Miriam joins Melissa Hart and Allen Cody to talk publishing for the local WW chapter at the Eugene Public Library. Come! We give good talk.
Join Miriam for the rowdiest audience on her event circuit, the women of Temple Beth Israel’s Sisterhood. Miriam will be reading from Closer and signing books. Come ready to shout your opinions from your seat.
Join Miriam in celebrating Wordcrafters’ 1st Annual Cai Emmons Fiction Anthology. Miriam selected the winning stories and will say a few words about each one.
This event is free and on Zoom. Register here.
Miriam will join fellow Regal House authors on a panel presentation in Chicago for the biannual Regal Retreat.
When a novel’s plot and characters center around abuse, addiction, crime, racial tension, or dangerous relationships, how do writers balance realism with compassion for our characters, our readers, and ourselves? How do we bear direct witness in our work while honoring the reader’s power to imagine? Our panel of novelists will discuss the art and challenge of depicting the difficult. We’ll discuss the artistic and ethical choices we make when shaping a story and characters around controversial or upsetting subjects. How do we portray complex or distressing situations and troubled characters with honesty and empathy? How do we decide when to bring our unflinching eye to a scene, and when to bring nuance? How do joy, revelation, and forgiveness add complexity rather than easy resolutions to difficult subjects and characters? We’ll also discuss the impact on the writer of writing about emotionally or psychologically challenging material when we can no longer keep silent.
Panelists: Miriam Gershow, Carol LaHines, Megan A. Schikora, Lauren Hulthen Thomas, Katie Scott Crawford (moderator).
Join Miriam at the northern Oregon coast for a reading at the Cannon Beach Library.
Through its NW Authors Speaker Series, the Cannon Beach Library hosts events that showcase writers of the Pacific Northwest. Authors read from their works and participate in discussions with the audience. Join us to meet award-winning and bestselling authors from the region. These events are free and open to the public.
Speaker events are at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoons September through May. Authors present in-person at the library while simultaneously being live streamed. Viewers may join us at the library, or watch from home. NW Authors titles are available to check out at the library.
Brandeis National Committee’s Tucson Chapter, is hosting Miriam for their annual two-day Book and Author event.
March 11, 2026 – Book & Author Dinner | 5:30 PM
March 12, 2026 – Book & Author Luncheon | 9:30 AM
“ This special two-day celebration offers an opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet inspiring authors, purchase signed books, and take part in the popular Silent Auction, featuring artwork, restaurant gift cards, experiences, wine, jewelry, holiday décor, and more.”
Join Miriam in celebrating one of Oregon’s best story writers, Evan Morgan Williams, and his new collection, The Divide, just out from the small press juggernaut, Cornerstone Press.
Reading, conversation, and book signing at the wonderful Cottage Groove Books. Shop local! Spend all your money on books!!
Join Miriam in Brookings for the return of the South Coast Writers Conference on the gorgeous southern Oregon Coast!
Miriam will giving the keynote, Turning Rejection into Creative Rejuvenation, at 7pm Friday and offering two workshops on Saturday: The Joy of Flash & Creating Complex Characters.
From the conference website:
The South Coast Writers Conference brings together a collection of writers from the Northwest to share, explore, and celebrate the many facets of writing. The conference, held on Presidents’ Day weekend February 13 and 14, provides an opportunity for an extended stay to write and to explore the splendor of the southern Oregon Coast.
The conference is an eclectic gathering of writers of various genres including novice and published authors. The goal of this conference is to highlight local writers and inspire new writers while connecting them to local resources. The conference features some of the Northwest’s best writers to guide participants in an exploration of many writing genres.
This year features workshop presenters across genres from poetry to graphic novels. Two all-day workshops are held on Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm for $80. Four 90-minute workshops are offered on Saturday from 9:00am to 4:00pm with multiple options for each session for $85. The price for both days is $165. Authors’ night features the keynote speaker at 7:00pm on Friday, February 13, and is free and open to the public.
Please email us at scwc@socc.edu to be put on the email list for updates about the conference.
Miriam will read from her published novels (The Local News and Closer) and her current novel in progress (Fir Acres), discussing the evolution from one narrator in her first book to a symphony of nearly 30 narrators in her current work, written in the style of an oral history.
Join Miriam and 45 other authors for the 25th annual Authors & Artists fair. Buy books and 25% of sales go to Lane Library League as a benefit for rural volunteer libraries.
The event is held in the glass-roofed Atrium of the downtown Lane Events Center (the fairgrounds), next door to the popular Holiday Market.
NOTE: The fair goes from 10-5pm, but Miriam will only be there 10-1:30.
BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS!!
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join the Oregon Historical Society Sunday, December 7, 2025, as we kick off the holiday season with our annual celebration of Oregon’s literary talents. Chat with local authors and make a dent in your holiday shopping by picking up the perfect, personally signed book for every reader on your list. Get into the spirit of the season while you sip on hot cocoa, listen to holiday tunes from The Dickens Carolers, and enjoy being a part of this festive community tradition at the Oregon Historical Society!
Join Miriam in River Road’s first annual book fair. It’s Scholastic for grownups! Music, food, gifts, and books. Miriam will be signing and selling her books. They make great gifts.
Oregonian Dede Montgomery, Author of "A Map of Her Own," in Conversation with Miriam Gershow: Meet and Greet, Reading, Signing
Saturday, November 1, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Tsunami Books (2585 Willamette St Eugene, OR, 97405)
A free event
Books Available for Purchase
Join Miriam for food, drink, and celebration of the late, great Cai Emmons and her posthumous novel, THE BELLS. Miriam and Cai’s husband, Paul Calandrino, will be reading excerpts.
