Events

Because of Covid-19, nearly all events are being handled through media such as radio, Zoom, Facebook, etc. Information about upcoming events will be listed here, with Zoom or other connection info appearing close to the event.

For information about bookings, contact publicity@travelerstales.com. If you’d like to arrange for an event (including Zoom visits to book clubs), click here.

  • Currently no public events planned. Reach out if you’d like to schedule one.

And here’s the archive of Reading Events Past:

  • Nov. 8, 2021: Grand Marais Arts Colony, reading.
  • Oct. 18, 2021: San Rafael Rotary Club.
  • Oct. 2, 2021: Alliance Française of Minneapolis, Salon du Livre.
  • June 12, 2021: Alliance Française of Chicago.
  • May 2, 2021: Alliance Française of Omaha
  • March 10, 2021: Alliance Française of Memphis
  • March 9, 2021: Alliance Française of Denver
  • March 8, 2021: Alliance Française of Seattle
  • February 3, 2021 (10:00 am Eastern): Event with the Alliance Française Doylestown.
  • February 4, 2021 (7:00 pm Central): Event with Mills City Commons (Minneapolis).
  • February 26, 2021 (6:30 pm Eastern): Event with the Alliance Française Washington DC.
  • January 13, 2021 (7:00 pm Eastern): Event with the Alliance Française of Grand Rapids.
  • January 24, 2021 (4:00 pm Eastern): Event with the Alliance Française of Cincinnati.
  • January 26, 2021 (6:00 pm Central): Event with the Alliance Française of DuPage
  • December 6, 2021 (7:00 pm Central): Event with the Alliance Française of Central Iowa.
  • November 24, 2020 (7:30 pm Paris time; 12:30 pm Central): Interview with Erin Byrne hosted by the American Library of Paris. (Register for Zoom.)
  • December 1, 2020 (5:30 pm Central): Event with the Alliance Française of Milwaukee.
  • October 1, 2020 (6:00 pm Central): National event with the Fédération des Alliances Françaises: a discussion with National Geographic’s Don George.
  • October 9, 2020 (7:00 pm Central): Zoom event with Next Chapter Bookstore: a discussion with writer and humorist Lorna Landvik.
  • October 13, 2020 (7:00 pm Central): Zoom event with Delta Kappa Gamma.
  • October 15-17, 2020: Featured Author at Twin Cities Book Festival.
  • October 19, 2020 (1:00 pm Central): Zoom event with the Alliance Française du North Shore.
  • September 22, 2020: Interview on the Armed Forces Network, On Travel radio show (broadcast to 167 countries — as well as 150 ships at sea!)
  • September 2, 2020, Interview with Lin Salisbury, “Superior Reads” on WTIP radio.
  • Sept. 9 (6:00 pm CDT). Marcia DeSanctis interviews Scott Carpenter. Sponsored by the Norwalk, CT Public Library.
  • August 11, (6:00 pm CDT). Marcia DeSanctis interviews Scott Carpenter, sponsored by Barbara’s Books. Connection via Crowdcast. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/scott-dominic-carpenter/register
  • July 14, 2020 (8:00 pm CDT): Zoom conversation with Don George, sponsored by Book Passage. Connection via Zoom: https://carleton.zoom.us/j/98457657535.
  • July 16, 2020 (7:00 pm CDT): Zoom conversation with Marcia DeSanctis, sponsored by Carleton Alumni Affairs. Connection info available via Carleton College.
  • July 11, 2020 (1:00 pm CDT): Conversation with Heather Stimmler-Hall of Secrets of Paris. Connection info available here on day of event.
  • July 8, 2020 (6:00 pm CDT): Conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Marcia DeSanctis, sponsored by Magers & Quinn Bookseller, and the Alliance Française (MN). Broadcast via Facebook (no Facebook account required!)
  • June 16, 2020 (9:00 am CDT): Zoom conversation sponsored by APUAF (Paris). Private event.
  • June 23, 2020 (8:00 pm CDT): Bonjour Minnesota radio program, KFAI 90.3 (Minneapolis): Interview.
