Upcoming Events

Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2-4 pm
Wisconsin Academy Finding Home series event, Growing New Roots: Women Writing About Home & Belonging
Reading and discussion with Alison Townsend and Jessica Becker

Middleton Public Library, Archer Meeting Room
7425 Hubbard Ave, Middleton, WI

Friday April 24, 2026, 1:30-2:45 pm
Panelist discussing the journey to publication
Writing On the Door: Your Writing Life conference
Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI

Saturday April 25, 2026, 3-4:30 pm
Poetry workshop: “From Image to Poem”
Writing On the Door: Your Writing Life conference
Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI

Thursday, July 9, 2026, 6-9 pm
Picnic and reading at Pied Beauty Farm
(The farm serves wood-fired pizza for guests from 6-7pm; reading starts at 7pm)
1390 Washington Road,
Stoughton, WI

Sunday, August 16, 2026, 2-4 pm
Party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my arrival in the US and the publication of Unbelonging: A Life in Search of Home
Evjue room, Olbrich Botanical Gardens,
3330 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI
(contact me for an invitation)

Friday, September 18, 2026, 1:30-3:30 pm
Nonfiction workshop: “Introduction to the Lyric Essay”
Washington Island Literary Festival
Washington Island, WI

Saturday, September 19, 2026, 2:15 pm
Featured author, reading from Unbelonging
Washington Island Literary Festival
Washington Island, WI

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 7 pm
Madison book launch
Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison Central Library, Madison, WI