Upcoming Events

Sharon will be signing books at this popular indoor market in South Windsor at the end of December. The coffee bar opens in the morning, and the brewery begins pouring at noon. Food served throughout the day. Come and enjoy refreshments.

Connecticut Valley Brewing was voted Best Local Craft Brewery in the Hartford Courant Readers Poll in 2021 and 2023. 

Free admission. Plenty of parking. 

Sharon will be a featured author at this event spotlighting local mystery writers, along with Peggy Goetjen and Robin Cannon. 

Please join her and the other authors on this evening. 

Register now to reserve your spot

Wesleyan RJ Julian featured local authors

Sharon will be signing books at the 3rd Annual Connecticut Book Festival, along with 50 other Connecticut authors, at the West Hartford Conference Center across from Blue Back Square.

CAPA Connecticut Book Festival

Sharon will be speaking about her thriller The Shutdown List with Crime Wave podcast host Bonnar Spring.

Bonnar Spring is the author of two books: Beyond the Light, and Disappeared. She has also won awards for her short fiction, including the 2024 Deringer award, and the Al Blanchard award for Best New England Crime Stories.

Listen to her podcasts here.

Sharon invites you to come celebrate the launch of her newest novel, The Shutdown List.

This event will be under a tent at the farm brewery Hops On The Hill in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. 

Friends, family, and the public are invited.

Refreshment will be served while supplies last. 

Follow this event on Facebook, where you can indicate you are going.

Facebook event

Sharon will have a table at this popular outdoor  market in South Windsor under an awning in June. The coffee bar opens in the morning, and the brewery begins pouring at noon. Food served throughout the day. Come and enjoy refreshments.

Connecticut Valley Brewing was voted Best Local Craft Brewery in the Hartford Courant Readers Poll in 2021 and 2023. 

Free admission. Plenty of parking. 

Welcome Summer market

Sharon will be joining authors Nanci Abulaidar, Charlotte Rains Dixon, and Ann Goltz to discuss and celebrate the launch of her new novel, The Shutdown List, with host Grace Sammon.

This airs live on the Facebook group Bookish Road Trip on June 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM, then appears on the Podcast a week later. Please join Sharon for the live event by joining the Facebook group in advance.

Bookish Road Trip group on Facebook

Sharon will be joining with Sisters in Crime authors Jill Amadio, Mary Karnes, and Korina Moss, where she will be discussing her new thriller launching in June, The Shutdown List. 

Connecticut crime writers discuss how they write their books – where their ideas come from, how they plot the twists and turns, and how they develop their characters. Meet the authors, ask questions, buy signed copies of their books!

Free. Register here.

Murder, Mayhem and Mystery – Russell Library

Sharon will be speaking and telling stories of the 1970s at this Dinner With the Author series, starting at 6:00.

She will also be discussing her upcoming thriller, scheduled for release on June 18.

Pub ~ The Dublin ~ Beef  & Seafood Co.~ East Hampton, CT

Sharon will be at this craft fair, meeting readers, selling and signing books. Over 100 crafts booths will be present at this excellent facility with lots of free parking. A great opportunity to break up the winter doldrums. 

Sharon will be participating in this holiday event on Saturday, December 9. Twenty authors will participate. John Vitale and veteran brewer Scott Cross opened their brewery last year and offer a wide selection of craft beers brewed on the premises including IPA’s, stouts, porters, pale ales and Kolsch style beer. A food truck will be present both days. 

Free admission. Plenty of parking. Come enjoy some brews and books!

Rule of 3 Brewing

Sharon will have a booth at this popular indoor holiday market in South Windsor in early December. The coffee bar opens in the morning, and the brewery begins pouring at noon. Food served throughout the day. A great opportunity to do some holiday shopping and enjoy refreshments.

Connecticut Valley Brewing was voted Best Local Craft Brewery in the Hartford Courant Readers Poll in 2021 and 2023. 

Free admission. Plenty of parking. 

Holiday market information

Sharon will have a table at this indoor holiday craft and vendor fair, signing books and meeting readers, friends, and neighbors. Over 40 vendors will be present. All proceeds go to Portland Project Graduation, an all night event on graduation night to keep high school senoirs safe. 

Free admission and parking. 

Sharon will be greeting readers at the She Writes Press booth, publisher of No Rules, at the Boston Book Festival again this year. 

Look for her, along these other award-winning She Writes Press authors, on Dartmouth Street, across from the Boston Public Library: Florence Reiss Kraut, Wendy Sanford, Deborah K. Shepherd, and Sarah Relyea.

