Events Calendar
To schedule an appearance, please contact me here. I look forward to hearing from you!
September 2024
20-21st. 🧍Reading and Book Signing. Shepherdsville Book Festival. Shepherdsville, WV.
July 2024
12th. Poems & Whiskey Podcast Interview.
June 2024
27th. Speaking, Reading. Court Appointed Special Advocates. Online. Details to follow.
22-26th. Appalachian Writers’ Workshop. Hindman Settlement School.
12th. 🧍Reading. Library Lexington Open Mic. Details to follow.
May 2024
April 2024
20th. 🧍Speaking, Reading, and Book Signing. Morehead Pride. Morehead, KY.
12th. 🧍Speaking Event. Centre College. Danville, KY. 7 pm.
4th. 🧍Speaking, Reading, and Book Signing. Joseph Beth-Cincinatti. Cincinatti, OH. 7 pm.
March 2024
22-23rd🧍Reading and panel discussion. Saints and Sinners Literary Conference. New Orleans, LA.
17th.🧍Reading, Signing. Delicious Reads. Hub City Books. Spartanburg, SC. Afternoon-Evening.
15th. Reading (closed to participants). Leeds University. San Jose, Costa Rica.
7th-9th. Appalachian Studies Conference. Sylva, NC.
February 2024
27th. 🧍Reading, speaking. Berea College. Berea, KY. (details to follow).
24th. 🧍Reading, Speaking event. Common Grounds Bookstore. Tallahassee, FL. 7:00 pm.
21st. 🧍Reading, Speaking event. Big Sandy CTC. Pikeville, KY. 10:30 am.
15th. 🧍Short Reading. Moms Demand Action. Capitol Rotunda. Frankfort, KY. 4:00 pm.
10th. 🧍Reading, Speaking event. Northern Kentucky Inclusive Students in Education. Bellevue, KY. 9am.
4th. 🧍Signing, Reading. Malaprop’s Bookstore. Asheville, NC. 4:30-5:30 pm.
3rd. Panel Discussion. National Endowment of Humanities. United We Stand. Lexington, KY. 2-4 pm.
1st. 🧍Incubator Reading. Wildcat Lounge. Gatton Student Center. UK. Lexington, KY. 6:00 pm
January 2024
30th. 🧍Reading, Speaking. Northern Kentucky University. Highland Heights, KY. 12:00 pm.
27th-28th. 🧍Reading, Speaking. Movable Feast Weekend. Bookmarks. Winson-Salem, NC.
24th. 🧍Reading, Speaking. Wrigley Room Readers Event. Wrigley Taproom. Corbin KY. 8:00 pm.
23rd. Speaking, Reading (not open to public). Paul Laurence Dunbar. Lexington, KY.
21st. 🧍Reading, Speaking. Woven Church. 1070 Lane Allen Rd, Lexington, KY. 3:30 pm.
December 2023
14th. Heineman Podcast. Writers’ Blog
19th. 🧍Featured Reader and Q&A. Kentucky State Poetry Society. 8-9.
31st. Reading, Speaking (not open to public). Sapling Center. Knott County, KY. 3-4 pm.
November 2023
30th. 🧍Speaking. Gateway Children’s Advocacy Center. Mount Sterling, KY. 4 pm.
29th. 🧍Reading and discussion. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 4 pm.
297th. 🧍Signing. Montgomery County Authors. Library. Mount Sterling, KY. 4-6:30 pm.
18th. 🧍Kentucky Rural LGBTQ+ Youth Summit. Gateway Regional Arts Center. Mount Sterling, KY.
12th. 🧍Queer Soup x Queer Stories. Queer Arts Showcase. Cincinnati, Ohio.
3rd – 7th. Reading. Narrative Four Global Summit. New York City, NY.
October 2023
31st. Reading, Speaking (not open to public). Francis Parker School. Louisville, KY.
26th. 🧍Reading. Gatton Student Center. Incubator Series. University of Kentucky. 6:00 pm.
25th. 🧍Reading. Book Signing. Western Carolina University. 4:00 pm.
21st.🧍Reading and Book Signing. Kentucky Book Festival. Joseph Beth Books. Lexington, KY.
18-20th. LGBTQ+ Taskforce. AFT Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Conference. Houstin, TX.
18th.🧍 Speaking, Reading. Social Justice Classroom. Centre College. Danville, KY. 10-11am.
13th.🧍 Speaking, Reading. Appalachian Bookworms Book Club. Morehead, KY. 6-8pm.
11th. 🧍Speaking. Caudill College Justice Festival. Morehead, KY. 2-4pm.
