2019
August 24
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
San Diego, CA
UT Festival of Books
August 30
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY COMMON BOOK: The Devil’s Highway
Potsdam, NY
Clarkson University Convocation
September 20-22
WASHINGTON ISLAND LITERARY FESTIVAL
Washington Island, WI
Washington Island Literary Festival
October 4
COLUMBIA GORGE BIG READ: Into the Beautiful North
The Dalles, OR
Columbia Gorge Community College
October 10
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY CARL SANDBURG LITERARY AWARDS DINNER
Chicago, IL
CPL Sandburg Literary Awards
October 13
LIT & LUZ FESTIVAL
Chicago, IL
Lit & Luz Festival
October 15-16
YOUNGSTOWN BIG READ: Into the Beautiful North
Youngstown, OH
Youngstown Big Read/Lit Youngstown
October 20-25
SANTE FE WORKSHOP in SAN MIGUEL: Senses Working Overtime
SanMiguel del Allende, MX
Santa Fe Writing Workshop: San Miguel de Allende
November 2-3
FORT COLLINS BIG READ: Into the Beautiful North
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins Reads
November 7
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SCHOENFELDT DISTINGUISHED WRITER SERIES
Portland, OR
University of Portland
November 12-15
LEWIS-CLARK VALLEY EVERYBODY READS: The House of Broken Angels
Lewis-Clark Valley, WA and ID
Everybody Reads
November 18-23
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Moscow, ID
University of Idaho
January 3-9, 2020
SAN MIGUEL POETRY WEEK
San Miguel de Allende, MX
San Miguel Poetry Week
January 13-17, 2020
KEY WEST LITERARY SEMINAR
Key West, FL
Key West Literary Seminar
March 4, 2020
TOWSON UNIVERSITY READING SERIES
Towson, MD
Towson University
March 10-11, 2020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Champaign-Urbana, IL
University of Illinois
March 14-15, 2020
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Festival of Books
March 31, 2020
CHILLICOTHE BIG READ: Into the Beautiful North
Chillicothe, IL
Chillicothe Big Read
April 17-19, 2020
ORCAS ISLAND LITERARY FESTIVAL
Orcas Island, WA
Orcas Island Literary Festival
April 23, 2020
IN CONVERSATION WITH JULIA ALVAREZ
Cleveland, OH
Cuyahoga County Public Library Writers Center Stage
April 24, 2020
UTEP BIG READ: Into the Beautiful North
El Paso, TX
University of Texas-El Paso
May 20, 2020
SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES
Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts & Lectures
PAST EVENTS
2019
Jan. 14
LITERARY CONVERSATIONS: BEYOND LA FRONTERA
Washington, DC
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Jan. 17
IN CONVERSATION WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN
Los Angeles, CA
CAP UCLA
Jan. 31
92Y: A CELEBRATION OF URSULA K. LEGUIN
New York City
92nd St. Y Celebration
Feb. 2
RICK ELIAS BENEFIT CONCERT
Nashville, TN
The Jesus Record LIVE
Feb. 5
UNION LEAGUE CLUB w/Rebecca Makkai
Chicago, IL
Union League Club
Feb. 8
PubWest RITTENHOUSE AWARD CEREMONY
Santa Fe, NM
PubWest Award
Feb. 18-20
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Laramie, WY
University of Wyoming
March 1-3
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS & EARLY PAPERBACK RELEASE!!
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Festival of Books
March 4
PAPERBACK RELEASE PARTY!!