Celebrating the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire, the 2023 Boston Book Festival will be celebrating 15 years. 

Free.

Details here

Sharon will have a booth in the Craft Fair area of this festival on Saturday, September 23.

Events that day include a Craft Fair, Business Expo, Health Expo & Car Show. There will also be a Carnival, Beer & Wine Garden, Restaurants, Music, Fireworks & More. Something for everyone. 

Books will be for sale at this event, and you can bring yours to be signed. Or stop by to say hi and chat. She always loves speaking with readers.

Celebrate the Valley information

Sharon will be participating as an author at this Local Author Festival. This is the second in the series. The first in the series with different authors is August 22, 2023.

The event opens to the public at 6:30 pm; mix and mingle with the authors!

At 7:00 pm, formal remarks begin: each author will share a story or anecdote about their book.

At the end, there will be more time to mix and mingle with the authors.

Books will be for sale at this event.

Please register, so we can set up enough chairs.

Information and registration here.

Sharon will be participating in this two day event on Sunday, June 11. A unique selection of authors will be appearing on each of the two days, June 10 and June 11, at this new facility in East Hampton, Connecticut. John Vitale and veteran brewer Scott Cross opened their new brewery this past August and offer a wide selection of craft beers brewed on the premises including IPA’s, stouts, porters, pale ales and Kolsch style beer. A food truck will be present both days. 

Free admission. Plenty of parking. Come enjoy some brews and books!

Rule of 3 Brewing

Update: Due to rain on Saturday, May 20, this event has been rescheduled to Sunday, May 21. The Meet the Authors event will combine with specials at the stores and restaurants at the new Quarry Walk destination. Sharon and other local Connecticut authors will be meeting and greeting visitors, discussing their books, and selling and signing them. Sharon will also sign books you already own if you bring them along.

In addition, there will be live music on the green, as well as day-of raffles with over two dozen signed copies of books up for grabs. Visitors can also enjoy shopping and dining at any of the boutiques and restaurants located within Quarry Walk.

Free admission. Plenty of parking. 

 Quarry Walk

Stroll the shops and eateries along historic Main Street in Brandford, and meet a different author at each stop. Sharon and thirty-nine other Connecticut authors will be available for discussions and book signings.  Stores and restaurants will be running specials to celebrate.

Free admission. Plenty of parking. 

Branford Book Festival

Sharon will be speaking with Ed McKeon on his radio show Hoot and Holler, which explores the relationships of authors and musicians, and how music and books influence their art.

Livesteam here

Sharon will be joining six other authors to answer questions about our marketing and sales experiences on episode 321 of this extensive podcast series, vote Best Charlotte Podcast.

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Sharon will be giving a presentation:

How to Bring Your Memoir to Life

Topic: The author shows you how to enhance your Memoir by adding what is sometimes overlooked by Memoir authors.

In this presentation, Sharon will discuss a component of memoir—bringing to life an era during which it occurred. Setting is part of this, but so are characters, experiences, and historical events. Sharon will share with you the ways to enhance this in your story.

Free.

Link here to join event

Indie Author Day will be celebrated nationwide on Saturday, November 5, 2022. Each state has one location showcasing the event. In Connecticut, it’s at the Norwalk Public Library, this year with 100 authors attending.

Throughout the day, there are numerous pressentations and panels. Sharon will be a member of the panel Writing Your Life: Memoir, at 1:00 pm. Other panel members are Gabi Coatsworth, author of Love’s Journey Home, and Dana Buckmir, author of Everything Will Be Okay.

Sharon will be there all day, greating readers, and selling and signing books.

Free.

Details here

Sharon will be greeting readers at the She Writes Press booth, publisher of No Rules, at the Boston Book Festival.

Look for her, along these other award-winning She Writes Press authors, at booth number 22, at the Trinity Church end of the square: Valerie Taylor, Catherine Drake, Florence Reiss Kraut, Wendy Sanford, Deborah K. Shepherd, Sarah Relyea, and Melissa Norton Carro.

Celebrating the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire, the 2022 Boston Book Festival is the first in-person BFF since 2019 and will be held outdoors in Copley Square. 

Free.

Details here

Come join Sharon and meet other authors from all over Connecticut. Peruse the multitude of books written by authors from our very own Nutmeg State. Readings, book signings, conversations.

Sponsored by Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association.

Free admission. Free parking. 

