EVENTS
Maureen Aitken Events | Author Readings & Appearances
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday Salon – Chicago. Reading on panel. Sunday, November 23rd. 6.
Reading, River Bookshop, Amherstburg, Canada, September, 2025 (date forthcoming). Visit River.
RECENT EVENTS
OLDER EVENTS
| Event Status | Date | Time | Event | Location | Description | Event Hyperlink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past | February 1, 2024 | READING | Magers & Quinn | "The Question Body." Awakenings anthology reading. | ||
| Past | November 11, 2023 | READING | Eat My Words bookstore | "Places in the World Where a Woman Could Dance." Co-host and one of six readers. Double-anthology launch. Locker Room Talk and Awakenings. Eat My Words bookstore. | ||
| Past | December 3rd, 2022 | READING | Hamline University | Reading, "Mushrooms." Water~Stone Review's Fall 2022 issue reading. | ||
| Past | Saturday, April 4, 2020 | 9:00 - 12:00 PM CT | WORKSHOP | Online Event | This workshop challenges writers to consider how communities drive story plot and structure. | https://loft.org/classes/how-place-drives-plot |
| Past | January 26th, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM CT | BOOK CLUB | Barnes & Noble Galleria | Tiffanné and Sadie's Book Club welcomes Maureen to discuss The Patron Saint of Lost Girls. | |
| Past | November 16th, 2019 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM CT | WORKSHOP | Barnes and Noble | How to Draw Inspiration from Personal Experiences to Develop Characters | |
| Past | September 28th, 2019 | 11:00 AM CT | WORKSHOP | Oak Knoll Lutheran Church | Women of Words Conference, "Place and Character" Workshop | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-of-words-10th-annual-writers-conference-tickets-64361781822 |
| Past | September 23rd, 2019 | Various Times | LECTURE | Winona State University | Winona State University Creative Writing courses, visiting speaker | |
| Past | September 23rd, 2019 | Various Times | READING | Winona State University | Great River Reading Series, Featured Reader | |
| Past | September 23rd, 2019 | READING | Winona State University Great Lakes Series | Reading from "The Patron Saint of Lost Girls." Winona State University Great Lakes Series Featured Reader | ||
| Past | April, 27th, 2019 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM CT | READING | Cream & Amber | Maureen will be reading from her book, Patron Saint of Lost Girls, for National Independent Bookstore Day | https://www.creamandamber.com/events/2019/2/20/independent-bookstore-day |
| Past | April 12th and 13th, 2019 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Door County | Maureen will co-facilitate a discussion on submitting to contests with Gary Eldon Peter on April 13th. On April 14th she will participate in a general panel discussion on publishing. | ||
| Past | March 28th, 2019 | 10:00 PM PT | READING | Mother Foucault's Bookshop | Maureen will be reading from her Past book, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls. Reading with SEMO authors Brad Modlin, and Brandon Hobson. The reading will be followed by a book signing. | http://motherfoucaultsbookshop.com/ |
| Past | March 15th, 2019 | 7:00 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION | University of MN | Meet the Minnesota Book Award finalists | |
| Past | March 14th, 2019 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM CT | READING | Weisman Art Museum | Maureen will be reading from her Past book, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, with additional readings by Caitlin Bailey and Donte Collins. The reading will be followed |
Past
February 1, 2024
READING
Magers & Quinn
"The Question Body." Awakenings anthology reading.
Past
November 11, 2023
READING
Eat My Words bookstore
"Places in the World Where a Woman Could Dance." Co-host and one of six readers. Double-anthology launch. Locker Room Talk and Awakenings. Eat My Words bookstore.
Past
December 3rd, 2022
READING
Hamline University
Reading, "Mushrooms." Water~Stone Review's Fall 2022 issue reading.
Past
Saturday, April 4, 2020
9:00 - 12:00 PM CT
WORKSHOP
Online Event
This workshop challenges writers to consider how communities drive story plot and structure.
https://loft.org/classes/how-place-drives-plot
Past
January 26th, 2020
2:00 - 3:00 PM CT
BOOK CLUB
Barnes & Noble Galleria
Tiffanné and Sadie's Book Club welcomes Maureen to discuss The Patron Saint of Lost Girls.
Past
November 16th, 2019
1:00 - 3:00 PM CT
WORKSHOP
Barnes and Noble
How to Draw Inspiration from Personal Experiences to Develop Characters
Past
September 28th, 2019
11:00 AM CT
WORKSHOP
Oak Knoll Lutheran Church
Women of Words Conference, "Place and Character" Workshop
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-of-words-10th-annual-writers-conference-tickets-64361781822
Past
September 23rd, 2019
Various Times
LECTURE
Winona State University
Winona State University Creative Writing courses, visiting speaker
Past
September 23rd, 2019
Various Times
READING
Winona State University
Great River Reading Series, Featured Reader
Past
September 23rd, 2019
READING
Winona State University Great Lakes Series
Reading from "The Patron Saint of Lost Girls." Winona State University Great Lakes Series Featured Reader
Past
April, 27th, 2019
2:00 - 3:00 PM CT
READING
Cream & Amber
Maureen will be reading from her book, Patron Saint of Lost Girls, for National Independent Bookstore Day
https://www.creamandamber.com/events/2019/2/20/independent-bookstore-day
Past
April 12th and 13th, 2019
PANEL DISCUSSION
Door County
Maureen will co-facilitate a discussion on submitting to contests with Gary Eldon Peter on April 13th. On April 14th she will participate in a general panel discussion on publishing.
Past
March 28th, 2019
10:00 PM PT
READING
Mother Foucault's Bookshop
Maureen will be reading from her Past book, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls. Reading with SEMO authors Brad Modlin, and Brandon Hobson. The reading will be followed by a book signing.
http://motherfoucaultsbookshop.com/
Past
March 15th, 2019
7:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION
University of MN
Meet the Minnesota Book Award finalists
Past
March 14th, 2019
7:00 - 8:30 PM CT
READING
Weisman Art Museum
Maureen will be reading from her Past book, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls, with additional readings by Caitlin Bailey and Donte Collins. The reading will be followed