March 2026
March 14 4:00PM at Troubadour Booksellers – Meet and Greet with Patrice Gopo. Can you believe that the two North Carolina Book Award winners for Young People’s Litearture live only five miles from each other?
March 16 – North Carolina Reading Association “Half-Truths and Hidden Figures: Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Literature.”
March 19 – South Carolina Association of School Librarians – “Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Literature,” and “Collaborative Reading and Writing Instruction.”
March 7 – Front Paige Media Book Fair. Old Mecklenburg Brewery. March 7, 10-5. Charlotte, NC.
February 2026
Southminster Retirement Home. February 10, 2026. Book Talk and Meet & Greet (private event).
North Carolina Council of Social Studies. February 26, 2026. “Every Family Has a Story: What is the One in Your Own Backyard?” and “Forgotten People, Forgotten Places: Exploring Jim Crow in North Carolina.”
Vendor at the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society conference. February 21. Charlotte, NC.
Front Paige Media Book Fair. February 28. Raleigh, NC.
Collinswood International Language Academy. March 2. “Welcome to My World.” An interactive reading & writing event for middle grade students.
West Cabarrus High School. March 4. “Seventy-Five Years Later: Half-Truths and Beyond.”
December 2025
State Award ceremony from the NC Literary and Historical Association. December 5 in Raleigh.
October 2025
North Carolina School Library Media Association, October 9-10. Presentations:
Engage Students in Reading and Writing: Unite Groovy Fact with Great Fiction!
Every Family Has a Story: Find the One in Your Own Backyard
Half-Truths and Hidden Figures: Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Historical Fiction
A Matter of Perspective: Reading Fiction Cultivates Flexible Thinking Skills (with Rebecca Wheeler)
Levine Senior Center Ladies Tea. Putting the Pieces Together: The Shape of Charlotte in 1950. October 11.
Texas Social Studies Conference. October 31. Presentations:
Every Family Has a Story: Find the One in Your Own Backyard
Half-Truths and Hidden Figures: Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Historical Fiction
September 2025
Book Talk at Northern Regional Recreation center Thursday, September 4.
Front Paige Media Book Fair Greenville, SC September 6.
Author to Author Talk with Meredith Ritchie at Troubadour Books, September 17.
In Conversation with Jo Hackl at M. Judson Booksellers, September 18.
Book Signing at Barnes & Noble, Pineville NC, September 20.
August 2025
“Secrets and Souvenirs” at Aldersgate Senior Living. A writing workshop to explore our connections to special people, places, and presents from our past. August 4, 2025
“Ten Steps on Your Path to Publication.” University City Library. August 9, 2025
“WOW: A Week of Outstanding Writing.” Matthews Community Rec Center. Summer 2025 for 4-6th graders and 6th-8th graders. Create an imaginative short story in one week. Experience the fun of writing fiction as you invent unique characters, drop them into imaginative settings, and confer conflicts that only your character can solve! Create a sports story, a science fiction/fantasy story, and a mystery using hands-on activities.
Front Paige Media, book event in Charlotte, NC. August 16.
“Secrets and Souvenirs” at The Cypress of Charlotte. A writing workshop to explore our connections to special people, places, and presents from our past. August 22, 2025
“Half-Truths: The Story Behind the Story.” at Charlotte Newcomers Club, August 25.
Book Signing with Joyce Hostetter on August 30 at My Chapter House in Hickory NC.
March 14 4:00PM at Troubadour Booksellers – Meet and Greet with Patrice Gopo. Can you believe that the two North Carolina Book Award winners for Young People’s Litearture live only five miles from each other?
March 16 – North Carolina Reading Association “Half-Truths and Hidden Figures: Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Literature.”
March 19 – South Carolina Association of School Librarians – “Exploring Women’s and Racial Inequality in YA Literature,” and “Collaborative Reading and Writing Instruction.”