Ada Calhoun
Appearances & Tours

KINGSTON, NY- Sob Sisters at Rough Draft!

LOS ANGELES, CA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Conversation with Annabelle Gurwitch!

SAN ANTONIO, TX - AWP 2020 Grove Keynote with Sarah M. Broom!

CHICAGO, IL - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP at Rodfei Zedek Synagogue!

BROOKLYN, NY - Sob Sisters Science Night at WORD Brooklyn!

ATLANTA, GA-WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Talk at The Lola!

MIAMI, FL - Teaching a non-fiction publishing workshop for the Miami Book Fair! Limited to 15 participants!

MIAMI, FL - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP at Books & Books for the Miami Book Fair with Lissette Mendez!

ASHEVILLE, NC - CRAFT author conversation series with Denise Kiernan about WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP!

BOSTON, MA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP event with Alysia Abbott and the Boston Book Festival at The Wing! *SOLD OUT*

RICHMOND, VA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Talk and Reception with the Junior League of Richmond!

WASHINGTON, D.C. - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP reading and Gen X Party at SOLID STATE!

NYC - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP LAUNCH! With fellow Sob Sisters Susannah Cahalan and Karen Abbott, and wine.

Members' Evening with Maureen Callahan at the NYPL

Boston Book Festival - Panel discussion with Candace Bushnell, moderated by Robin Young of WBUR

Appearing at the Heartland, PNBA, and MPIBA Shows

Hosting the Launch of Karen Abbott's The Ghosts of Eden Park

Hosting Sob Sisters True Crime Night at WORD

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.

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

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!

St. Marks is Dead at the Tompkins Library

St. Marks Is Dead paperback launch and book party with Q&A and booze at Word Bookstore

​Summer Writers’ Conference at Rutgers

“How I Learned” Series at Union Hall in Brooklyn

ASJA Panel at the Roosevelt Hotel

Cleaning Up New York / The Little Bookroom event at Rizzoli Bookstore

Exit9 on Avenue A Reading + Wine

The San Antonio Book Festival, “A Word About Town” with Karen Olsson.

MIXER Reading at Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St.

CITYTerm Author Visit​