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
Upcoming Events
Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:30p
Conversation w/ Kelly Hayes + book signing
Location:
111 East Van Buren St
Woodstock, IL
Sunday, September 13, 2026 | 11a
The Fight Against Banning Books
A conversation (to be followed by book signing)
North Stage
Location:
S Dearborn St just south of Ida B. Wells Dr
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | 6:30p
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Screening of film "The Librarians"
Discussion w/ Kelly Hayes and Nora Flanagan
Book Signing
Location:
500 N. Dunton Ave
Arlington Heights, IL
Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 2p
Panel: 250 Years of American Activism + book signing
Location:
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Juralemon St.
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 7p
Banned Books Week - Keynote Speaker
Location:
Madison Central Library, 3rd floor
201 W Mifflin St
Madison, WI
Friday, October 23, 2026 | 7p
"Books, Censorship, and the Right to Read" -
Conversation w/ Nora Flanagan + Book Signing
Location:
La Grange Public Library
10 Cossitt Avenue
La Grange, IL
Saturday, November 7, 2026
New York Library Association - Annual Conference
Intellectual Freedom Breakfast - Keynote Speaker
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
San Diego, CA
San Diego Comic Con
Friday-Saturday, July 24-25, 2026
2 panels, 2 signings
Chicago, IL
American Library Association - Annual Conference
June 27-28, 2026
2 panels, 2 signings
Toronto, ON
Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)
June 5-7, 2026
2 panels, 2 signings
Chicago, IL
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2)
Friday, March 27, 2026
Panel: Defending Graphic Novels in the Age of Censorship
Chicago, IL
Challengers Comics + Conversation (signing)
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Boston, MA
Conversation with author/cartoonist
Joel Christian Gill + Signing
Skokie, IL
Signing
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026
Northfield, MN
Conversation + Signing
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2026
St. Paul, MN
Conversation w/ author Nicole Kronzer + Signing
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026
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
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