Appearance Schedule
As a former teacher and writer-in-residence, Caren has experience speaking to a wide range of audiences.
Caren is available for virtual classroom visits, conferences, and festivals.
Please contact Caren by email for more information about speaking to your organization, conference, festival, or school. Thank you.
Places I’m Going
Jan 28, 2024
Sunday
First Church, Jamaica Plain
Boston, MA
Caren will be reading Stars of the Night to commemorate the 79th anniversary of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Mar 10, 2024
Sunday
Temple Israel
Boston, MA
Caren will be discussing Stars of the Night (closed to the public)
Mar 31, 2024
Sunday
Temple Sinai
Brookline, MA
Stars of the Night presentation paired with illustrator Selina Alko, moderated by The Horn Book editor emeritus Roger Sutton (open to the public)
Apr 7, 2024
Sunday
Hadassah Midwest
Zoom presentation: Caren Stelson will be discussing Stars of the Night, paired with illustrator Selina Alko (open to the public)
Places I’ve Been, People I’ve Met
May 7, 2023
Sunday, 10:00 am (CST)
Talmud Torah of St. Paul
768 Hamline Ave South
St. Paul, MN
Caren Stelson will present Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport, accompanied on the violin by Judith Eisner
May 2, 2023
Tuesday, 6:00 pm (CST)
Minnesota Book Awards
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
345 Washington Street
St. Paul, MN
Caren is honored to be moderating the Children’s Literature category.
Apr 30, 2023
Sunday, 2:00 pm (CST)
Highland Park Library
1974 Ford Parkway
St. Paul, MN
Caren Stelson will present Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport, accompanied on the violin by Judith Eisner
Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday, 6:00 pm (CST)
St. Louis Park Library
3240 Library Lane
St. Louis Park, MN
Author Caren Stelson accompanied by violinist Judith Eisner will present Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport.
Apr 16, 2023
Sunday, 2:00 pm (CST)
Hosner Library
347 E 36th St
Minneapolis, MN
Author Caren Stelson accompanied by violinist Judith Eisner will present Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport.
Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday, 6:30 pm (CST)
Red Balloon Bookshop
891 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN
Stars of the Night presentation with Caren Stelson and Klezmer violinist Judith Eisner
Mar 11, 2023
Saturday, 1:00pm (EST)
Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
Stars of the Night official book launch with Selina Alko and Caren Stelson
Feb 12, 2023
Sunday, 4:00 pm (ET)
Vancouver Jewish Book Festival
Book Launch with illustrator Selina Alko and Caren Stelson
in conversation with Abby Weyner Herlin
Aug 8, 2021
Sunday, 6:30 pm
Reading A Bowl Full of Peace
St. Paul/Nagasaki Sister City Commemorative for Nagasaki
Como Park, St. Paul
Aug 30, 2021
Monday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Featured Blue Ribbon Minnesota Author
Alphabet Forest
Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, MN
Aug 15, 2021
Sunday, 2:00 pm
“Courageous Compassion: Garden of the Righteous”
Music and stories of heroes
who saved Jewish people from the Holocaust
Fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Lanesboro, MN
Jul 12, 2021
(that week)
“Peace-ology: Picture Books for Transformational Change”
Hamline Summer Literacy Institute – Presentation
with Caren Stelson, Ellie Roscher, and Renee Dauk-Bleess
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Mar 6, 2020
Friday
Sachiko Talk
Moline Public Schools
Moline, Illinois
Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday
Sachiko Talk
Landmark Center (closed)
St. Paul, MN
Mar 22, 2019
Friday, Young Authors Conference
Bethel University
Arden Hills, MN
Mar 1, 2019
Friday, Author’s Visit
Seward Montessori School
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday, Sachiko lecture
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN
Oct 18, 2018
Thursday, author visit
Chippewa Valley Book Festival
Authors in the Schools Program
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Sept 22, 2018
Saturday, 4:00 pm
Milwaukee Avenue Neighborhood Peace Pole Dedication
In celebration of the International Peace Day week and participating in Twin Cities: Ten Days Free of Violence
www. twincitiesnonviolent.org (Sept. 21–30)
Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday, 12:45–2:00 pm
Hamline Summer Literacy Institute
Breakout session
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Jun 6, 2018
Wednesday, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
We continue to live with nuclear weapons
Find your voice. Take action.
Cohosted by The Minnesota Peace Project and
Macalester Plymouth United Church
Macalester Plymouth United Church—Social Hall
1658 Lincoln Avenue, St. Pau
May 30–31, 2018
Wednesday and Thursday
Young Authors Conference
Bethel University
Arden Hills, MN
May 19, 2018
Saturday, 10:00 AM
Great River Regional Library
11800 Town Center Drive
St Michael, MN
Mar 7, 2018
Wednesday, author visit
Hmong College Prep Academy
1515 Brewster Street
St. Paul, Minnesota
Mar 6, 2018
Tuesday, author visit
Scenic Heights Elementary School
Minnetonka, MN
Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday, author visit
Metro State
Energy Park Campus
St. Paul, Minnesota
Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday, author visit
Lake Country School
3755 Pleasant Ave.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 2, 2018
Friday, author visit
Excel Academy Charter School, East Boston Campus
8th grade
Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 22, 2018
Monday, evening
Women Who Read Book Club, Twin Cities
Jan 11, 2018
Friday, 12:00 – 3:00 pm
“Writing for Kids and Teens”
Creative Writing Dept., J‑Term Instructor, Molly Beth Griffin
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Dec 7, 2017
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Common Good Books
38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota
Caren and author Ellie Roscher will speak about their experiences researching their respective books: Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivors Story and Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya’s Slums Started a Revolution.
