events & APPEARANCES
Paul is available for presentations, conferences, and campus visits featuring The Ground Beneath Us, The End of Night, or both books together. On campus, he is pleased to facilitate writing workshops and classroom discussions. Questions? Please reach him by using the CONTACT form.
To request an appearance, contact Christie Hinrichs at christie@authorsunbound.com, or (541) 797-2217. View Paul’s speaker profile here.
For a list of upcoming events, CLICK HERE
Events
2024
19-22 September | Sawtooth Writing Retreat, Ketchum, Idaho.
28 March | River Falls Public Library, River Falls, Wisconsin.
21 March | Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia.
21 February l Ecological Landscape Alliance, Annual Conference (online).
6 February | FWS Outdoor Lighting Workshop, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
2023
8 December | Cook County Dark Sky Festival, Grand Marais, Minnesota.
30 October | American Association of University Women, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
21 September | Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.
14-17 September | Sawtooth Writing Retreat, Ketchum, Idaho.
14 September | Ketchum Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho.
12 August | The Bell Museum, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
17 April | Next Chapter Booksellers, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
14 April | New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Virginia.
13 April | Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
12 April | Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
11 April | Books & Brews, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
7 April | Margaret Key Public Library, Apalachicola, Florida.
28 March | Alexandria Senior College, Alexandria, Minnesota.
25 March | Fountain Hills Dark Sky Festival, Fountain Hills, Arizona.
2 March | Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2022
28 Oct | Friends of Wood Lake. Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, Minnesota.
1 Oct | IDA Missouri Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
18 Aug | Dark Sky Party Kickoff Tent Talk, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota.
19 April | Ramsey County Library, League of Women Voters, Saint Paul, Minnesota (online).
24 March | Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, Minnesota.
15 March | Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
3 March | Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
2021
19 Sept | Starry Skies North IDA, Celebrate the Night Sky Week, Duluth, Minnesota.
08 Apr | Building Next-Generation Environmental Activists, International Dark-Sky Week (online).
05 Apr | WCCO Mid-Morning, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota (online).
05 Apr | Honest Dog Books, Bayfield, Wisconsin (online).
12 Feb | Night Photo Summit, National Parks at Night (online).
25 Jan | We Make the City Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (online).
13 Jan | Glacier National Park Conservancy Book Club, Glacier NP, Montana (online).
2020
13 Nov | International Dark-Sky Association Annual General Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
8 Oct | Illuminate the North—Benefit for Voyageurs National Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
21 Jun | Sangre Star Festival, Westcliffe, Colorado.
28 May I North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Raleigh, North Carolina.
20 Feb | Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.
2019
6 Dec | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
20 Oct | New Zealand Starlight Conference, Tekapo, New Zealand.
19 Sept | Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin.
18 Sept | Starry Skies Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota.
24 Jun | Star Party Speakers Series, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
3 Apr | Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin.
9 Jan | Schoolcraft Learning Community, Bemidji, Minnesota.
2018
10 Nov | International Dark-Sky Association Annual General Meeting, Snowbird, Utah.
9 Nov | World Above the Tetons Science Speaker Series, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
13 Aug | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
9 Apr | Transylvania County Library, Brevard, North Carolina.
21 Mar | Grass Roots Books & Music, Corvallis, Oregon.
20 Mar | High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon.
6 Feb | School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2017
8 Nov | School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
25 Oct | Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
21 Sep | IDA Starry Skies Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota.
18-19 Aug | One Book One Community, Campbell County, Wyoming.
18 May | Zion Natural History Association, Springdale, Utah.
21 Apr | Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
20 Apr | Pale Fire Brewery, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
23 Mar | Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
3 Mar | Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), Anchorage, Alaska.
18 Feb | Harmony Dark Sky Festival, Bok Tower Gardens, Harmony, Florida.
14 Feb | WMRA's Books & Brews, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
2016
3 Oct | The Theatre of Public Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
23 Sep | Escalante Canyons Arts Festival, Escalante, Utah.
18 Aug | Gorge Night Sky Symposium, Goldendale, Washington.
30 July | UNM Summer Writers' Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
3 July | TEDxBratislava 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia.
22 Apr | Earth Day with Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Washington, Virginia.
18 Apr | Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.
5 Mar | Texas Night Sky Festival, Dripping Springs, Texas.
13 Feb | New Market Library, New Market, Virginia.
4 Feb | UNM Alumni Association Lobo Living Room, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
5 Jan | Wood Lake Nature Center, Richfield, Minnesota.
2015
21 Nov | Central Bank of Columbia, Bogota, Colombia.
7 Oct | Charlottesville Astronomical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia.
27 Sep | The Headlands International Dark Sky Park, Emmet County, Michigan.
23 Sep | One Book, One Community, Winchester, Virginia.
17 Sep | Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
2 Sep | VELUX Daylight Symposium, London, United Kingdom.
18 Apr | Afternoon with Audubon, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota.
10 Apr | Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
26 Mar | Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, Maryland.
25 Mar | Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.
21 Mar | Morehead Planetarium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
18 Mar | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina.
15 Mar | Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, Arizona.
26 Feb | Sonic Arts Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
06 Feb | Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, California.
01 Feb | Hay Festival, Cartagena, Colombia.
29 Jan | Hay Verde Festival, Medellin, Colombia.
21 Jan | Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin.
2014
09 Dec | Glen Canyon Natural History Association, Page, Arizona.
14 Nov | Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
13 Nov | University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
12 Nov | Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany.
10 Nov | Experiencing Light Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
07 Nov | University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
27 Oct | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
03 Oct | Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, Xalapa, Mexico.
26 Sep | Acadia Night Sky Festival, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
30 Aug | National Book Festival, Washington, DC.
20 Jun | Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
07 May | Charlottesville Astronomical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia.
23 Apr | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
21 Apr | St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.
08 Apr | Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
25 Mar | James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
19 Mar | Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia.
18 Mar | Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia.
11 Mar | Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
27 Feb | The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut.
22 Feb | Southwest/Texas American/Popular Culture Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
15 Jan | Designers Lighting Forum, New York, New York.
08 Jan | Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
2013
22 Dec | Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
07 Dec | Severson Dells Nature Center, Rockford, Illinois.
05 Dec | Breck School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
19 Nov | Santa Fe Conservation Trust, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
18 Nov | University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
16 Nov | The Van Alen Institute, New York, New York.
14 Nov | The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
07 Nov | Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
06 Nov | Texas State University, Arlington, Texas
05 Nov | University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
04 Nov | East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
24 Oct | Radford College, Radford, Virginia.
21 Oct | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
19 Oct | Brilliant Books, Traverse City, Michigan
18 Oct | Headlands International Dark-Sky Park, Emmet County, Michigan.
12 Oct | Portland Audubon Society, Portland, Oregon.
10 Oct | Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.
09 Oct | Corvallis Public Library, Corvallis, Oregon.
08 Oct | Town Hall, Seattle, Washington.
07 Oct | University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
04 Oct | Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.
15 Aug | Common Good Books, St. Paul Minnesota.
16 July | Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, Colorado.
14 July | The Tattered Cover, Denver, Colorado.
11 July | Sundance Books, Reno, Nevada.