Events

Upcoming Events

Virtual Re-Launch with Split/Lip Press

Country of Under is being re-homed with Split/Lip Press as Mason Jar Press is going on hiatus. 

August 13th @ 8 pm ET 


Davidson College

September 9th

Davidson, North Carolina

Details TBD.


Rio Grande Valley Book Party

Museum of South Texas History

September 15th

Edinburg, Texas

Details TBD.


Reading, Drag Show, & Conversation

Alienated Majesty Books

with Kara Foxx-Paris

September 17th @ 6 pm

Austin, Texas

RSVP requested


Pecantown Books and Brews

with SG Huerta

September 18th @ 5 pm

Seguin, Texas


La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth

in collaboration with La Gran Biblioteca

September 20th @ 5:30

Fort Worth, Texas

Details TBD.


Empowerment Panel and Book Signing

¡Celebramos! Wellness Day

¡Celebramos! A Celebration of Latin American Culture & Heritage

September 21st

panel @ 12:30

book signings @ 1:30

Fort Worth, Texas


Author Talk/Writing Workshop

Wingate University

October 15th

Wingate, North Carolina

Details TBD. 


Lecture/Book Signing 

The Movable Feast

November 12th @ 11 am

Pawleys Island, South Carolina 


Punch Bucket Lit Reading Series

with Jessie van Eerden

November 21st @ 7 pm

Asheville, North Carolina

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Past Events


Into the Great Wide Open: from Memoir to Socially Conscious Novel

Charlotte Writers Club

May 21st @ 7 pm

Charlotte, North Carolina


Author Talk: Gender & Street Art in Literature

with Jennifer Savran Kelly and Jess deCourcy Hinds

Kew & Willow Books

May 3rd @ 7 pm

Kew Gardens, Queens, New York


Bard Early College Speaker Series 

Bard High School Early College Queens 

May 2nd @ 11:30 am

Long Island City, New York


Reading, Screening, & Conversation 

with Emily Branham and Marcelle LaBrecque/Marilyn Monhoe 

April 30th @ 7 pm

Unnameable Books 

Brooklyn, New York 


Virtual event @ The Writer’s Center 

with Hector Vaca Cruz

April 18 @ 7 pm

Register @ https://writer.org/event/shaffner/


Double Book Launch + Drag Extravaganza 

with Mr. Charlotte Pride Oso Chanel, National Mx Nova Stella, Mx Charlotte Pride Lolita Chanel, and DKO Entertainment Founder Onya Nerves

April 11th @ 6:30 pm

Goodyear Arts

Charlotte, North Carolina


AWP Soft Launch

February 9th

book signings from 11 am to 1 pm, Kansas City Convention Center

Reading with Black Warrior Review @ 5:30, Bliss Books and Wine

Kansas City, Missouri


NC Writers’ Network Conference

November 4, 2023

“Manifesting Your Book in the World: Securing Time, Money, and a Publisher”, 9 to 10:30 am 

“Digging Up Buried Stories” panel with Dr. Hilary Green, 12:30 to 1:30 pm


The Search for Meaning as We Tell True Stories: Community Conversation with Patrice Gopo

October 4, 2023

Charlotte Center for the Literary Arts

Charlotte, North Carolina