  • June 11, 2020 (5:00 pm CDT): Zoom conversation with Christine Lac, President of the MN AATF, sponsored by Minnesota Chapters of the Alliance Française and the American Association of Teachers of French.
  • May 27, 2020 (5:00 pm): Content Bookstore and Carleton College Zoom event.
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (7:00-8:00 pm): Write On! radio program, KFAI 90.3 (Minneapolis): Interview.
  • April 13, 2019, 7:00 pm: KGB Bar: actor’s reading of “Too Soon, Too Close, in Paris.”
  • Feb. 28, 2019, 7:00 pm: New York Arts Program: Artists’s talk.
  • Nov. 5, 2018, 1:30 pm: Margaret Evans Book Club: Roundtable discussion Theory of Remainders.
  • May 14, 2015, 7:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Galleria: Roundtable discussion on To Kill a Mockingbird; integrating history into literature.
  • August 21, 2015, 9:00-10:00 am: “Art Zany” on KYMN radio (discussion on integration of history in literature).
  • January 29, 2015, 5:00-7:30 pm: “Tipped In (Book Event)” Minneapolis Club, 729 S 2nd Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
  • January 29, 2015, 5:00-7:30 pm: “Tipped In (Book Event)” Minneapolis Club, 729 S 2nd Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
  • February 10, 2015, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm: “Tipped In (Book Event),” at Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN 55403.
  • April 8-11, 2015: Midwest Gothic Table, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Minneapolis Convention Center & Hilton Minneapolis Hotel.
  • November 29, 2014, 1:00-4:00 pm: “Mystery Writers’ Event (signing)” Barnes & Noble, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Valley, MN.
  • April 23, 2014, 6:00 pm “The Importance of Place in Fiction,” at Barnes & Noble / Galleria, 3225 W 69th St, Edina, MN 55435.
  • August 27, 2014: BOND Book Festival in Minnetonka, MN. (Ticketed event.)
  • April 8, 2014, 4:00 pm: “Suspense in Narrative: Theory of Remainders” (Fox Cities Book Festival), Lyons Fine Books, 124 W Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 140, Neenah, WI 54956.
  • April 8, 2014, 6:30 pm: “In the Beginning: How Stories Start” (Fox Cities Book Festival), Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI.
  • January 28, 2014: 7:00 pm: interview on “Write on!”, KFAI radio; 90.3 in Minneapolis and 106.7 in Saint Paul.
  • January 31, 2014: The American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies, St. Paul, MN (invitation only).
  • February 4, 2014: 7:00 pm: “France, Trauma & Suspense” at Barnes & Noble / Galleria, 3225 W 69th St, Edina, MN 55435.
  • November 7, 2013: 7:00 pm: reading & signing at The Northfield Public Library, 210 Washington St., Northfield, MN 55057.
  • November, 16 2013: 6:00 pm: Sponsored by the Alliance Française of Chicago: reading, lecture & signing at The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.
  • November, 20 2013: 7:00 pm: The Jon Hassler Center (Hassler Theater), 412 W Broadway Plainview, MN 55964.
  • November, 22 2013: 7:00 pm: Discussion (and reading) on the theme of “loss” with authors Peter Geye and Charlie Quimby; Micawbers Books, 2238 Carter Ave, St Paul, MN 55108.
  • December 11, 2013: Details TBA: Panel at the American Library of Paris, including reading & signing, 10 Rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, France.
  • October 10, 2013: 7:30 am: reading at Carleton Alumni Breakfast, Perkins Restaurant, 4201 W. 78th Street (near I-494 & France Avenue, Bloomington); alumni only.
  • Saturday, October 12, 2013. 2:00-3:00 pm in the “Lit Lounge”: Twin Cities Book Festival, Progress Center, Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN.
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2013: 4:00 pm: reading & signing at the Athenaeum, Carleton College, 1 North College St., Northfield, MN 55057.
