Events

Paris Lost and Found: A Memoir of Love will be released on Sept. 17, 2024.

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

Here’s the current lineup of events:

  • Sept. 13, 2024 @ 9:00 am CT: ArtZany Radio on KYMN (Northfield), 95.1 FM – 1080 AM, with host Paula Grandquist.
  • Sept. 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm: LAUNCH PARTY hosted by Content Books at the Grand Theater, in Northfield, MN. In conversation with former poets laureate Becky Boling and Doug Green. Click for details. Note that Content Books is also the exclusive source for pre-ordering signed copies. Order your copy here.
  • Sept. 18, 2024 @ 3:00 pm, meet-and-greet & signing at Pageturners Bookstore (101 E Salem Ave, Indianola, IA 50125).
  • Sept. 18, 2024 @ 6:30 pm, reading and discussion at Beaverdale Books in Des Moines (2629 Beaver Ave # S1, Des Moines, IA 50310), in conversation with Wini Moranville. Details here.
  • Sept. 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm, reading at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis (3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408), in conversation with Pilar Gerasimo. Info & free registration here.
  • Sept. 20, 2024 @ 10:00-11:00 am, meet-and-greet & signing at Dragonfly Books (112 W Water St, Decorah, IA 52101). Details here.
  • Sept. 21, 2024 @ 12:00 noon, meet-and-greet & signing at River Lights Bookstore (1098 Main St, Dubuque, IA 52001).
  • Sept. 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm, meet-and-greet & signing at Galena Book and Paper (306 S Main St, Galena, IL 61036).
  • Sept. 24, 2024: @4:30-5:30 pm, Carleton College (details here!), Leighton 304, Carleton Campus, Northfield, MN, introduced by David Tompkins.
  • Sept. 26, 2024, @ 7:00 pm, sponsored by Excelsior Bay Books (held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church — 301 County Rd 19, Excelsior, MN 55331). Reading, and conversation with the wondrous Ann Woodbeck. Optional registration to reserve your spot!
  • Sept. 27, 2024, @ 6:00 pm, Alliance Française of Minneapolis (227 Colfax Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55405), reading and discussion (as opening event of the Salon du livre), in conversation with Joëlle Vitiello of Macalester College. Details here.
  • Sept. 28, 2024 @ 2:00-4:00 pm, meet-and-greet & signing at The Bookstore at Fitger’s (600 E Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802).
  • Sept. 30, 2024 @ 3:30 pm, Mill City Commons, Minneapolis (closed event for MCC members).
  • October 3, 2024 @ 4:00 pm, Book Passage, Corte Madera, California (in collaboration with the Alliance Française de San Francisco) A reading, followed by conversation with the inimitable Don George!
  • October 4, 2024, @ 7:00 pm, Vroman’s Bookstore (in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Pasadena), 695 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101, in conversation with Joan Meyerson.
  • October 7, 2024 @ 12:15 pm, San Rafael Rotary Club (100 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, CA) — open only to Rotary members.
  • October 7, 2024 @ 6:00 pm, Belvedere Tiburon Library (1501 Tiburon Blvd, Belvedere Tiburon, CA 94920): reading and presentation.
  • October 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am, Alliance Française de Berkeley (2004 Woolsey St, Berkeley, CA 94703); reading, followed by conversation with Charlotte Attry. (Événement en français !) Open to the public.
  • October 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm, Alliance Française de San Francisco (1345 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109); reading and conversation with Larry Habegger.
  • October 10, 2024, @ 7:00 pm, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA.
  • October 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm, Riverstone Bookstore (Squirrel Hill location, 5841 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217); reading and presentation, in conversation with Bridgette Borst Ombres. Details here, and reserve your spot here.
  • October 15, 2024, @ 6:00 pm, Busboys & Poets (450 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001), in conversation with Jeremy Gaines, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, PBS. Register for a free spot with Eventbrite.
