Events

Heartdrum Author Writing Retreat, Gruene, Texas
Book Signing at Green Feather Book Company
With Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez, Sarah Gonzales, and Anne Wynter at the Ezra Jack Keats Awards Ceremony, University of Southern Mississippi
Highlights Foundation workshop at Milanville, Pennsylvania
Native Authors at Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference in New York City
With Dawn Quigley on our way to an agency retreat, Minnesota
With Andrea Rogers at Kweli
With Andrea Rogers, Angeline Boulley, and Green Feather Book Company owner, Heather Hall, AAIA Repatriation Conference
With Christine Day, Jonathan Nelson, Traci Sorell, Arigon Starr, Laurel Goodluck, and Byron Graves at the American Indian Youth Literature Awards in Phoenix, Arizona
Masterclass with Brian Collier at CUNY, New York City
With Steven Paul Judd, Madelyn Goodnight, Traci Sorell, and Jerad Koepp at the NIEA Convention
Storytime for Just Like Grandma at Best of Books, Oklahoma
Seabrook Writing Retreat with friends in Washington
Beading class with friends at the Oklahoma Historical Society

Places I’m Going / Things I’m Doing

2026

Places I’ve Been

June 7, 2025

Saturday, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Best of Books
1313 East Danforth Road
Kickingbird Square
Edmond, OK 73034
(405) 340‑9202

A Letter for Bob storytime, craft, and book signing

May 16, 2025

Friday, 6:00 pm
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Thirty-Sixth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, OK

Jan 25, 2025

10:00 am to 12:00 noon
American Indian Library Association
2024 Youth Literature Awards

2024

SCBWI MI Picture Book Mentorship Program Mentor
November 16: 2 pm, Storytellers are Sacred, Greenfeather Book Company, Norman, OK, featuring Native creators: Joseph Erb, Andrea L. Rogers, Kim Rogers & Traci Sorell
October 29: Parent Engagement Night Speaker, Wichita & Affiliated Tribe Complex, Anadarko, OK
September 21: 2 pm, Free Little Library Opening Celebration, Matriarch, Oklahoma City, OK
September 14: Mississippi Book Festival, Ezra Jack Keats Panelist, Jackson, MS
August 10: Back to School Book Event, Best of Books Book Signing, Edmond, OK
June 2 to June 4: We Need Diverse Books Heartdrum Author Intensive, San Antonio, TX
May 4: Charlotte Zolotow Award Ceremony, Madison, WI
April 25: Wichita Tribe Small Business Summit, Wichita & Affiliated Tribe Complex, Anadarko, OK
April 10 to April 12: Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival and Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

2023

SCBWI MI Picture Book Mentorship Program Mentor
Nov. 9: Association on American Indian Affairs, 9th Annual Reparation Conference, Ink & Impact: Our stories Make a Difference, 101st Annual Membership Meeting & Event, Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee, OK, featuring Native authors: Angeline Boulley, Andrea Rogers, Kim Rogers, and Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer
Nov. 4: BookPeople Presents: Heartdrum Native American Heritage Month Celebration, Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX
Nov. 2: Multicultural Children’s Book Club, featuring Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers, illustrated by Julie Flett
Oct. 26: Meet the Authors, Heartdrum, webinar, hosted by NIEA, featuring: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Kim Rogers, Emily Bowen Cohen, and Byron Graves
Oct. 7: Picture Books to Explore!, Books of Wonder, New York, NY, virtual, featuring: Eddie Muller, Judith Henderson, and Kim Rogers
Oct. 2: Exploring Native Narratives: A Chat with Children’s Book Authors Kim Rogers and Laurel Goodluck – Pow Wow Life 94, Virtual, watch episode here (29 min)
June 8 to June 11: Native Children’s and YA Writing Intensive, Austin, TX
May 23: Indigenous Voices Panel, San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE), San Diego, CA, virtual, featuring: Traci Sorell, Nicole Neidhardt, Kim Rogers, and Laurel Goodluck
May 7: Picture Books for Mother’s Day!, Books of Wonder, New York, NY, virtual, featuring: Ahmet Zappa, Matthew Burgess, Evan Turk, Karla Clark, Kim Rogers, and Julie Flett (order copies of JUST LIKE GRANDMA with signed bookplates from Kim Rogers & Julie Flett here)
April 2: Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference, C. Illustrated Books/Nonfiction Track, The Community That Binds, featuring: Brandon Hobson and Kim Rogers; moderated by Kenzie Allen, New York, NY, virtual
Feb. 21: Our Child Sunrise and Elder Sunset with Kim Rogers, Children’s Book Podcast by Matthew C. Winner (19 min)
Feb. 4: Just Like Grandma Storytime and book signing, Best of Books, Edmond, OK
Jan. 19: Kit Lit All About the Books, New England Independent Booksellers, virtual, featuring: Various authors and illustrators. Watch presentations here. (2 hrs, 34 min)

2022

Oct. 5: Educator Day at the 53rd Annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Convention & Trade Show. Keynote Panel: Native Representation in Literature & Media, includes children’s authors and illustrators Traci Sorell, Kim Rogers, Steven Paul Judd, and Madelyn Goodnight, Oklahoma City, OK
March 25 to 27: Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference, moved from New York, NY, virtual
March 26: Illustrated Books/Nonfiction Track, “Pulling at the Heartstrings: Picture Books,”
featuring: Leah Henderson, Rajani LaRocca, Minh Le and Kim Rogers; moderated by Namrata Tripathi, New York, NY, virtual
March 10 to 13: Seabrook Writing Retreat, Seabrook, WA