  • Tuesday, October 1, 2013: 1:45 am: reading & talk at Macalester College, Humanities 401, 1600 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105.
  • Wednesday September 11, 2013; 6:30 pm: reading, discussion & signing at The Readers Loft Bookstore, 2069 Central Court, Suite 44, Green Bay, WI 54311.
  • Thursday, September 12, 2013: reading, discussion & signing at Lyons Fine Books, 124 W Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 140, Neenah, WI 54956.
  • Tuesday, September 17, 2013: 4:00 pm: reading, discussion & signing at Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
  • Tuesday, September 17, 2013: 6:30 pm: reading, discussion & signing at the “Grande Salle” of the Alliance Française, 113 N First Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
  • Saturday, August 10, 2013: 1:00 pm: public reading & signing at Cherry St. Books, 503 Broadway St., Alexandria, MN 56308.
  • Saturday, August 10, 2013: 4:00 pm: public reading & signing at An Open Book, 114 Jefferson St. South (Highway 71), Wadena 56482.
  • August, 21 2013: 7:00 pm: reading& signing at The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.
  • Wednesday, July 17, 2013; 7:00 pm: public reading & signing at SubText Books, 165 Western Ave. N., St. Paul, MN, 55102.
  • Saturday, July 20, 2013: 2:00 pm: public reading & signing at Valley Bookseller, 217 Main Street North Stillwater, MN 55082.
  • Saturday, July 27, 2013: 2:00 to 4:00 pm: signing at Har Mar Barnes & Noble, 2100 North Snelling Ave, Roseville, MN 55113.
  • Sunday, August 4, 2013: 1:00 to 3:00 pm: signing at Sister Wolf Books, Dorset, MN.
  • Tuesday, July 2, 2013; 7:00 pm: public reading & signing as part of the Laureate’s Writers Series at The Bookshelf, Winona, MN.
  • Saturday, June 29, 2013; 2:00 pm: public reading & signing at The Bookcase of Wayzata, 824 East Lake St., Wayzata, MN 55391.
  • Tuesday, June 25, 2013; 7:30 pm: Local launch — reading and signing. At Monkey See, Monkey Read, 425 Division St. S., Northfield, MN 55057.
  • Monday, June 24, 2013; 7:00 pm: Official Launch Party! (And reading & signing.) At Common Good Books, 38 S. Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55105.
  • Friday, June 14, 2013; 10:00-11:00 am: Reading and discussion at the American Library in Angers, France.
  • Friday, June 21, 2013; 9:05-9:45 pm: Interview on KYMN Radio (1080 AM).
  • Saturday, June 22, 2013; 12:30-2:30 pm: Signing at Carleton Alumni Reunion, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057.
  • Thursday, March 7, 2013; 6:00 pm: public reading at Barnes & Noble, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Valley, MN 55124.
  • Friday, March 8, 2013; 7:30 pm: public reading at Monkey See, Monkey Read, 425 Division St. S., Northfield, MN 55057.
  • Saturday, February 2, 2013; 2:00 pm: public reading at The Bookcase of Wayzata, 824 East Lake St., Wayzata, MN 55391.
  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013; 7:30 pm: public reading at Magers and Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55408.
  • Wednesday, January 30, 2013; 7:00 pm: public reading at Subtext Books, 165 Western Ave N., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102.
  • Thursday, December 6, 2012; 7:00 pm: public reading in the LiteraturHaus, Møllegade 7, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • January 15, 2013; Interview with Euan Kerr on Minnesota Public Radio.
  • Tuesday, January 15, 2013; 4:30-5:30 pm: public reading (and launch), held in the Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton College (Northfield, MN).

If you’re interested in scheduling an event (reading, classes, etc.), please visit the contact page.