Updated March 2024

December 2-5, 2024San Franscico Area – James Logan High School
8-Nov-24AISLE Conference Keynote Speaker
November 19-24, 2024 NCTE, Boston, MA
November 4-7, 2024Bookstock/ADL Events Grand Rapids, MI
20-Oct-24Benton Central Jr./Sr. High School
August 25 to August 29, 2024Highlights Foundation & PJ Library Picture Book Summer Camp Participant
June 25-27, 2024AJLConference, San Diego, CA
5-Jun-24Women’s Philandropy, Rochester, NY Keynote Speaker
3-Jun-24Baltimore Jewish Federation, Keynote Speaker
22-May-24Living Hope Lutheran School, West Allis, WI
20-May-24High School for Law and Public Service, NYC
17-May-24PS 334 The Anderson School, NYC
16-May-24CUNY Campus Alum
15-May-24Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy- MS
15-May-24Divine Mercy Catholic Academy – MS
15-May-24St Elizabeth Catholic Academy – MS
14-May-24St Clare Catholic Academy
14-May-24Ss. Joachim & Anne School
13-May-24Anne Dormer Middle School, Ossining, NY
10-May-24Our Lady of Perpetual Help Brooklyn
10-May-24St. Edmund School
10-MaySt Mark Catholic Academy, Brooklyn NY
9-May-24St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy, Brooklyn NY
9-MaySt. Catherine of Genoa ~ St. Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic Academy, Brooklyn, NY
May 5-6, 2024Grand Rapids Michigan, Henry Pestka Art and Poetry Contest & W Michigan Holocaust Partnership – Keynote Speaker
2-May-24Facing History & Ourselves
25-Apr-24New York ADL Book Club
17-Apr-24Northern Illinois University
14-Apr-24Temple Beth Israel, Skokie
10-Apr-24University School
April 3-5, 2024Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
March 27-April 3, 2024Write On Door County
26-Mar-24MJDS, Milwaukee
18-Mar-24Oak Park and River Forest High School
 March 15-17, 2024Boston, MA and Congregation Sha’aray Shalom, Hingham, MA
14-Mar-24Illinois Reading Council Conference 
13-Mar-24Olentangy Berlin High School
12-Mar-24Westerville North High School, IN
10-Mar-24Wauwatosa All Community Read
8-Mar-24Westosha High School
7-Mar-24St Elizabeth Catholic School
7-Mar-24St Catherine of Genoa
6-Mar-24Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy
6-Mar-24SS Joachim & Anne Diocese School
March 3-5, 2024Adelson Elementary School, Los Vegas
1-Mar-24University School
14-Feb-24J Mercer Interview
11-Feb-2492nd Street Y, NY
8-Feb-24Wisconsin State Reading Association
5-Feb-24Bay View High School
January 26-28, 2024California School Library Association
18-Jan-24Write On Door County
19-Dec-23DePere Middle School
15-Dec-23McDonogh School 12th Grade
15-Dec-23McDonogh School Parent Book Club
14-Dec-23Beth Tefiloh Community Day School
14-Dec-23Jewish Library of Baltimore
13-Dec-23Fairfax, VA Hadassah
8-Dec-23Sourth Division High School
5-Dec-23Ozaukee Middle School
28-Nov-23Milwaukee Public Library – ALA Community Read
November 15-19 2023NCTE in Columbus, OH
14-Nov-23Adelson Elementary School
13-Nov-23Arbor View High School, Las Vegas
13-Nov-23Los Vegas Jewish Book Festival, Featured author
October 29 to November  9, 2023ADL Michigan School Events
October 22-27, 2023Greater Rochester Teen Read Author
19-OctMarist School
5-OctWomen’s Philandropy, Allentown, PA
5-OctJewish Day School of Lehigh Valley
3-OctPennsylvania Library Association
September 18-20, 2023Purdue University and McCutcheon High School
20-AugFriendship Café, Tikkun Ha-ir, Boswell Books event
8/20/23Hadassah Lexington, KY
7/14/23nErDCampPA 
7/11/23Midwest Holocaust Educators Consortium 
6/23/23ALA Chicago, Kalaniot Booth Signing
6/22/23Crossroads Presbyterian Church Book Club
5/31/23Montgomery County Schools – Maryland
5/25/23Montgomery County Schools – Maryland
5/19/23Fulshear High School, TX
5/11/23Montgomery County Schools – Maryland
5/10/23Montgomery County Schools – Maryland
