Speaking

Upcoming Appearances!

Come out for these ALIS THE AVIATOR events!

• Tuesday, July 2 BOOK BIRTHDAY at Bean Here Coffee in Missouri City, Texas (Sienna Plantation) (10 am-noon)
• Friday, July 5 Story Time at Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas (930 am)
• Saturday, July 6 at Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas (11 am and 1 pm story times)
• Saturday, July 13 at Second Star to the Right book store in Denver, Colorado (1030 – 1115 a.m.)
• Saturday, July 20 at 1940 Air Terminal Museum in Houston, Texas
• Sunday, July 28 at Owl’s Nest Books Calgary, Alberta (4-530 pm)
• Monday, July 29 at Chapters-Indigo in Red Deer, Alberta (2-4 pm)
• Tuesday, August 6 at Audrey’s Books in Edmonton, Alberta (7-8 pm)
• Saturday, August 10 at Sweets in the Sky in Sugar Land, Texas – with Middle Grade author Tonya Ellis (12-2pm)
• Sunday, August 18 at Brazos Bookstore in Houston, Texas (3-4pm) 
• October 4 at The Wave in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Fall 2019 at Sugar Land library (details TBD): HERstory in History: A Chat About Remarkable Women and Their Stories (with Caroline Leech)

Please feel free to contact me if you would like to arrange an interview, talk, or have me participate on a panel.

I am most comfortable in English but can also do Q&A sessions en français (y entiendo el espanol bastante bien). I enjoy interacting with audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Here are some sample talks I’ve given recently that I’d love to tailor for your school or organization:

• Demons and Better Angels: Finding the Path to Our Truest Stories (and a Little Peace of Mind)
• No Place for a Lady? History of Women in Aviation
• A Year in the Life of a Modern-Day Writer

Recent Appearances:

• March 2019 in St. Albert, Alberta – In This Together: An Honest Chat About Reconciliation Since the TRC
• May 2018 at Writefest in Houston, Texas.
• April 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada for the conference of the National Council on Public History

Radio Interviews

• Radio Active (CBC Edmonton) with Portia Clark about Ghosts of Camsell project
• Ryan Jespersen Show about In This Together (20:30 mark)

Speaking and Teaching Experience

• Regularly give talks, facilitate workshops, moderate panels, and emcee events for libraries, festivals, and organizations such as Canada’s History

Tex Thompson, Author: “Thank you SO MUCH for running such a fantastic panel at Writefest. I am just bowled over at the thoughtfulness and exceptional preparation you put into making sure everybody there had a good time. ANY conference would be lucky to have you as a presenter!” 

Glenn Smith, student: “In Danielle’s class you get more than theory; you get an inside look at the freelance business from an accomplished writer with real-world experience. Her generous and encouraging teaching style makes you feel that if you take the lessons learned and put in the effort, you, too, can get published.”