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
March 2-6 – Andover, MA school visits
March 7 – North Texas Teen Book Festival – Dallas **
March 9 – Baltimore City Schools with Enoch Pratt Free Library
March 17 – Dublin, OH school visit
March 19 – Birdie Books, Westerville, OH – Monster Makers Graphic Novel Workshop for Kids 4-5pm **
March 18-20 – New Albany, OH school visits
March 29-31 – Texas Library Association Conference – Houston, TX
April 13-14 – West Bloomfield & Bloomfield, MI Community-wide Read
April 20-23 – Book tour for THE WHALE’S TALE AND THE OTTER’S SIDE OF THE STORY: A BOOK TO READ FROM FRONT TO BACK AND BACK TO FRONT
April 20 – School visits with Politics & Prose – Washington, DC
April 21 – Children’s Book World book launch event – 7pm – Haverford, PA **
April 22 – School visits with Newtown Books – Newtown, PA
April 23 – School visits with Sparta Books – Sparta, NJ
April 27 – Writing for Kids Workshop – 10am-12pm (registration required) Books on Third – Naples, FL **
May 12 – Hunter College School – Curiosity Club school visit with Loree Griffin Burns – NYC
May 13 – Convent of the Sacred Heart School – Curiosity Club school visit with Loree Griffin Burns – NYC
May 28 – The Curtis School, Los Angeles, CA
June 1- An Evening of Memory Keepers and World Changers with LitWorld – NYC
June 2-4 – Book tour for AXOLOTL-ELLA – cities TK
June 20 – Fletcher Free Library Summer Challenge Kickoff & Read with the Lake Monsters 10am-12pm **
June 26-29 – American Library Association Conference, Chicago
August 15 – Adirondack Family Book Festival – Lake Placid, NY **
September 14 – Spears Elementary – Frisco, TX
September 15-16 – Richardson Reads One Book – THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES – Richardson, TX
September 17-18 – River Oaks Baptist School, Houston, TX
September 26 – Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival – Chappaqua, NY **
September 29 – Book release day for OVER AND UNDER THE PARK
October 14 – Greenwich, CT school visit
November 5-6 – Tonawanda, NY school visits
November 12-13 – Norfolk, VA school visits
November 19-24 – NCTE Conference – Philadelphia
2027
February 23-March 4 – Book Tour for KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON (cities TK)
March 5-6 – Charlotte Huck Conference – Redlands, CA
April 26-28 – Maryville, TN 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
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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