Upcoming events
Mardi Gras Gala | Epilepsy Foundation East Tennessee
Annual fundraising gala to raise awareness and support for those living with epilepsy in East Tennessee. Participation helps provide resources, advocacy and critical services to the epilepsy community.
PANELIST: Generation to Generation Workshop: How parent-child relationships impact our lives
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this workshop will be discussing such issues as —
Identifying events or patterns in our own childhood or teen years that stem from our relationship with our own parents and how they can spill over into our adult relationships and affect our mental health throughout our lives.
Understanding how the experiences of our parents affected and may have limited their ability to parent us and our siblings in a healthy manner.
Learning how to address these issues and break the generational cycles with our own children and grandchildren without swinging the pendulum too far in the opposite direction. (Absent parent v. helicopter parent)
How to effectively co-parent with a spouse that is affected by childhood trauma.
Fall 2025 Careers in Writing conversation
Anoka Ramsey Community College welcomes USA Today Bestselling children’s author Marianne Richmond for the Fall 2025 Careers in Writing conversation on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 via Zoom. At Anoka-Ramsey Community College, we are dedicated to educating our students and preparing them for their careers!
2025 Wellness and Epilepsy Conference
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month! This conference, put on by the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan, is designed for people with epilepsy, their families, and the professionals who serve them. To learn more, click here:
School Visit
Marianne will share her books with K-2nd grade students, inviting them to be difference makers in only the way they can do!
Storytime at Novel Books + Sandwich Shop
Join us for a storytime for little ones and their parents, grandparents or caring grown ups! Marianne will read several of her beloved children’s books and is happy to sign and personalize them for you to take home!
School Visit
Marianne will share her books with middle school students, giving them a chance to experience their own ‘brave on the page.”
11/12 at 6:30pm – Schuler’s Ann Arbor: Author conversation + memoir-writing workshop
Join longtime children’s author Marianne Richmond and Renee Roederer from the Epilespy Foundation Michigan as they discuss Marianne’s memoir, IF YOU WERE MY DAUGHTER. For three decades, Marianne’s picture books have helped people share their heart and connect with those they love. She now recounts her own ‘backstory’ in her compelling memoir, chronicling how growing up with misdiagnosed epilepsy and an emotionally unavailable mom inspired her to become a witness to others through her writing.
To learn more, visit: https://www.schulerbooks.com/events
Virtual Book Club - join us!
Meet me for a virtual book club! The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan has chosen my memoir, IF YOU WERE MY DAUGHTER, as their book pick for their virtual book club on November 5th, 2025 at 7pm EST. To register, click here: :
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd-igrzsqH9KWXCZbDm2R1uHkTOW328YT
The World is Awaiting You: a night of creativity and connection for grown ups!
Join Maghon Taylor and I at her studio for an uplifting evening as Marianne shares the inspiration behind her many beloved books, inviting you to see yourself as the courageous difference-maker you already are. Sales + signing + a DIY gift!