Public Events

• Date: September 16-19, 2021
• Location: Door County, Wisconsin
• Program Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM CST
• Website

JENNIFER ROSNER: THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS
Appearing in conversation with novelist Jennifer Rosner

• Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
• Location: Zoom (please register for sign-in info)
• Program Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
• Website

PETER GEYE: NORTHERNMOST
Appearing in conversation with novelist Peter Geye

• Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
• Location: Zoom (please register for sign-in info)
• Program Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM
• Website

URBAN PATHS WALKING BOOK CLUB
Guest author

• Date: Monday, January 6, 2020
• Location: Buffalo Bayou Park Visitors’ Center, 105 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007
• Program Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
• Website

CONVERSATIONS FROM A PAGE
Featured reader

• Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
• Location: 6619 Belmont St, Houston TX 77005
• Program Time: 9:15 – 11:15 AM
• Website

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Guest bookseller

• Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
• Website

ASHLEY WURZBACHER: HAPPY LIKE THIS
Appearing in conversation with National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” author Ashley Wurzbacher

• Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
• Website

ELIZABETH GILBERT: INPRINT MARGARET ROOT BROWN READING SERIES
On-stage interview with the bestselling author of City of Girls

• Date: Monday, November 11, 2019
• Location: University of Houston Cullen Performance Hall, 4300 University Dr, Houston, TX 77004
• Program Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
• Website

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Panelist: “Pianos Keys and Film Reels: The Art Object as Plot Device”

• Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
• Location: Texas State Capitol grounds, 1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
• Program Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Website

WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Saturday, October 12, 2019
• Location: 4441 Bay Shore Dr., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
• Program Time: 3:00 – 6:00 PM
• Website

KEPLER’S BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with David Eagleman, author of Sum: Forty Tales of the Afterlife

• Date: Friday, August 16, 2019
• Location: 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
• Program Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM
• Website

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Guest bookseller

• Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
• Website

TABLES OF CONTENT
Featured as one of “Top Ten Haute Young Authors”

• Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
• Location: Fondren Library, Centennial Reading Room, 6414 Robert S Hyer Ln, Dallas, TX 75205
• Program Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Tickets and information

THE SLANT READING SERIES
Featured reader
With Mark Haber and Deborah Mouton

• Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
• Location: St. Mark’s Houston, 3816 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Texas 77025
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers

• Date: Friday, March 15, 2019
• Location: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

POISON PEN READING SERIES
Reading (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
• Location: Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, 1641 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77006
• Program Time: 8:30 PM
• Website

SKYLIGHT BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Helga Kasimoff, of the Kasimoff Piano Company (the oldest Blüthner dealer in the USA)

• Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
• Location: 1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
• Program Time: 7:30 PM
• Website

LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Valley Bookseller
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

• Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
• Location: Community Thread, 2300 Orleans St. W., Stillwater, MN 55082
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
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LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Excelsior Bay Books: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

• Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
• Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 322 2nd St., Excelsior, MN 55331
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
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MAGERS & QUINN
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Peter Geye, author of Wintering

• Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
• Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis MN 55408
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
• Location: 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

McNALLY JACKSON BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019
• Location: 52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP
First Edition Club discussion (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2019
• Location: 9 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

POLITICS & PROSE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Sunday, February 3, 2019
• Location: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
• Program Time: 1:00 PM
• Website

PARNASSUS BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Friday, February 1, 2019
• Location: 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215
• Program Time: 6:30 PM
• Website

SQUARE BOOKS (Thacker Mountain Radio)
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
Featuring piano performance by Price Walden

• Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
• Location: 129 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
• Program Time: 6:00 PM
• Website

LEMURIA BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Chris’s Knopf editor, Gary Fisketjon

• Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
• Location: 4465 N Hwy 55, Jackson, MS 39206
• Program Time: 5:00 PM
• Website

PAGE & PALETTE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019
• Location: 32 S. Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
• Program Time: 6:00 PM
• Website

INTERABANG
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

• Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019
• Location: 10720 Preston Rd #1009B, Dallas, TX 75230
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

BOOKPEOPLE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Becka Oliver, Executive Director of the Writer’s League of Texas

• Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
• Location: 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO Launch
Hosted by Brazos Bookstore
Multi-media presentation, Q&A, signing

• Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
• Location: Christ Church Cathedral Social Hall, 1117 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

WiVLA MONTHLY MEETING
Featured speaker

• Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018
• Location: Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy St., Houston, TX 77006
• Program Time: 5:45 PM
• Website

PAULA MCLAIN: LOVE AND RUIN
Appearing in conversation with New York Times bestseller author Paula McLain

• Date: Friday, May 18, 2018
• Location: Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 6221 Main St, Houston, TX 77030
• Program Time: 7:30 PM
• Website
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The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction
Craft talk with author Michael Noll

• Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
• Website

WRITERS LEAGUE OF TEXAS PANEL DISCUSSION
Panelist (“How to Turn a Mess of Pages into A Book”)

• Date: Friday, October 6, 2017
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Website

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2017: #RESIST
Guest reader

• Date: Thursday, September 28, 2017
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Website

THE SLANT READING SERIES
Featured reader

• Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017
• Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 3816 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Texas 77025
• Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Website

2017 AGENTS & EDITORS CONFERENCE (Writers’ League of Texas)
Panelist, speaker

• Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 and Saturday, July 1, 2017
• Location: Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704
• Program Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
• Website

