{"id":138,"date":"2024-07-24T21:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T01:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:52:25","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/?page_id=138","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-D5DTY3VJTQ\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script><br \/>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<br \/>\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}<br \/>\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'G-D5DTY3VJTQ');<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrEFQZkrb1b\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" style=\"width:331px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sarahlayden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SL-and-Barb-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.zoom.us\/ev\/Av7REBItl8l_9abuYg_Iyhrgx4cwt8FEGYhzPou4dCMBDIhOV8ZQ~An6UMDnv3LWFsxWgrvx3MfWOogOdzVRq2j95XEdlAmthYA5o5aEECOb6Sw?lmt=1755848170000\">Medium Day<\/a>, &#8220;Write on Time,&#8221; September 19, 11:30 AM EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana Writers Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianawriters.org\/product\/gathering2025\/\">Gathering of Writers<\/a>, September 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianahumanities.org\/program\/proof-a-midwest-lit-fest\/\">Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest<\/a>, &#8220;Reimagining the Real,&#8221; October 11, 1 p.m. EDT (book signing to follow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lityoungstown.org\/\">Lit Youngstown<\/a>, October 16-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana Library Foundation Conference, &#8220;Hoosier Authors Roundtable,&#8221; Nov. 10, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author reading: Melissa Fraterrigo with Sarah Layden, <a href=\"https:\/\/indyreads.org\/event\/author-reading-melissa-fraterrigo-with-sarah-layden\/\">Indy Reads Books<\/a>, Nov. 15, 5-7 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 13, 20, 27, &amp; Apr. 4: Fiction Workshop through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianawriters.org\/product\/layden-fiction-writers-workshop\/\">Indiana Writers Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 11-13: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nonfictionow.org\/\">NonfictioNOW Conference<\/a>, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Fall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept. 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/942876161173710\">Beyond the Book Festival<\/a>, Starke County Public Library, Knox, IN. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept. 28: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianawriters.org\/2024-gathering-of-writers\/\">Gathering of Writers<\/a>, Indiana Writers Center. 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Haney, Chris Speckman, Sarah Layden and Josh Brewer, Books &amp; Brews (96th St.), Indianapolis, 5-7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct. 11:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.uindy.edu\/events\/kellogg-writer-series-sarah-layden-fiction-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kellogg Writers Series<\/a>, University of Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct 14:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mclib.org\/books-movies-more\/writing-out-loud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Out Loud<\/a>, Michigan City Public Library, 7:30 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov. 4: Tomorrow Bookstore, 882 Massachusetts Ave. Indianapolis, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov. 7: Indiana Writers Center Members Meeting, featured speaker, 7 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov. 25: Small Business Saturday book signing at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagelightsbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Village Lights Books<\/a>, Madison, IN. 12-5:15 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec. 2: 2023 Indiana Holiday Author Fair,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indianahistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indiana Historical Society,<\/a>&nbsp;Indianapolis, 12-4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 9: Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference and bookfair, Seattle, WA.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/event_detail\/22686\">The Invisible Art: Making Literary Editing Visible, Equitable, and Transparent<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/schedule_overview\/?date=2023-03-09#\">Bryan Furuness<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/schedule_overview\/?date=2023-03-09#\">Dionne Irving<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/schedule_overview\/?date=2023-03-09#\">Matthew Pitt<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/community_calendar\/user_view\/107199\/layden_sarah\">Sarah Layden<\/a>), 9 a.m., and&nbsp;University of Wisconsin Press Bookfair booth, signing&nbsp;<em>Imagine Your Life Like This<\/em>, 3-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 1: Indiana Collegiate Press Association annual conference, IUPUI, 10 a.m.,&nbsp;<em>The Invisible Art of Literary Editing<\/em>&nbsp;(with Bryan Furuness)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 14:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sarah-layden-imagine-your-life-like-this-tickets-559916895507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indy Reads Books<\/a>, Indianapolis, 5 p.m. Launch for&nbsp;<em>Imagine Your Life Like This<\/em>&nbsp;&amp; conversation with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbarashoup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barbara Shoup&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 25:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylitbooks.com\/events\/20230425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Lit Books<\/a>, Chicago, 6:30 p.m., in conversation with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dionneirving.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dionne Iriving<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 29: Gathering of Writers,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianawriters.org\/2023-gathering-of-writers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indiana Writers Center<\/a>, at the Indiana State Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 6:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/parthenonbookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parthenon Books<\/a>, Syracuse, NY, 4 p.m., in conversation with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/users\/profile\/sean%20kirst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sean Kirst&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 10:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.follett.com\/bookstores-directions?store=IUPUI%5FBookstore&amp;storeid=70-2271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follett Bookstore<\/a>&nbsp;signing, IUPUI Campus Center, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 11:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianawriters.org\/product\/511-pitching-non-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Essay, Op-Ed. or Feature? 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