6th. 🧍Speaking, Reading. WinCity Voices Storytelling Event. Winchester, KY. 7:30-8:30pm.
September 2023
30th. 🧍Speaking, Reading, and Book Signing. Pikeville Pride. Pikeville, KY. 11:00am.
26th. 🧍Speaking, presentation. School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Lexington, KY. 8-1 pm.
25th. 🧍Speaking, Signing. College of Arts and Sciences. University of Kentucky. 5-7pm.
22-23rd. 🧍Speaking, Reading, and Book Signing. Bookmarks. Winston-Salem, NC.
19th.🧍Speaking, Reading, and Book Signing. Morehead State University. Morehead, KY.
17th. 🧍Signing and Reading. Kentucky Movement Assembly. Northern Kentucky University. 1-4pm.
16th. 🧍Signing and Reading. The Bookshop. Nashville, TN. 5-6pm.
13th. 🧍Host and MC. 2004 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Ceremony. Frankfort, KY. 10-12 pm.
11th. 🧍Conference Session. Kids Are Worth It Conference. Galt House. Louisville, KY. 9-11am.
9th.🧍Signing and Reading. Willow and Sage. Berea, KY. 7pm.
August 2023
30th. Teaching While Queer Podcast, with Bryan Stanton.
21st. Reading Rural Young Adult Literature Podcast, with Chea Parton.
19th. 🧍Speaking Event. Pro Kentucky! Pivot Brewing. Lexington, KY. 6-9pm.
17th. 🧍Reading event. “Voice & Vision.” 21c Museum Hotel. Louisville, KY. 6:00-7:30 p.m.
16th.🧍Reading and signing event. The Mercantile Library. Cincinnati, OH. 6-8:30 pm.
12th. Interview. Wrote Podcast: Queer Storytelling. 11-12:00pm.
10th. 🧍Session and reading. FCPS Fine Arts Summit. Lexington, KY. 2-3pm.
10th. Poetry Reading. 2023 NSTOY Learn & Launch Learning PLAN. CCSSO. Digital. 10-11am.
8th. Interview. Perks of Being a Book Lover Podcast.
5th. 🧍Reading and signing event (with Robert Gipe!) The Spotted Newt. Hazard, KY. 3-5pm.
8th. Podcast interview. Perks of Being a Book Lover.
July 2023
29th. 🧍Reading and Book signing. WordHaven BookHouse. Sheboygan, WI. 6-7pm.
28th. 🧍Reading. Queer Literary Hoedown. Carnegie Center. Lexington, KY. 7-8pm.
27th. 🧍Reading and Book signing. Regenerations Distillery. Winchester, KY. 6:30-8:00pm.
21st. 🧍Reading and Book signing. Gateway Regional Arts Center. Mount Sterling, KY. 7-8pm.
19th.🧍Reading and Book signing. Carnegie Center. Lexington, KY. 7-8pm.
13th. 🧍Reading and Book signing. CoffeeTree Books. Morehead, KY. 4-6pm.
12th. 🧍Tabling Event (access limited to NNSTOY Conference members). Louisville, KY.
8th. 🧍Book signing. Roebling Books. Dayton, KY. 6:30-7:30 pm.
June 2023
29th. 🧍Speaking and book signing (with Julia Watts). Union Avenue Books. Knoxville, TN. 5-6 pm.
28th. 🧍Digital Reading Event. Townhall. The Learning Lab. 3-5 pm. (link to follow)
24th. 🧍Pride Event: Speaking and book signing. Carnegie Center. Lexington, KY. 1 pm.
23rd. 🧍Book signing. Carmichaels. Louisville, KY. 7pm-9pm.
17th. 🧍Speaking and book signing. Indy Reads, Indianapolis, IN. 3 pm.
15th. 🧍Reading and Speaking. Mortimer Bibb’s Public House. Frankfort, KY. 7 pm.
15th. 🧍Tabling. Great School Groundswell Summit. Eastern, KY. 9:30-11:30 am.
12th. 🧍Book signing. Joseph Beth. Lexington, KY. 7 pm.
11th. 🧍Speaking and book signing event. The Gay Center. New York City, NY. 5:30 pm.
8th. Tales from the Kentucky Room Podcast.
3rd. 🧍Richmond Pride. Signing and speaking. Irvine Park, Richmond. 11 am-2 pm. (Speaking 2:00 pm)
1st. Books and Bourbon podcast interview.
May 2023
17th. Eastern Standard Radio interview. Western Kentucky NPR. Tom Martin
11th. Think Humanities interview released
8th. National Writing Project Digital Event: Advocating for YA authors
6th. “In the Stacks” Podcast
5th. Read Appalachia interview.