Fall 2024-2025

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Washington Island Literary Festival

Join us for our annual celebration of writers and readers on beautiful Washington Island. This year’s theme is Come This Far. 

Presenters include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig, graphic memoirist Kelcey Ervick, and novelists Leif Enger, Maggie Gilbert, and Julie Schumacher.

Friday, September 20, 1:30-3:30:

Workshop: Writing and Drawing Life Stories 

Saturday, September 21: Author Talks and Panel Discussions 

Multi-grade school visit and bonus session with Highline Premier FC

Hamlin Robinson School

Seattle, WA

Guest lecture on Graphic Novels

12-1pm ET Brown Bag Lit Panel 

Making Graphic Memoirs

with Alice Kaltman and Jesse Lee Kercheval

[link coming soon]

Write a Flash Memoir of a Single Moment

Workshop: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Offered on Zoom via Indiana Writers Center

More info and registration here.

Gallery Exhibition

Artist Talk

Shakerag Workshops

Graphic Storytelling: Explore Visual Storytelling and Mixed-Media Poetry

290 Quintard Road

Sewanee, TN

Join me! Click here for more information and registration. 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs/AWP Conference

Thursday Feb 8 at 7:00 pm: Offsite Event 

Rose Metal Press, Blackbird, and Cupboard Pamphlet will be hosting an amazing line-up of readers at Nimble Brewing, 1735 Oak Street, Kansas City. Rose Metal’s readers will be Aaron Angello, Kelcey Ervick, and Jasmine Sawers.

Saturday Feb 10 Panel

12:10 to 1:25 pm: “Writers Making Comics and Collage: How Changing Mediums Changed Our Writing” with The RMP Field Guide to Graphic Literature writers Kelcey Ervick, Naoko Fujimoto, Nick Potter, Lauren Haldeman, and David Lee. Room 2101, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level

Saturday Feb 10 Book Signing

1:30 to 2:30 pm: After their panel, RMP Field Guide to Graphic Literature panelists will sign copies of the book at the Rose Metal Press table 1815. 

University of Nebraska Omaha

Events for Nebraska Humanities 

Monday, March 18: 

2:30: Classroom visit American Nonfiction 

5:30: Classroom visit Autobiography 

Tuesday, March 19: 

6pm Book Talk/Signing at The Bookworm 

Wednesday, March 20:  

9:00: Classroom visit for Illustration 3. 

3:30: From the Soccer Field to the University Classroom: Celebrating the Anniversary of Title IX. Sponsored by UNO WGS department, MBSC Gallery Room.

7:30: Reading hosted by Writer’s Workshop. UNO Art Gallery. 

Thursday, March 21:

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Graphic memoir zine workshop (Workshop: Image + Text: Transform Your Writing with Drawings, Diagrams, Comics, & Collage) Dodge Room 

Valparaiso University

Wordfest Writers Series

6:00 Artist Talk in Mueller Refectory

Multiple class visits

Artist Talk & Workshop

10am-12pm

Nature Notebooks

Bonnyeville Mill

Elkhart County Parks

Poetry Comics for Teens

11:00am-12:15pm

Young Writers' Workshop

St. Joseph County Public Library

Ohioana Book Festival

10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Library

Panel: Exploring Social Issues in Nonfiction panel with Athena Dixon, Dr. Tameka Ellington, Kelcey Ervick, and Sarah Stankorb

1:15pm-2pm; Room 2B

Sisters in Crime

From Graphic Novels to Storyboards: Using Visual Techniques to Transform Your Storytelling

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Time: 8:00 - 9:30 pm pm ET

Free for members.

Non-members are invited to register for the webinar; however, you must establish a Guest Non-member account so that you can sign in to register.  

School Visit at Stanley Clark Academy

Tuesday 5/2/23:

3rd & 4th Grades: "Draw + Write Your Future Self"

5th-8th Grades: "From Purpose to Power!"

Thursday 5/4/23:

Clark Talks: Esse Quam Videri

6:30 pm Stanley Clark School

6:30-8:00 pm 

Public talk: "From the Soccer Field to the University Classroom: Celebrating the Anniversary of Title IX"

Joshi Theater in Northside Hall

IU South Bend's campus

AT THE The SPORTS BRA: the bar dedicated to women's sports!

2:00-4:00pm

Book signing event

2512 NE Broadway St. 

Portland, OR

Book sales provided by Powell's

More info here.

5:00-7:00pm

Q&A and Book Signing  with 3 Soccer Authors:

Gwendolyn Oxenham, Susie Petruccelli, Kelcey Ervick

At Fanladen, official headquarters of the Riveters and Timbers Army

1633 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205-1811, 

Hosted by 107is and Booked! Library

Book sales provided by Powell's

Mor info here.

Public event: "Kick off the Women's World Cup with Comics, Soccer, and Title IX"

3:30-4:30pm

Arlington Public Library

1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201

Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium

More info!

