Ada Calhoun Appearances & Tours
Past Appearances
SOB SISTERS hosting Susan Orlean at BOOKS ARE MAGIC!
WEDDING TOASTS I'LL NEVER GIVE READING at the MIAMI BOOK FAIR
SOB SISTERS BAR NIGHT for the MIAMI BOOK FAIR. Co-hosting a reading of and about women reporters, in Little Havana! DJ to follow.
HOLLYWOOD, CA - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - West Coast Paperback Book Launch! With Carlene Bauer (Frances and Bernard). Free Champagne and Snacks!
NEW YORK, NY - St. Marks Is Dead - W.O.(e).R.D Woman of Experience Read Downtown. Hosted by Heather Litteer
BROOKLYN, NY - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Paperback Book Launch! With Susannah Cahalan (Brain on Fire) and Neal Medlyn. Free Champagne and Snacks!
PORTLAND, ME - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give Reading, in conversation with Mira Ptacin.
MIAMI, FL - Miami Writers Institute - Memoir Workshop: From Brainstorming to Final Edits. Also doing a Craft Talk 5/10 at 3pm and a Reading 5/11 at 1:30pm.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Solving for Gen-X: High Achievers and the New Midlife Crisis - Milken Institute Conference - Conference Attendees Only
Reading at the Mixer Reading Series in Bushwick
Miami Book Fair - Essay and Memoir Panel w/ Dani Shapiro
CHICAGO - Wedding Toasts Reading at 57th Street Books
WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL: Reading at A Room of One's Own
FALL FOR THE BOOK FESTIVAL: In the Mood for Love - Panel with Lindsay Detwiler and Katy Upperman about the art of writing about L-O-V-E across genres.
September 23, 2017
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
BALTIMORE BOOK FESTIVAL: Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give Reading on the Inner Harbor Stage
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT: Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series Presents Native New Yorkers
September 2, 2017
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
AJC Decatur Book Festival
Marriott Conference Center B presented by Atlanta Pro AV
(MAP)
Decatur, GA
AJC DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL: Toasting the Beautiful Complexity of Marriage with Michael Ruhlman and Ann Hood. Plus Courtney Patterson will give a reading from the book at 4:15pm.
LONDON, ENGLAND - In conversation with Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, Eleanor Mills!
LONDON, ENGLAND - How To Academy: How to Stay Married. Ticket price includes a glass of wine!
BROOKLYN: Reading at Books Are Magic with Dani Shapiro; moderated by Julie Scelfo!
WASHINGTON, DC: EAST CITY BOOKSHOP - In Conversation with Latoya Peterson! Reading, drinks, Q&A!
WASHINGTON, DC: Sixth & I Synagogue with Modern Love editor Dan Jones and fellow ML alum Mandy Len Catron! Tickets on sale now!
NYC: 92nd STREET Y – Educational Event with Q&A! - $25 Admission
WOODSTOCK, NY: With Sparrow and Violet Snow at The Golden Notebook!
BOVINA, NY: Reading at the Bovina Library 100th Anniversary Party! (Bovina is where a disproportionate number of events in the book take place.) Champagne for all!
NYC: JOE’S PUB - Storytelling at the House of Speakeasy: “By the Light of the Moon”!
NEW JERSEY: MAPLEWOOD-SOUTH ORANGE BOOK FESTIVAL - in conversation with the incredible Karen Abbott!
NEW ORLEANS: Room 220 Event at the French Quarter Wedding Chapel, with wedding cake!
CHICAGO: CITY LIT BOOKS – Love: Fantasy vs. Reality — a conversation with Christine Sneed, moderated by Rachel Swearingen!
CAMBRIDGE, MA: OUT OF THE BLUE GALLERY TOO - Reading at the Dire Literary Series, with Ben Berman!
