Public Events

Panel discussion about "Good Trouble and the Arts." On WCAI's "The Point" with Mindy Todd. Live call-in show. Thursday, January 15, 9am. (Also available on the WCAI website.)

New York Independent Women Film Festival.

"Unafraid," a compilation of 7 InkLines by Lauren and "pARTner" Jackie Reeves, will be screened at the festival on Thursday, January 22, at The Producers Club at 358 West 44th Street, NYC. 

"Artist of the Year Celebration" -- April 1, 5:30-7pm. Cotuit Center for the Arts. Lauren and her InkLines "pARTner" Jackie Reeves, will be honored as the Artists of the Year by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. This is a free event.

Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation's Big Blue Conference, panel discussion on arts and the environment and screening of InkLines, at Falmouth High School, April 29.

Conference of the New England Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, in Stamford, CT. May 15-17. Lauren will teach two sessions: "Setting as Glue" and "Memory as Fuel."

Stamford (CT) Children's Book Festival, May 17.

Sandwich Library, presentation/storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE, May 22, 11am. In partnership with Titcomb's Bookshop.

An Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA. Presentation/storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE. June 6 at noon. 

Buttonwoods Books and Toys, Cohasset, MA. Presentation/storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE. June 10 at 4pm.

Barnes and Noble, Hyannis. Signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE. June 13, 2pm.

Cotuit Library, presentation/storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE. June 27, 2pm

Brewster Bookstore, THE OUTERMOST MOUSE storytime and signing. July 7, 10am.

WHARF, on 6A in Yarmouth Port (formerly Just Picked), OUTERMOST MOUSE storytime and signing, July 11 at 11am.

Eastham Library, presentation/storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE. July 24, 11am.

BEYOND THE BRIGHT SEA Presentation on Cuttyhunk Island, July 10, in the afternoon. Details to come.

School Library Journal Picture Book Palooza Panel

July 23, 2:25-3:15

I Can Do It: Empowering odes to perseverance and the belief in oneself. 

Panelists: Alicia Meyers (Tic-errific Me: A Book About Tourette Syndrome), Bao Phi (Ride / Đạp Xe), Jamie Sumner (A Fish Like Me), Marie Tang (Sophia Lee Can Fly), Lauren Wolk (The Outermost Mouse)

Free to register:  https://www.slj.com/event/slj-picture-book-palooza-2026 

Rough Point Museum in Newport, RI. In conjunction with Charter Books. Presentation/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE, August 15, 10:30am.

West Falmouth Library (in collaboration with Eight Cousins Bookstore), storytime/signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE, August 21, 11am.

The Wellfleet Booksmith at the Wellfleet Marketplace, storytime and signing of THE OUTERMOST MOUSE, part of "Wellfleet Firsts," September 5, 7-8pm.

Virtual Panel Discussion with Judy Lopez Memorial Award winner James Bird and other honorees Katherine Applegate and Kyle Lukoff. Lauren will be honored for CANDLE ISLAND. October 3. Time and link to come.

"BothAnd," an exhibit of Lauren's artwork and poetry by Brett Warren. At the Cape Cod Museum of Art, from November 19, 2026, through February 28, 2027. Opening reception on November 19. Related classes, talks, and presentations TBA.

More to come soon!