Upcoming Book Readings, Talks, and Other Events
2023
January 15th – I’ll be presenting “Jewish Stories Rooted in Trees – A Generative Writing Workshop” at Seattle Limmud
April 6th – I’ll be co-presenting “Writing for a World in Eco-Crisis” with Jill McCabe Johnson and Gail Folkins at Texas Tech University’s 2023 Sowell Conference
May 20th (all day) and May 21st (late afternoon) – I’ll be at the University District Street Fair (Seattle) with the Author Event Network
June 17th – I’ll be at the Fremont Street Fair (Seattle) with the Author Event Network
July 15th – I’ll be at the West Seattle Street Fair with the Author Event Network
September 9th – I’ll be at the Leschi Art Walk with the Author Event Network (Seattle, WA)
September 10th – I’ll be at the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival with the Author Event Network (Mukilteo, WA)
October 7th – I’ll be at 2023 Write on the Sound Conference’s Book Signing and Reception for conference panelists and participants (Edmonds, WA)
October 8th – I’ll be co-presenting “Writing and Publishing for a World in Eco-Crisis” with Jill McCabe Johnson and Gail Folkins at the 2023 Write on the Sound Conference (Edmonds, WA)
November 12th – I’ll be co-presenting “Addressing Antisemitism in Our Literary Lives” with Erika Dreifus, Rachel Kadish, and Aviya Kushner (virtual panel on Zoom) at the 2023 Jewish Writers Conference (sponsored by the Jewish Book Council)
November 18th – I’ll be at the Shoreline Holiday Market with the Author Event Network (Shoreline, WA)
November 25th – I’ll be at the Kitsap Jinglefest with the Author Event Network (Bremerton, WA)
Podcasts and Online Talks with
Adrienne Ross Scanlan
February 4, 2021: Sound Water Stewards hosted my online talk, Backyard Solutions to Stormwater Pollution.
January 2021: The Bookshop podcast interviewed me and gave a shout-out to BookTree.
November 12, 2020: I was one of the speakers for Return of the Salmon: The Human Connection, a web event sponsored by the Washington Environmental Council, Mountaineers Books, and Braided River Books. I read from Turning Homeward and spoke alongside Joseph Pavel of the Skokomish Tribe, Mindy Roberts of the Washington Environmental Council, and Erika Lundahl of Braided River Books.
January 2017: Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge conversation with BCB Host Channie Peters about Turning Homeward.
Inviting Me to Speak
Please contact me at adrienne[at]adrienne-ross-scanlan.com or use my contact form if you’d like me to give a reading, teach a class or conference session, give a keynote, or make a presentation.
“We all loved reading your book and appreciated your thoughts on tikkun olam and how each of us can make a difference in making our earth a better place for all life. Your slideshow was very informative and inspired us to create rain gardens. Your ideas give us hope for the future.”
— Cheryl
Are you looking for a book club recommendation?
Book clubs love Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild. It’s short (166 pages) but substantive, weaving memoir with nature writing to inspire a meaningful engagement with place, home, and the nature that’s close to our lives.
Turning Homeward is about salmon restoration and nature in the city, but it’s also a memoir exploring the creation of a marriage, a pregnancy, the death of an infirm parent, the Jewish concept of tikkun olam (repair of the world), and the challenges of making a home in a new community.
I would love to visit your book club either in person (if feasible) or via Zoom. I can drop in for a half-hour Q&A visit, or I can join you at the beginning for an extended discussion. I can also have a PowerPoint presentation available if you want to learn more about coho salmon, stormwater, tree planting, becoming a naturalist, or a similar topic.
Email me at adrienne[at]adrienne-ross-scanlan.com to arrange a visit to your book club. I’d love to hear from you, and we’ll have a lot to talk about, I’m sure.
Past Book Readings and Events
Here’s a sampling of my talks, readings, and book club visits.
2022
2021
September 9th - I’ll be speaking at Temple Beth Hatfiloh’s Shabbat Salon (Olympia, WA) on “Environmental T’Shuvah in Spirit and Action”. (And the Temple’s book club will be reading Turning Homeward on September 20th.)
September 20th - I’ll be presenting “Backyard Solutions to Stormwater Pollution” for the Lions Club 19C and MD19 Environmental Committees.
October 16th - I’ll be a speaker at Shmita Project Northwest’s Hakhel 5738 celebration (1:30pm - 3:30pm) at Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle.
October 18th - I’ll be a Blue Kettle Books (Seattle) for an author talk and book reading (7pm).
