Events

October 4, 2023 Listen to Jane’s podcast interview (below) that was produced by KPOV 88.9 FM. The Point podcasts feature select segments and interviews from KPOV's weekday community affairs program. The Point is the local issues, arts, stories, and culture show for Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville, everywhere in between and beyond – produced entirely

September 21, 2023 Jane was invited to present a two hour talk at Willamette University’s Institute for Continued Learning on the power of story in our lives and some of the threads she uses to tell stories. Click here or on the Zoom picture below to view the  video. P.S. I often get

August 2023 Event August 26 - 5:00 pm Sunriver Books and Music - Sunriver Village Building 25C, Sunriver, OR. A book presentation and signing of Beneath the Bending Skies at one of Jane’s favorite bookstores. Sunriver Books is at 57100 Beaver Dr, Sunriver, OR 97707   Join Jane's newsletter

July 2023 Event As of  July 1, 2023 - The July 19th Martin Center event in Wisconsin was canceled. It has been replaced by the following: Date: July 19, 2023 Time: 1:00pm. Location: Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood, Redmond, OR 97756. (Just down the street from Jane’s new home). Jane will talk about

June 2023 Events June 17, 2023 1:00 pm. , Book signing at Chaparral Books, 5210 S Corbett Ave., Portland, OR 97239. Jane loves this bookstore in a neighborhood with leafy trees providing shade, their roots raising the sidewalks in places. The store is full of history books (which Jane loves!) but many other titles

May 2023 Events May 13, 2023 - 11:00 am - Old Aurora Colony, Aurora, OR.  This is year 20 that many of you have joined Jane with for the day-before-Mother’s Day event.  Emma Geisy was an amazing woman who helped build a Utopian community in Oregon after experiencing failure and loss in Washington Territory.

November 2022 Events November 3 – 5:00pm Pacific - Discussion of Beneath the Bending Skies at Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT bookstore.  Virtual event. With me will be representatives of Extreme History Project in Montana. See the links to sign up and keep us all company talking about history and how it’s presented. November 10

October 2022 Events October 18 – 5:30pm Pacific. Women of Influence Webinar for writers and other creative people for an hour discussion about writing and publishing. Presentation and discussion with Carolyn McCready Exec Director for Zondervan, Harper Collins. Hope Lyda, writer and writer’s coach, and Jane Kirkpatrick. See details to sign up and learn more

September 2022 EventsSeptember 6 – 7:00 pm. Beneath the Bending Skies released!First signing and book launch at Roundabout Bookshop, 900 Northwest Mount Washington Drive, #110, Bend, OR 97701. 541-306-6564. Live presentation and signing. Expect a party atmosphere! Visit here from more informationSeptember 8 –7:00 pm.  Live presentation and book signing, Powell’s Books, Cedar Hill’s Crossing,