Events
Cleveland Humanities Festival: The Gift of Darkness
April 6, 2024 at 1pm · Free
Cleveland Public Library
Louis Stokes Auditorium
Literary Cleveland hosts a staged reading of creative work on the theme of darkness, including Laura’s flash fiction piece, “Break Apart.” Register here.
Revision Reality for Novelists
39th Annual Western Reserve Writers’ Conference
March 23, 2024 at 3pm · Free
Cuyahoga Count Public Library
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
Novelist Summer Camp 2024
Literary Cleveland
June 2024
Registration details TBD
Pocket MFA Fiction Mentor
January – March 2024
Page Count Live with Ross Gay and Alison Stine
Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 1pm
Youngstown State University
Revision Reality for Novelists
Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 9:15am
Youngstown State University
Page Count Live: Literary Magic with Elissa Washuta
Inkubator Writing Conference
September 23, 2023
Cleveland Public Library
Episode coming November 2023.
Hello, YOU: What We Can Learn about Writing from TV
Inkubator Writing Conference
September 22, 2023
Cleveland Public Library
Literary Cleveland Writers’ Workshop: Fiction
August 16, 2023
Lakewood Public Library
Literary Cleveland Writers’ Workshop: Panel
Moderator & Presenter
August 2, 2023
Lakewood Public Library
Novelist Summer Camp
June 3 – July 8, 2023
Virtual Wednesdays & In-Person Saturdays
Literary Cleveland
Workshop & Panel Appearance
Lake Erie Ink Teen Writers’ Symposium
May 6, 2023 at Mather Mansion
Cleveland State University
Poos, Prose, and Flows: Connecting Cleveland’s Sewer Infrastructure to Your Creative Writing
Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 10am
NEORSD Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
Better Toledo Series: The Future Is Female
Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 3pm
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Reading & Author Appearance
Thursday, January 26, 2023
7:30pm at Prout Chapel
Bowling Green State University
Publishing First Books: Prose
Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 5pm
CSU Poetry Center
Virtually via Zoom
2022 Events & Workshops
Books by the Banks
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Panel appearance at 1pm
Cincinnati
Write Like It’s Your Job: Developing a Writing Routine
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Medina County District Library
Northeast Ohio’s Literary Landscape
Monday, October 24, 2022
Ursuline College
Meet the Author
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Lakewood Public Library
The Nuts & Bolts of Drafting a Novel
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Cleveland Public Library
Listen to excerpts from this talk here.
Joe Meno & Liz Breazeale, moderated by Laura Maylene Walter
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The Agent Hunt from Start to Finish
Tuesdays, September 20 & 27, 2022
Lakewood, Ohio
Page Count Live: Advice for the Career-Minded Writer
Inkubator Writing Conference
September 10, 2022
Listen to the episode here.
Loganberry Author Alley
Saturday, August 13, 2022
12-4pm / In Person / Free
Loganberry Books
Cherry Tree Young Writers’ Conference (faculty)
July 12-15, 2022
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
Ohioana Book Festival (panel moderator)
April 26, 2022
View the archived event.
Book Party: Kate Norris & Laura Maylene Walter
Saturday, April 9, 2022
B Side Lounge
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
2021 Events & Workshops
Book Launch Party for Body of Stars
March 16, 2021
This event is archived in the videos section of Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Facebook page.
Author2Author Live Podcast
March 16, 2021
Listen to the archived podcast.
In Conversation with Huda Al-Marashi
March 18, 2021
Warwick’s
This event is archived on Warwick’s Facebook page.
Literary Future Casting: Discovering Your Body of Stars
March 21, 2021
Literary Cleveland
A Little Future, A Little Science, A Little Dystopia
March 22, 2021
Tattered Cover Book Store
Watch the archived event.
In Conversation with Erika Swyler
April 20, 2021
Next Chapter Booksellers
The Art of Writing
April 22, 2021
Cleveland Public Library
Watch the archived video.
Ohioana Book Festival
April 25, 2021
Watch the YouTube video.
From Dream to Reality: Publishing a Debut Novel
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference
Authors Nancy Johnson, Eman Quotah, Laura Maylene Walter, and E. Lily Yu discuss how they came to publish their debut novels in 2021. View the archived event.
Loganberry Author Alley
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Loganberry Books
Literary Therapy
Monday, September 27, 2021
Literary Cleveland
Kentucky Book Festival
Saturday, November 6
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Lexington, KY
Exploring Innovative Structure in Fiction
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Lafayette Writers’ Studio
Guest Author Q&A for NaNoWriMo Write-In
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Ohio Center for the Book (virtual)
GSR Fall Write-a-Thon
December 3-5
Literary Cleveland & Gordon Square Review
Loganberry Holiday Open House
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
In-Person Book Signing
Loganberry Books
Readalong Interview
March 22, 2021 at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT
Tandem Collective IG Live Interview
@tandemcollectiveglobal
Reading with Robin
March 15, 2021 at 4pm ET
IG Live Interview
@robinkallink
GSR 5k Write-a-Thon
March 7-13, 2021
Literary Cleveland & Gordon Square Review
Novelist Support & Productivity Group
January 4 – 31, 2021
Literary Cleveland
2020 Events & Workshops
After the First Draft: Feedback and Revision
December 10, 2020
Literary Cleveland
Novel Writing and Publication: A Lightning-Round Guide
November 7, 2020
Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing
Bowling Green State University
The Nuts & Bolts of Drafting a Novel
October 22, 2020
Literary Cleveland
Inkubator Instructor Reading
July 26, 2020
Inkubator Workshop
Literary Cleveland (virtual)
The Life Cycle of a Novel
July 13, 20 & 27, 2020
Inkubator Workshop
Literary Cleveland
Advanced Novel Writing
January – June 2020
Lakewood, Ohio
The Fiction Writer’s Toolbox
March 2020 (remaining workshops canceled due to Covid-19)
Cuyahoga County Public Library
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
2019 Events & Workshops
Seclusion, Serenity, and Time: Applying to Writing Residencies
September 17, 2019
Lakewood, Ohio
Revision Reality Check for Novelists
October 5, 2019
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland Drafts Literary Festival (partner/organizer)
October 12, 2019
Larchmere, Ohio
GSR Write-a-Thon
October 19, 2019
Cleveland Public Library
The Writing Life: Expectation vs. Reality
November 2, 2019
Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing
Bowling Green State University
Gordon Square Review Issue 5 Launch Party
November 20, 2019
Brewnuts