events & appearances

Upcoming events

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY
We're celebrating Melville House's 20th Anniversary, and we'd love to see you there!

Monday, October 3, 2022, 7:00 p.m., Wellesley Books, 82 Central Street, Wellesley, MA
Please join me for the launch of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern, in conversation with E.B. Bartels, author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, at Wellesley Books! RSVP here! 

Thursday, October 6, 2022, 10:00 a.m., Cohasset Lightkeeper's House, Cohasset, MA
Buttonwood Books and Toys is hosting Coffee with the Authors, and I'm delighted to be one of the authors!

Friday, October 7, 2022, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Malvern Books, *VIRTUAL EVENT*
This is a virtual event at Malvern Books, in conversation with Cecily Sailor, creator of Typerwriter Tarot!
Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82104328050?pwd=SGpIK3lBY3VMY20wejAycDYrVVB4UT09. Meeting ID: 821 0432 8050. Passcode: 150762.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 7:00 p.m., WORD Bookstore, *VIRTUAL EVENT*
I'll be in conversation with Cathy Chung! Join here!

Monday, October 24, 6:30–7:30 PM, Literary Animal Trivia and Scavenger Hunt at Newtonville Books, MA
Come test your literary animal knowledge! I get to team up again with the fabulous E.B. Bartels for this fun Boston Book Festival event!

Thursday, October 27, 2022, 6:30 p.m., GBH Studios, Boston, MA
Stories from the Stage live studio recording, in partnership with the Boston Book Festival: "Turn the Page." Tickets available here!

Saturday, October 29, 2022, 2:00 p.m., Local Author Fiction Reading, Boston Book Festival, BPL Newsfeed Cafe, 700 Boylston Street, Boston MA
I'm thrilled to participate in this reading!

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Arlington Author Salon, Kickstand Cafe, Arlington, MA
Come for this multifaceted sensory experience! The theme is Exploration. 

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Concord Free Public Library, *VIRTUAL EVENT*
Please join me in my terrifically messy writing space as I talk about The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern.
Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87518106999?pwd=T1g2RW9IVWJ3dDE5YllqYnRETzFhQT09, Meeting ID: 875 1810 6999, Passcode: 229243

Thursday, August 29, 2024, 5:30 p.m., Honest Dog Books, Bayfield, WI
I'm so excited for this one! I'll be in conversatin with MPR's Kerri Miller for her show, Big Books and Bold Ideas. Reception to follow.

Past events

2017

January 6, 2017

Dire Literary Series, Out of the Blue Too Gallery, Cambridge, MA

April 7, 2017 at 7:00pm

Poetry reading with Lisa Breger and others, in celebration of National Poetry Month, Roots and Wings, Natick, MA

2016

April 29, 2016

"Essentials of Dialogue," The Muse and the Marketplace conference, Boston, MA

November 30, 2016

Writers Here and Now Reading, University of Maryland

2015

May 20, 2015 at 6:00pm

Guest speaker: Finding Structure in Memoir, Grub Street, Boston, MA

September 11, 2015 at 7:00pm

Keynote speaker, Aurora Studio Art Opening, AAAC, Asheville, NC

October 27, 2015, at 7:00pm

Reading and talk at the Weston Public Library, Weston, MA

October 29, 2015, 7:00pm

Conversation with Mira Bartók at Odyssey Bookshop, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

2014

June 24, 2014 at 7:00pm

Official Release Date for Let the Tornado Come and launch party at Wellesley Books, Wellesley, MA

June 25, 2014 at 7:00pm

Reading at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA

June 26, 2014 at 12:00pm

Author luncheon at Bank Square Books, Mystic CT

June 27, 2014 at 7:00pm

Reading at Jabberwocky Bookshop, Newburyport, MA

July 1, 2014 at 7:00pm

Reading at The Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore, MD

July 2, 2014 at 2:00pm

Discussion at the Jackson Unit, Cumberland, MD

July 23, 2014 at 5:30pm

Discussion at the Honeoye Public Library, Honeoye, NY

October 19, 2014 at 2:00pm

Wayland Walks: "Waking to the Present Moment," Wayland, MA

October 26, 2014 at 12:45pm

Texas Book Festival: "Trauma, Tragedy, and Transformation," Austin, TX

November 14, 2014 at 11:45am

CLMP Literary Writers Conference: Case Study of a Memoir, The New School, NYC