Phoenix, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
March 6
WOOD RIVER VALLEY BIG READ: INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH
Ketchum, ID
Wood River Valley Big Read
March 8
BOOK TOUR
Seattle, WA
Third Place Books-Lake Forest Park
March 10
BOOK TOUR
Portland, OR
Powell’s
March 11
BOOK TOUR
San Francisco, CA
The Booksmith
March 13
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALISTS READING
New York, NY
NBCC Finalists Reading
March 14
NBCC AWARDS & RECEPTION
New York, NY
NBCC Awards
March 16
CALM AUTHOR’S LUNCHEON
Santa Barbara, CA
CALM Luncheon
March 20
BOOK TOUR
Winnetka, IL
The Book Stall
March 22
BOOK TOUR
Miami, FL
Books & Books
March 24
BOOK TOUR DINNER
San Diego, CA
Adventures by the Book
March 25
BOOK TOUR
Santa Cruz, CA
Bookshop Santa Cruz
March 27
BOOK TOUR
Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage
March 29
AWP
Portland, OR
Associated Writing Programs Conference
April 1
KENOSHA BIG READ: INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH
Kenosha, WI
Kenosha Big Read
April 4
BOOK TOUR
Boston, MA
Harvard Bookstore
April 5
KEYNOTE: THE MUSE & THE MARKETPLACE
Boston, MA
The Muse & The Marketplace
April 9-11
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury College
April 12-14
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA
LATimes Festival of Books
April 24
BOSWELL SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE
Greencastle, IN
DePauw University
2018
February 1
San Diego CA
UCSD Helen Edison Lecture Series
February 3
San Diego CA
Stravinsky’s L’Historie du Soldate on the border
February 27
Diversity Common Read: Nobody’s Son
Marquette, MI
Northern Michigan University
March 6
BOOK TOUR LAUNCH EVENT
Chicago, IL
The Book Cellar at Sulzer Library
March 7
BOOK TOUR LAUNCH EVENT
Naperville, IL
Anderson’s Bookshop
March 8
BOOK TOUR LAUNCH EVENT
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Festival of Books
March 9-11
BOOK TOUR
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Festival of Books
March 12
BOOK TOUR
Phoenix, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
March 13
The Big Read: Into the Beautiful North
Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico State University
March 14
BOOK TOUR
Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Library Foundation/Bookworks
March 15
The MLK Lecture Series on Nonviolent Social Change
Loudonville, NY
Siena College
March 16
BOOK TOUR
Brooklyn, NY
Books Are Magic with Alexander Chee
March 18
BOOK TOUR
Washington DC
Politics and Prose
March 22
BOOK TOUR
Wichita KS
Watermark Books
March 24
BOOK TOUR
Denver CO
Tattered Cover
March 25
BOOK TOUR
Brentwood, CA
Diesel Bookstore
March 26
BOOK TOUR
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz Bookshop
March 27
BOOK TOUR
San Diego, CA
Warwick’s (pre-order a book for reserved seating)
March 28
BOOK TOUR
Seattle WA
Seattle Public Central Library/Elliott Bay Books
March 29
BOOK TOUR
Portland OR
Powell’s City of Books
March 30
BOOK TOUR
Austin, TX
Book People
March 31
BOOK TOUR
Houston, TX
Brazos Bookstore
April 3
BOOK TOUR
Aspen CO
Aspen WinterWords
April 7
BOOK TOUR
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Book Festival
April 8
BOOK TOUR
Dallas TX
Dallas Museum of Art with Francisco Cantu
April 9
BOOK TOUR
St. Louis, MO
Left Bank Books
April 18
The Big Read:Into the Beautiful North
Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
April 19
BOOK TOUR
Iowa City, IA
Prairie Lights
April 21-22
BOOK TOUR
Los Angeles, CA
LA Times Festival of Books
April 23
BOOK TOUR
Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage
April 30
BOOK TOUR
Glen Ellyn, IL
The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn
May 3
The Big Read: Into the Beautiful North
Stillwater, MN
Big Read in the St. Croix Valley
May 11
Spring Literary Luncheon
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Public Library
May 18-19
The Big Read: Into the Beautiful North
Lancaster, PA
Lancaster PA Big Read
June 1-7
Middlebury, VT
Breadloaf Environmental Writers Conference
June 8
BOOK TOUR
Boston, MA
Newtonville Books
June 12
BOOK TOUR
Portland, ME
Print, A Bookstore with Richard Russo
July 15-22
Port Townsend, WA
Sept. 1
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Washington, DC
National Book Festival
Sept. 16
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Book Festival
Sept. 21
15th Annual DINNER IN THE LIBRARY
University of California-San Diego
Dinner in the Library-UCSD
Sept. 29
PYGMALION FESTIVAL
University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Pygmalion Festival
Oct. 2
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO STUDIES
University of Notre Dame
Institute for Latino Studies
Oct. 8
PITTSBURGH ARTS & LECTURES SERIES
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
Oct. 12-14
SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Nashville, TN
Southern Festival of Books
Oct. 18
BENEFIT EVENING FOR NO MORE DEATHS
Tucson, AZ
No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes (please support this event, even if you cannot be there)
Oct. 25
RICHARD D. CASTRO DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO
MSU Castro Lecture
Oct. 26-28
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Austin, TX
Texas Book Festival
Nov. 3
BEVERLY HILLS LITERARY ESCAPE
Beverly Hills, CA
Beverly Hills Literary Escape
Nov. 10
PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL
Portland, OR
Portland Book Festival