Priyanka Kumar has lectured widely on birds and climate change, ecofiction, and the practice of storytelling in venues including the American Cinematheque, Audubon Society, AWP, Center for Contemporary Arts, Native Plant Society, and Telluride Film Festival.
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2024
Leopold Week, Wisconsin, March 05
Travel Bug, Santa Fe, April 20
Playa Summer Workshops, Oregon, May 2-6
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Alaska, May 18-21
Bookworks, Sept 13.
Keynote Address, Outdoor Writers Association of America, El Paso, Texas, Sept 20-22
ICJS & Center for Historic Plants, Virginia, Oct 22
2023
SOMOS, Taos. In Person Reading (January 15, 2023)
North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Virtual Talk/Book Club (Jan 26, 2023)
Warwick’s Bookstore. In conversation with Michelle Nijhuis (Jan 31)
Thoreau Farm. Conversations with Birds: Author Priyanka Kumar with Scott Russell Sanders (Feb 09)
Tucson Festival of Books. In Person (March 4-5, 2023); Masters Workshop faculty (March 6-7)
AWP, Seattle. Book Signing. Milkweed Booth (March 09, 4pm)
Point Reyes Books. Virtual. (Apr 04, 6pm)
Priyanka Kumar with Daniel Slager and The Raptor Center at Open Book. In Person. (April 12, 6pm)
San Antonio Book Festival. In Person. (April 15, 12:30pm)
Environment for the Americas. Boulder, CO. Virtual Book Club (April 27)
Keynote Speaker. Bosque del Apache Spring Festival (May 06, 11am)
PEN America. World Voices Festival. Featured Speaker. Los Angeles. (May 13, 3pm)
Santa Fe International Literary Festival. In Person. (May 20, 3:30pm)
Bookworks: Writing the Wild. (Aug 30, 6pm)
Garcia Street Books. Author Spotlight. (Sept 07, 5pm)
Sundance Nature Alliance (Sept 16, 1pm)
Collected Works (Sept 28, 5pm)
Southwest Word Fiesta (Oct 27, 3:30pm)
2022
MIAMI BOOK FAIR: In Conversation with Sy Montgomery and Tom Mustill (November 13-20). The Q&A will be live streamed.
COLLECTED WORKS BOOKSTORE. In Person CONVERSATIONS WITH BIRDS Book Launch (November 10, 6PM)
Thu, May 12, GARCIA STREET BOOKS, SANTA FE. 6pm: Featured speaker in the launch of the anthology, First and Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100.
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Thu, May 02, 2019. GARCIA STREET BOOKS, SANTA FE. 6pm: Kumar tells the story of how she became a birder, and, when 40% of bird species are in decline, what birders can do for birds
Fri, Feb 10, 2017. AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs). Ecofiction: Spreading Ecological Literacy Through Stories
May 26-29, 2016. Pima Writers’ Workshop, Tucson, AZ. Workshop, Talk, and Book Signing
Tue, March 25, 2014. HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE AND CAFE, NYC. 7pm: In conversation with filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green
Wed, March 26, 2014. NEW YORK CITY AUDUBON LECTURE SERIES.
6pm: Slide presentation/In Conversation with Jane Alexander
Thur, March 27, 2014. BRONX RIVER – SOUND SHORE AUDUBON SOCIETY.
7pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Sat, March 29, 2014. NORTH FORK AUDUBON SOCIETY.
1pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Fri, May 02, 2014. SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AUDUBON SOCIETY, Silver City.
7pm: Reading and Slide presentation
August 13-23, 2014. BREAD LOAF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE, Vermont
Fri, Nov 21, 2014. GOLDEN GATES AUDUBON SOCIETY, San Francisco.
6:30pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Thurs, July 11, 2013. COLLECTED WORKS BOOKSTORE, Santa Fe.
6 pm: Reading/Slide presentation
Wed, August 28, 2013. BOOKWORKS, Albuquerque.
7pm: Reading/Slide presentation
Wed, September 18, 2013. NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe Chapter.
6:30 pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Sat, October 12, 2013. MOBY DICKENS BOOKSHOP, Taos.
2pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Sat, October 26, 2013. PLANTS OF THE SOUTHWEST, Santa Fe
4pm: Reading and Slide presentation
Sun, November 17, 2013. SKYLIGHT BOOKS, Los Angeles.
5pm: Reading and Slideshow/In Conversation with James Ragan