November 17, 2024, 3:00-5:00, Page Street Writers/Litquake Climate Literature Panel, “How They Do It”
November 16, 2024, book club
November 15, 2024, book club
November 13, 2024, book club
October 13, Litquake panel, 1:00, San Francisco Main Library, 6th floor. “How Mighty is the Small, Independent Press? Panel with Grace Loh Prasad, Tania Malik, and Carol LaHines
October 22, 10:00 am, Ross Women’s Book Club
October 19, 10:10-11:00 am, Sonoma County Writers Conference, “Making Metaphors”
October 15, Orinda Books, 4:00, in conversation with Mary Volmer about In This Ravishing World
October 15, Book Passage Contemporary Classics Book Group October Selection, with Britta Stroymeyer, discussion of In This Ravishing World
September 21, Barnes & Noble, Burlingame, 1:00-3:00 In This Ravishing World, book signing
September 8, Sunday, 3:00 pm, Page St., SF, How to Write and Publish Short Stories. With Janis Cooke Newman, Elizabeth Stix, Katie Flynn, Laurie Ann Doyle, 297 Page Street. Books will be sold. Registration required.
September 20, The Writers Grotto, 5:00-7:00, Reading and Meeting on Climate Writing, with Julia Scheeres, Lindsey J. Smith, T.K. Rex, 1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602.
September 11, 6:00 pm, Book Club Discussion
July 25, 7:00 pm, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery St. San Francisco. A reading from In This Ravishing World.
July 24, 10:00 am, Live Instagram broadcast: Diana Daniele, “Musing Time”
July 18, 7:00 pm, Green Apple Books on the Park, a reading from In This Ravishing World, and a conversation with Lewis Buzbee
July 16, 7:00 pm. Books, Inc. Palo Alto, reading from In This Ravishing World and conversation with Susanne Pari, author of In the History of our Time. Town and Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto, CA 94301
July 13, 11:00 am, Book Passage, launch of In This Ravishing World, in conversation with Zyzzyva editor, Laura Cogan
July 8, 2024, 7:00 pm, Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA, a reading from In This Ravishing World
June 20, Strong Women-Strange Worlds, group author reading, on Zoom
May 4, 5:00 pm, The Writing Salon, reading
June 8, Telegraph Hill Books, “Short Stories from North Beach,” reading with Kate Folk, Talia Kakshmi Kolluri, Beth Piatote, and Katie Flynn. I’ll read from In This Ravishing World
April 27, 2024, 6:00 pm, Walnut Creek Library Foundation’s 13th Annual Authors Gala, 1644 North Broadway, Walnut Creek
April 26, 2024 Publishing Professionals Network
April 14 and 21, 2024, 10:30-12:30 pm, PST, online and in person; Book Passage class: Building a Story: Plot. Register with Book Passage
April 13, 3:30-4:30, Litquake Sebastopol, reading from Afterword, and Katie Flynn, author of Island Rule, Tania Malik, author of Hope You Are Satisfied, Elizabeth Stix, author of Things I Want Back From You, and Bridgett Quinn, author of Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry, and Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
SELECTED PAST EVENTS
March 20, 12:00, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Women’s Association, a reading and discussion of Afterword
March 11, Book Club, discussion of Afterword
April 18, 2023, 4:30 pm Sonoma County Writers Camp, Author Panel
May 6, 2023, 11:30 AM-12:30, Bay Area Book Festival, Brower Center, Tamalpais Room, Berkeley, California, Session: What Hath AI Wrought?
May 17, 2023, 10:00 am, Thriving Authors Podcast, host Dallas Woodburn
May 20, 2023, 11:00 am, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera, California, in conversation with Jasmin Darznik, author of The Bohemians
May 31, 2023, 7:00 pm Green Apple Books, 9th Avenue, Inner Sunset, California, in conversation with Katie M. Flynn, author of The Companions
June 1, 2023, 5:00 pm PST, Virginauthors.com, Facebook Live Program
June 10, 2023, 5:30 pm Babylon Salon, The Sycamore, outside patio, 2140 Mission Street, San Francisco
June 15, 2023, 10:30 am American Society of Journalists and Authors, Zoom
June 20, 2023, 10:00 am Towne Center Books, 555 Main St. Pleasanton, a class, “Making Metaphor,” followed by a reading from Afterword
June 24, 2023, 4:00-6:00 pm, Salon, Connie Hale, 1040 56th Street, Oakland, reading and lots of discussion
June 25, 2023, 5:30 pm, Decentered Arts, 546 Fillmore Street, reading and music and discussion
July 9, 2023, 4:00 pm Alta Mesa Center for the Arts, online, in conversation with Toni Mirosevich, author of Spell Heaven and Other Stories
July 17, 2023, 6:30-8:00 pm, Maker, Mentor, Muse, online. How to Write Stunning Sentences. In conjunction with founders Mary Volmer, Maw Shein Win, and Dawn Angelicca Barcelona
July 19, 2023, 6:00-7:30, Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Avenue San Francisco, in conversation with Marc Bruno from the District 3 Democratic Club. RSVP: marcabruno@yahoo.com
July 27, Book Club, Seattle, Washington, Zoom
August 2 Book Club, San Anselmo, CA, in person
August 5, 2023, 12:00-2:00, Sisters in Crime, Sausalito’s Edgewater Room, Sausalito Library, 420 Litho Street
August 3 Book Club, San Anselmo, CA, Zoom
August 7, 2023, Odd Mondays Series, 7:00 pm Bethany Methodist Church, Noe Valley, San Francisco, in conversation with Katie M. Flynn, author of The Companions
August 17, 6:30, San Francisco Writers Grotto, in conversation with Doug Henderson, author of The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club
August 21, 2023, University of San Francisco MFA Faculty Reading
September 9, Book Club
September 10, Book Club
October 2, Book Club
September 23, Book Passage, 10:30-12:00, Time and Narration class
October 6, 2023, Book Passage, AI for Amateurs
October 18, 2023, Book Club
October 25, 4:00 pm, Book Club
October 25, 2023, 6:30-7:30, Mill Valley Public Library, in conversation with Ellen Sussman, the author of four bestselling novels, including French Lessons, A Wedding in Provence, The Paradise Guest House, and On a Night Like This
November 4, 2023, 11:00-2:00 PST, online. Zyzzyva Workshop: The Past is Always Happening: On Writing About Time
November 8, 2023, Book Club
November 14, 2023, Publishing Professionals Network
November 18, 2023, 2:00-3:30 Tri-Valley Branch California Writers Club, 2400 building, Las Positas Community College, 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, Room 2470
November 30, 2023, 6:30-7:30, Fairfax Public Library, reading with Sommer Schafer, author of The Women, and Lea Aschkenas, author of Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island.
December 3, Book Club
January 20, 2024, 9:00 am, Redwood Writers, California Writers Club, the Finley Center, 2060 W. College Avenue Santa Rosa, CA
January 23, 2024, 6:30 pm, online, San Mateo County Library, Author Talk, Afterword
January 25, 2024, 7:00-9:00 pm, Claremont Court Book Club
March 6, 2024, 7:00 pm, Bird and Becket Books & Records: Feminism and Storytelling in the 21st Century. Panel discussion with Joan Gelfand, Devi Laskar, Marissa Moss, moderator Tania Malik
January 7, 2019, 2:30pm
Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA
Class and panel discussion with Molly Giles and Tom Barbash: What’s the Difference Between the Novel and the Short Story