Events

Upcoming Events

OLA Super Conference

In-Person

Thursday, January 30, 2025

2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

If you’re a library worker attending the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference this year in Toronto, I’ll be signing advance copies of my new book The King’s Messenger at the conference expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 2 p.m. at the Simon & Schuster Canada booth (booth 605/607). Drop by, get your copy, and say hi!

ABA Winter Institute

In-Person

Sunday, February 23 – Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Various Times

This one’s a heads-up for my beloved independent booksellers – barring any unforeseen blizzards, Sourcebooks will be bringing me down to Colorado for the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute, being held this year at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. If you’re there, please find me, grab an early copy of The King’s Messenger, and say hello – I’d love to see you.

The King’s Messenger Tour – USA

In-Person

Monday, March 3 – Saturday, March 8, 2025

These are always like Magical Mystery Tours for me, because my publicists at Sourcebooks love to surprise me with where I’ll be going, but this year they’ve got a great mix of new places and familiar ones, and I can’t wait to get back on the road to see you all. If I’m not coming near to where you live this time, I do apologize, but please know that all of these wonderful booksellers will take your order for signed copies and ship them to you, wherever you are. U.S. residents who pre-order from any one of the bookstores who are hosting me on my tour can receive an exclusive wooden King’s Messenger bookmark. You can learn more about this and other pre-order offers at the Tour Webpage.

Pre-ordering, incidentally, is the best way to ensure you get a copy of the book that has the printed edges, which are being done just as a limited edition for the book’s first print run.

Here’s where I’ll be stopping on the tour (it’s a whirlwind!)…

RICHBORO, PA

Monday, March 3,  2025

6:00 p.m., Eastern Time

The wonderful Newtown Book Shop in Newtown, PA, is hosting this event at the Free Library of Northampton Township, at 25 Upper Holland Road, Richboro, PA. This is a ticketed event – each ticket includes a paperback copy of The King’s Messenger (with the limited edition printed edges) and an exclusive wooden bookmark. To buy your ticket and reserve your place, please visit the bookshop’s event page and follow the simple instructions there. A portion of the proceeds raised from my appearance here will benefit the library, which makes me doubly happy.

STRONGSVILLE, OH

Tuesday, March 4,  2025

7:00 p.m., Eastern Time

Come join me at the Strongsville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, at 18700 Westwood Drive, Strongsville, OH, in meeting rooms A&B (130). Registration for this event is free, or you can choose to purchase a VIP ticket for $30. Each VIP ticket includes a copy of The King’s Messenger, VIP seating at the event, signing line priority, and a donation to the Cuyahog County Public Library Foundation. Mac’s Backs – Books on Coventry will be there at the event, too, with more copies of the book available for sale. To reserve your place and register at either the free or VIP level, just visit the library’s event page.

ANN ARBOR, MI

Wednesday, March 5,  2025

6:30 p.m., Eastern Time

This will be my first visit to Ann Arbor, and I’m thrilled to be meeting my readers here for the first time at Schuler Books, in the Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Avenue. If you’re in the area, please come out and say join us for the evening. The event is entirely free (although as always, I’d love it if you supported your local independent bookseller by buying anything from them – it doesn’t have to be my book!) but they do ask that you please try to let them know you’re coming, since pre-registration helps them to plan (it’s always good to know how many chairs to set out…) You can do that here, at the special page they’ve made for the event. Thanks.

DOWNER’S GROVE, IL

Thursday, March 6,  2025

7:00 p.m., Central Time

I always love coming back to the Chicago area, and I love doing events with Anderson’s Bookshop. I’ve done events at their Naperville store before, but this will be my first event at their store in Downer’s Grove, at 5112 Main Street. Pre-registration for this event is required, because they have limited space, so please go to the bookshop’s page for the event and secure your place (and know that the rules they list for the signing are just the standard ones they have for all their signings, whether they have James Patterson coming or me, and in my case, they’re more like Pirate Rules and likely to be bendable…although as always, if you bring a LOT of books from home, I do ask that you wait until the end, to let the signing line move through more easily.)

HOUSTON, TX

Friday, March 7,  2025

6:30 p.m., Central Time

Murder By the Book has long been one of my favourite bookstores – a much-looked-forward-to stop on my tours for the warmth of my welcome from store staff and readers, and for the Texas BBQ! I hope my Texan readers can come join us for the evening at 2342 Bissonnet Street, Houston, but please make sure that you check the bookstore’s event page first, because there are rules for the signing. If you have questions, just call or email the store, and they’ll be happy to help you out. 

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Saturday, March 8, 2025

5:00 p.m., Mountain Time

Another favourite stop of mine, and one I wouldn’t want to miss! Barbara Peters of The Poisoned Pen Bookstore at 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard in Scottsdale, AZ, has been a staunch supporter of my books (and me) since I wrote The Shadowy Horses (and she reviewed it) and, like many writers in this business, I value her friendship. If you’re nearby, come catch up with us and show the store some love. You can pre-order your book at the store’s page here.

The King’s Messenger Tour – Canada

In-Person

Saturday, March 22 – Sunday, March 30, 2025

Various Times

My Canadian tour, so far, is staying a little closer to home this time, but if new dates and events are added, I’ll be sure to post them here.

WHITBY, ON

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Time TBA

Details are still being finalized for my event at the central branch of the Whitby Public Library. Watch this space and the library’s webpage for further updates.

CAMBRIDGE, ON

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Time TBA

I’ll be at the Queen’s Square location of the Cambridge Public Library, at 1 North Square, Cambridge, ON. Again, details are still being finalized for this event, so keep an eye on this space and the library’s webpage for updates.

UXBRIDGE, ON

Saturday, March 30, 2025

11:00 a.m., Eastern Time

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

As part of Blue Heron Books‘ Book Drunkard Festival, I’ll be doing a joint Books & Brunch event at Foxbridge Golf Club with fellow Simon & Schuster Canada writer Kath Jonathan (her debut, The Resistance Painter, is a dual-time story set in 1939 Poland and 2010 Toronto).

Edited to add: Although this event is sold out, you can still order copies of both my book and Kath’s from Blue Heron Books, who will happily ship them to wherever you are. 

Raleigh, NC

Virtual

Thursday, April 24, 2025

6:30 p.m., Eastern Time

I’m really looking forward to taking part in this event – a panel discussion on writing historical fiction, with fellow writers Kathleen Grissom and Piper Huguley. This is all being arranged and hosted by Wake County Public Libraries, who will be posting more details on their website very soon. I’ll update as soon as they do.

Surrey International Writers’ Conference

In-Person & Virtual/Online

Thursday, October 23 – Sunday, October 26, 2025

Hands down my favourite writers’ conference, and the highlight of my working year. I’ll be giving two workshops, taking part in one panel discussion and moderating another, doing some blue-pencil critiques, trying to remember my lines at Michael Slade’s annual Shock Theatre, and filling every spare moment I can (when I’m not in the buffet line!) sitting in on the amazing range of sessions held by all the other writers who attend. I always come away from Surrey every year a little smarter and a whole lot more inspired to write. If you can only attend one writers’ conference, this is the one you should aim for. Registration is open now, and full details of all the events can be found on the Conference’s website.

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