Upcoming Events
2025
JUNE
Saturday, June 7 at 10:00 am
Teaching in the Aurora Writers Workshop
Downtown Aurora at the Santori Library at 101 S. River Street
And at Craft Urban at 41 S. Stolp
Aurora, IL
Tuesday, June 17 at 6:30 pm
in conversation with Matthew Gavin Frank about his book Submersed at the Book Stall
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL
JULY
Wednesday, July 2 at 6:00 pm
Reading in Neon Night Mic at the Whistler
2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
Monday, July 14 through Friday, July 18
Teaching a fiction workshop at Write On, Door County
4210 Juddville Road
Fish Creek, WI
OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 pm
Suburban Book Launch for Leaf Town Forever
Anderson’s Bookshop
5112 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL
Sunday, October 26 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm
The Leaf Town Forever Launch Party
Colvin House
5940 N. Sheridan Road (at Thorndale)
Chicago, IL
with book sales by the Book Cellar
NOVEMBER
Saturday, November 1 at 10:30 am
Story-time Book Release Party for Leaf Town Forever
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
Sunday, November 2 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm
Story-time and crafts for Leaf Town Forever
Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL
Saturday, November 15 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Author talk on Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, From Dust to Stardust, and Leaf Town Forever
Park Ridge Library
20 S. Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge, IL
2026
JANUARY
Friday, January 9
Reading in the Pink Building Reading Series at Edgewater Beach Apartments hosted by Tony Trigilio and Liz Rose Shulman
5555 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL
MARCH
Wednesday, March 4 through Saturday, March 7, 2026
Tabling for Rose Metal Press
at the AWP Conference and Book Fair
Baltimore, MD
Sunday, March 15 through Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Leading the Himalayan International Writing Retreat
with Chetan Mahajan
New Delhi, Agra, and Satkhol Village in Uttarakhand
INDIA