Nov 12, 2017
Sunday, 5:00 pm
Magers and Quinn
3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN
“Women Writing On War”
Caren joins Minnesota authors Kate St. Vincent Vogle, Gretchen Marquette, Nancy O’Brien Wagner, Faith Sullivan and Kao Kalia Yang for this discussion.
Oct 26, 2017
Thursday evening
Japan Fluid Power Society
International Symposium, 2017, ACROS
Fukuoka, Japan
Oct 25, 2017
Wednesday, 1:00–2:30 pm
10th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power
ITO Campus Center Building 2, Room 2107
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Oct 20, 2017
Friday, 2:30 pm
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Ceremony
Jane Addams Peace Association
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York
Sep 29–30, 2017
Friday and Saturday, 7:30 pm PDF poster available
Lanesboro Arts Center presents, “In Peace with Honor“
in memory of Orval Amdahl’s “Return of the Sword,” film showing of Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard, and readings from Sachiko, A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
St Mane Theatre
Lanesboro, MN
Sep 23, 2017
Sunday, 2:00 pm PDF poster available
Lanesboro Arts Center
Sachiko book presentation, book discussion
Sep 21, 2017
Thursday, 6:30 pm PDF poster available
Lanesboro Arts Center presents, “In Peace with Honor“
in memory of Orval Amdahl’s “Return of the Sword,” film showing of Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard, and readings from Sachiko, A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
St Mane Theatre
Lanesboro, MN
Aug 23, 2017
Wednesday, 10:00 – 12:00
Bond: Branching Out in New Directions
Book/Author Fundraising Event
The Oak Ridge Country Club
Minnetonka, MN
Aug 10, 2017
Thursday, 10:00 am
Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison Central Library
201 W Mifflin St., Madison, WI
Aug 9, 2017
Wednesday, 6:30 pm
Lanterns for Peace
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
Madison, Wisconsin
Aug 8, 2017
Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City’s
Nagasaki Commemoration
Global Harmony Labyrinth
Como Park, St. Paul
Jul 12, 2017
Monday, 2:15–3:30 pm
Breakout session:
Sachiko: One Writer’s Search for History,
Resilience and Peace
Literacy Institute
Hamline University
Jun 23, 2017
Friday, time to be announced (ticketed event)
ALA Annual Conference
receiving the Robert F. Sibert Honor Award
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Jun 13, 2017
Tuesday, 11:00 am
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
Plymouth Congregational Church
Minneapolis, MN
Jun 6, 2017
Tuesday: 2:30 (not open to the public)
Avalon Charter High School
Author’s presentation and discussion
700 Glendale St., St. Paul 55114
Jun 5, 2017
Presentation to class of Nagasaki Exchange students University
Metropolitan State University
Energy Park Campus, St. Paul
(closed)
May 31 and Jun 1, 2017
Wednesday & Thursday (not open to the public)
Young Authors Conference
Bethel College, Roseville, MN
May 6, 2017
Saturday, doors open at 9:30 am (no pre-registration)
Twin Cities Teen Literature Conference
Henry Sibley High School
1897 Delaware Ave, Mendota Heights, MN
May 3, 2017
Wed., 7:00 pm EDT
Five College Center for East Asian Studies Webinar:
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story,
with author Caren Stelson
Apr 10, 2017
Wednesday (not open to the public)
Hamline University
Student Teaching Seminar Professional Development
Author’s presentation and discussion
Hamline Minneapolis Campus
1600 Utica Ave South, St Louis Park
Apr 8, 2017
Saturday, 6:30 pm (ticketed event)
Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony
InterContinental Hotel,
11 E. Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, MN
Apr 6, 2017
Thursday, 9:30–11:30 am
Awards Celebration for the
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction
Bank Street College
610 West 112th Street
New York City, New York
Apr 2, 2017
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Loft Literary Center: “Second Story” Program
1011 S. Washington Ave., Minneapolis, MN
Apr 1, 2017
Saturday, 10:00 am
Barnes & Noble at Edina, Galleria
Educator Appreciation Event
Galleria, Edina, MN
Mar 25, 2017
Saturday, 12:00 pm
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA (City Council Chambers)
Mar 21, 2017
Thursday,
Meet the Minnesota Book Awards Finalists
Open Book
1011 Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Mar 16, 2017
Thursday (not open to the public)
Young Authors Conference
Bethel College, Roseville, MN
Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday, 1:00–4:30
Metropolitan State University
Author’s presentation and discussion
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 23, 2017
Thursday, 5:30–7:00 pm
Marcy Open School: Writers and Artists Fair
415 4th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN
Jan 21, 2017
Saturday, 2:00pm
Red Balloon Bookshop
891 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
Sachiko presentation and book signing
Jan 3–9, 2017
Nagasaki, Japan
Dec 3, 2016
Saturday, 5:30–8:00pm
Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Annual Dinner
In celebration of Sachiko: reading and book signing
Tickets available: www.stpaulnagasaki.org
Venue: Humanities Center
987 Ivy Ave. E., St. Paul, MN 55106
Dec 3, 2016
Saturday, 11:00 am to 12:30pm
Boneshaker Books
2002 23rd Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55404
Presentation of Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story,
Hannah & Friends Vocal Trio, World Citizen peace sites, and book signing
