# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: We're celebrating bestselling author Dawn Turner's newest work of fiction, Majestic Hills!About this EventJoin us on Wednesday, August 5 at 7 PM as we celebrate the release of Dawn Turner's newest novel, Majestic Hills! Q&A and signing to follow discussion!About the BookA Black couple leaves their downtown Chicago condo for a new suburban subdivision, only to find themselves at the center of a maelstrom in this gripping page-turner from the award-winning author of Three Girls from Bronzeville.Tired of the daily drama in his emergency room, Dr. Langdon Blaque is in search of a place where he can leave the world behind. He loves his job and has no delusions about the suburbs being perfect, but he wants peace and quiet. His wife Josephine, a lawyer, grew up listening to her father’s stories about the Jim Crow South, and sundown towns. She prefers the city. Still, she agrees to move with the caveat that they stay for a year and reassess.The tight-knit, predominantly white group of neighbors in Majestic Hills initially welcomes them with open arms. But beneath the veneer of privileged harmony, tensions simmer. When a horrifying crime rocks the community, the illusion of safety is shattered, and Josephine and Langdon find themselves at the heart of a brewing storm that pits neighbor against neighbor, exposes deeply ingrained prejudices, and threatens to implode into violence.As their experiment in suburban living ticks toward the one-year mark, the Blaques are pushed to a breaking point. Can they find a way to make a home in Majestic Hills? Or has the move put their future, their marriage, and even their safety in jeopardy?“Majestic Hills is a wry and wicked tale of suburban discontent, a thrill of a read that grapples with some very big ideas—about class, race, violence, and the inequities on which so much of American life is predicated.” –Rumaan Alam, New York Timesbestselling author of Leave the World BehindDawn Turner is an award-winning journalist and novelist. A former columnist and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Turner spent a decade and a half writing about race, politics, and people whose stories are often dismissed and ignored. Turner, who served as a 2017 and 2018 juror for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, has written commentary for The Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, CBS Sunday Morning News show, NPR’s Morning Edition show, the Chicago Tonight show, and elsewhere. She has covered national presidential conventions, as well as Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election and inauguration. Turner has been a regular commentator for several national and international news programs, and has reported from around the world in countries such as Australia, China, France, and Ghana. She spent the 2014–2015 school year as a Nieman Journalism fellow at Harvard University. In 2018, she served as a fellow and journalist-in-residence at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Turner is the author of two novels, Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven and An Eighth of August. In 2018, she established the Dawn M. Turner and Kim D. Turner Endowed Scholarship in Media at her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/book-talk-majestic-hills-with-dawn-turner/100001992178392199 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, performances, workshops, theatre, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - door_time: 2026-08-05T23:30:00Z - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Call & Response Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 35.95, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Call & Response Books - **lat**: 41.8025512 - **long**: -87.5919998 - **full address**: Call & Response Books, 1390 East Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2d79a3cdb7deef366701b63f07afe8350fa7a32ffe52df85132be6de01a404c0-rimg-w1200-h462-dce8e5e0-gmir.jpg?v=1781848446 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner being held? - **A:** Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner takes place on Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Call & Response Books, 1390 East Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner? - **A:** Book Talk: Majestic Hills with Dawn Turner is organized by Call & Response Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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