Announcing the SLIP book tour!

With stops in 11 cities.

Hi friends,

I’m thrilled to announce the tour for my forthcoming memoir SLIP! The book, which will be published on August 5, has been such a long time in the making. I started conceiving of it when I was a teenager, always hoping it would one day become a reality. To know that it will finally be out in the world feels incredibly special.

Once SLIP is published, it will no longer be “my book” alone; it will be yours too. I see my book tour as the ultimate way of being in community and in conversation with readers. This is important to me on many levels, partly because I want to hold space for more honest conversations about eating disorders and the nuances of recovery.

That said, I hope you will join me on my book tour! Most of the tour events will follow a similar format: a conversation partner will interview me about SLIP, followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing. Here are the cities and independent bookstores where I’ll be stopping:

In addition to these in-person stops, I’ll be doing several virtual talks for universities and journalism organizations. I’d love to also do some Zoom drop-ins for book clubs that want to read SLIP. If you’d like me to visit your book club sometime later this summer/early fall, please take a moment to fill out this form.

Below, I’ve listed more details about my in-person book tour stops, along with related event pages. Some of the bookstores ask that you RSVP, and most ask that you consider pre-ordering so they’ll know how many copies to make available. If you plan to attend one of these events and haven’t already pre-ordered, I encourage you to do so. It will be a show of support not just for me but also for your local bookstore! Also, please be sure to RSVP so that the bookstores can plan accordingly. I’ll be adding more events — for October through December — soon.

• August 5 at 7 p.m. Book launch at BookPeople in Austin, Texas, in conversation with journalist Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• August 7 at 6:30 p.m. Brazos Bookstore in Houston, Texas, in conversation with novelist Katherine Center. Find more details here.

• August 8 at 6 p.m. Interabang Books in Dallas, Texas, in conversation with journalist and author Sarah Hepola. Find more details here.

• August 11 at 7 p.m. Hummingbird Books in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with author Alysia Abbott. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• August 12 at 7 p.m. Riffraff Bookstore in Providence, Rhode Island, in conversation with author Nicole Graev Lipson. The event listing isn’t yet published, but it will soon be available here.

• August 19 at 7 p.m. Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg, Florida, in conversation with author and poet Gloria Muñoz. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• August 21 at 6 p.m. Zibby’s Book Shop in Santa Monica, California, in conversation with journalist and author Elise Hu. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• August 27 at 7 p.m. Lark & Owl in Georgetown, Texas, in conversation with journalist and author Dina Gachman. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• September 8 at 7 p.m. Hybrid book talk with the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (in Newton, Massachusetts and online), in conversation with Dr. Melissa Freizinger of Boston Children’s Hospital. Find more details, and RSVP, here.

• September 10 at 11 a.m. Core Club in New York City, in conversation with Zibby Owens, Susan Burton, and Jacqueline Goldschneider. Find more details, and RSVP, here. (RSVP is required.)

• September 17 at noon. Virtual book talk with the University of Texas at Austin, in conversation with Dr. Allison Chase. (RSVP is encouraged.)

• September 23 at 5:30 p.m. Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in conversation with journalist and Duke University professor Stephen Buckley. Find more details here.

• October 21 at 7:30 p.m. Lake Austin Spa in Austin, Texas, in conversation with New York Times bestselling novelist Amanda Eyre Ward. Tickets for this Wise Women wine and cheese author chat are $25 and are available for purchase here.

• November 8-9: Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas. I’ll be a featured author at this year’s festival. More details will be announced soon.

I’m lucky to be joined by so many wonderful conversation partners whose work I deeply admire. I couldn’t help but create a graphic to show how great the lineup is:

I thought it would also be fun to highlight some of my book tour graphics (provided, for the most part, by the bookstores themselves). I love that each one has its own unique look and feel.

If you’re planning to attend one of my events, please let me know in the comments section. I cannot wait to see you and celebrate with you!