  • October 16, 2024 @ 6:00 pm, at Hood College (Frederick, MD), Hodson Library, ground floor.
  • October 17, 2024, @ 6:00 pm, Next Chapter Booksellers (38 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105), in conversation with Trish Van Pilsum. Details here. Facebook RSVP here.
  • October 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm, The Bookworm (2501 S 90th St #111, Omaha, NE 68124), co-sponsored by the Alliance Française of Omaha, in conversation with Jeff Koterba. Details here.
  • October 19, 2024 @ 4:00-6:00pm, the Alliance Française of Kansas City, with Rainy Day Books. (Event at Unity Temple on the Plaza 707 W 47th St, Kansas City.) Details coming soon!
  • October 21, 2024, @ 6:30 pm, Chanhassen Library (7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, MN 55317), in conversation with Pamela Klinger-Horn. Part of Lit-Lovers Night Out. Details here and here.
  • October 22, 2024, @ 7:00-8:00 pm, on Write On! Radio (KFAI [90.3 Mhz]), location TBD, in conversation with KFAI’s Josh Weber.
  • October 22, 2024, @ 8:00-9:00 pm, on Bonjour Minnesota Radio (KFAI [90.3 Mhz]), location TBD, in conversation with KFAI’s Freddy Posine.
  • October 23, 2024, @ 6:00 pm, “Authors on the Road to Publication” panel, at Stillwater Library (224 3rd St N, Stillwater, MN 55082). Details here.
  • October 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm CT & Oct. 26 @ 6:00 pm CT, on Superior Reads, with host Lin Salisbury on WTIP Radio 90.7 Grand Marais, Minnesota (streaming at www.wtip.org).
  • October 25, 2024, @ 11:30am–1:30pm, ticketed lunch & discussion hosted by Lake Forest Bookstore at Froggy’s French Café (306 Greenbay Road, Highwood, IL 60040). $60 includes lunch and a copy of the book. Space is limited, so RSVP at 847-234-4420. Details here.
  • October 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am to noon, a meet & greet and signing at Town House Books (105 N 2nd Ave, St. Charles, IL 60174).
  • October 26, 2024 @ 2:00 pm, at Barbara’s Books (120 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148).
  • October 28, 2024 @ 6:30 pm, at the Julius Lewis Auditorium of the Alliance Française de Chicago (810 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610); in discussion with Dawn Reiss; presentation followed by wine reception and book signing (Eleanor Wood Prince Salon). Free event, open to the public: optional registration to guarantee seat. Details here.
  • October 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm at Glenview Public Library (1930 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL 60025) with the Alliance Française du North Shore. Presentation & reception; in discussion with Charles Coulon of the Alliance Française du Page. Evénement en français ! Details here.
  • October 30, 2024 @ 6:30 pm, co-sponsored by Alliance Française of Milwaukee and Boswell Books (2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, 53211). Book purchase link: https://www.boswellbooks.com/book/9781609522124. Registration for the event here.
  • November 3, 2024 @ 3:00 pm CT, with the Alliance Française d’Austin (Texas); members only.
  • November 12, 2024 @ 5:00 pm, “Austin Reads” at Sweet Reads Books (407 Main St N, Austin, MN 55912), preceded by public signing at the bookstore 3:30 to 4:45.
  • November 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am ET, with Alliance Française of Doylestown, PA. Zoom, members only. Evénement en français !
  • December 4, 2024 @ 6:00 pm (CT), with Alliance Française de Memphis (Zoom event for members).
  • January 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm ET, with Alliance Française New Haven & Alliance Française de Hartford, in conversation with Alberta Conte. (Zoom event for members).
  • January 10, 2025 @ 7:00 pm, at Alliance Française of Washington DC (2142 Wyoming Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008), in conversation with Natasha Bollier.
  • January 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm, Alliance Française du Maine (virtual event for members)
  • March 11, 2024 @ 3:00-5:00 pm, Après-midi with Adrian Leeds, Paris.

And here’s the massive 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.