Readings, talks, and discussions
Upcoming Public Events with Katy Butler
Hospice of Santa Barbara ~ Illuminate Speaker Series
Topic: Ritual and Resilience
Free Virtual Event: January 21, 2021 at 6 pm – 7 pm PST
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The Outdoor Art Club
Topic: How to Prepare for a Good End of Life
Free Virtual Event: January 28, 2021 at 1 pm PST
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Past Appearances 2020
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
February 12, 2020 at 7pm
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Copperfields SANTA ROSA/MONTGOMERY VILLAGE
February 13 at 7pm 2020
775 Village Ct,
Santa Rosa, CA
The Commonwealth Club
February 24 6:30pm 2020
110 The Embarcadero
Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
Tickets $10 – $30
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Lafayette Library (SF East Bay)
February 27 6:30 – 8:30 2020
3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard
Lafayette CA 94549
Sold out, space for 20 walkups
Yountville Community Center
with Napa Bookmine
Friday, March 13, 2020
6516 Washington Street
Yountville, Ca. 94599
USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles
Friday March 6, 12-2pm 2020
David Goldstein Memorial Lecture
McKibben Annex, #249
Los Angeles, Ca.
Community Hospital of Monterey
April 16 11:30 – 12:30 pm 2020
For CHOMP palliative care staff
23625 Holman Hwy, Monterey, CA 93940
World Theater CSU Monterey Bay
April 16, 2-3pm 2020
5260 6th Ave, Seaside, CA 93955
Past Appearances 2019
Feb. 19, 2019 | 6:30pm
6:30pm for The Art of Dying Well Launch Party with Wine & Snacks
7:00pm Reading
BOOK PASSAGE
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Event Link
Feb. 21, 2019 | 7:00pm
MONTCLAIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AUTHOR SERIES
Books sold by A Great Good Place for Books
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
5701 Thornhill Dr. Oakland, CA 94611
Event Link
Feb. 22, 2019 | 7:00pm
BOOKS INC Opera Plaza
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
601 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94107
Event Link
Feb. 24, 2019 | 7:00pm
POWELL’S
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
1005 West Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
Event Link
Feb. 25, 2019 | 6:30pm
PROVIDENCE HOSPICE
Public Talk, co- sponsored by Providence Hospice and Cambia Center for Excellence
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 141 16th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Feb 26, 2019 | 8:00-9:00am
University of Washington Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence
Grand Rounds
This presentation will be oriented towards practicing clinicians
Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Ave., Seattle WA 98104
Feb. 26, 2019 | 7:00pm
THIRD PLACE BOOKS
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
Lake Forest Park Town Centre
17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Event Link
Feb. 28th, 2019 | 6:30pm
MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
1670 South Amphlett Boulevard, #300, San Mateo, CA 94402
Event Link
March 4, 2019 | 7:00pm
FAMILY ACTION NETWORK SPEAKER SERIES
Books sold by The Book Stall
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium
7 Happ Rd., Northfield, IL 60093
Event Link
March 6, 2019 | 7:00pm
INNOVATION + LEADERSHIP SPEAKER SERIES
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
The Music Hall, 131 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Event Link
March 7, 2019 | 7:00pm
HARVARD COOP
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02238
Event Link
March 10, 2019 | 2:00pm
RJ JULIA
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443
Event Link
March 11, 2019 | 7:30pm
WORD BOOKSTORE
Talk, Discussion, and Book Signing
126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
Event Link
March 12, 2019 | 6:00pm
Co-sponsored by NYZCCC and Tricycle magazine
NY ZEN CENTER FOR CONTEMPLATIVE CARE
119 W 23rd St Suite 401, New York, NY 10011
Event ticket: $30 (includes a FREE book)
Event Link & Registration
March 27, 2019 | 7:00 pm
BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ
1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Event Link
April 8, 2019
Keynote | The Art of Dying Well: Empowering Patients to Shape Their Destiny
8:50-10:05 am
Event Link
April 16, 2019 | Time TBA
Keynote, Hospice of San Louis Obispo
Past Appearances 2018
March 19, 2018
Medical Humanities Mondays Lecture: Straw into Gold: The Risks, Rewards, and Power of Writing Your Medical Memoir
5:00pm to 6:30pm
501 Cathedral of Learning: University of Pittsburgh, PA
(Open to members of the University of Pittsburgh Community)
March 20, 2018
Medicine Grand Rounds: The Dream of a Common Language: A Family’s View of Truth Telling in Medicine
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: MUH – 7 Main Auditorium
(Open to members of the University of Pittsburgh Community)
April 18, 2018
The Conversation project. Boulder, CO
More dates to come; check back to find out when Katy Butler will visit your area.
March 22, 2016
The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA. 7:15 PM
April 20, 2016
St Luke’s University Health Network, Dr and Mrs Max Littner Memorial Series for Bereavement, Bethlehem, PA
5:30pm VIP Reception Dinner; 7:30pm Keynote Speech, followed by Q&A and book signing.
