To schedule an author visit at your bookstore, conference, library, or school for the book WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE and topics related to censorship, please contact Maya Bradford at Penguin Random House: mbradford (at) penguinrandomhouse (dot) com
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Upcoming Events
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Friday, July 24, 2026 | 12-1:30p
12p: Drawing Courage: YA GNs That Speak Up (panel)
1p: Wake Now in the Fire book signing
​Location for both events:
San Diego Central Library
Shiley Special Events Suite
330 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA
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Saturday, July 25, 2026 | 11a-1:15p
11a: The Best Advice I've Ever Gotten: Graphics Edition (panel)
Location:
San Diego Convention Center
Room 29AB
12:30p: Wake Now in the Fire book signing
Location:
San Diego Convention Center
Autograph Area: AA05
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Sunday, September 13, 2026
Chicago, IL
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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Panel + Book Signing
Location:
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Juralemon St.
Brooklyn, NY
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 7p
Banned Books Week - Keynote Speaker
Location:
Madison Central Library, 3rd floor
201 W Mifflin St
Madison, WI
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Thursday, October 15, 2026 | 7p
Conversation w/ Comics Scholar, Dr. Carol Tilly + Book Signing
Location:
The Literary Bookbar
22 N Neil
Champaign, IL 61820
Friday, October 23, 2026 | 7p
"Books, Censorship, and the Right to Read"
Author presentation and book signing
Location:
La Grange Public Library
10 Cossitt Avenue
La Grange, IL
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Saturday, November 7, 2026
New York Library Association - Annual Conference
Intellectual Freedom Breakfast - Keynote speaker
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
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Chicago, IL
American Library Association - Annual Conference
June 27-28, 2026
2 panels, 2 signings
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Toronto, ON
​Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)
June 5-7, 2026
2 panels, 2 signings
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Chicago, IL
Under the Tree podcast w/ Bill Ayers
Live interview
Saturday, May 16, 2026
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Chicago, IL
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2)
Friday, March 27, 2026​​
Panel: Defending Graphic Novels in the Age of Censorship
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Chicago, IL
Challengers Comics + Conversation (signing)
Saturday, April 18, 2026​​
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Boston, MA
Conversation with author/cartoonist
Joel Christian Gill + Signing
(w/ Porter Square Books)
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Skokie, IL
Signing
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026
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Northfield, MN
Conversation + Signing
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2026
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St. Paul, MN
Conversation w/ author Nicole Kronzer + Signing
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026
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Des Moines, IA
Conversation w/ Annie's Foundation + Signing
Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City Public Library
Conversation w/ members of the teen advisory board
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026
Saint Louis, MO
Left Bank Books at Saint Louis Public Library
Talk & signing
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026
Chicago, IL
The Book Cellar
Book launch party + signing
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026
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The Past
To schedule an author visit at your bookstore, conference, library, or school for the book WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE and topics related to censorship, please contact Maya Bradford at Penguin Random House: mbradford (at) penguinrandomhouse (dot) com
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