November 19 - I’ll be at the Shoreline Underground Holiday Market (Shoreline, WA) with the Author Event Network (AEN) selling Turning Homeward (9am - 6pm).
November 21 - I’ll be in conversation with Josephine Woolington about her new book Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest, at Third Place Books - Ravenna, 7pm.
October 7, 2021 – Guest editor at the Editors Roundtable of the 27th Virtual Annual Women Writing the West conference.
September 26, 2021 – Shmita Project Northwest Opening Festival, an informal presentation on Judaism and tree planting.
February 4, 2021 – Sound Water Stewards hosted my online talk, Backyard Solutions to Stormwater Pollution.
February 2021 – Touchmark Book Club (Mount Bachelor Village) read Turning Homeward. I was there for a Q&A and gave a presentation on becoming a citizen scientist.
January 2021 – The Bookshop podcast interviewed me and gave a shout-out to Booktree.
2020
December 10, 2020 – The Skagit Land Trust Reads book club discussed Turning Homeward. I was there for a Q&A and a talk about my One Thousand Trees Project.
November 12, 2020 – Return of the Salmon: The Human Connection, a web event sponsored by the Washington Environmental Council, Mountaineers Books, and Braided River. I read from Turning Homeward and spoke alongside Joseph Pavel of the Skokomish Tribe, Mindy Roberts of the Washington Environmental Council, and Erika Lundahl of Braided River Books.
July 2020 –Willamette Writers Conference, guest editor for the Critique Drop-In.
April 26, 2020 – eFest NW/Limmud Seattle for “T’shuvah in Action – From Ecological Restoration to Relationship,” a discussion workshop.
February 1, 2020 – Annual Meeting of the Lummi Island Heritage Trust for a reading and slide show presentation on Turning Homeward- Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild and the One Thousand Trees project.
January 19, 2020 – Limmud Seattle 2020 at Bellevue College for “T’shuvah in Action – From Ecological Restoration to Relationship,” a discussion workshop co-facilitated with Deirdre Gabbay.
2019
December 21, 2019 – Booktree, Kirkland (WA) for “From Grief to Gratitude – Nature Writing Toward Repairing Our World (4pm-6pm),” a generative writing workshop co-facilitated with Jill McCabe Johnson, followed by a For Love of Orcas reading and an open mike.
November 22, 2019 – Third Place Books – Lake Forest Park for a For Love of Orcas reading.
November 12, 2019 – Richard Hugo House for a panel discussion and anthology reading from For Love of Orcas.
2017
October 1, 2017 – Booktree, Kirkland (WA) for a joint reading with Maria Mudd Ruth , author of A Sideways Look at Clouds.
September 12, 2017 – Browsers Bookshop, Olympia (WA) for a joint reading with Zsofia Pasztor and Keri DeTore , authors of Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest.
July 16, 2017 – Booktree, Kirkland (WA) for a joint reading with Zsofia Pasztor and Keri DeTore , authors of Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest.
May 11, 2017 – Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle (WA).
April 29, 2017 – Molbak’s, Woodinville (WA) – Special joint reading with Clare Meeker (Rhino Rescue!) for parents and children.
April 29, 2017 – Independent Bookstore Day at Booktree in Kirkland (WA).
April 20, 2017 – Kirkland Public Library, Kirkland (WA).
April 8, 2017 – Village Books, Bellingham (WA) – Joint reading with Zsofia Pasztor and Keri DeTore , authors of Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest.
March 11, 2017 – Molbak’s Garden & Home, Woodinville (WA).
February 26, 2017 – BookTree, Kirkland (WA).
February 25, 2017 – Barnes and Noble, Bellevue (WA).
February 13, 2017 – Powell’s Books (Hawthorne Store), Portland (OR).
January 26, 2017 – Folio, Seattle (WA) for “Our Waters, Our Home: An Evening with Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest’s Authors and Turning Homeward’s Adrienne Ross Scanlan.”
January 22, 2017 – Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island (WA).
January 12, 2017 – It’s About Time Reading Series, Seattle Public Library – Ballard Branch, Seattle (WA)
2016
November 15, 2016 – Third Place Books / Ravenna, Seattle (WA).
November 10, 2016 – Basecamp Books, Roslyn (WA).
November 2, 2016 – Browsers Bookshop, Olympia (WA).
October 20, 2016 – Phinney Books, Seattle’s Greenwood Neighborhood.
September 29, 2016 – Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (Tacoma, WA) with Turning Homeward.
August 19, 2016 – Tsuga Fine Art and Framing (Bothell, WA) for a reading with authors from Cirque: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.