David Heska Wanbli Weiden

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Events

Upcoming events

January 9, 2021  7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
Pub Talk Live:  2020 Debuts
YouTube Live
View the event here

January 21, 2021 
Between the Covers interview
South Florida PBS
Information about the event here and here

February 2, 2021  
In conversation with Brandon Hobson at Sam Houston State University.

February 9, 2021  6:00 pm
Crime Writers of Color panel.  Virtual event–information forthcoming.

February 10, 2021  7:00 pm MT
Interviewing Brandon Hobson about THE REMOVED.  Virtual event–information forthcoming.

February 11, 2021  (time TBA)
Guest speaker, Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America.  Virtual event–information forthcoming.

March 3-7, 2021  (final date and time TBA)
AWP panel–Compelling Plots: from the first draft to publishing and marketing.  With Natalie Jenner, Heather Chavez, Quế Mai Nguyễn Phan, Margarita Montimore.  Virtual event–information forthcoming.

October 14-17, 2021 (final date and time TBA)
Fox Cities Book Festival
Fox Cities, Wisconsin

October 29-31, 2021 (final date and time TBA)
Headliner:  Murder in the Mountains Festival
Crested Butte, Colorado

 

Past 2020 events

February 26-28, 2020
Signing books
Public Library Association conference
Nashville, Tennessee

February 26, 2020 7:20-7:55 p.m.
Panel: “School Library Journal: Evening of Dialogue”
Nashville Public Library
Nashville, Tennessee

March 4, 2020 7:00 p.m
Reading: Rock & Roll Reading
Retox Bar
San Antonio, Texas

March, 2020 Details TBA
Reading: 2020 Debuts Reading
AWP conference
San Antonio, Texas
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March 26-27, 2020
Visiting Writer
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Montpelier, Vermont

April 9, 2020 11:00-12:15 pm — CANCELED
Panel: Opening Keynote
Mountain and Plains Independent Bookseller Springcon 2020
Origin Hotel, Golden, Colorado

May 27, 2020 4:20-5:00 pm (ET)
Speaker (via Zoom)
School Library Journal Day of Dialog Virtual Event

June 5, 2020 2:00-8:00 pm (MT).  My panel:  7:30-8:45 pm (MT)
Reading:  Voices for the Navajo Nation fundraising event (via Zoom)
Register here or watch on Facebook Live

June 14, 2020 6:00-7:30 pm (MT)
Panel:  Antiracism in a System Built Upon Racism: Diverse Colorado Writers in Conversation (via Zoom).  Sponsored by JLF Colorado.
Register here

June 21, 2020 
Class (online via Zoom):  The Ticking Clock:  Using Techniques from Thrillers to Increase the Tension in Your Writing
Lit Fest, Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Denver, Colorado

July 9, 2020 7:00 pm
Virtual Thrillerfest presentation
ITW Facebook page (free–registration not required)

July 22, 2020 
Guest Instructor (via Zoom)
Western Colorado University MFA program residency
Gunnison, Colorado

July 24, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Hugo House Solitude Social Club with Rob Arnold
Via Zoom
Register here

August 3, 2020  3:00-4:30 pm MT
Craft lecture
Writing in Color Retreat
Lighthouse Writers Workshop

August 10, 2020  5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Rogue Reads series–reading from WINTER COUNTS
Rogue Writers, with Heather Graham, Gary Phillips, and Lisa Black
Details here

August 12, 2020  6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Quarantine Book Club–discussing WINTER COUNTS
Quarantine Book Club online
Register here

August 24, 2020 6:00 pm PT/7:00 pm MT/9:00 ET 
Interviewed by William Kent Krueger/discussion of WINTER COUNTS
Poisoned Pen Bookstore (online via Facebook Live)
Scottsdale, Arizona

August 25, 2020  10:00-10:45 am MT/12:00-12:45 am ET
Interviewed by Kasey Jernigan, Shelf Life (virtual event)
Virginia Humanities
Register here

August 25, 2020  6:00-7:00 pm MT/8:00-9:00 pm ET
P&P Live!  In conversation with S.A. Cosby (virtual event)
Politics & Prose Books
Register here

August 26, 2020  5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Interviewed by Brandon Hobson (virtual event)
Kweli International Literary Festival
Register here

August 29, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
WINTER COUNTS book launch (virtual event via Zoom)
In conversation with Craig Johnson, followed by readings with Elisa Gabbert and Khadijah Queen
Lighthouse Writers Workshop; register here

August 30, 2020  2:00-5:00 pm ET
Masterclass:  Plot and Narrative Structure: Strategies and Alternatives
Kweli International Literary Festival
Class taught via Zoom; register here

September 1, 2020  9:00 am MT/10:00 am CT
Eye 94 Radio Interview–Chicago
Details forthcoming

September 15, 2020  5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Reads & Company–reading from WINTER COUNTS
Virtual event–register here

September 16, 2020  6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Books on the Subway event/reading (via Zoom)
Reading with Asha Lemmie, Finola Austin, A.H. Kim, Madhi Sinha, Diane Zinna
Register here

September 17, 2020  6:00 pm MT/7:00 CT/8:00 pm ET
In conversation with Vanessa Lillie
Best of Books, Edmond, OK (streaming via FacebookLive)
Information about the event here

September 24, 2020  5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
In conversation with Stephen Graham Jones
Tattered Cover Books (virtual event)
Information about the event here

September 25, 2020  6:00 pm MT/7:00 CT/8:00 pm ET
Last Call Before Fall:  Serving Up the Season’s Best New Mysteries
with S.A. Cosby, Rachel Howzell Hall, Nikki Dolson, and Tori Eldridge
Once Upon a Crime bookstore
Minneapolis, MN (online event)
Register here

