Readings, conferences & other events
Dates, times, and venues may be subject to change. Please confirm in advance.
Are you in a book club?
Christopher is available to chat with your group online or in person depending upon your location. Book clubs interested in hosting Chris are encouraged to contact him directly by email.
2026
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- Providence, RI
- Friedman Hall 201 at 6:00 PM
- Craft Talk: Brown University Nonfiction Series
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- Brooklyn, NY
- Books Are Magic at 7:00 PM
- Pub Day Launch: *Last Seen* in conversation with Stacey D'Erasmo
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- South Hadley, MA
- Odyssey Books at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing (co-starring Michael Lowenthal)
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- Plainville, MA
- An Unlikely Story at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Quincy, MA
- Next Chapter Books at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Cambridge, MA
- Porter Square Books at 7:00 PM
- Boston Launch: *Last Seen* in conversation with Stephen McCauley
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- Duxbury, MA
- Booked in Duxbury at 12:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Hingham, MA
- Ames Chapel at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Signing: "Dead of Winter" Arts Series
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- Brookline, MA
- Brookline Booksmith at 7:00 PM
- Lauren Groff's *Brawler,* interviewed by Christopher Castellani
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- Wellesley, MA
- Wellesley Books at 7:00 PM
- Reading and book signing
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- Wilmington, DE
- Barnes and Noble Concord Pike at 7:00 PM
- Hometown Launch: *Last Seen*
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- Washington, DC
- Politics & Prose at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing (co-starring Jenna Blum)
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- Baltimore, MD
- Baltimore Convention Center at 12:10 PM
- AWP Conference Panel: "A Lifetime to Write: 50 Years of the Warren Wilson MFA"
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- Key West, FL
- Key West Public Library at 6:00 PM
- Reading and Signing: "Friends of the Key West Library" Speaker Series
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- New Orleans, LA
- Details TBA
- Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
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- Portsmouth, NH
- Portsmouth Music Hall at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Los Angeles, CA
- Book Soup at 7:00 PM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Los Angeles, CA
- Details TBA
- Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
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- Miami, FL
- Books and Books at 7:00 AM
- Reading and Book Signing
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- Denver, CO
- Weeklong Workshop
- Lighthouse LitFest
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- Aspen, CO
- Weeklong Workshop
- Aspen Summer Words
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Select past engagements
2023
- 02/05: National Writers Union Boston Keynote, Boston, MA
- 03/04: Key West Literary Seminar Residency, Key West, FL
- 06/06: Eureka Valley Reads, San Francisco, CA
- 08/09: Istituto di Cultura di Montreal, Montreal, QC
2021 & 2022
- 07/21/21: Betsy Hotel Writer-in-Residence, Miami, FL
- 10/13/22: Fall For the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA
- 10/27/22: Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence Reading & Presentation, Brandeis University
2020
- 1/13: Key West Literary Seminar, Faculty
- 2/04: Aspen Summer Words Festival
- 6/19: Nantucket Book Festival
2019
- 1/14: Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lecture, Iowa City, IA
- 2/14: New York State Writers Institute, Albany, NY
- 2/20: In-Conversation with Emma Straub, Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, NY
- 2/28: In-Conversation with Lan Samantha Chang and Margot Livesey, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
- 4/20: Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, MO
- 5/03: Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
- 5/20: In-Conversation with Chip Cheek, Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
- 5/31: In-Conversation with Rebecca Makkai, Twenty Summers, Provincetown, MA
- 6/07: LitFest at Lighthouse Writers, Denver, CO
- 6/15: Keynote Speaker, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- 8/01: Canaan Meetinghouse Reading Series, Canaan, NH
2017
- 4/12: In Conversation with John Waters, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
- 6/5: “Writing Queer Lives” Panel, Trident Booksellers, Boston, MA
- 6/24: Keynote Speaker, Wilmington Writers Conference, Wilmington, DE
2016
- 10/20: Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, MA
2015
- 3/23: Poets and Writers Annual Gala, New York, NY
- 8/10: Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Ripton, VT
- 9/18: Bread Loaf in Sicily, Erice, Sicily
2014
- 1/31/14: Geneva Writers’ Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
- 4/10/14: Wheaton College, Norton, MA
- 6/19/14: The Loft Mentor Series, Minneapolis, MN
- 8/18/14: Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2013
- 3/22/13: Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA
- 10/7/13: PEN/Faulkner Gala, Washington, DC
- 10/17/13: University of Michigan Zell Visiting Writers Series, Ann Arbor, MI
- 10/21/13: Calandra Italian-American Institute, New York, NY
2003
- 8/20/03: Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne, Australia