April 21, 2016
St Luke’s University Health Network, Dr and Mrs Max Littner Memorial Series for Bereavement, Bethlehem, PA
4-5pm Medical School Lecture ‘The Dream of Common Language’ (Open to Public); 5-5:30pm Q&A
May 4, 2016
University Library, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
4-5pm Lecture ‘The Dream of Common Language’ (Open to Public); 5-5:30pm book signing.
May 13, 2016
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, Newport Beach, CA
9:15am Lecture ‘The Dream of Common Language’ (Open to Public); 10:15am book signing
July 10, 2014
Bookshop Santa Cruz, CA. 7:30 PM
Event Link
July 17, 2014
Copperfields Bookstore, Sebastapol, California. 7pm
June 26, 2014
Boulder Bookstore, CO. 7:30 pm
June 25, 2014
Kings English, Salt Lake City, UT. 7 pm
June 24, 2014
Albuquerque Bookworks, NM. 7 pm
June 19, 2014
Chicago End of Life Coalition, Chicago, IL.
June 18, 2014
Wine & Cheese Reception & Reading, Winnetka, IL
June 17, 2014
Luncheon Event, Milwaukee, WI
June 12, 2014
Books Inc., Berkeley, CA. 7 pm
June 10, 2014
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA. 7 pm
May 22, 2014
Multi-hospital conference, “Reducing Suffering at the End of Life” at Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles. (not open to public)
May 19, 2014
“West” Lecture at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY. Everyone welcome. For more info: West Lecture
May 16, 2014
Grand Rounds at Jamaica Hospital, NY (not open to public)
Apr. 29, 2014
Veterans Administration, Minneapolis, MN
Apr. 8, 2014
Teleconference for The National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants http://nahac.memberlodge.com/
Mar. 20 – 23, 2014 – Washington D.C.
Presenter, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Mar. 19, 2014 – Philadelphia, PA
Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Temple University
Mar. 19, 2014 – Philadelphia, PA
Grand Rounds, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Mar. 1, 2014 – Oakland, CA
Speaker on Lifecare (advance care planning) for 750 Kaiser Permanente staff
Feb. 8, 2014
12th Annual Authors Dinner at the Berkeley Public Library
Dec. 5, 2013 at 7 pm – Washington, DC
Private dinner with Compassion & Choices Board Members
Dec. 4, 2013, 7 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Dec. 3, 2013
2013 Lown Conference: From Avoidable Care to Right Care
Boston, MA
Dec 2., 2013 at 7 pm ET – Cambridge, MA
Porter Square Books
Nov. 18, 2013 at 10 am
Milpitas Hospice Talk with Chaplains and Team Managers
Nov. 13, 2013
Metta Institute – Free Teleconference
Nov. 12, 2013
Sonoma State University Creative Writing Lecture
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park (Santa Rosa), CA
Nov. 8, 2013 at 7:30 pm
The Avid Reader, Davis, CA
Oct. 30, 2013, 4 pm to 5 pm
Geriatric and Medical Humanities Grand Rounds
UC Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 28, 2013, 7:00 pm
Larkspur Library
400 Magnolia Avenue
Larkspur, California 94939
Oct. 22, 2013, 7:00 pm
Books Inc. in Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102
Oct. 18, 2013 at 6 pm
Litquake, San Francisco, CA
Hotel Rex – 562 Sutter St. $10 advance/$12 at door
Oct. 12, 2013
Southern Festival of Books
Legislative Plaza, Nashville, TN
Oct. 3, 2013, 7:30 pm
Kepler’s Books Introduced by Rita Redberg, MD, Editor of “JAMA-Internal Medicine”
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA
Sept. 26, 2013
Reading and reception sponsored by Tricycle magazine. Introduced by Mark Epstein, author of “The Trauma of Everyday Life.” Zen Center for Contemplative Care, 119 West 23rd Street (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.), Suite 401, New York, NY. Details click here.
Sept. 25, 2013, 7 pm
Watchung Booksellers
54 Fairfield Street, Montclair, NJ
Sept. 19, 2013, 7:30 pm
Tattered Cover Book Store
1628 16th Street, Denver, CO
Sept. 18, 2013, 7:30 pm
Powell’s City of Books
1005 West Burnside, Portland, OR
Sept. 17, 2013
Horizon House, Seattle, WA
Sept. 17, 2013, 7 pm
Seattle Public Library’s Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA
WaMu Room, Level 4
(Reading sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company)
Sept. 12, 2013, 7:30 pm
Berkeley Arts & Letters
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street at Arch St., Berkeley, CA
Sept. 11, 2013, 7 pm
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Aug. 18, 2013, 4:15 pm
Litquake Palo Alto
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA
Panel discussion with three other writers.
July 14 to 19, 2013
Instructor, memoir-writing workshop, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
March 14, 2013
Co-taught, with Seth Mnookin, the first Association of Health Care Journalists session devoted to the craft of writing: THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD: Shaping complex topics into compelling stories, annual conference Health Journalism 2013, Boston, MA
January, 2011
Guest lecturer, first-year students, Harvard Medical School.
January, 2011
Guest speaker, Children’s Hospital, Boston.
Nov, 2010
Keynote Speaker, Inaugural Bioethics Grand Rounds, Ochsner Clinics, New Orleans.