Appearances

Click here for information about Kate’s programs for schools, libraries, educators, and conferences.

Click here to fill out Kate’s author appearance request form if you’d like to inquire about booking her for a conference keynote, community-wide read, book festival, library appearance, or school visit.

*Please note that Kate only participates in panels, festivals, and conferences that also 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**

2024

February 9-11 – SCBWI Winter Conference – New York, NY

March 13-15 – Teton County Public Library school visits – Jackson, WY

April 1-5 – Highland Park school visits – Highland Park, IL

April 11 – BookBreak Virtual Author Talks

April 30 – Book launch for THE KIDS IN MRS. Z’S CLASS at 6:30pm – Phoenix Books, Essex, VT **

May 17-18 – NYLA Conference – Lake Placid, NY

May 20 – Waterloo CSD – Waterloo, NY

May 21-23 – Fairport Central SD – Fairport, NY

May 28 – Adirondack Center for Writing event for local schools

May 28 – The Bookstore Plus – Lake Placid, NY 4-6pm **

May 29 – Sustainability Academy, Burlington, VT
Orchard School, South Burlington, VT
Summit St. School, Essex Junction, VT
Jericho Elementary, Jericho, VT

May 29 – Flying Pig Books workshop for young writers at Pierson Library – 6:30pm – Shelburne, VT **

May 30 – Chango Elementary, Ballston Lake, NY
Saddlewood Elementary, South Colonie, NY

May 30 – Northshire Books, Saratoga – 6pm **

May 31 – Forest Park Elementary – South Colonie, NY
Shaker Rd. Elementary – South Colonie, NY

May 31 – Barnes and Noble – Colonie Center, NY **

June 1 – Books of Wonder – 42 W. 17th St. NYC – 4pm **

June 3 – William Ward Elementary – New Rochelle, NY
Carl Allgrove School – East Granby, CT

June 4 – McAvinnue School – Lowell, MA
Pawtucketville Memorial School – Lowell, MA
Stanley Elementary, Waltham, MA

June 4 – Silver Unicorn Books – Acton, MA – 7pm **

June 5 – Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, MA
Nixon Elementary, Sudbury, MA

September 6 – History Smashers Virtual Presentation for SC Librarians

Selected past appearances – A small sampling of other venues that have also 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

Nov. 16-19          NCTE/ALAN – Las Vegas

2013 

Feb. 8-9               Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention, Milwaukee, WI

Feb. 22-23           Dublin Literacy Conference, Dublin, OH

April 11                Maine State Library Reading Round-Up Keynote & workshops – Augusta, ME

April 19-21         International Reading Association – San Antonio, TX

May 3                  Vermont DCF Conference Afternoon keynote

May 4-5               New England SCBWI Conference – Springfield, MA

June 21-22          All Write Summer Institute, Warsaw, IN

June 28                Penn State York Summer Institute – York, PA

Oct. 19                 Rhode Island Festival of Children’s Books & Authors – Providence, RI **

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 **

July 17-20          International Literacy Association Conference – St. Louis, MO

July 28               Scholastic Reading Summit – Austin, TX

2016

January 10        ALA Midwinter Convention – Boston

April 18-22 – Authors in April – Rochester, MI

June 21-22 – ABA Children’s Institute, Orlando, FL

June 24-25 – American Library Association Conference, Orlando, FL

2017

January 20-21 – ALA Midwinter – Atlanta, GA

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

March 25 – Addison County, VT all-schools read of The Seventh Wish

October 24 – Mill Valley Middle School, CA – all-school read of BREAKOUT

November 6-7 – FAME Conference – Orlando, FL

November 8 – Laureate Park Elementary – 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 3 – Sunnyvale School District – Sunnyvale, CA

October 4 – Sacred Heart School – Atherton, CA

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