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**
2025
March 1 – Southwest Florida Reading Festival – Fort Myers, FL **
March 11-18 – HISTORY SMASHERS: EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT book tour
(see public events below!)
March 11 – Glenview Public Library, 6:30-7:30pm – Glenview, IL **
March 12 – Anderson’s Bookshop, Downers Grove, IL – 5pm **
March 13 – St. Louis area school visits
March 14 – The Bookies Bookstore, Denver, CO – 6pm **
March 15 – Boise Public Library, 1:30pm **
March 17 – Penn State Harrisburg – 6pm **
March 18 – Harrisburg school visits
April 2-3 – Texas Library Association Conference – Dallas, TX
April 26-27 – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books **
April 28-May 9 – THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES book tour
LA, San Francisco, Seattle, DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston – Event details TK
April 28 – Los Angeles area school visits with Godmothers
April 29 – Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, CA (details TK) **
April 30 – Bay Area school visits
May 1 – Seattle area school visits with Third Place Books
May 2 – Red Balloon Bookshop Educators Night – 6pm – St. Paul, MN **
May 5 – Scrawl Books – 7pm – Reston, VA **
May 6 – Northern Virginia school visits
May 7 – Philadelphia area school visits
May 9 – An Unlikely Story Bookstore – 6pm – Plainville, MA
May 17 – Children’s Festival of Reading – Knoxville, TN **
May 19 – Okte Elementary – Clifton Park, NY
May 28 – Proctor, VT elementary & middle school visits
June 2 – Colchester Middle School – Colchester, VT
June 3 – Stafford Middle School – Plattsburgh, NY
June 3 – Saranac Lake Middle School – Saranac Lake, NY
June 6 – Lake Placid Middle School – Lake Placid, NY
June 21 – Fletcher Free Library Summer Challenge Kickoff with the Lake Monsters – 10am **
June 26-30 – American Library Association Conference – Philadelphia, PA
July 21 – Story Time at The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid NY 10am **
August 16 – Adirondack Family Book Festival – Lake Placid, NY **
November 6 – Rochester Children’s Book Festival – Rochester, NY **
November 18-19 – Marble Falls, TX school visits
November 20-23 – NCTE Conference, Denver, CO
2025
January 13 – Ensworth School, Nashville, TN
March 2-6 – Andover, MA school visits
March 18-20 – New Albany, OH school visits
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 – Scholastic Breakfast Speaker
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
November 3 – ATEQ Fall Fare Conference, “Engaging Readers, Inspiring Writers” – Montreal
November 8 – Harford County Public Library family read & discussion of THE SEVENTH WISH – Abingdon, MD**
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
2020
January 6 – Trahan Elementary – Tewksbury, MA
January 16 – St. Andrews School – Boca Raton, FL
January 24-26 – ALA Midwinter Conference – Philadelphia, PA
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
March 15-17 – International School at Dundee virtual author visit
April 3-6 – Cairo American College – Cairo, Egypt
May 22-26 – Westport elementary schools – Westport, CT
May 30 – Scarsdale Middle School – Scarsdale, NY
2024
February 9-11 – SCBWI Winter Conference – New York, NY
April 16-19 – Singapore American School
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