2025 GO AS A RIVER Events
(All times MST unless otherwise noted)
February 21-23: Torrey House Press Voices for the West Writing Workshops, Springdale, UT torreyhouse.org
February 24-26: ABA Winter Institute, Denver, CO winter-institute-2025
March 1: Amelia Island Book Festival, Fernandina Beach, FL 10:00am-4:00pm ET ameliaislandbookfestival
March 11: Live interview First Draft Podcast with Mitzi Rapkin, TACAW Arts Campus, Basalt, CO (time TBD) firstdraftwriters tacaw.org
March 14: Stonebridge Book Club Author Luncheon & Fundraiser, Naples, FL 10:00am ET stonebridgecountryclub.com
March 22: 2025 One Book Westminster, Westminster Library, City Park Rec Center, Westminster, CO 2:00-4:00pm westminsterco.gov
April 10: Boulder Jewish Community Center Book Club (Zoom), Boulder, CO 7:00pm boulderjcc.org
April 19: Alamosa Public Library Book Club (Zoom), Alamosa, CO (time TBD) alamosalibrary.org/event
April 22: 20th annual Loveland Loves to Read, Loveland Public Library, Loveland, CO 7:00pm friendsofthelovelandlibrary.org
April 26: 16th annual Books & Brunch Scholarship Benefit, The Arvada Center, Arvada, CO 8:30am-2:30pm
May 3: Pines & Plains Libraries Author Talk, Elizabeth, CO Time TBD pplibraries
May 5: EveryLibrary Live! Summer Reads Virtual Event w/ Bridget Crocker & Callan Wink, 5pm ET EveryLibraryyoutube.com
May 22-25: Mountain Words Literary Festival, Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO mtnwords.org
June 5-30: Paperback Book Tour!
June 3: GO AS A RIVER paperback release
June 5: Oblong Books w/ Cindy Spiegel, Rhinebeck, NY 6:00pm ET oblongbooks.com
June 10: Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT 6:00pm ET banksquarebooks.com
June 11: Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ 7:00pm ET watchungbooksellers.com
June 12: Lyons Regional Library Author Talk, Lyons, CO 7:00pm lyons.librarycalendar.com
June 13: Estes Valley Library Author Series, Estes Park, CO 6:00pm estesvalleylibrary.org
June 14: Barnes & Noble book signing, Superior, CO 1:00-4:00pm barnesandnoble.com
June 16: Tattered Cover Colfax, Denver, CO 6:00pm tatteredcover.com
June 23: Cuyahoga Public Library Brooklyn, Cleveland, OH 7:00pm CT cuyahogalibrary.org
June 24: Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI 6:30pm CT literatibookstore.com
June 26: Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL 6:00pm CT andersonsbookshop.com
June 27: Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI 2:00pm CT boswellbooks.com
June 27: Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI 7:00pm CT booksco.com
June 28: Carmel Clay Library Foundation Behind the Book Author Series, Carmel, IN 1:00pm CT carmelclaylibrary.org
June 30: Buxton Books w/ Polly Buxton, Circular Congregation Church, Charleston, SC 6:00pm ET buxtonbooks.com
July 31: Pikes Peak Library East w/ Poor Richard’s Bookstore, Colorado Springs, CO 6:00pm ppld.org
August 5: Once Upon a Trapeze Bookstore, Buena Vista, CO Time TBD onceuponatrapeze.com
August 8-10: Grand Mesa Writers Symposium, Cedaredge, CO gmaec.org
August 11: Wilkinson Public Library, Telluride, CO 5:30pm telluridelibrary.org
September 4: Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, Breckenridge, CO (private event)
September 24: Paonia Books, Paonia CO (Time TBD) paoniabooks.com
September 26-28: Aspen Literary Festival, Aspen, CO aspenliteraryfestival.org
October 3-5: 35th annual Flathead River Writers Conference, Kalispell, MT authorsoftheflathead.org
December 28: Jefferson County Public Library, Golden Branch, Golden, CO 3:00pm https://jeffcolibrary.org
Past Events in 2024:
February 18: Super Book V, San Diego, CA 9:00am-3:00pm (PST) adventurersbythebook.com
February 22: Author talk/Elevating Readers Together fundraiser, Salida, CO 6:00-7:30pm elevatingreaders.com
February 29: Western Colorado University, Leslie J. Savage Library, 6:00-7:30pm library.western.edu
March 7: Village Well Books, with film producer Paula Mazur of Mazur Kaplan, Culver City , CA 7:00-8:00pm (PST) villagewell.com
March 9: Literary Women Festival of Authors, Long Beach, CA 9:00am-4:00pm (PST) literarywomen.org
March 15: Grand County Library in conversation with Martin J Smith, Granby, CO 6:00-7:30pm gcld.org
March 16: Grand County Community of Writers, Juniper Library, Grand Lake, CO 4:00-5:30pm gcld.org
April 10: Boekhandel Broese, Utrecht, Netherlands 4:00-5:30pm
April 17: Librairie le Bruit des mots, Le Flèche, France 7:00-8:30pm
April 18: Libairie Au Temps Lire, Lambersart (Lille), France 6:00-8:00
April 19-21: Le Printemps du livre de Montaigu, Montaigu, France
May 1-5: Bookshop visits, Krakow, Poland
May 7-14: Paperback release/publisher & bookshop visits, Helsinki, Finland
May 24-26: Mountain Words Literary Festival, Crested Butte, CO mtnwords.org
June 1: American Assoc. of University Women Authors Day, Colorado Springs, CO 9:00am-1:00pm coloradosprings.co-aauw.net
June 6: Knowledge On Tap Lecture Series, Grand Junction, CO 5:30-7:30pm @knowledgeontapgj
June 8: White River Books, Carbondale, CO 7:00-8:30pm whiteriverbooks.org
June 11: Bud Werner Memorial Library, Library Author Series, Steamboat Springs, CO 7:00-8:00pm steamboatlibrary.org
June 14: Lighthouse Writers Lit Fest, Beacon Hall, Denver, CO 12:00-1:00pm lighthousewriters.org
June 27: Westlake Hills Library Peach Festival & Author Event (via Zoom), Austin, TX 5:00 dinner/6:15 event RSVP whps.org
August 9: Local Authors Extravaganza, Townie Books, Crested Butte, CO 4:00-5:30pm towniebookscb.indielite.org
September 19: Kent Memorial Library Books & Beyond Author Series, Suffield, CT (virtual) 7:00-8:00pm suffield-library.org/programs
September 24: Bookaccino Live online event with Bookreporter.com’s Carol Fitzgerald, 6:00pm MT/8:00pm ET bookreporter.com
October 5: All Pikes Peak Reads Keynote Speaker, PPLD Library 21C, Colorado Springs, CO 3:00-4:30pm ppld.org/appr
October 24: Eaton Public Library Author Series, Eaton, CO 6:00pm eatonco.org/library
November 2: Covered Treasures Bookshop, Monument, CO 1:00-3:00pm book signing coveredtreasures.com
November 11: Colorado State University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Ft Collins, CO 10:00am-12:00pm colostate.edu
November 12: Mesa County Libraries Clifton Branch (via Zoom), Clifton, CO 10:00-11:00am mesacountylibraries.libcal.com