Events
Please join Michael Shapiro at any of the events listed below and be sure to say hello in person or get a book signed. If you’d like to set up a speaking event, please contact me via the form below.Upcoming Events
Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, August 18-21, 2022
This four-day seminar has opened the gates to aspiring and working travel writers and photographers for three decades. Shapiro attended the first conference in 1992 and went on to write for the San...
Prior Events
Spark Your Creativity
Feb. 17, 2021: A 90-minute workshop sponsored by Redwood Writers for aspiring and published authors, poets, artists, and those who want to deepen...
Deepening the Creative Flow with Pico Iyer
Saturday, March 6, 2020, 1:30pm PT (4:30p ET). A two-hour class during which Pico and I will share our advice for living a creative life and...
Michael Shapiro will talk about “The Creative Spark”
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 7pm Copperfield’s Books138 N Main St, Sebastopol, Calif. "Michael Shapiro’s finely tuned, informed and intimate interviews...
Modernism Week, Palm Springs
Saturday, Feb. 22, 10amModernism Week, Palm SpringsPlaza Theatre, 128 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA Michael Shapiro moderates a panel on...
Michael Shapiro Speaks at College of Marin Friday Afternoon Author Series
Friday, February 28, 20201:00 pm to 2:30 pmCollege of Marin Library 835 College Avenue, Kentfield Learning Center, Second Floor(Near corner of Sir...
Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at the Concord Museum & Event Center
Sunday, March 1, 2pmConcord Museum & Event Center, 1928 Clayton Road, Concord Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at...
Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at Books, Inc. in Mountain View
Wednesday March 4, 7pmBooks Inc.317 Castro St, Mountain View, CA Michael Shapiro will speak about The Creative Spark at Books, Inc. in Mountain...
Going Public with Personal or Political Work: A Visual and Literary Artist Discussion
December 12, 2019 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT Museum of Sonoma County425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 | 707-579-1500 Literary and visual art...
Creativity: how do we access it, nurture it, and sustain it?
Dec. 2, 2019, 7pm, Left Coast Writers salon Michael Shapiro and Linda Watanabe McFerrin Book Passage bookstore, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, Calif....
Michael Shapiro among authors featured in Best Travel Writing, appears at Book Passage on March 1, 2015, at 4pm
Michael Shapiro will appear as part of a panel of writers whose work is featured in The Best Travel Writing, Vol. 10, published by Travelers' Tales....
Get in touch
Please drop me a line. Whether you’re interested in "The Creative Spark" or booking an event, or are a long-lost friend, I’d enjoy hearing from you.