Author-speaker and writing-teacher event inquiries and invitations for Cynthia Leitich Smith should be directed to Carmen Oliver at The Booking Biz.
12 x 12 Webinar “An Imprint Curator’s Perspective on Picture Books” at noon CT on Feb. 20.
Osage County Interlocal Cooperative from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on March 5 in Osage County, OK (online). Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
Texas Library Association on April 1 to April 4 in Dallas, TX (9:30 April 3 “What’s new with Texas MG & YA authors?”) Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
The Post Oak School, grades 4-6 (Bellaire, TX) at 10 a.m. April 9 (online). Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
2025 El Dia de los Ninos, Arizona State University, grades 5-12 on April 24 in Tempe, AZ. Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
Pacific Lutheran University on April 29 in Tacoma, WA. Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
Texas Book Festival’s Reading Rock Stars School Visits from May 7 (travel) to May 9th in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Franklin County Literature Festival on May 14 in Ottawa, KS. Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
We Need Diverse Books Native Children’s-YA Writing Intensive on June 12 to June 15 in Irving, TX.
Simmons University Summer Children’s Literature Institute: “Are We There, Yet?” from July 25 to July 27 in Boston, MA. Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
National Indian Education Association Webinar Sept. 16 4:30 p.m. CT Coordinator: HarperChildren’s
Keynote, National Indian Education Association from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9 in Spokane, WA. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
The 2025 Spencer G. Shaw Lecture for the University of Washington’s Information School on Oct. 16 in Seattle, WA. Coordinator: The Booking Biz.
RESERVED Oct. 23 to Oct. 25 in Kansas City.
Panel, Bureau of Indian Education with Arizona Humanities (online) Nov. 5 5 p.m. MT. Coordinator: The Booking Biz. Register for the Zoom link: www.azed.gov/oie/literacyandstem
Texas Book Festival, Nov. 8 to Nov. 9 in Austin, TX.
Two panels, NCTE; Morning Keynote, ALAN Workshop from Nov. 23 to Nov. 29 in Denver, CO. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
Native Ways of Knowing Webinar, Dec. 11.
- A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan (Heartdrum), Jan. 13.
- AANIIN by Dawn Quigley & Nanibah Chacon (Heartdrum), Jan. 27.
- STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & EB Lewis (Heartdrum), Jan. 27.
National Indian Education Association Webinar, Jan. 29.
- HERE COME THE AUNTIES! by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra (Heartdrum), Feb. 10.
Native Ways of Knowing Webinar, Jan. 26. Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Tucson Book Festival, March 13 to March 16. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
- SHARDS OF SILENCE by Brian Young (Heartdrum), May 5.
- AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams (Heartdrum), May 19.
May 29 to May 31 Bay Area Book Festival
- MEDICINE WHEELS by Bryon Graves (Heartdrum), June 2.
- FREE TO FLY by Karina Iceberg & Steph Littlebird (Heartdrum), June 16.
AILA President’s Program, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 25 to June 28, Chicago.
American Booksellers Association Children’s Literature Institute, June 29, Schaumburg, IL.
- RAVEN RISING by Christine Hartman Derr (Heartdrum), July 7.
- HERE COME THE GRANDMAS! by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra (Heartdrum), Sept. 8.
- UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN: DONADAGOHVI by Christine Hartman Derr & Morgan Thompson, Sept. 22
- LIKE GLASS by Jen Ferguson (Heartdrum), Oct. 6.
WNDB Native Children’s-YA Writing Intensive, July 23 to July 26, Irving, TX
Native Ways of Knowing Webinar (virtual livestreamed) with Cynthia L. Smith and the book, Here Come the Grandmas! for Thur. Sept 10, 2026 (3:30pm PT – 5pm PT).
Native Hawaiian Storytelling Program – Writers Immersive, Sept. 12, (online)(with Rosemary Brosnan). Coordinator: Heartdrum
WNDB Moberly High School, Missouri (presentation), Sept. 23 (online). Coordinator: The Booking Biz
WNDB Clinton Middle School, Iowa (presentation): Friday, September 25 11:30 am CT
Montana State Literacy Conference, Oct. 14 to Oct. 17. Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Detroit TV Interview, 11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Oct. 24. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
Texas Woman’s University, School of Library & Information Studies, Oct. 29
Children’s Literature Lecture (“Indigenous Voices: On the Page & Behind the Bylines”), Nov. 10 at the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries in Minneapolis. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s.
Massachusetts Library System – New England Teen Summit for Librarians, Nov. 13, online. Coordinator: The Booking Biz
RESERVED: Nov. 14 to Nov. 15, Austin. Coordinator: HarperChildren’s
WNDB Moberly High School, Missouri (Q&A), Nov. 18 (online). Coordinator: The Booking Biz
WNDB Clinton Middle School, Iowa (Q&A), Nov. 20 (online), Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Native Ways of Knowing Webinar (virtual livestreamed) with Cynthia L. Smith and a Heartdrum Imprint talk/books for Thur. Jan. 14, 2027 (3:30pm PT – 5pm PT).
“Northern American Indigenous Picture Book Art: Past, Present & Future,” Eric Carle Museum, opens Jan. 6 (on display until June 6) in Amherst, MA; Coordinator WNDB
American Indian Writers Award, 10:30 a.m., Sat., March 6 at Hardesty Regional Library in Tulsa, OK; Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Center for Great Plains Studies, March 31 to April 4, Lincoln, Nebraska; Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)/Catawba Indian Nation (Rockhill, NC), April 6 and April 7; Coordinator: The Booking Biz
Native Children’s-YA Writing Intensive, Eric Carle Museum DATE(S) TBA in Amherst, MA