BOSTON, MA: POP-UP READING at MINILUXE on NEWBURY ST. with ALYSIA ABBOTT and MEREDITH GOLDSTEIN
PHILADELPHIA:! A talk about marriage at the historic Hill-Physick House! Wine and snacks served. All are welcome!
LOS ANGELES: SKYLIGHT BOOKS - Talking about marriage and essay-ing with the great Davy Rothbart (author of one of my favorite books of recent years, My Heart Is an Idiot)!
BERKELEY, CA: MRS. DALLOWAY’S – In conversation with phenomenal historian and lovely person T.J. Stiles!
PORTLAND, OR: POWELL’S BOOKS with the great Rene Denfeld!
BROOKLYN, NY: READING! Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers. With Music, Booze, & a Nice Backyard!
AUSTIN: A BOOK PEOPLE Reading! Q&A! Champagne! Probably running into people I used to date!
BOULDER: BOULDER BOOK STORE – Writing about Love in the Modern World: a conversation with Waylon Lewis (Elephant Journal)!
DENVER, CO: TATTERED COVER - Reading! Q&A!
NYC: THE STRAND - Panel with Claire Dederer (author of the fantastic new book Love and Trouble), talking about writing and sex and writing about sex!
WEDDING TOASTS I'LL NEVER GIVE BOOK PARTY! Drinks! Snacks! Very exciting surprise musical guests! DJ Champagne Jerry! Books available for sale and signing!
NYC: Secrets of the East Village: Spring KGB Red Room literary salon with Tony Perrottet. Wine reception at 7.30 pm. Followed by cash bar, and live jazz from the Kait McKendrick duo. Free and open to the public! Bring friends!
February 16, 2017
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
St. Marks is Dead at the Tompkins Library
November 10, 2016
Brooklyn, NY
St. Marks Is Dead paperback launch and book party with Q&A and booze at Word Bookstore
June 30, 2016
Summer Writers’ Conference at Rutgers
May 25, 2016
“How I Learned” Series at Union Hall in Brooklyn
May 20, 2016
ASJA Panel at the Roosevelt Hotel
May 18, 2016
Cleaning Up New York / The Little Bookroom event at Rizzoli Bookstore
May 12, 2016
Exit9 on Avenue A Reading + Wine
April 2, 2016
The San Antonio Book Festival, “A Word About Town” with Karen Olsson.
March 10, 2016
CITYTerm Author Visit
March 8, 2016
CUNY Panel - With Margo Jefferson, DT Max, and Daniel Menaker
March 5, 2016
PEN America Private Benefit Dinner
February 29, 2016
Reason TV interview about bohemianism, with some great B-roll.
February 25, 2016
Real Arts at Penn Presents: Ada Calhoun," University of Pennsylvania Arts Café. Hosted by Anthony DeCurtis.
February 10, 2016
Reading at the Judson Memorial Church series Dead Darlings.
February 4, 2016
Reading with Alisa Solomon at Prose Pros at the Sidewalk Cafe.
January 27, 2016
Museum of the City of New York Talk, with Luc Sante. Buy tickets here.
January 25, 2016
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and Merchant's House Museum host
January 14, 2016
Reading and discussion at Grace Church, 802 Broadway.
December 20, 2015
Reading and discussion at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery
December 17, 2015
"Illustrated Talk" at the New York Public Library's Mid-Manhattan branch
December 11, 2015
Reading at The Elliott Bay Company in Seattle
December 10, 2015
Reading at The Inspired Word's NYC Writers Event at Parkside Lounge.
December 8, 2015
Book event at Little Missionary Day Nursery on St. Marks Place.
December 7, 2015
Reading at the Miss Manhattan Reading Series at Niagara Bar on Ave A and 7th Street
December 5, 2015
Reading—and St. Marks Is Dead mini-concert!—at Kiam Records
December 3, 2015
Neighborhood Preservation Center reading, discussion, and signing.
December 1, 2015
City History Party! with Andy Sturdevant and band at Bryant-Lake Bowl.
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