EVENTS

2025

February 19 — Dialogue Workshop — 6 pm ET — Doylestown Bookshop — Doylestown, PA

February 20 — In-conversation w/Mike Sielski (author of Magic in The Air) — 6 pm ET — Barnes & Noble Montgomeryville — North Wales, PA

February 21 — Reading and Panel @ Toni Morrison Day — 3:30 pm ET — Monmouth University — Long Branch, NJ

February 26 — Devil Is Fine book club discussion — 7 pm ET — Capricorn Bookshop — Jenkintown, PA

March 23 — Sunday Salon Reading Series — 5 pm ET — Von Bar — Manhattan, NY

Mar 26 - 29 — AWP Conference — Los Angeles, CA

April 26 - Workshop and panel: Caregiving Through a Literary Lens — 1-5 pm ET — The Writer’s Center — Bethesda, MD

2024

May 7 — Drexel Writing Festival (reading and Q&A) — 3 pm ET — The Study — University City, PA

June 15 — With Nicola Yoon and Doylestown Bookshop for the launch of One of Our Kind — 2 pm ET — Doylestown Bookshop — Doylestown, PA

June 19 — Launch event with Joseph Earl Thomas (author of Sink and God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer) — 6:30 pm ET — A Novel Idea on Passyunk — Philadelphia, PA

June 20 — In-conversation with Jan Beatty (poet, author of Dragstripping and American Bastard) — 7 pm ET — Riverstone Books — Pittsburgh, PA

July 10 — In-conversation with Phillip B. Williams (author of OURS) — 6 pm ET — The Doylestown Bookshop — Doylestown, PA

July 11 — In-conversation with Laura Chow Reeve (author of A Small Apocalypse: Stories) — 6:30 pm ET — A Novel Idea on Passyunk — Philadelphia, PA

July 18 — In-conversation with Chet’la Sebree (author of Field Study) — 7 pm ET — The Writer’s Center — Bethesda, MD

July 28 — Meet & Greet and signing — 1 pm ET — Browseabout Books — Rehoboth Beach, DE

August 11 — In-conversation with Jason Mott (author of Hell of A Book) — Time 7 pm ET — Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe — Asheville, NC

August 13 — In-conversation with Julia Phillips (author of Bear) — 7 pm ET — Books are Magic — Brooklyn, NY

August 29 — In-conversation with Sabrina Orah Mark (author of Happily) — 7 pm ET — Avid Bookshop — Athens, GA

Sept 8 — Appearance and Signing — 1 pm ET — Capricorn Books — Jenkintown, PA

Sept 26-28 — Six Bridges Book Festival — Time TBD — Little Rock, AR

Oct 12 — Harrisburg Book Festival — Harrisburg, PA

Oct 19 — In-conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin (author of The American Daughters) — 2 pm CT — Baldwin & Co. — New Orleans, LA

Oct 25-27 — Southern Festival of Books — Nashville, TN

Nov 6 — Monmouth Creative Arts Visiting Writers Series (in-conversation with Alena Graedon, author of The Word Exchange) — 4:30 pm ET — Monmouth University —Monmouth, New Jersey

Nov 16-17 — Texas Book Festival — Austin, TX

Nov 23-24 — Miami Book Fair — Miami Dade College — Miami, FL

2023

September 24 — Virtual Sunday Night Craft Talk w/Wiley Cash — 8 pm ET — Virtual

August 15 — Sept 15 — Inaugural Wilma DykemanWriter-in-Residence — UNC Asheville

March 4 — Dallas Literary Festival — Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

March 12 — Hub City Writers Project “Delicious Reads” — 1:30-4 pm ET — AC Marriott, Spartanburg, SC

May 4 — After The Lights Go Out paperback launch, in-conversation w/Mike Sielski, author of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality (presented by Doylestown Bookshop) — 7-9 pm ET — Ten 7 Brewery, North Wales, PA

May 10 — Drexel University: Reading and mini-workshop — 11 am-12:30 pm ET — Philadelphia, PA

May 13 — Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books — May 12-13 — Pittsburgh, PA

May 18 — Reading/Signing w/Browseabout Books (hosted by the Lewes Public Library, in-person and online) — 5 pm ET — Rehoboth Beach, DE

2022

June 6 — Twas The Night Before Book Launch w/Vanessa Lillie, 9 pm ET — Instagram Live

June 14 — Malaprop’s Bookstore (in-conversation w/David Joy, author of When These Mountains Burn), 6 pm ET — VIRTUAL EVENT

June 18 - 27 — Guest Faculty, Randolph College Low-Residency MFA Program

July 7 — Vroman’s Bookstore (in-conversation w/Chris Terry, author of Black Card) — 6 pm PT — VIRTUAL

July 18 — The Poisoned Pen (in-conversation w/Eli Cranor, author of Don’t Know Tough) — 5 pm MT — VIRTUAL EVENT

July 20 — Riverstone Books (Squirrel Hill Location), 7:30 pm ET — Pittsburgh, PA

July 25 — Trident Booksellers & Cafe (in-conversation w/Ted Flanagan, author of Every Hidden Thing) — 7 pm ET — Boston, MA

September 7 — Reads & Company, 7-8:30 pm ET — Phoenixville, PA

September 24 — Doylestown Bookshop (Bucks County Book Fest Books and Brews), Time TBD — Doylestown, PA

October 1 — Chocolate Town Book Festival, 1-5 pm ET — Hershey, PA

October 20 — Literati Book Store (in-conversation w/Jenny Liou, author of Muscle Memory) — VIRTUAL EVENT

October 25 - WBUR CitySpace (Cognoscenti Tenth Anniversary Celebration) — 7 pm ET — Boston, MA

October 29 — Barrelhouse’s Conversations and Connections Conference — Pittsburgh, PA