Full details on the festival here. 

First NJ reading of the book at my local indie book shop 

At the Rittenhouse branch of the Philly Free Library

Reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street (upstairs). Doors open at 7, reading begins at 8. Other readers: Dan Brady, Julia Perch, Maryan Nagy Captan 

Reading from "How to Be Safe." More details/other readers TBA. 

For attendees of the PLA Conference. Other featured authors: Walter Mosley, Fatimah Farheen-Mirza, Malcolm Hansen, Beck Dorey-Stein, Falguni Kothari, Richard Lawson, Elizabeth Winthrop, Cutter Wood, Lisa Scottoline, and Francesca Serritella. 

Reading along with Anya Creightney, Rachel Coonce, and Mohammed Tall. 

Full details here

Signing copies of The Young Widower's Handbook from 10:30-12 

Full festival information here

Reading at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books in Baltimore, along with Dave Housley. Full info on the series here

More details soon. Festival information here

Reading at Inkwood Books in Haddonfield, NJ with author Lauren Grodstein

Location TBA. 

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the conference! A one-day writing conference sponsored by Barrelhouse and focused on giving practical advice on writing to writers of all skill levels. More details here

Reading along with Dave Housley and others

At the main branch of the Philadelphia Library. More details here.

Speaking on two panels: 

Publishing Day: Keys to Success in Publishing and Promotion - 10-11:30 at the Omni Hotel, with Brenda Drake, Ann Garvin, and Jane Friedman 

Debut Fiction: Love, Loss, and Family - 12-1:30 at the Central JMRL Library, with Hannah Assadi and Taylor Larsen 

Reading along with Andre Aciman, Erich Puchner, and Nicole Krauss at KGB Bar. Full details on the series here

Reading + an interview conducted by Heidi Pitlor.

Along with a second reader to be named soon. 

Reading at Tattooed Mom in Philadelphia, with Barry Grass, Rachel Cantor, and Elizabeth Scanlon.

Full details here.

Let's call this my NJ launch event. 

There will be no actual launching of objects. At Barnes & Noble in Center City Philly. 

Speaking at the 23rd Annual New Voices event, along with Dan Cluchey, Rebecca Dinerstein, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Adelia Saunders. 

Full details here

Discussing my book at the ALA conference, in Georgia World Congress Center Room A312 , along with Jason Rekulak, S.J. Sindu, Jennifer Ryan, and Stephanie Powell Watts.

. More details on the conference here.

Will also be signing some books at 9 AM on 1/22  in the exhibit hall.

Full-day writing conference at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, run by Barrelhouse. Full details here

Panel discussion along with Gina Myers, Dave Housley, and Mike Ingram