Midwest Writers' Workshop Conference

July 19-22, 2023

Workshop: Image + Text: Transform Your Writing with Drawings, Diagrams, Comics, & Collage

 Thurs. 7/20 3:45-4:45 

How to Draft, Revise, and Add a “Spark of Poetry” to Your Nonfiction Using the Techniques of Surrealism and Collage

Sat. 7/22 10:30-11:30 

More  info/registration here. 

I'm teaching a four-week class on Graphic Poetry & Collage for the Sequential Artists Workshop

Learn more and register here. 

Book Launch for the Field Guide to Graphic Literature

A virtual panel conversation with editors and contributors to The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature at 7:30 pm EDT on Zoom. With co-editors Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart and contributors Arwen Donahue, Lauren Haldeman, Zeke Peña, Lawrence Sutin, Naoko Fujimoto, Josh Neufeld, Marnie Galloway, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, and Nick Potter. 

Register for this Zoom event here.

6:00pm

Book Launch for the Field Guide to Graphic Literature

feat. Marnie Galloway, Naoko Fujimoto, Scott Roberts, Kelcey Ervick

Bookends & Beginnings

1620 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

LDC Comics Guest Panelist

1pm EST 

Guest panelist

Virtual event.

Previous events here

Creative Writing Series

7:00 pm EST

232 Decio Hall

In person

Book Talk on The Keeper

12:00 pm EST

Virtual event

Info and registration here.

Plenary Talk: "From Title IX to Today: How to Change the World...Like a Girl"

Info and conference registration here. 

Sponsored by Indiana University's Center for Excellence in Women and Technology

Friday 3/10/23 12:10pm - 1:25pm

Finding Your Voice in Graphic Narratives and Poetry Comics

[Tom Hart, Mira Jacob, Nick Francis Potter, Sharon Lee De La Cruz]

Sat. 3/11/23, 9:00-10:15a.m. 

Beyond the "Me" in Memoir: Working with Research, Imagery, and Hybrid Forms

[Kelcey Ervick, Tom Hart, Eleni Sikelianos, Deborah Miranda, Robert Russell]

Public lecture: "Title IX Turns 50: Growing Up in Women's Sports"

7:00 pm EST

Administration Building

Room 28

Goshen College, Indiana

In person

Public Talk: "How to Combine Biography, History, and Illustrations to Tell Stories That Matter”

7:00 pm EST

at LangLab

1302 High Street, South Bend, IN  46601

In person/Sponsored by IU South Bend's Center for Community Engagement

Book Group Visit 

The Women's & Gender Studies Program at IUSB is reading The Keeper for their Women's History Month book club!

5:30-6:30pm

Room 225 Student Activities Center

Indiana University South Bend

In person

Title IX Talk for Women's History Month 

7:00 pm EST

Virtual event

Register here

Facebook event here

I get to interview Muffet McGraw in person!

Co-hosts: Kelcey Ervick and Betsy Lucal

5:30 reception / 6:30 event 

Joshi Theater in Northside Hall

IU South Bend's campus

Sponsored by IUSB Women & Gender Studies

Gloria Kaufmann Lecture Series

In person. More info.

8pm  at Storage Space Gallery

121 E. 34th St. Indianapolis

Readings and performances by:

Booth 18 cover artist Kelcey Ervick

Natalie Lima, Booth contributors & editors

The Deckard Trio, and Brent Aldrich

In person and virtual:

1/24/23 Butler University First-Year Seminar

1/30/23 Notre Dame  MFA program

2/28/23 UNC Sports & Globalization

3/1/23    Central Michigan U Fiction Workshop

3/7/23    U. of St. Thomas Women & Sport

3/21/23 Goshen College Comics Class

11am-1pm Eastern, online

Lafayette Writers Studio / Register here:

https://www.lafayettewritersstudio.com/classes/visualstorytelling

This is where I was a goalkeeper MANY years ago. 

Exclusive event for  XU athletes. 

2-3pm Title IX Zines

7:30 p.m. Reading
Student Center, Cardinal Hall A

More info here. 

3:30-7:30 MST at the Sun Devils Football Stadium

Event info here.

6:30pm in 225 Student Activities Center on IUSB's campus

Sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations

Info and free registration here.

8pm in the Bovee University Center Auditorium
103 E. Preston St.
Mount Pleasant, MI

More info here. 

4:00pm at Joseph Beth Booksellers

2692 Madison Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45208

More info here.

6pm CDT at the Bob Kirby Library Branch

Warren County Public Library

175 Iron Skillet Ct
Bowling Green, KY 42104  

Free tickets & info here.

Joseph-Beth Booksellers

161 Lexington Green Cir B 

Lexington, KY 40503

kybookfestival.org

"Title IX Turns 50: An Illustrated Story of Growing Up in Girls' Sports"

6:30pm in the Vander Vennet Theater

St. Mary's College, Indiana

1:30-2:45 Mary Idema Pew Library

More info here.

2-3pm in campus library

More info here. 

10-4pm Duke Energy Convention Center

Stop by and say hello!

5:30 ET 

3rd Floor Bridge of Wiekamp Hall, IUSB

6:30 CT/7:30 ET 

Featuring Christine Sneed, Desiree Cooper, Lynn Sloan, Kelcey Ervick

Link to register