EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Author Visit

The Acorn School for Early Childhood Development

Thursday, September 21, 2023

10:00 AM

Boulder, CO

Author Event

Deep Valley Book Festival

Saturday, October 7, 2023

10:00AM - 4:00 PM

Country Inn & Suites Conference Center

Mankato, MN 

William Kent Krueger is the keynote!

https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com/

https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com/team/lisa-m.-bolt-simons

Book Launch and Signing

Thundermouse

by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Caroline "Blaze" Jensen of River Falls, WI

Illustrated by Donna Eicher of Northfield, MN

Friday, October 13, 2023

6:00 PM

Commemorative Air Force & World War II Museum

310 Airport Road, Hangar #3

South St. Paul, MN 55075

(I have been the Editor and Project Manager)

Retreat

Grieving: Shadows and Sunlight 

Big Raven Farm

Thursday to Sunday, November 16 - 19, 2023

https://bigravenyoga.com/products/grieving-shadows-sunlight

Writing Class for Adults

Research and Writing: Children's Nonfiction for Education

Saturday, December 16, 2023

9:00AM - 4:00PM

The Loft Literary Center

Minneapolis

https://loft.org/classes/current-class-list 

Presenter

Young Writer's Conference

January 4, 2024

Marshall, MN

Conference

Marvelous Midwest

Co-hosting with Midwest SCBWI teams

April 12-14, 2024

Davenport, IA

PAST EVENTS 

Podcasts

The Children's Literature Channel of the New Books Network

with host Mel Rosenberg

Israel 

Conferences

MN/ IA SCBWI "Together at Last!" May 2023

Co-planned and co-presented

SCBWI New York (Winter) Conference 2023

Attended as the new Regional Advisor (RA) for Minnesota

Retreat

Grieving: Shadows and Sunlight

Big Raven Farm

International School Visit 

*Ta Meun Primary School; Ta Meun Commune (suburb), Cambodia  

School Visits 

*Lionheart Children's Academy; Celina, TX

*World Read Aloud Day 2023 (virtual)

joined elementary schools in IA, MA, MD, MN, NJ, PA, TX, WA, and WI

*Valentine Hills Elementary; Arden Hills, MN; 4th grade

*World Read Aloud Day 2022 (virtual); elementary schools in MI and TX 

*Notre Dame Academy; Los Angeles, CA; 2 - 8 

*Dakota Hills Middle School; Eagan, MN  

*Year of the Reader; Faribault School District, MN; public, private, and charter schools; K-8  

*Shattuck-St.Mary's; Faribault, MN

Keynote and Presenter 

*Young Writers & Authors Conference; grades 3 - 9;  Mankato, MN

*Conference for Young Writers; grades 3 - 8; Marshall, MN   

*Young Authors, Young Artists Conference; grades 3 - 5; Rochester, MN 

Presenter

*(Virtual) Something Borrowed: 

MN/IA Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) 

Nonfiction Writing Conference

*Young Writers & Authors Conference; Mankato, MN 

*Virtual Young Authors, Young Artists; Rochester, MN

*Virtual Conference for Young Writers; Marshall, MN

*Conference for Young Writers; Marshall, MN 

*Young Authors, Young Artists Conference; Rochester, MN 

*Young Authors/Young Artists Conference; St. Cloud, MN  

Co-Presenter

*An Inside Peek at Writing Work-for-Hire Books from Start to Finish (MN/IA SCBWI Conference; St. Paul)

Book Signings/Readings

*Faribault Woolen Mill Holiday Open House; Faribault, MN

*Jackpine Writers' Bloc Talking Stick 31  Book Release Party (anthology reading)

*National WASP World War II Museum; Sweetwater, Texas

*Barnes & Noble Woodbury, MN

*Barnes & Noble Mankato, MN

*Twin Cities Book Festival 

*Wordplay, Minneapolis 

*Author Fest; Park Rapids, MN 

*Content Bookstore; Northfield, MN 

*Addendum Books; St. Paul, MN

Library Visits 

*Penrose Library; Colorado Springs, CO  

*St. Peter Public Library; St. Peter, MN

*Buckham Memorial Library; Faribault, MN

Private Writing Classes

*Writing Children's Fiction

Classes Taught at The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis

*A Place at the Desk: Writing for Children  (adults)

*Shadows and Sunshine: Writing and Reading about Grief (adults)

*Research and Writing: Children's Nonfiction for Education (adults) 

*Wow! Bumpy! Gross! The Senses in Writing (adults and children) 

*Learn to Lie...and NOT Get Grounded: Writing Fiction (children) 

*Get Real: Writing Realistic Fiction (children and teens)

*Get Out! Writing "Out of This World" Fiction (children and teens)

*Strengthen Your Vocabulary Muscle (children) 

*Writing the World (adults and children) 

Classes Taught Offsite through The Loft Literary Center

*The ABCs of Children's Books (online) 

Lake Agassiz Regional Library/Traverse des Sioux Library System

*Writing Children's and Young Adult Literature

Galaxie Library; Apple Valley, MN

Various presentations and author events

*Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Homecoming

*Wordsmith Deconstructed Conference/Let's Talk About Your Writing Career

*Wings and Writing: Using Aviation as a Theme; Rice County Historical Society 

(virtual presentation)

*Twin Cities Book Festivals

*Alphabet Forest, Minnesota State Fair

*ITEM (Information and Technology Educators of MN) Fall Conferences 

*Faribault Woolen Mill store at Mall of America 

*Deep Valley Book Festival 

*Faribault Rotary

*Spotlight on Books Conference 

*Delta Kappa Gamma 

*Somali Center of Service 

*The Hockey Lodge, Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota Wild games

Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes Book Tour

*Rockrimmon Library; Colorado Springs, CO 

*Tattered Cover; Littleton, CO 

*Weller Book Works; Salt Lake City, UT 

*The Bookshelf; Truckee (Lake Tahoe), CA 

*Chico Branch of the Butte County Library; Chico, CA 

*Multnomah County Central Library; Portland, OR 

*Newport Way Library; Seattle, WA  

Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes book release

*Northfield Library; Northfield, MN 

*Eat My Words Bookstore, Minneapolis 

*Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery; Park Rapids, MN 

*Lanesboro Library; Lanesboro, MN 

*Subtext Books, St. Paul 

*Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis 

*Content Bookstore; Northfield, MN 

*Mill Store, Faribault Woolen Mill; Faribault, MN