5/7/23Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple
5/3/23Pozez JCC of North Virginia
4/28/23Bell Multicultural High School
4/21/23NCTE YA LIT Summit
4/17/23Hadassah Henrietta Szold chapter in Philadelphia 
4/17/23Congregation Beth Israel Ner Talmid Book Club
4/16/23Beth El Synagogue, La Jolla
15-Mar-23Port Jewish Center, Port Washington, NY
13-Mar-23Congregation Bnai Moshe Book Club
13-Mar-23Westerville North High School, Westerviille, OH
12-Mar-23Congregation Beth Tikvah – Columbus, OH
10-Mar-23Immaculate Conception – 8th grade
8-Mar-23University School – Milwaukee
8-Mar-23Archdiocese Catholic School – 7th grade
8-Mar-23Midwood Catholic Academy – 6th grade
27-Feb-23TEDXTALK – UW- MADISON!!
22-Feb-23MJDS Eighth Grade
19-Feb-23Congregation Beth El, North Carolina
February 14-16, 2023    Vancouver JCC
9-Feb-23NC Holocaust Council
9-Feb-23WSRA Conference
3-Feb-23Pozez JCC of North Virginia Adult Book Club
2-Feb-23Sheboygan Falls Middle School
29-Jan-23ALA Midwinter, New Orleans 
26-Jan-23Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Avendale, Louisiana
22-Jan-23University Presbyterian Church, Tempe, AZ
18-Jan-23Write On Door County
18-Jan-23Westosha High School
17-Jan-23Temple Concord, Syracuse, NY
17-Jan-23Emanu El B’ne Jeshurun Book Club
14-Dec-22DePere MS
12-Dec-22Montana Holocaust Academy
December 11-26, 2022  Write On Door County Retreat
1-Dec-22Ozaukee Middle School
30-Nov-22Arrowhead High School – 
28-Nov-22LA Talk Radio with Allen Cardoza
22-Nov-22The Lincoln Academy, Beloit
November 20-22, 2022NCTE: Anaheim, CA 
15-NovLos Amigos High School, Irvine, CA
14-NovGarden Grove High School, Irvine, CA
10-NovLinden Middle School, MI
10-NovWaterford Mott High School, MI
9-NovOak Park Prep Academy, MI
9-NovJCC of Metro Detroit
8-NovTroy High School, MI
8-NovJewish Women’s Foundation Detroit
8-NovJBC Writers’ Conference
7-NovFriendship Circle Teens
7-NovBloomfield Hills Middle School, MI
2-NovTemple Israel Minneapolis
27-OctAssociation of Jewish Libraries
27-OctWilliam B Travis High School, Fort Bend, TX
26-OctEvelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston
26-OctClements High School, Sugar Land, TX
12-Oct-22Second Wednesday Book Club – AZ
August to September 2022Auckland, Wellington NZ, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, AUS – 28 events
18-Aug-22University School of Wisconsin Education Program
16-Aug-22American Association of University Women book club
7-Aug-22“Her Turn” – WORT FM Radio Show
2-Aug-22Morning Blend TV show
22-Jul-22NC Holocaust Council
20-JulSperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center and the Nevada Department of Education 
19-JulHERC Teacher’s event
15-JulNerd Camp PA
14-JulBooks & Beer Book Club
12-JulCAJE Online Education Convention
10-JunHadassah NC
25-MayJewish Book Council Author Network
19-MayOak Park and River Forest High School
17-MaySheboygan Falls Middle School
11-May-22Illinois Community Book Club
10-May-22Glen Hills Middle School
28-Apr-22Arrowhead High School – 
27-Apr-22Peotone High School
11-Apr-22Baltimore Hadassah
7-Apr-22Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls
7-Apr-22St. Louis Holocaust Museum Docent Book Club
6-Apr-22Liberty Middle School, NJ
6-Apr-22Roosevelt Middle School, NJ
4-Apr-22Solomon Schechter Day School, Bergen County
30-Mar-22Clinton Middle School/High School and Community Read
28-Mar-22Long Grove Middle School Eighth Grade
24-Mar-22Harper Middle College, Charlotte
23-Mar-22Charlotte Hebrew High
23-Mar-22Oakwood Middle School, Statesville
22-Mar-22Community School of Davidson
18-Mar-22Write On Door County – two events
8-Mar-22CESJDS – six events
7-Mar-22Berman Hebrew Academy – four events
6-Mar-22Washington Hebrew Congregation
3-Mar-22Hadassah Afternoon Book Club
2-Mar-22Rosh Chodesh Book Club, Chicago 
