Wow, there’s a holiday for our wonderful speakers?! Today is Professional Speakers Celebration Day and we’re sharing information about how to host our authors at your next event! Our speakers include New York Times bestselling authors, Pulitzer Prize winners, iconic thought leaders, authorities in business, rising talent, and so much more. Let us help you find a speaker for your audience!
📚In honor of MIGRANT HEART's pub day, we asked Reyna Grande how she feels about being an immigrant voice in today's political climate 📚
💛MIGRANT HEART is Grande's breathtaking new memoir in essays 💛
📖The reviews are in for KEEPER OF MY KIN by Ada Ferrer!
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of CUBA comes a moving memoir about migration, separation, and love.
Read what Javier Zamora, Jeannette Walls, and other authors have to say about this brilliant new memoir, on sale May 19, 2026 👏
🎤To learn more about Ada Ferrer as a speaker, visit our website 🎤
🌎📖Happy World Book Day📖🌎
Here are the books that the S&S Speakers Bureau staff are currently reading, if you’re curious or looking for recommendations ✨
We’d love to hear what book YOU are reading right now! Happy reading 🎉
May is for Memoirs! S&S Speakers Bureau authors, Reyna Grande and Ada Ferrer, have new books coming out in May! Swipe to learn about “Migrant Heart“ and “Keeper of My Kin.”
We are excited to welcome Ayad Akhtar to the S&S Speakers Bureau!
Akhtar is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Disgraced, and the author of three novels including the forthcoming book, The Radiance (Out Sep 29, 2026)!
In his works and keynotes, Akhtar discusses the American Muslim experience, immigration, identity, religion, economics, artificial intelligence, and creativity.
To book him for an event, contact the S&S Speakers Bureau and to learn more about Ayad Akhtar, click the link in our bio!
📕The Director by Daniel Kehlmann has been resonating with readers and critics across the globe. It was recently shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and featured on multiple “Best Books of 2025” lists including The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The Times. Listen to Kehlmann speak about why a book set in the 1930s and 40s resonates with audiences in 2026.
Does Jane Austen have an overrated or underrated novel 👀? For our speaker, Rebecca Romney, the answer is a wholehearted yes. Do you agree with her take?
What does it mean to have a platform to lead impassioned, vulnerable, and revolutionary discussions? Listen to what our speaker, Soraya Chemaly, says about spearheading thoughtful and essential conversations.
Dopamine Kids by Michaeleen Doucleff is out today! Doucleff's new book is a revolutionary five-step science backed guide to raise kids while breaking the cycle of overdependence on screens and ultra processed foods.
As a speaker, Doucleff discusses how to widen the parenting lens beyond Western parenting practices. Doucleff helps parents to understand different ways of relating, disciplining, and having fun with children. In addition, she examines global health, diseases, and vaccines.
