A reading and book signing with Kristen Iversen, in the place where the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Melville once read.
A Mother's Day reading and book signing with Geeta Kothari and Chauna Craig, 4:00.
A relaxed meet-and-greet book signing at the lovely Hoyt Library, in the town where David's wife Cynthia grew up.
An all-day visit with the students and faculty of the Moravian Academy.
An afternoon reading/book signing at the oldest bookstore in America!
Reading and signing at the Steamtown Mall, 7:00
With the amazing ZZ Packer, interviewed by Heidi Pitlor, writer and series editor of Best American Short Stories.
A reading and book signing at Aras Eanna on the lovely Inis Oirr, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, as part of the Mile-High MFA's remote residency.
A reading and book signing with poet/memoirist Elizabeth Kirschner.
A reading and book signing with memoirist Angela Palm and poet Sandra Beasley, organized by Jensen Beach.
A fun reading and book signing with Robin Flanigan, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
A reading with Sophie McManus and Bethany Ball at the legendary KGB.
The Harrison Public Library--David's childhood sanctuary! A reading and signing with fellow Harrison High School grad Michael Balkind.
A visit with the students and teachers of Austin Road Elementary School, where David's sister Marisa is a star teacher.
A reading and book signing with Joselin Linder and David's dear friend Lauree Ostrofsky. Books sold by Inquiring Minds Bookstore. Register here if you're coming!
A friendly meet-and-greet and book signing at the Clintons' favorite bookstore, near the town where David grew up.
A day-long writing workshop, "How to Write an Autobiographical Narrative," at the Writer's Center in Bethesda/Chevy Chase, MD, 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. See the Writer's Center website for details.
Hosted by the wonderful Jen Michalski.
Writing Workshop (“Remember that Terrible Day You Had? You Could Turn It Into a Great Story") for Richmond Younger Writers, June 11, 2:00-4:00.
A workshop on character development for the Charlotte Center for Literary Arts, 7-9 p.m.
A meet-up with the book club of David's childhood neighbor Janice. :-)
A lunchtime reading at the lovely main library of Asheville.
A reading and book signing with Cheryl Pallant, 6:30 p.m.
A reading on David's birthday with his best friend Jim Seitz!
A "Dinner with Authors" with two of David's favorite Colorado contemporaries, Laura Pritchett and Harrison Candelaria Fletcher.
A reading at one of the best indy bookstores in America, just a few miles from David's house. With the inimitable Erika T. Wurth, Courtney Morgan, and Steven Dunn.
A reading and signing with Andrea Dunlop and Donna Miscolta in one of the best bookstores in America.
A reading and conversation with the amazing Leni Zumas, one of David's favorite writers and people. 7:00.
A visit with students at Colorado Mesa University, where David taught in the late 1990s, and a reading/craft talk at 12:00, Escalante 243.
A reading and signing at the Lithic Bookstore & Gallery with poet John Nizalowski, 7 p.m.
With Ada Cheng, Jimin Han, Edward Kelsey Moore, and the great Lazar. Hosted by Suzanne Clores.
David will teach a master class on "How to Write an Autobiographical Story" for StoryStudio Chicago!
A reading with Ann Cummins, one of David's favorite writers.
All-Day (10:00-4:00) Writing Workshop for the Writers' Workshoppe.
A reading and book signing at this treasure of a bookstore, 7:00.
A reading and book signing at the Kraemer Family Library, 3rd Floor.
A reading and book signing in the Cooper Room of the Nielson Library, accompanied by the amazing Peter Anderson!
A weekend workshop (Sat/Sun 10-4) for the wonderful Writers Workshoppe in Port Townsend. Focus, Fine-Tune, and Finish! aka "Put the Pedal to the Metal!" with David Hicks Saturday and Sunday, April 14th and [...]
A reading and book signing, accompanied by the wonderful poet Peter Quinn.
BookBar is hosting a reading by the fiction and poetry finalists for the Colorado Book Awards. David, who is a finalist in the "literary fiction" category, will be reading with two of his favorite authors, [...]
David's novel, White Plains, has been selected by Arapahoe Libraries' 2018 "Village Read." In July, over a thousand patrons have downloaded the book, and in August there will be a series of events to celebrate [...]
As part of the Arapahoe Libraries "Village Read" celebration, David will give a writing workshop ("How to Write an Autobiographical Narrative") at the Southglenn Library on August 16. Register for the workshop here.
As part of the Arapahoe Libraries' "Village Read" celebration, David will teach a writing workshop on "How to Write an Autobiographical Narrative" at the Koelbel Library in Centennial, CO. Register for this free workshop here.
A party with music and festivities will end the Arapahoe Libraries "Village Read" celebration of David Hicks's book WHITE PLAINS--featuring a meet-and-greet with David and some book signings. More info is here.
David will be facilitating two writing workshops on October 6 and 7, 2018, with publisher and author Laura Stanfill.
A reading at Salida's sweet bookstore Book Haven at its new location at 109 F Street.
What could be better than a casual, all-genres writing workshop with delicious beer from Scranton's only nanobrewery? Introducing "Rough Draft"--a prompt-based writers' meet-up intended to generate new work and get to know other local writers. [...]
David sits for a Q&A session about writing, publishing, and MFA studies at the Leo & Friends Writing Retreat at the Burke Auditorium at King's College in Wilkes-Barre PA.
Judy Schiffman, former director of the Barr-Harris Children's Grief Counseling Center, interviews David on the subject of sibling loss.
David provides a reading and writing workshop for adults, 2:00-3:00.
David reads The Magic Ticket and facilitates a discussion/writing workshop for all ages on "Making Sense of Your Loss Through Storytelling."
School-age children and their adults are invited to join award-winning professor and Creative Writing Director at the nationally ranked Wilkes University MFA graduate program, David Hicks, PhD, for a storytime and writing workshop. He will [...]
David reads from THE MAGIC TICKET and provides a writing workshop for children.
Learn how to process grief and make sense of difficulty by crafting it into a story. Following a reading of his children’s book, THE MAGIC TICKET, author, professor, and MFA director David Hicks, PhD will [...]
David reads THE MAGIC TICKET, along with other children's books he loves, for the Tattered Cover's weekly "storytime" reading.
David visits Camp Comfort, a children's grief counseling center, to teach a writing workshop to children on how to write their way through grief.
David visits with the children at Hillside Farm's summer camp to teach some free writing workshops. (Dates undisclosed to protect the children's privacy.)
David teaches a two-Saturday workshop (both 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) at the Writer's Center in Bethesda: the first Saturday (9/07/24) is the lesson, and the second Saturday (9/14/24) is the workshop.
David runs a grief-based writing workshop at the Koch Funeral Home in State College, PA, in a partnership with Spiritual Director, Celebrant & End of Life Doula Jackie Hook.
David will be at the Fulcrum Publishing booth at the Mountains and Plains "FallCon" most of the day, promoting The Magic Ticket. Stop by to say hi!