28-Feb-22NSS Beth El
27-Feb-22David Labkovski Project’s Sixth Annual Scholar Event – Scholar
11-Feb-22Mosaic TV show
10-Feb-22Austin-NCJW
3-Feb-22WSRA Conference
2-Feb-22Temple Sholom in Broomall
30-Jan-22Congregation Tikkun vOr
14-Jan-22McClure Junior High School
9-Jan-22Makom Solel Lakeside
6-Jan-22Shalhevet High School
4-Jan-22Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
16-Dec-21Shelley Fredson
14-Dec-21North Shore Congregation Israel Glencoe, Illinois)
13-Dec-21Central High School
1-Dec-21Brighton High School
12-Nov-21NCTE
10-NovJCC – St. Louis
31-OctJewish Gen-Z Interview
26-OctBrighton Memorial Library
13-OctCherry Creek East
12-OctNorthern Illinois University
4-OctOzaukee Middle School
15-SepNPR KERA – Dallas https://think.kera.org/
13-Sep-21Hadassah of Baltimore
18-Aug-21Vassar Temple Book Club
12-Aug-21Greendale Community-wide Diversity Novel
5-Aug-21Eau Claire Book Club
3-Aug-21Oklahoma City Lit Fest, Metropolitan Library System
18-Jul-21Write On Door County 
15-Jul-21Nerd Camp PA
13-Jul-21DHJC Sisterhood Book Club
6-Jul-21Mequon Book Club
18-Jun-21Fair Isle Bookstore Signing
3-Jun-21North Shore Book Club
25-May-21Jewish Book Council Author Network
20-May-21Ninth Candle
5-May-21ADL -New York
1-May-21WSRA Virtual Conference
26-Apr-21Milton Schools Teacher Inservice
19-Apr-21Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana
16-Apr-21Between the Lines Book Club
14-Apr-21Milwaukee Jewish Book Club 
12-Apr-21National Network for Educational Renewal
11-Apr-21Joint Synagogues of Long Island Event
8-Apr-21University School of Wisconsin
7-Apr-21Hillel High
24-Mar-21Maryland Avenue Montessori School
18-Mar-21Hadassah of Delaware’s Book Club
17-Mar-21Instagram Live with Nick Colota
16-Mar-21Butler Middle School
10-Mar-21NCJW – Denver
9-Mar-21Franklin Public Library
7-Mar-21Tuscon Festival of Books
5-Mar-21Creative Arts Teen Summit (CATS)
2-Mar-21Holocaust Education Resource Center and Coalition for Jewish Learning Book Club 
26-Feb-21Oak Park and River Forest High School – 2 classes
25-Feb-21Oak Park and River Forest High School
24-Feb-21Charlotte County Day School
23-Feb-21Teens Write – Write On
22-Feb-21Amster’s Book Club
19-Feb-21Gilmore Fine Arts
11-Feb-21First Pages
11-Feb-21Hamilton High School
2-Feb-21Hadassah of Suffolk County
9-Feb-21Teens Write – Write On
7-Feb-21WEMTA Author Fair
27-Jan-21Mercer County Community College Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Center
11-Jan-21 Sinai Book Club 
10-Jan-21Temple Beth Israel
15-Dec-20Westwood Public Library
8-Dec-20Shlichut Group Milwaukee
19-Nov-20Badger High School Book Club
18-Nov-20Kveller – FB Live
17-Nov-20Association for Jewish Libraries
15-Nov-20Waukesha Jewish Book fair
12-Nov-20STAR Bookclub (Suburban Temple Afternoon Retirees)
11-Nov-20Green Bay West High School Book Club
11-Nov-20Reader’s Choice Book Club
11-Nov-20Horlick High School
10-Nov-20Menomonee Falls High School Book Club
6-Nov-20Gibralter Middle School
3-Nov-20Badger High School
25-Oct-20Write On Door County Online National Event 
21-Oct-20Lake Travis Teacher’s Book Club
14-Oct-20Pre-recorded event for Wisconsin State Reading Association – October 14-22
14-Oct-20Fox Cities Book Festival
12-Oct-20Arrowhead High School – eight classes over two days
9-Oct-20FB live event with Fox Cities Book Festival
8-Oct-20Author event with Joanne Levy 
1-Oct-20North Shore Library Zoom event
29-Sep-20 AIPAC Book Club
24-Sep-20FB Live event with October Crifasi, audiobook director of THE ASSIGNMENT
23-Sep-20Franklin Middle School – 3 classes
16-Sep-20Instagram Live with Emily Lawrence, Logan in the audiobook
26-Aug-20Great Thoughts’ Great Readers FB take-over all day event
25-Aug-20Boswell Bookstore Launch – Zoom event
24-Aug-20American Jewish University  – B’Yachad Together


