Click here for information about Kate’s programs for schools, libraries, educators, and conferences.
*Please note that Kate only participates in panels, festivals, and conferences that offer meaningful representation of people of color and voices from other historically underrepresented groups. She’d love to talk with you about your event, and one of the first questions she’ll ask is “Who else is invited?” On top of fairness and equity issues, diverse events are simply better and richer for everyone, so please be sure to consider this in your planning!
Kate’s Upcoming Events:
**starred events are open to the public**
2026
September 14 – Spears Elementary School morning visit – Frisco, TX
September 14 – Arapaho Classic Magnet School afternoon visit – Richardson, TX
September 15-16 – Richardson Reads One Book – THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES – Richardson, TX
September 17-18 – River Oaks Baptist School, Houston, TX
September 21-22 – Montgomery ISD school visits – Montgomery, TX
October 2 – Carmel Public Library school visits – Carmel by the Sea, CA
October 13 – Greenwich Country Day School – Greenwich, CT
October 14 – Greenwich Academy school visit – Greenwich, CT
October 15 – Todd Elementary School visit – Briarcliff Manor, NY
October 22-23 – NAMT Festival of New Musicals, Songwriters Showcase – New York, NY
October 30 – Bourne Middle School – Bourne, MA
October 30-Nov 1 – Big Sur Children’s Writing Workshop, Cape Cod (faculty) – Falmouth, MA
November 5-6 – Tonawanda, NY school visits
November 7 – Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival – Rochester, NY **
November 12-13 – Norfolk, VA school visits
November 19-24 – NCTE Conference – Philadelphia
2027
February 7 – Naples Literary Festival with Books on Third – Naples, FL **
February 23-March 6 – Book Tour for KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
February 20-23 – Chicago school & bookstore events (details TK)
February 24 – Columbus, OH events with Cover to Cover & Columbus Public Library
February 25 – Baltimore, MD events with Enoch Pratt Free Library
February 26-27 – Washington, DC/Alexandria, VA school visits & bookstore events (details TK)
March 1 – Nashville, TN events with Parnassus Books
March 2-3 – Houston school visits with Blue Willow Books
March 3-4 – Austin school visits & bookstore events with Book People (details TK)
March 5-6 – Charlotte Huck Conference – Redlands, CA
March 31 – Hunter College Campus School – New York, NY
April 1 (AM) – Horace Mann School – New York, NY
April 1 (PM ) – Convent of the Sacred Heart – New York, NY
April 1 – The Drama Book Shop – KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON talk & signing **
April 2 (AM) – Nightingale School – New York, NY
April 2 (PM) – Northeast Elementary School – Stamford, CT
April 19-21 – Texas Library Association Conference – San Antonio
April 26-28 – Maryville, TN school visits
May 11 – Hinesburg Community School – Hinesburg, VT
May 12 – Shelburne Community School – Shelburne, VT
May 13 – Burlington Golden Dome Award Readers Event – Burlington, VT
May 24 (AM) – Hudson Falls Intermediate School – Hudson Falls, NY
May 24 (PM) – Lake George Middle School – Lake George, NY
June 1 – Salmon River Central Schools – Fort Covington, NY
June 7 – Oxford Elementary School – Oxford, ME
June 8 – Hartland Elementary School – Hartland, VT
June 24-28 – American Library Association Conference – New Orleans, LA
Selected past appearances – A small sampling of other venues that have hosted Kate for keynotes, workshops, and school/library visits…
2012
March 1-5 TED 2012 Conference – Long Beach, CA
Apr 30-May 1 International Reading Association, Chicago
2013
Feb. 8-9 Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention, Milwaukee, WI
April 11 Maine State Library Reading Round-Up Keynote & workshops – Augusta, ME
June 28 Penn State York Summer Institute – York, PA
2014
Feb. 21-23 SCBWI Winter Conference in NY – Keynote & Plot Intensive
Nov. 15 Rochester Children’s Book Festival **
2015
Mar. 25 Kennesaw State University Children’s & YA Literature Conference
May 16 Gaithersburg Book Festival – Gaithersburg, MD **
2016
January 10 ALA Midwinter Convention – Boston
April 18-22 – Authors in April – Rochester, MI
2017
February 4 – CCIRA – Denver, CO
February 22-25 – American Embassy School – New Delhi, India
2018
January 18-Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference, Chicago, IL
June 12 – Greenwich Academy Writing Camp
2019
February 4-5 – OES Reads Community-Wide Read of The Seventh Wish – Oxford, ME
March 15- Virginia Reading Association Conference Keynote
October 24 – Mill Valley Middle School, CA – all-school read of BREAKOUT
November 6-7 – FAME Conference – Orlando, FL
2022
September 16-17 – University of Wyoming Literacy Conference keynote – Laramie, WY
October 27-28 – American School of Guatemala – Guatemala City
November 1-2 – North Broward Preparatory School – Coconut Creek, FL
2023
March 1-3 – Cayman International School – Grand Cayman
April 3-6 – Cairo American College – Cairo, Egypt
May 22-26 – Westport elementary schools – Westport, CT
2024
February 9-11 – SCBWI Winter Conference – New York, NY
April 16-19 – Singapore American School
2025
September 6 – National Book Festival – Washington, DC **
September 10 – NEIBA Fall Conference Children’s Breakfast Speaker- Manchester, NH
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