August 2024: Melissa’s debut novel, HEMLOCK, is forthcoming from Little, Brown! Stay tuned for more details, including release date and upcoming events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
DENISON UNIVERSITY BECK SERIES Reading & Conversation WITH MELISSA FEBOS Denison University, Granville OH Monday, Oct. 14, 7:30pm
Wells college Reading & Conversation, AURORA NY Friday, march 29, 5:30pm
AWP 2024, Kansas city, MO Rock ‘n roll reading THE BRICK, 1727 McGee Street, KCMO Wednesday, february 7, 6:00pm
Lit up at the bird offsite reading w/ kenyon review, pleiades, Adroit journal & Am. poetry review THE BIRD, 103 w. 19th street, KCMO Thursday, february 8, 7:00pm
Panel: exhausted & overwhelmed—attempting queer joy in 2024 Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2504AB Friday, February 9, 12:10–1:25 pm
Panel: Everything is awful—sustaining through shitstorms & systemic obstacles Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, Room 2504AB Friday, February 9, 1:45–3:00pm
IN Other Words reading series arcana, 331 W. main street, durham NC Tuesday, january 16, 7:30 PM / In-person
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH OSU Visiting Writers SERIES Tomboyland READING & CONVERSATION Friday, NoVember 3, 2023, 4:00pm
Ohio UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OH TOMBOYLAND READING & CONVERSATION Quarter After EIGHT READING SERIES Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, 6:30pm
Chippewa valley book festival, Eau Claire, WI TOMBOYLAND Reading & Conversation—on writing our own lives & others Saturday, OcTOber 14, 2023, 1:00pm
Letters Bookshop, Durham NC In conversation with Sara Johnson Allen, author of Down Here We Come Up Tuesday, Aug 8, 2023, 6:30PM EDT
Writers’ League of Texas On the craft of writing personal essays with Krys Malcolm Belc tHURSDAY, July 20, 2023, 7:00pm CDT
Ridges & Rivers Book festival, viroqua WI Featured reading, SIGNING, and writing workshop April 28–30, 2023
AWP conference, seattle Wa 10th annual Rock & Roll Reading Weds, Mar 8, 7:00pm at CENTRAL SALOON
Forging our Own Path: On being first-generation in academia panel with Dantiel moniz, natalie lima, danielle geller, & MarÍa álvarez Thurs, Mar 9, 10:00AM at Seattle convention center
DEnison university, granville OH Beck SERIES Featured reading & Conversation WEDS, Nov 9, 2022 7:30pm, denison museum, eisner center for the performing arts
The Writer’s Center Conversation with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, author of halfway to home Thurs, dec 1, 2022 7:00pm EST / virtual
Two Dollar Radio, Columbus OH sex and the single woman Tour EVENT with Elissa Washuta, Eliza Smith, & Negesti Kaudo Thursday, sept 1, 2022, 7:00PM in-person
A room of One’s Own, madison, WI Sex and the single woman Tour EVENT Friday, Aug 12, 2022, 6:00pm In-person
Northwoods Book Festival Boulder Junction Public Library, BOULDER JCT, WI Tomboyland reading & Talk Thursday, Aug 11, 2022, 6:00PM In-PERSON
VCFA mfa residency Vermont College of fine arts, Montpellier, VT June 21–30, 2022
Two Dollar Radio, Columbus OH Reading with raechel anne jolie & eleanor whitney WedNesday, mar 30, 2022 7pm In-Person
AWP Conference, Philadelphia PA Sex and the single woman LAUNCH With Melissa Febos, NATALIE LIMA, Seema Reza, & MINDA HONEY friday, mar 25, 2022 foundation
Rest as an Act of Activism Friday, Mar 25, 2022 10:35–11:50am
When Form Meets Content: Structuring a Nonfiction Book Saturday, Mar 26, 2022 3:20–4:35pm
Millay Literary League, MIllay ARTS Reading & CONVERSATION With Melissa Febos Thursday, Nov 11, 7:30PM ET / VIA Zoom
MALAPROP’S BOOKSTORE, ASHEVILLE NC CONVERSATION WITH JAMES TATE HILL, AUTHOR OF BLIND MAN’S BLUFF THURSDAY, SEPT 30, 7:00PM ET / VIA ZOOM
VErona public library, verona WI TOMBOYLAND discussion, Books & Booze Book club ThursDAY, Sept 23, 6:00PM CT / VIA ZOOM
Seek no further cidery, Granville OH READING & FUNDRAISER FOR JOSHUA JENKINS, NEWARK CITY COUNCIL With MAggie Smith, Ira SukRungruang, elliott holt, nicole terez dutton, & MORE Monday, Sept 20, 6:30PM ET / In-Person
YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA York Visiting Writer READING & Conversation Friday, SEPT 17, 5:00PM ET / In-PERSON & LIVE-STREAMED
Printers Row Literary Fest, Chicago IL With Precious Brady-Davis, Michele Morano, & Michele Weldon Saturday, Sept 11, 3:00PM CT / GRACE PLACE / IN-PERSON!
