upcoming classes & events
Help Kati celebrate Lightning Flowers’ 4th birthday with a reading, conversation, and cake at Secret World Books in Highland Park, Illinois.
Join Kati at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference to learn about craft, generate material, make new writing friends, and pick up publishing tips over a magical fall weekend in Jackson Hole.
Join Kati at Shakespeare & Co. in Missoula, Montana, for a short reading and conversation about Lightning Flowers.
Join us for a facilitated book club conversation about Lightning Flowers with Kati at Violet Volumes Bookstore in Victor, ID.
Join Kati and the Teton Science Schools for a book talk and conversation on the iconic porch of conservationist Mardy Murie’s cabin on the historic Murie Ranch.
Join Kati for a virtual reading through Northern Arizona University MFA’s Cinder Skies series, alongside nonfiction writer Alli Mancz.
There’s only one bookstore that changes Kati’s life in her book Lightning Flowers. Join her for a book talk and conversation this autumn at that very special location: The Boulder Bookstore.
Catch Kati for a reading and Q&A from the new paperback edition of Lightning Flowers in the tiny, beautiful town of Basalt, Colorado.
Join Kati in stunning Telluride, Colorado, for a presentation and conversation hosted by Wilkinson Public Library and Between the Covers Bookstore.
Join Kati at The Literary Book Bar in her dad’s college town (!) for a reading, Q&A, and signing celebrating the new paperback edition of Lightning Flowers.
Join Kati at A Room of One’s Own Books & Gifts in Madison, Wisconsin, for a reading and Q&A about Lightning Flowers.
Join Kati for a reading and conversation at Valley Bookstore in Jackson, Wyoming.
Join Kati at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, where she’ll deliver the Nonfiction Keynote, teach a workshop, and consult on manuscripts. For nearly three decades, the Jackson Hole Writers Conference has brought together writers of all levels from all walks of life to share ideas, hone craft, and form community.
Join Kati for a reading and conversation at Narrow Gauge Book Co-op, in celebration of Lightning Flowers’ paperback release.
Join Kati virtually alongside authors Daisy Pitkin Buchanan and Tom Zoellner for the Northern Arizona Book Festival’s featured Nonfiction Reading.
At this panel at #AWP22 in Philadelphia and online, nonfiction writers Aggie Stewart, Grace Talusan, Katherine Standefer, and Alden Jones offer strategies for pacing emotionally-charged material in trauma memoirs.
Join Kati and herbalist Dara Saville for a short reading and discussion about their different approaches to health writing at the Southwest Word Fiesta, a regional festival that celebrates the power and beauty of the written word, bringing together those who create with those appreciate.
Join Kati at the Utah Humanities Book Festival and the University of Utah School of Medicine’s Center for Health Ethics, Art, and Humanities for a lively discussion as part of the Evening Ethics speaker series. We'll explore how Standefer's complex experience as a "cyborg" and supply chain research map onto the Four Pillars of Medical Ethics, wrestling with questions about harm, justice, and autonomy on both the individual and communal level.
Come grab a beverage and join Kati and Emilly Prado for a reading and conversation at Harvest Moon Books, located at Montage Coffee & Wine in the heart of the Village of Los Ranchos de Los Albuquerque.
Join Kati and writer Emilly G. Prado, author of Funeral For Flaca, for a reading and conversation outside Tucson’s Barrio Books, located at Hotel McCoy.
Join us in the park behind the Embudo Valley Library for a reading from the acclaimed Lightning Flowers by New Mexico author, Katherine E. Standefer. Book sales and book signing in the park will follow the reading, as well as a gathering at Blue Heron Brewery.
In this free reading and conversation hosted by SOMOS of Taos, NM, Katherine Standefer and Alden Jones talk about structuring journey narratives, building honest and compelling narrators on the page, and teasing the meaning out of past experiences so that a book builds rather than plods.
Join Kati in conversation with National Book Award Finalist Jenn Shapland, author of My Autobiography of Carson McMullers: A Memoir, at Changing Hands Bookstore of Phoenix, Arizona.
Join Kati and debut author Maggie Downs in a fierce and smart conversation hosted by UC Riverside and moderated by local Portland writer Jenny O'Connell about the journey they knew they must take, and the process of not only doing it, but writing a book about it.
Join Kati and debut author Maggie Downs in a fierce and smart conversation-- moderated by local Portland writer Jenny O'Connell-- about the journey they knew they must take, and the process of not only doing it, but writing a book about it.
Join Kati for a virtual reading at Elk River Books of Livingston, Montana, one of the communities where she worked on Lightning Flowers. The free event will stream live on Elk River Books’ Facebook page.
From being featured on NPR's Fresh Air to appearing in Oprah Magazine's Reading Room, Kati Standefer's debut book Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life is making a splash. What's it like to go from dreaming of being an author to actually seeing your book in the world? In this virtual Kaleidoscope discussion, Kati Standefer will share her behind-the-scenes journey, give a short reading, and offer FUMCAH members a glimpse into why this book is so relevant right now.
Join Kati as she reads from her new book Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life, as part of the Visiting Writers Series at The Colorado College, her alma mater.
Join Kati and Kelly Sundberg in conversation about the road from the essay to the book, hosted by The Essay Daily as part of its new Salon series.
Join Kati for a reading and conversation on Colorado’s Front Range, where much of Lightning Flowers takes place.
