I’d love to visit your school for a comics-making workshop or your conference for a creativity keynote.
To request an in person or virtual speaking engagement, please contact Authors Out Loud. For more about my author talks and school visits, check out my speaking profile.
Here’s a peek into one of my recent How to Make Comics workshops:
Upcoming Presentations:
School for Rural Culture and Creativity
An afternoon with Grant Snider
Saturday, June 6, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Award-winning author, illustrator, comic book artist, poet and orthodontist, Grant Snider will be in the library to speak about his work, sign books, and provide tips to young (and old) aspiring comic book artists.
2026 ALA Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
Saturday, June 28 - Fall Preview event
Sunday, June 28 - ARC signing of The Year I Stopped Drawing
2026 NCTE Annual Convention
Philadelphia, PA
November 19-22
Nerdy Book Club Program - Moderator: Donalyn Miller
The Substance of Hope: Middle Grade Literature That Inspires Young People to Imagine and Innovate - Moderator: Nicholl Montgomery
2026 Kansas Association of School Librarians Conference
Wichita, KS
Friday, October 30, 11:30 AM
2027 St. John’s School Annual Poet Visit
Houston, TX
Wednesday, March 31 - Thursday, April 1
Selected Past Presentations:
2025
The Rabbit hOle - “Comic Creations Workshop”
Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference - “How to Make Poetry Comics from Nature”
2024
National Council of Teachers of English - “Poetry Comics in the Classroom”
Mazza Museum Conference - “Drawing for Life”
2023
Kansas LEADS Conference
ARSL Author Fest
Books & Brews at Flint Hills Books
2022
Texas Library Association Annual Conference "Graphic Novels in YA Lit” Panel Discussion
Kansas LEADS Conference
Friends of Kansas Libraries Luncheon Keynote
Kansas Book Festival
2021
Kansas Book Festival
Kansas Literacy Festival
Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival
2020
“I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf” with The Believer
Grant Snider in conversation with Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
“How to Write and Illustrate a Picture Book” with Storytime Village
2019
Wichitalks 2019 - “10 Rules for Creativity”
Johnson County Public Library Foundation Reception - “A Love Letter to Libraries”
2018
Kansas Author Dinner - “Questions About Creativity”
2017
American Library Association Annual Conference - “What Does an Idea Look Like? A Conversation About Creativity”