LAMBDA LITERARY, NOEMI PRESS, ROOM OF ONE’S OWN A READING CELEBRATING QUEER VOICES WITH Melissa Febos, Khalisa Rae, Emilia Phillips, Raquel Gutiérrez, Sofia Fey, and Ashley Elizabeth MONDAy, may 10, 7:30pm ET / VIA crowdcast
215 Festival Writing queer lives panel with Christopher gonzalez and krys malcolm bec Thursday, May 13, 7:00pm ET / Via Zoom
QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS, RALEIGH NC Reading with Khalisa Rae, author of ghost in a black girl’s throat sunday, april 18, 3:00PM eT / VIA ZOOM
UNC Kenan Visiting Writer REading, CHAPEL HILL NC University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Wednesday, March 17, 5:30pm ET / Via Zoom
Bandwidth Reading Series Friday, March 26, 8:00pm ET / Via Zoom With Marianne Chen, Eleanor Boudreau, and Robert Yune
Women & ChiLdren First Bookstore, Chicago IL With Gabriel Bump, author of everywhere you don’t belong Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7:00pm CT / VIA Crowdcast
Cary Memorial Library, LEXINGTON MA Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:00pm ET / VIA ZOOM TOMBOYLAND reading & discussion
Guerrilla Lit Reading Series Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:30PM ET / VIA Dixon Place & Zoom With Morgan Jerkins and Mark Barr
House of Speakeasy Seriously Entertaining Series Tuesday, Oct. 20, 7pm ET / via Crowdcast With Helen MAcDonald, Lilliam Rivera, & Roger RosenBlatt
The Antibody Reading Series Thursday, Oct. 22, 8pm ET / via LitHub & Zoom With Angela Chen & Athena Dixon WATCH HERE!
Pace University LGBTQA CENTER TOMBOYLAND Reading & Conversation Wednesday, Oct 14, 5pm ET / VIA Zoom
Brooklyn book festival Of Mystic Women, Witches and Tomboys with Lucile Scott, moderated by brian vines Monday, Sept. 28, 8PM et / via crowdcast
Pigeon Pages Reading Series Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8:30pm ET / McNally Jackson / via Zoom With Nate Marshall & Kukuwa Ashun
Memoir Monday Reading Series Monday, Sept. 21, 8pm ET / PowerHouse Arena / via Zoom with Athena Dixon, Sarah Kasbeer, & Angela Chen Watch Here!
Downtown Writers Jam Happy Hour Friday, Sept. 18, 7pm ET / via Zoom
TOMBOYLAND Midwest Launch A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, Madison, WI Reading & Conversation with Melissa Febos Wednesday, August 12, 7pm CT / via Zoom
TOMBOYLAND New York Launch WORD Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY Reading & Conversation with Elena Passarello Tuesday, August 4, 7pm ET / via Zoom Watch here!
Miss Manhattan Reading Series Monday, August 3, 7:30pm ET / via IGTV Instagram @missmanhattanny)
