Events & Appearances
A list of Ronit’s workshops and presentations can be found on the Workshops page. Check often for updated offerings!
Upcoming Events
- Building Community Through Creative Contributions with Alyson Shelton, Friday Aug 8 at 12:00 PST, via Instagram Live
- Taking Care of Yourself When Writing and Talking About Trauma with Hannah Sward, Friday Aug 22 at 12:00 PST, via Substack Live
- The Truth About Memory: Understanding and Embracing Your Story, Saturday Sept 27 from 10am-1pm PST, via Reclaiming Autonomy Through the Written Word- The Writing Symposium
- Putting the Plot in Your Memoir, Friday Oct 1 from 1pm-4pm PST, via Write on the Sound
- In conversation with Dr. Tabitha Kirkland and memoirist Deb Miller, Monday Oct 6 at 7pm, via Third Place Books Ravenna
- Writing a Memoir: Your Story of Becoming, Oct 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 1pm-3pm PST, via Mercer Island Community Center
- Your Dynamic Memoir: 4-Week Online Class with Ronit Plank. Oct 23 and 30; Nov 6 and 13, 10am-12pm PDT, online.
This online memoir class is suitable for memoirists who enjoy dedicated lessons, group discussion and analysis, in-class prompts, feedback and developmental editing on submitted work, and a welcoming class environment. We will meet Thursdays 10am12pm PT on 10/23/25, 10/30/25, 11/6/25 & 11/13/25 and caps at 10 students. Learn more and register here! - In conversation with memoirist Leslei Johansen Nack, Oct 28 at 7pm, via Third Place Books Ravenna
GUEST WRITER/TEACHER
Memoir Ask-Me-Anything
An interactive session with Ronit Plank and Lisa Keefauver.
Interview
Writing Your Resilience Podcast with Lisa Cooper Ellison
Live Reading
Butterfield Library
Live Reading
The Golden Notebook
Live Reading and Book Signing
Third Place Books
Book Signings
Author, Pacific University MFA Table at the AWP Conference
Live Reading and Music @ Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Company
Reader, Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Company
Hippocampus, Under the Gum Tree, and River Teeth Reading
Reader, Blarney Stone Pub Seattle
Reading and Writing Home with S.L. Wisenberg
Reader, University Bookstore
The Memoir Writing Experience
Guest writer, DePauw University
Scenes That Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir and What Goes
Visiting writer, The Writer’s Flow Studio
When You’re Not Sure You’re Story Matters
Guest writer, Write Your First Book Summit
“You’re Not the Hero: Writing with Generosity in Memoir”
Guest writer, The Writer’s Flow Studio
Wandering Words, May 2023, with Mara Altman, Jennifer Coburn Garin, and Ronit Plank
Panelist/guest writer
SPEAKER
Compelling Conversations – Podcast Interview Techniques and Production Strategies for Stellar Shows
Speaker, Kasa Media, January 2024
Build Your Podcast on Writing and Publishing
Speaker, Podfest, January 2024
Podcasting Mistakes I Made and How to Avoid Them
Speaker, She Podcasts
June 19-23 2023
Writers in Conversation
Panelist, Norwalk CT Public Library
Compelling Conversations: Strategies for Conducting Exceptional Interviews
Speaker, She Podcasts Conference Arizona 2021
Book Club Personal Appearance
Speaker, JCC Rockland West Nyack
Literary Special Event
Speaker, Adolph & Rose Levis JCC
Online Appearance
Speaker, JCC of Central NJ, Scotch Plains
Online Appearance
Speaker, On Author Talks with Jane Van Vooren
Online Appearance
Speaker, The Zeitgeist with Jane Roper, A Mighty Blaze
Online Appearance
Speaker, After the Launch with Diane Windsor of Motina Books
Online Appearance
Speaker, Tell Me All About It with Elizabeth Heise
Tapping into Your Personal Narrative
Guest lecturer, Seattle Pacific University
MODERATOR
In Conversation with Suzette Mullen
Co-Host, Third Place Books Seward Park, February 2024
Neither the Madonna Nor Mommy Dearest: Why and How to Write Real Mothers
Moderator, AWP Seattle, 2023
More Interesting Than Monsters: Resisting the Urge to Villainize in Memoir
Moderator/Panelist, AWP Philly 2022
Memoir Chat with Alyson Shelton
Co-host, Instagram Live
Northshire Bookstore Presents Kate Tatelbaum with Ronit Plank
Moderator
Monstrous Artists at Town Hall Social Club with Claire Dederer
Facilitator