Events
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Rosemont College MFA Reading Series
February 19, 2025
7:30-9:00PM
Rosemont College, Main Building, 1400 Montgomery Avenue, Rosemont, PA
I will be reading from The Last Whaler, together with Carla Spataro, author of More Strange Than True, and others.
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
The Evolution of The Last Whaler
February 22, 2025
3:00-5:00 PM
Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford, PA
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VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK
March 20-23, 2025
A conversation with Cynthia Reeves, Ellen Prager, and Dave Jones
Friday, March 21, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
I will be joined by Ellen Prager and Dave Jones, authors of Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions, as we discuss effective ways of exploring environmental concerns and a changing climate in fiction and nonfiction.
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AWP 2025 Los Angeles
March 26-29, 2025
Panel: Affect and Act: Environmental and Climate Storytelling Across Diverse Mediums
March 29, 2025
12:10-1:25 PM PST
Panel Description: To paraphrase climatologist Judith Curry, storytelling is "a way of smuggling" environmental and climate concerns into readers' consciousness; moreover, it can compel them to imagine past, present, and future impacts of human action on the environment. What does pioneering research reveal as the most "affective" ways for storytellers to respond to the eco-crises we face? If our writing is meant to influence cultural-social-political change, what creative approaches best accomplish that goal?
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Trident Booksellers Author Series: "Sailing Svalbard: Inspirations for The Last Whaler"
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
6:30 PM-7:30 PM MT
Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 940 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO
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How Do Novels Find Their Form?
In Conversation with Carla Spataro
April 15, 2025
6:00-7:00 PM
Camden Public Library, Camden, ME
Join me and Carla Spataro, author of More Strange Than True, as we discuss why we chose to tell our stories in the way we did. Did the "form" come before the writing, or did it follow after the drafting was underway? Included in the conversation will be my dual narrative novel The Last Whaler and my novel-in-stories Falling Through the New World.
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Exploring the Novel-in-Stories: A Workshop
April 22, 2025
6:30-8:00 PM
Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Maine writers Laura Bonazzoli, author of Consecration Pond, and Cynthia Reeves, author of Falling Through the New World, will conduct a workshop about the art of the novel-in-stories, including: background: Who first identified the novel-in-stories as a distinct genre?; characteristics that separate this form from traditional short story collections; benefits and challenges for readers; and approaches to writing the novel-in-stories.
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Making the Leap from Fact to Fiction: A Generative Workshop
April 30, 2025
Noon-2:00 PM
Rockport Public Library, Rockport, ME
In this workshop, we will be discussing how writers create the necessary authority surrounding the "facts" embedded in the narrative to make readers surrender themselves to the "dream of the story."
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Plague Remedy Podcast
May 14, 2025
1:00 PM EST
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Historical Novel Society Conference
June 26-29, 2025
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, June 25, 2025
10:30-11:30 AM PST
Group Reading/Q&A: Immersive Worldbuilding
Five authors read from scenes that transport you so fully to another time and place, the setting itself feels like a character. Followed by a Q&A (moderator: Susan Moynihan) in which the authors discuss the craft of writing these scenes effectively across a variety of historical subgenres.
- Fiona Davis, reading from The Stolen Queen (2025)
- Brock Meier, reading from The Stone Cutter (2023)
- Sarah Penner, reading from The Amalfi Curse (2025)
- Anna Rasche, reading from The Stone Witch of Florence (2024)
- Cynthia Reeves, reading from The Last Whaler (2024)
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Philadelphia, PA
June 26-30, 2025
June 30, 2025
Time:TBD
The Last Whaler Book Signing and Giveaway at the IPG Booth
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Columbus Book Festival
July 12-13, 2025
I will be a featured author at the Columbus Book Fest. Details forthcoming!
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Archived Events
Podcasts
In-Person Events
Bangor Literary Festival
December 14, 2024
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
November 23, 2024
Tribune Books and Gifts, Norway, ME
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The Poetics of Place: A Generative Workshop
November 16, 2024
Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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The Sounding Board at Merry Barn Writers' Retreat
November 14, 2024
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
November 10, 2024
Novel Maine, book bar and café, Portland, ME
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Exploring the Novel in Stories
November 9, 2024
Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Road, Washington, ME
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The Last Whaler Discussion at White Springs Book Club (private)
November 5, 2024
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The Last Whaler and Friends Launch Celebration
Manhattan
October 26, 2024, 6:00-9:00 PM
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
In Conversation with Gerry Wilson
October 19, 2024
Lemuria Books, Jackson, MS
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
October 16, 2024
Farmington Public Library, Farmington, ME
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
In Conversation with Elizabeth Garber
October 15, 2024
Left Bank Books, Belfast, ME
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
October 12, 2024
BookSpace, sponsored by The Briar Patch Bookstore, Bangor, ME
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MWPA LitFest presents: Polar Paradoxes:
Exploring the Sublime and Fragile Beauty of the Polar Regions in Writing and Art
October 5, 2024
Falmouth Public Library, Falmouth, ME
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Newport Public Library: The Wednesday Book Group
October 2, 2024
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
October 2, 2024
Newport Public Library, Newport, RI
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
September 24, 2024
Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
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Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) Boston Literary Series
September 21, 2024
I Am Books, Boston, MA
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Sailing Svalbard: The Last Imaginary Place
Inspirations for The Last Whaler
September 18, 2024
Rockport Public Library, Rockport, ME
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The Last Whaler Book signing at The Whistling Whale Coffee Shop
Lyman-Morse Wharf on Camden Harbor
September 14, 2024
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Longyearbyen Literature Festival, September 1-6, 2024
Of Whale Bones, Ice Floes, and Abandoned Mines:
The Evolution of The Last Whaler
September 2, 2024
Nordover Gallery
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
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The Novel in Stories: Summer Wine and Sign Series
June 8, 2024
Anodyne Bookshop, Searsport, ME