August 23: What You Should Read Podcast

August 19: Happy Writer Podcast with New York Times Bestselling Author, Marissa Meyer

August 4: SLJTeen Live! Our Voices, Our Time – “Acting Up” panel


May 5: SCBWI-Wisconsin – Zoom event

April 23: Write On Door County – Zoom event

February 20:  Arrowhead High School

2019:

Updates to come

2018:

January: Santa Fe

February 27: Arrowhead High School

April 19-22: Untitled Town 

August 12: WTMJ’s The Morning Blend

September

14th Hamilton High School

17th UW-Milwaukee Continued education:

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2oth: Hamilton High School

2015-17 continued from bottom:

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

October 2015:

28th — We’re celebrating Hello?’s publication a little early at Boswell Book Company! Come join us!

HelloLaunch

Click here to see a 15 second video of the launch party: IMG_3208-4

November 2015:

8-13th: Door County, Wisconsin

Monday, November 9th—Washington Island High School

Tuesday, November 10th—Gibraltar High School

Wednesday, November 11th—Sturgeon Bay High School

Thursday, November 12th—Sevastopol High School

Friday, November 13th—Southern Door High School

Green Bay Gazette Interview

17th:

Day—Middleton High School

Night—Whitefish Bay Library, NaNoWrimo event: “Writing Characters that Leap Off the Page.”

19th: 

Day—East Troy Community High School

Evening—Book Appetit Book Club

23rd: 

Milwaukee Public Central Library,  NaNoWrimo event: “Writing Characters that Leap Off the Page.”

December 2015

1st:

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Palos Hills, IL

8th

Waterford Union High School

14th: 

Clinton High School

January 2016

20th

USM

21st

USM – River Hills

February 2016

3rd

Alamo Heights High School, TX

4th

Bowie High School, Austin, TX

5th

Anderson High School, TX

8th

AHHS, San Antonio, TX

9th

Westlake High School, Austin, TX

12th 

Whitefish Bay High School

18th

Arrowhead High School

24th

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, IL

March 2016

1st-3rd:

Kewaunee Schools

9th:

Menomonee Falls High School

10th

The Morning Blend, TMJ4

10th

Women & Children First, Chicago

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13th

Bethesda Library, MD

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14th

Chantilly Library, VA

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15th

Churchill High School

18th

Montgomery Blair High School

20th

Books of Wonder, New York Teen Author Festival signing, NYC

22nd

Wilmington, DE JCC Young Adult Event

23rd

Wilmington High School

April 2016

5th

Arrowhead High School

8th

Stoughton High School

10th

WEMTA Author Panel/Fair

18th

Hartford Union High School

19th

Peotone High School

May 2016

5th

Evansville High School

6th

Nicolet High School

9-13th

Chicago/BEA (I’m not signing this year, but I look forward to seeing you!)

15th

Epic event for all five Door County High Schools & a select number of Nicolet High School students: Life Imitates Art: Walking in the footsteps of Hello? characters on Washington Island

18th

Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thienesville with Jennifer Armentrout

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19th

Nicolet High School

29th

Write On Door County

June 2016

20-24

Teen Writing Workshop

July 2016

5th

Jefferson Street Books, Sturgeon Bay

6th:

Fair Isle Bookstore, Washington Island

October 2016

10th

Oak Creek Library Teen Week

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Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference

The Power of the Teen Voice
Track: Building Collections/Back to the Book

Melissa Gorzelanczyk, Green Bay, Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee
Wisconsin authors Brittany Cavallaro (A Study in Charlotte), Melissa Gorzelanczyk (Arrows) and Liza Wiemer (Hello?) will share how YA novels provide an outlet to explore topics such as diversity, family dynamics, relationships, sexuality, coping with loss and grief, both through fantasy and contemporary fiction. The authors will give librarians specific tools to help readers discover new books based on key words and interests.

November 2016

16th

East Branch Library – NaNoWrimo Event: WHO ARE YOUR CHARACTERS? Bring them to life with this hands-on workshop, dig deeper and reveal their deepest, darkest secrets.

2017

February 2017

2nd 

Westosha Central High School

9th

WSRA—SCBWI-Wisconsin

10th

Lake Zurich High School’s Writers Day

16th

Anderson High School

17th

Tom Glenn High School

22nd

Pflugerville High School

24th

Arrowhead High School

March 2017

2nd

Exposure to Creativity Day, Door County

5th

Write On Door County – Workshop: Writing a YA Novel

19th

Minneapolis Girl Scouts of America

20th

WEMTA conference with Melissa Gorzelanczyk, author of Arrows: https://wemta17.sched.com/event/9Snw/the-power-of-the-teen-voice

April 2017

3rd

Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Jr/Sr High School, Parish, NY

4th

The River’s End Bookstore, Oswego, NY

5th

G. Ray Bodley High School

30th

UntitledTown Book and Author Festival


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May 2017

23rd

Waterford Union High School

June 2017

2nd

Oshkosh Public Library

October

26th

 Kettle Moraine High School