Marva loves sharing her work on Victor Hugo’s vision for leading lives of love and conscience with readers around the world! Below you will find a list of book events, with links to details in the event title and to available recordings.
EVENTS:
Virtual Book Launch: July 25, 2020: 4:00-5:45 p.m. EDT
More than 80 people joined Marva for the virtual launch of To Love Is to Act: Les Misérables and Victor Hugo’s Vision for Leading Lives of Conscience. On July 25, 2020, lovers of reading, fans of the musical Les Misérables, Hugo specialists, and people who strive to live their best possible lives listened to Marva tell how her book came to be and what she explores in it, as well as read excerpts and show illustrations. They shared what they appreciate about To Love Is to Act and asked Marva insightful questions. View the talk and the Q&A.
Intimate Q&A with Marva Barnett & Claude-Michel Schönberg, Victor Hugo’s Writing—Timelessly Inspiring, free & open to the public
September 22, 2020, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer of the musical “Les Misérables,” joined Marva at her invitation to celebrate Montblanc’s new Writer’s Edition Collection in honor of Victor Hugo.
Talk and Q&A with the Alliance Française Milwaukee
September 29, 2020, 6:30-7:30 p.m. EDT
Lecture + Q&A for the Virginia Club of New York, free & open to the public
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 6:00-7:00 p.m. EDT
Watch the talk and discussion, and read about the event here.
“Les Mis” Class Reunion, a private conversation 
with UVA grads from Marva’s Les Misérables courses:
Saturday, October 17, 2020, 2:00 p.m. EDT
Filmed an invited 90-minute interview for the documentary “L’aventure des manuscrits” with Paris-based Little Big Story
Since travel restrictions kept Marva from Paris, the director sent a French film crew from NYC in late October, and they filmed on stage at The Paramount Theater downtown, a lovely setting for Victor Hugo’s forward-thinking ideas in Les Misérables. Marva found it delightful to spend 90 minutes talking about Hugo’s ideas and work for a better world. The documentary was screened in September 2021 on ARTE, the European culture TV channel. With luck, the program will eventually be viewable in the U.S.
National Lecture for the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, as part of National French Week, organized by the AATF (American Association of Teachers of French).
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.)
Registrants received a 30% discount code for To Love Is to Act. To get the code yourself, request it through this site’s Contact Marva link.
Talk and Conversation with the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society.
November 25, 2020, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.)
Public talk and conversation with students at Wabash College
March 18, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.)
Invited guest on the Vinyleradio radio show Victor Hugo & Co. to talk about To Love Is to Act
June 21, 2021, aired at noon French time at Vinyleradio online
Other shows include focus on some of Marva’s other interests:
- Victor Hugo on Things That Matter, aired at noon on September 27, 2021
- Juliette Drouet as the first person to read (and make a clean copy of) Les Misérables, to air at noon on October 25, 2021
Book signing at the Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris,
September 22, 2021, 18h30 Paris Time (France)
With pandemic-induced travel restrictions lifted, Marva was able to accept a longstanding invitation to speak about and sign To Love Is to Act in the beautiful salon rouge in the Maison de Victor Hugo in the Place des Vosges, Paris. A dream fulfilled!