Upcoming Events
2026
AUGUST
Wednesday, August 19 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Teaching a workshop called Send in the Clowns: Using Humor to Deepen Emotional Impact
Bookends University at Bookends & Beginnings
1620 Orrington Ave.
Evanston, IL
Thursday, August 20 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Presenting Man Overboard! in the Next Chapter Book Club at the Winnetka Library (Lloyd Room)
768 Oak Street
Winnetka, IL
Tuesday, August 25 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Presenting Man Overboard! in the Reads by the River Books Cocktails & Conversations Series
Waterford Stillhouse
228 E. Main Street
Waterford, WI
Sunday, August 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
The End of Summer Bash and Reading Challenge Celebration
Three Avenues Bookshop
3009 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, IL
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday, September 1 at 7:00 pm
Reading in the Tuesday Funk Reading Series
Hopleaf
5148 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
Thursday, September 10 at 6:00 pm
Presenting Man Overboard!
Lake Forest Bookstore
662 N. Western Ave.
Lake Forest, IL
Saturday, September 12 at 11:00 am
Discussing Man Overboard! in the panel “What Keeps Us Going When the Waters Get Choppy” with Robert P. Baird, author of The Nimbus, moderated by Ann McGlinn
Printers Row Lit Fest
Grace Place, 2nd Floor
637 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL
Saturday, September 12 at 7:00 pm
Reading in the Printers Row off-site Always Crashing / Long Day / Maudlin House reading
Elastic Arts
3429 W. Diversey
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, September 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Reading in the Guild Literary Complex’s New/Next Writers Showcase
Beat Kitchen
2100 Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL
Thursday, September 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Representing Rose Metal Press in the After Hours Series with Kelcey Ervick, Heidi Czerwiec, Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, and Mar Romasco Moore
Quimby’s
1854 W North Ave.
Chicago, IL
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 10 from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
Presenting Leaf Town Forever with Beth Rooney in Book It!: Local Authors Book Fair at the Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL
NOVEMBER
Saturday, November 14 at 5:00 pm
Reading in An Inconvenient Hour
Metropolis Coffee
1039 W. Granville Ave.
Chicago, IL
Thursday, November 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 am
Presenting Man Overboard! in the Women’s Exchange Book Club
Winnetka Community House
620 N. Lincoln Ave.
Winnetka, IL
Sunday, November 22 at 7:00 pm
Reading in the Sunday Salon Series
Roscoe Books
2142 W. Roscoe Ave.
Chicago, IL
DECEMBER
Monday, December 14 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Presenting Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk in the historical fiction book club
by Zoom
Prospect Heights Public Library
Prospect Heights, IL
2027
MARCH
Wednesday, March 17 through Saturday, March 20, 2027
The AWP Conference
Chicago, IL
APRIL
Thursday, April 1 from 9:30 am to 12 noon
Teaching a workshop called Delicious Delays: How to Build Tension, Compression, and Suspense
Off Campus Writers Workshop
620 Lincoln Ave.
Winnetka, IL
Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 pm
Discussing Man Overboard! with Arlene Lynes from Read Between the Lynes and Susan Meissner
McHenry County Libraries National Library Week
McHenry County College Luecht Auditorium
8900 Northwest Hwy
Crystal Lake, IL