Here’s what Miriam has to say about the book:
“If you are new to the work of Cai Emmons, prepare to be awed by her sentences and immersed in her world of ideas, as she grapples with goodness, faith, and forgiveness in The Bells. If you are a longtime fan of Cai’s, you will marvel at the gift she left us, a feat of generosity and imagination. What begins as a story about Niall, a lapsed monk now corralling a classroom of rowdy teenagers, soon transforms into an examination of making oneself whole in the face of a troubled past. Remarkably, though, The Bells, a book Cai finished on the day she died, is a story of life: how to live fully, embrace our messy complications, and swim toward love.”
Contributors to Literary Namjooning, issues 1 and 2, including Miriam, will share their work over Zoom.
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hBI3hnH3TrahmS4hklDWQQ
This fundraising event for the Fern Ridge Library will celebrate its 13th year on Sunday, October 19 from 3:30-6:00 p.m. at the Fern Ridge Library. Mark your calendars and join in this celebration of books, wine, and community. Miriam will be reading, talking about her love of libraries, and signing books. A copy of Closer is included in the ticket.
Miriam will be visiting the Northwest Academy in Portland OR to discuss Closer.
Author bios are required as soon as you start submitting your work. This can be especially daunting early in a writing career. Learn best practices for writing your bio and draft several for a variety of purposes, including submissions, query letters, and websites.
The Southern Oregon chapter of Willamette Writers will meet at the Grants Pass branch of the Josephine Community Library on Saturday, October 11, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM.
Register here to join on Zoom
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is postponed. Check back for updates.
Join Miriam with fellow Oregon Book Award 2025 finalist, Becky Ellis (Little Avalanches), for reading, conversation & book signing at Bold Coffee & Books in Portland.
Miriam talks about crafting multiple points of view in Closer with the wonderful Brown Bag Lit’s cohort of Lunch Break Writers, a weekly accountability group that Miriam has been a part of since 2024.
This event is over Zoom. Take part by joining Lunch Break Writers* (highly recommended for all writers of all genres) or email miriam [at] miriamgershow [dot] com for a one-time link.
*From Brown Bag Lit: “Lunch Break Writers is a weekly accountability group. The concept is simple: we’ll gather together once a week on Zoom for 90 minutes (every Wednesday, 12pm-1:30pm EST). We’ll spend the first fifteen minutes setting goals and sharing updates, then we’ll spend one hour writing in silence together (cameras off or on - the choice is yours but most people turn their camera off) before checking back in with each other for the final fifteen minutes. You can come for the entire 90 minutes or pop in late and leave early if you need to.”
Join Miriam Gershow at the downtown Eugene Public Library for this popular monthly reading series. She will be joined by the wonderful Mary Rechner.
Join Miriam for her return to the Southwest Washington Writers Conference on September 12 and 13, 2025 in Centralia, WA
Miriam will be teaching a three-hour master class on Friday: Successful Revision: Principles and Practices to Drive the Process
More details to come.
Conference details and registration: https://southwestwashingtonwriters.com/
Join Miriam in one of Lane County’s newest — and cutest — local bookstores for a reading and book signing.
Revision is the most important – and least explained – part of the writing process. In this workshop, learn about the principles that drive successful revision, see examples, and then take actionable steps toward revision in your own work. Bring a 5-10 page story or chapter draft.
Join Miriam at the downtown Bend Public Library for a reading from Closer, Q&A, and book signing.
Join Miriam as she welcomes Willy to Tsunami Books. Miriam will read a little, then Willy will read and play some tunes and tell some stories. Miriam is the Olivia Rodrigo to Willy’s Taylor Swift.
Join Miriam at Manzanita’s wonderful bookstore, Cloud and Leaf, for casual after-hours browsing, reading, book-signing, light snacks, and wine!
Join Miriam at the coast! She’ll be signing copies of Survival Tips at the wonderful Beach Books.
Join Miriam for a day of intensive writing and a crash course in publishing your flash fiction. Expect to come away with a handful of new stories and an overview of the ever-growing market for placing your work.
More details TC.
Celebrate the Portland Launch of Closer at Broadway Books, where Miriam will be in conversation with kick-ass novelist, folklorist, and Executive Director of Willamette Writers, Kate Ristau. Reading, conversation, Q&A and book signing.
Join Miriam for a reading, conversation with longtime local legend, Debra Gwartney, Q&A, and book signing for the launch of Closer. There will be drinks and snacks and merriment!
Join Miriam and Melissa Hart at the new Cottage Groove Books & Music in Cottage Grove for Independent Bookstore Day. We will be hand selling books we love to customers! Celebrate indie bookstores by coming to shop at one of the newest in our area.
Join the five Oregon Book Award fiction finalists for a reading in Corvallis. Brought to you by Literary Arts.
Miriam Gershow of Eugene, Survival Tips: Stories (Propeller Books)
Victor Lodato of Ashland, Honey (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers)
Kimberly King Parsons of Portland, We Were the Universe (Knopf/Penguin Random House)
Charlie J. Stephens of Port Orford, A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest (Torrey House Press)
Willy Vlautin of Scappoose, The Horse (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers)
Join Oregon Book Award Finalists in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction for a reading at Literary Arts’ new bookstore and event space in Portland.
Miriam Gershow - Fiction
Kimberly King Parsons - Fiction
Charity Yoro - Poetry
Valerie Witte - Poetry
Becky Ellis - Creative Nonfiction
Tim Palmer - Creative Nonfiction
