The “5-Minute Writing Prompts for Kids” Book Launch Party is an intimate, story-centered celebration bringing readers, families, and creatives together. The event offers a warm fireside-style conversation about the book’s inspiration and the journey behind writing it, along with opportunities to connect, explore creativity, and have copies personally signed.

The Ten Trees Bookstore Community Event is a creativity-centered gathering for readers of all ages, with a special focus on inspiring local youth. Guests can enjoy story-building activities, writing prompts, live readings, and journal/bookmark decorating, along with the opportunity to have books personally signed. Light bites, imagination, and hands-on creative fun make this an uplifting celebration of stories and community.

The To Be Read (TBR) Conference is Boston’s vibrant celebration of books, readers, and the future of storytelling. This year’s gathering features panels, author conversations, and community events centered on uplifting youth and spotlighting young adult literature. The author will be in attendance, with a strong chance of stepping into a presenting role to champion young writers, share insights on crafting YA fiction, and lead creative writing workshops designed to spark imagination. It’s a space where emerging voices, passionate readers, and dedicated educators come together to inspire the next generation of stories.

The Just Book-ish Teen Workshop is an interactive video game screenwriting session designed to spark creativity and empower young storytellers. Participants explore visual storytelling techniques, worldbuilding exercises, and character-driven design, with opportunities to translate their ideas into graphic-novel style narratives. This hands-on event blends inspiration, craft, and imagination for teens ready to build new worlds.

The Thurston Middle School Writers Conference is a dynamic, craft-centered event featuring professional writers presenting workshops to seventh-grade students. The conference highlights storytelling fundamentals—screenwriting, novel writing, process, and creative practice—through author-led conversations, Q&A, and hands-on writing activities. As students prepare to draft their own novels during an intensive month-long writing unit, the conference offers practical strategies, real-world inspiration, and an optional book-signing opportunity to connect young writers with the creative path ahead.