.

01/14/2025

Empower your team members and community during Women's History Month with words of resilience from trailblazing women:

Susan Lieu, a Vietnamese-American author, playwright, and performer, tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. Her emotionally raw memoir tells Susan's story as a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan turned to the arts to harness her grief, creating a critically-acclaimed autobiographical one woman show. Audiences will leave Susan's talks finding strength in shared culture and how to turn pain into power.

📣 Check out Susan's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/susan-lieu/

📺 WATCH: How to make peace with your belly fat | TEDxBellevueWomen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al0Jw_9b06Y

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

01/13/2025

Empower your team members and community during Women's History Month with words of resilience from trailblazing women:

Linda Scott, author of The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Women’s Empowerment, is a popular, award-winning teacher and lecturer and has spoken to major institutions, corporations, and governments about the history and causes of women’s economic exclusion and the benefit of eliminating gender inequality. Professor Scott is known for her ability to make complex, specialized material accessible and entertaining.

📣 Check out Linda's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/linda-scott/

📺 WATCH: The cost of sexism by Linda Scott | Novatore Impact Summit '24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUm2rrcyzC4

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

01/10/2025

From conquering Everest to the world economy, empower your team members and community during Women's History Month with words of resilience from trailblazing women:

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a former tech executive now explorer and humanitarian who became the first openly gay and first Peruvian woman to climb all Seven Summits. She is the founder of Courageous Girls, a non-profit group dedicated to helping victims of sexual violence find their own sense of peace and closure through trekking. In her talks, Silvia shares her remarkable story of resilience and compassion. Her journey to conquer Mount Everest and the rest of the Seven Summits inspires audiences to find their own inner strength.

📣 Check out Silvia's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/silvia-vasquez-lavado/

📺 WATCH: ‘We heal the most when we heal together’: Survivor and mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado | ABC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7RvSoJjac

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

01/06/2025

Start fresh in 2025! Our experts in the art of listening, problem-solving, and intention-building help revolutionize our routines.

Dr. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein are experts on developmental and educational psychology. Alongside their essential guide How to Navigate Life, their talks illustrate how purpose and a sense of connectedness can combat daily pressures. Dr. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein educate all audiences on how to push past performance stressors and cultivate intention in academic and career journeys.

📣 Check out Belle Liang & Timothy Klein's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/dr-belle-liang-and-timothy-klein/

📺 WATCH: How To Find Your Purpose With A Simple Mindset Shift | Art of Charm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZa0y7Qel90&t=10s

🌟 For more information on booking one of these speakers for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

01/03/2025

Start fresh in 2025! Our experts in the art of listening, problem-solving, and intention-building help revolutionize our routines.

Leidy Klotz is an award-winning professor, international speaker, and the acclaimed author of Subtract, whose groundbreaking research has shifted our understanding of how to approach problems and create change. Whether we’re building cities, sandwiches, or strategic plans, subtracting is harder to think of and harder to follow through with. Blending behavioral science and design, Leidy offers insight into why we underuse subtraction, how to access its untapped potential and, in doing so, how to revolutionize not just our day-to-day lives, but our work across every field and industry.

📣 Check out Leidy Klotz's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/leidy-klotz/

📺 WATCH: Less is more: Why our brains struggle to subtract | nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y32OpI2_LM

🌟 For more information on booking one of these speakers for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

01/02/2025

Start fresh in 2025! Our experts in the art of listening, problem-solving, and intention-building help revolutionize our routines.

How well we listen impacts the paths we take in life. It is a fundamental skill in any successful relationship—personal, academic, and professional.

A listener by trade, Kate Murphy is known for her fresh and accessible talks explaining complex subjects, particularly the science behind human interactions, why we’re not listening to each other, what it’s doing to us, and how we can reverse the trend.

📣 Check out Kate Murphy's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/kate-murphy/

📖 READ: Author Kate Murphy on How to Really Listen and Give Each Other More Grace | Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper: https://bit.ly/4gnyOWR

🌟 For more information on booking one of these speakers for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

12/20/2024

Congratulations to Aaron Robertson whose debut book The Black Utopians is a New York Times‘s Notable Book of 2024, a Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2024, a New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2024, a New Republic Best Book of the Fall and a TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of the Year!

12/19/2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former public defender James Forman Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. His new book "Dismantling Mass Incarceration" offers a forum for potential solutions, discussions—and disagreements—about how to best confront the harms of mass incarceration. In his new talk, Professor Forman shares new and creative thinking about how to bring historically marginalized groups into the legal profession. He leaves the audience hopeful, inspired, and armed with concrete ideas for how they themselves can contribute to change.

📣 Check out James Forman Jr.'s speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/james-forman-jr/

📺 WATCH: A new talk from James Forman Jr.: "Expanding Access to the Legal Profession after SFFA v. Harvard/UNC": https://vimeo.com/913475331?share=copy

Have you booked your Black History Month speakers for 2025? Make an impact with activists and award-winning authors who are leading powerful discussions on race in America.

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

12/18/2024

Have you booked your Black History Month speakers for 2025? Make an impact with activists and award-winning authors who are leading powerful discussions on race in America.

Kimberly Jones is an American author and filmmaker, known for her New York Times bestselling young adult novel "I’m Not Dying With You Tonight" and non-fiction book "How We Can Win," based on her viral video published during the George Floyd protests. Her talks about the intersection of creativity and social justice highlight the power of art as a catalyst for change and how to unlock your own creative potential.

📣 Check out Kimberly Jones's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/kimberly-jones/

📺 WATCH: Activist Kimberly Jones on fight for economic justice and equity | CBS Mornings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kvnGYgAVtw

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.

12/17/2024

Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs’s debut book, "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation" is a New York Times Bestseller as well as a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an Amazon Editor’s Pick. She takes from her academic background and produces content that is easy for others to connect with and understand. Anna’s powerful talks are centered on gender and race issues in the U.S., especially as these relate to the erasure of Black women.

📣 Check out Anna Malaika Tubbs's speaker page: https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/anna-malaika-tubbs/

📺 WATCH: How Moms Shape The World | Anna Malaika Tubbs | TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSwg04B81YM

Have you booked your Black History Month speakers for 2025? Make an impact with activists and award-winning authors who are leading powerful discussions on race in America.

🌟 For more information on booking for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing [email protected] or calling (917) 697-2063.