At the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, I will be joined by legendary Cleveland journalist and editor Rachel Dissell for a conversation about “The Black Shield.”
Click here to buy VIP tickets, which include a copy of the book and signage priority.
At Visible Voice bookstore in Cleveland, I will be joined by Brittany “Red-I” Benton in a dialogue about “The Black Shield.” We’ll be paying special attention in our talk to the songs, albums, and artists referenced in the book’s pages. Expect to hear not only a spirited discussion, but also some great music.
I will be joining several panel discussions on the craft of writing alongside a wide array of notable authors at the James River Writers Conference in Richmond, Virginia.
To attend the conference and find out more information, click here.
I will lead a workshop at Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference, guiding writers on how to craft powerful narratives about the past when there is a limited or non-existent historical or cultural record.
This conference is free. For more information, click here.
At Books Are Magic’s Montague Street location in Brooklyn, in celebration of the release of The Black Shield, I will be in conversation with Ugonna Okpalaoka, an Emmy-award winning producer and filmmaker. A signing will follow the talk.
To attend, purchase tickets here.
Livestream the talk for free here.
At the 2026 convention of the National Association for Black Journalists in Atlanta, Wilbert will discuss The Black Shield with Daphne Duret, a reporter and investigative journalist, who writes about policing for the Marshall Project.
For more information about the NABJ’s 2026 conference, click here.
