Events and Appearances

I am available for readings, book signings, and book clubs.

Ongoing

Wilderness Awareness School – location varies

Bird Language Club

One Sunday/month: 8-11 a.m.

Upcoming Events

Stay tuned!

Past Events

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Bookfair – Seattle, Washington

Book Signings, Wandering Aengus Press booth #1632

Saturday March 11th, 2023, 10 a.m.

Wild Arts Festival – Portland, Oregon

Book Fair Author Signing

Saturday December 10th, 2022

Spring Creek Project – HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon

Blue River Writers Gathering

October 7th-9th

Kingfisher Bookstore – Coupeville, Washington

Literary Reading and conversation with Iris Graville

Friday September 30th, 5:00 p.m.

Wenatchee River Institute– Leavenworth, Washington

A Book for All Seasons sponsored literary reading, with Chris La Tray

Friday September 9th, 7:00 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School – Duvall, Washington

Workshop: Journaling Gone Wild: Mindful Writing for Women

Saturday and Sunday July 30th & July 31st

Orcas Island Literature Festival  – Eastsound (Orcas Island), Washington

Lit Walk reading; book fair tabling

Friday and Saturday June 3rd & 4th

Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest – Leavenworth, Washington

Literary Birding: Avian-themed reading with Derek Sheffield, Cynthia Neely, and Jackie Haskins. Book sales & support from A Book for all Seasons

Saturday May 21st, 3-4 p.m.

Third Place Books  – Lake Forest Park, Washington

Reading and conversation with Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Thursday April 21st, 7 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School – Duvall, Washington

Wolf Tree Book Launch Celebration

Saturday April 16th, 2-4 p.m.

Wandering Aengus Press online

Online Reading Series – Press Group Reading

Saturday March 26th, 2022, 4 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School – Duvall, Washington

Workshop: Writing Gone Wild: Nature Connection for Writers

Saturday and Sunday July 31st & August 1st, 2021

Wilderness Awareness School – online

Bird Language Challenge

Friday April 23rd through Friday April 30th

Wandering Aengus Press online

AWP & SMOL Fair Off-site Zoom Readings

Saturday March 6th, 2021, 1 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School Duvall, Washington

Workshop: Writing Gone Wild: Nature Connection for Writers

Saturday and Sunday July 25th-26th, 2020

Book Group Guest Author – Private Event, Washington

July 14th, 7 p.m.

Fact & Fiction Books – Missoula, Montana

Reading and Signings with Ana Maria Spagna

Thursday February 27th, 7 p.m.

Washington State University – Vancouver, Washington

Creative Writers Series Guest Speaker: “Field Notes: Human/Nature”

Tuesday February 4th, 2020, 7 p.m.

BookTree – Kirkland, Washington

Group Reading for Anthology: For Love of Orcas

Saturday December 21, 2019, 6 p.m.

Powell’s Books on Hawthorne– Portland, Oregon

Author Reading

Thursday November 21st, 7:30 p.m.

Tryon Creek State Natural Area – Portland, Oregon

Nature Writer Author Event

Friday November 22nd, 7 p.m.

King County Library – Duvall, Washington

Author Reading, Book Sales and Signings

Thursday September 26th, 7 p.m.

Montana Book Festival AuthorMissoula, Montana

Panel Session: Natural Perspectives: Four Writers, Four Different Perspectives on Writing the Natural World.

Friday September 15th, 1 p.m.

The Toadstool Bookshop – Keene and Peterborough, New Hampshire

Author Readings

Keene: Friday August 23rd, 6 p.m.

Peterborough: Saturday August 24th, 11 a.m.

Studio Beju Second Sunday Storytelling – Duvall, Washington

Featured Storyteller

Sunday August 11th, 4-6 p.m.

Cannon Beach Book Company Cannon Beach, Oregon

Book Signing

Saturday July 27th, 1-3 p.m.

Village Books – Bellingham, Washington

Group Reading for Anthology: For Love of Orcas

Sunday July 7th, 4 p.m.

King’s Books – Tacoma, Washington

Author Reading

Saturday June 8th, 2 p.m.

Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest – Leavenworth, Washington

Song Bird Concert: Avian-inspired readings during concert, followed by book sales and signings hosted by A Book for all Seasons

Thursday May 16th, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Flirting with Air: Writing About Birds

Sunday May 19th, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Both events in conjunction with poets Derek Sheffield and Cynthia Neely

Orcas Artsmith Salon Series at Darvill’s Bookstore  – Eastsound (Orcas Island), Washington

Joint reading with Iris Graville

Thursday May 9th, 6 p.m.

Lopez Island Library – Lopez Island, Washington

Reading and conversation with Iris Graville

Friday May 10th, 7-9 p.m.

North Cascades Institute’s Nature of Writing Speaker Series at Village BooksBellingham, Washington

Joint reading with Ana Maria Spagna

Saturday May 11th, 7 p.m.

Third Place Books  – Lake Forest Park, Washington

Author Reading

Saturday April 20th, 6 p.m.

Orcas Island Literature Festival  – Eastsound (Orcas Island), Washington

Joint Panel: “Truth Across Genre”

Book Signings

April 5th-7th

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference – Portland, Oregon

Book Signings, Trail to Table/Artsmith Booth #T10095

Thursday March 28th, 4-5 p.m.

Saturday March 30th, 12-1 p.m.

Audubon Society of Portland – Portland, Oregon

Author Reading

Wednesday March 27th, 7 p.m.

Island BooksMercer Island, Washington

Joint reading with Ana Maria Spagna

Tuesday, March 26th, 5-6:30 p.m.

Eagle Harbor Book Co. – Bainbridge Island, Washington

Joint reading with Kathleen Alcala

Sunday, March 24th, 3-4 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School – Duvall, Washington

Writing Gone Wild: Nature Connection for Writers

Saturday and Sunday February 23rd & 24th, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Wilderness Awareness School – Duvall, Washington

Book Launch Party

Sunday January 27th, 2019, 1-3 p.m


My favorite stories were the quiet ones, the humble ones, the stories told by individual rocks, trees, rivers, and birds. The stories that might be found in books but are best experienced with your body. …In touching the earth, my own stories shifted. I began to feel less like a confused human among humans and more like an individual among myriad individuals, one bundle of stories on an earth full of stories.” 

From Going Feral