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”