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Guest bookseller

• Date: Saturday, April 29, 2017
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
• Website

DOSTYK AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Writer-in-Residence

• Date: January 23-26, 2017
• Location: Atyrau, Kazakhstan
• Website

AN EVENING WITH SHARON OLDS
Appearing in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Sharon Olds

• Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
• Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
• Program Time: 7:30 PM
• Website
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BELLAIRE LIBRARY 65th ANNIVERSARY
Featured author

• Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016
• Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
• Program Time: 7:30 PM
• Website
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HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
• Location: 3733 Turnberry Circle, Bellaire, TX 77025
• Program Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Website

ROALD DAHL’S 100th BIRTHDAY PARTY
Guest reader

• Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time:10:30 AM
• Website

THE SADNESS LAUNCH
Appearing in conversation with THE SADNESS author, Ben Rybeck

• Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

BOLDFACE CONFERENCE
Panel discussion on revision

• Date: Friday, May 27, 2016
• Location: University of Houston Honors College
• Program Time: 1:45 PM
• Website

MENILFEST
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
• Location: The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006
• Program Time: 1:00 – 1:30 PM
• Website

SECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL
Guest speaker

• Date: Monday, April 25, 2016
• Location: 6410 Woodway, Houston, TX 77057
• Program Time: 11:30 AM

BELLAIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015
• Location: 5111 Jessamine, Bellaire, Texas 77401
• Program Time: 3:45 – 4:30 PM
• Website

MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading and signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
• Location: 7500 Braes Blvd, Houston, TX 77025
• Program Time: 5:00 PM

FULL MOON FESTIVAL
Launch of the Colonial Park Little Free Library
Reading (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Friday, October 23, 2015
• Location: 4130 Byron St, West University Place, TX 77005
• Program Time: 5:30 PM

HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Reading (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
• Location: 10650 Beinhorn Rd, Houston Texas 77024
• Program Time: 1:00 PM

2015 PBS KIDS WRITERS CONTEST AWARDS
Keynote speaker

• Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015
• Location: Children’s Museum of Houston
• Program Time: 9:00 AM
• Website

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY @ BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
Author-Contestant, Houston’s Ultimate Literary Showdown

• Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015
• Location: 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 6:30 PM
• Website

COMMON GOOD BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing
In conversation with Peter Geye, author of THE LIGHTHOUSE ROAD (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
• Location: 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

MAGERS & QUINN BOOKSELLERS
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
• Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Monday, April 13, 2015
• Location: 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

BOOKPEOPLE
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)
Conversation led by members of the Writer’s League of Texas

• Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
• Location: 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE
Joint reading, interview, Q&A, and signing with Charles Baxter, author of THERE’S SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO DO (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
• Location: 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

PAGE & PALETTE
Format: “Read It & Eat” – luncheon (available for $10), reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
• Location: 32 S. Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
• Program Time: 12:00 PM
• Website

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
WHISPER HOLLOW release party, reading, Q&A, signing

• Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
• Location: 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

TWIG BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (WHISPER HOLLOW)

• Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
• Location: 306 Pearl Parkway, Suite 106, San Antonio, TX 78215
• Program Time: 7:00 PM
• Website

TWITTER
Live Twitter chat

• Date: Tuesday, March 17, 4-5pm
• Hashtag: #CandidCander
• Participants: @chriscander | @brazosboosktore | @otherpress

RIVER OAKS ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: February 20, 2015
• Location: ROE, 2008 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77019
• Program Time: 5:30 PM

TRAFTON BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: February 13, 2015
• Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd, Vanderbilt Square, Houston, TX 77025
• Program Time: 2:00 PM

WINTER INSTITUTE 2015
American Booksellers Association’s annual conference

• Date: February 8-11, 2015
• Location: Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
• Website

WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 and Wednesday, November 19, 2014
• Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
• Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
• Website

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014
• Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
• Program Time: 8:30 AM until 10:30 AM
• Website

DECK THE SHELVES
Reception, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Monday, November 3, 2014
• Location: Bright Sky Press, 2365 Rice Blvd #202, Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
• Website

RIVER OAKS BOOKSTORE
Reading, signing (11 STORIES)

• Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2013
• Location: River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
• Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
• Website

ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOL BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
• Location: St. Michael’s School, 1833 Sage Road, Houston, TX 77056
• Program Time: 5:00 PM
• Website

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOOK FESTIVAL
Signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014
• Location: Lone Star College – Montgomery, 3200 College Park Dr., Conroe, TX 77385
• Program Time: 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM
• Website

WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
• Location: Barnes & Noble, 3003 W Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
• Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
• Website

RIVER OAKS BOOKSTORE
Reception, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Saturday, November 21, 2013
• Location: River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
• Program Time: 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
• Website

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
11 STORIES release party, reading, Q&A, signing

• Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013
• Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005
• Program Time: 11:30 AM until 12:30 AM
• Website

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Reading, signing (THE WORD BURGLAR)

• Date: Sunday, October 27, 2013
• Location: HEB Tent
• Program Time: 11:45 AM until 12:30 PM
• Website

• Date: Sunday, October 27, 2013
• Location: Bright Sky Press Tent
• Program Time: 12:45 PM until 1:15 PM