September 27, 2020  noon PT/1:00 pm MT/3:00 pm ET
Read a Book! With Kara Brown
Discussing WINTER COUNTS
Virtual event, livestream on Facebook

October 1, 2020  9:30 am MT/11:30 am ET
Inside the Writer’s House
Discussing WINTER COUNTS

October 3, 2020  7:00 pm MT/8:00 pm CT
Keynote panel, with William Kent Krueger, Amy Stewart, and Robert Dugoni
South Dakota Festival of Books
Virtual event–register here

October 7, 2020 4:00 pm MT/6:00 pm ET  
Reading Like a Writer event; reading and discussing WINTER COUNTS
Boston Book Festival, with Asha Lemmie, Anna Solomon, Michelle Hoover
Virtual event

October 16, 2020  3:30 pm MT/5:30 pm ET
VCFA Reading:  with Frances Cannon, Tavia Gilbert, and Ukamaka Olisakwe
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Virtual event–register here

October 17, 2020  12:00 pm MT/2:00 pm ET
On Native Lands:  In conversation with Stephen Graham Jones
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Virtual event–register here

October 28, 2020  4:00 pm MT/6:00 pm ET
Trick or Treat for Democracy:  texting and zooming with Steph Cha, Lauren Wilkinson, Sara Sligar, Andrea Bartz, A.H. Kim.
Field Team 6.  Virtual event–register here

November 5, 2020  10:00 am MT/12:00 pm ET
Deb Ball interview, with Ehsaneh Sadr
@thedebball IGTV
Details here

November 6, 2020  11:00 am MT/1:00 pm ET
Native America Calling radio show
Details here

November 9, 2020  8:00 pm MT/10:00 pm ET
JLF Colorado Online
Panel:  “Writing The Body, Writing The Land” with Rheea Mukherjee
Register here

November 18, 2020  10:30 am MT/12:30 pm ET
Reading and discussion
Coastal Carolina Community College (virtual event)
Information about the event here

November 18, 2020  7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
Reading and discussion with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Wesley Browne
Bookbar (virtual event)
Information about the event here

November 19, 2020  10:00 am MT/12:00 pm ET
Before Thnkgvng Festival
Natives Here & Now panel (virtual event)
Information about the event here

November 20, 2020  5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
AWP Virtual Book Club Watch Party for November selection, WINTER COUNTS
YouTube and live virtual craft conversation
Register here

November 30, 2020  7:30 pm MT/9:30 pm ET
In conversation with Marcie Rendon
Glendale Library (virtual event)
Register here

December 9, 2020  
Intertribal Agricultural Council event
Masterclass and writing competition judge

December 10, 2020  5:30 pm MT
Brookings Public Library
Virtual event

December 13, 2020  6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
NOIR AT THE BAR reading (virtual event)
Register here

December 20, 2020  11:00 am MT/1:00 pm ET
The Back Room:  Join authors Joseph Finder, Heather Gudenkauf, Lisa Unger, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden along with Back Room host Hank Phillippi Ryan for an evening of great conversation!  Virtual event–register here.

December 21, 2020  Instagram takeover of HarperCollins account: https://www.instagram.com/harpercollins

2019 EVENTS

​Saturday, March 30, 2019  10:30 -11:45 a.m.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Portland, Oregon
Panel:  “Outsiders in Minority Fiction: When You’re From Where You’re Not Supposed to Be.”

​Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Discussion:  Introduction and Discussion with Tommy Orange

​Friday, April 12, 2019  12:30 – 2 p.m.
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Reading:  Fourth Wave Native American Authors, with Brandon Hobson and Erika T. Wurth

Saturday, April 27
Seminar:  The Book Project lecture (not open to the public)
Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Saturday, May 11, 2019  11-1:00 p.m.
PEN America World Voices Festival
Panel:  “Question of Justice”
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM, 320 W. 37TH ST. New York

Tuesday, June 11, 2019  12:30- 1:30 p.m.
Lit Fest Panel:  “Launching Your Literary Career”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO​

Tuesday, June 11, 2019  8:15-9:15 p.m.
Reading: Lighthouse Faculty Reading
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO

Tuesday, June 18, 2019  2-4:00 pm
Lit Fest seminar:  “First Person Blues”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO

​Tuesday, June 18, 2019  4:30-6:30 pm
Lit Fest seminar:  “The Ticking Clock: Using Techniques from Thrillers to Increase the Tension in Your Writing”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO

Tuesday, June 18, 2019  7:30-9:30 pm
Reading:  FBomb Reading Series
Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, Denver, CO

Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:40 pm
Reading:  Tin House reading series
Reed College, Portland, OR

Saturday, September 14, 2019  3:00 p.m.
Reading:  At the Inkwell Series
Bookbar, Denver, Colorado

September 21, 2019  12:45-1:45 p.m.
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
In Conversation with Kent Nerburn
Boulder Public Library  Boulder, Colorado

September 21, 2019  3:15-4:15 p.m.
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
In Conversation with John Ralston Saul
Boulder Public Library  Boulder, Colorado​

Starting October 22, 2019
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Class:  “Writing the Literary Thriller”
Denver, Colorado

October 31, 2019  11-12:00 p.m.
Bouchercon
Panel:  “The Magical McGuffin”
Dallas, Texas​

November 9, 2019  6:45-8:30 p.m.
Reading:  Death Horse
Bar Max   Denver, Colorado

​November 20, 2019  4-6:00 p.m.
Native American Heritage Month Reading
MSU Denver

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