Details here

The Milford Readers and Writers Festival is returning in person, September 16 – 18, 2022 in Milford, Pennsylvania.

This three-day festival features both ticketed and free sessions discussing topics as diverse as American Food, Book Banning, and Writing about Rock and Roll.

Sharon will be participating in the Local Authors session, one of the free events. She will also be attending this fascinating festival once again. 

Details here

Grace Sammon interviews Sharon on her radio show and podcast The Storytellers, which focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story.  Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. 

Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies and travelled to 35 states and 8 foreign countries. Her fourth book and debut novel The Eves is an intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age. Grace brings that quest for a good story, and a drive to keep contributing, to her radio show, “The Storytellers.” Each episode captures the stories of authors and others who leave their mark on the world through the art of story.

More on Grace Sammon and the Storytellers

Hygienic Art Gallery in New London, Connecticut presents a Saturday evening book reading, signing, and meet and greet with Sharon Dukett.

Enjoy an early summer evening in New London where you can tour the gallery, attend the presentation and book signing, and perhaps have dinner in downtown New London. Explore what Hygienic Galleries and Art Park have to offer from musical and cultural events to artists and authors.

Free.

Hygienic Art

Sharon will be speaking to the South Windsor Historical Society about growing up in South Windsor and her book No Rules.

This is an in person event. She will sign books after the talk, and will have books available for sale. Please bring books you already own if you would like them signed.

Admission: $5 for members, $7 for non-members supports the South Windsor Historical Society.

Details here

Bank Square Books in Mystic, Connecticut presents a weekend book signing with Sharon Dukett.

Come and enjoy a spring Sunday in Mystic: have lunch, take a stroll, visit the Seaport or the Aquarium, and stop into the bookstore.  I would love to chat. You can ask questions, and say hello. This is a free event in the center of downtown Mystic on a Sunday afternoon. Bring a friend.

Free. 

Details here

Jimmy Bennett will interview Sharon for his SEC-TV show Books and Beyond during February. Air time February 15, 2022.

The show will be available on YouTube when it airs.

Sharon will join Wordsmith Bookshop at the Avon Winterfest on Sunday. Stop by to say hello and meet Sharon along with Meg O’Connor, the owner of the new bookstore coming to Simsbury. 

No Rules will be available for sale. Sharon will sign all books so bring yours if you already have a copy, or pick up a gift.

Avon Winterfest

Sharon discusses her memoir No Rules with @msanniecathryn on her Instagram book series Soulful Sisters Video Chat.

Soulful Sisters Video Series

Sharon will take the wheel in the Bookish Road Trip Facebook Group. Each day she will post about travel and her book No Rules. On Thursday, September 23, there is a Facebook Live interview and Q and A with her at 7:00 PM Eastern.

Join the group to view all activities.

Join or view Bookish Road Trip

Sharon will speak on the River Bend Literary Arts Stage at the 58th Annual On the Green Arts and Crafts Show at about 1:30 PM on Saturday, September 11. Come hear her and other authors discuss their work, and read from their books. The festival will be on all day from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

No Rules will be available for sale at the River Bend Bookshop booth, where she will sign books following her appearance.

River Bend Author Stage information

On the Green Arts and Crafts Show

Join Sharon along with over 50 other Connecticut authors at the Hartford book festival Books On Pratt. They’ll have live music and readings, so come join the fun and say hello. 

On Pratt Street in downtown Hartford.

Books On Pratt

Sharon will sell and sign her memoir No Rules at the Simsbury Artisan’s Market on Fiddler’s Green. Find her on the lawn in front of the Coffee Spot. If you already own No Rules, stop by to say hello and/or have your book signed. She loves to meet readers. 

For updates and directions:

Simsbury Artisan’s Market

Sharon discusses her travel obsession, including the 10,000 miles she hitchhiked in 1972 on The Travel Addict Podcast with Host Malcolm J. Teasdale. 

The Travel Addict Podcast

As writers, we hear about traditional publishing or self-publishing as our choices. Hybrid Publishing is a third option worth considering. In this session, I will discuss the pros and cons of hybrid publishing, how to vet a publisher, the costs, the benefits, and how my writing journey led me to selecting this choice.  

Join Presentation Here

A discussion with host Sean Farjadi about depression, becoming empowered, and throwing off rules that were causing unhappiness.

Stories That Empower

Sharon met with students at Rockford University who read No Rules in their courses.

This is a private event.

Sharon is happy to meet privately with your group regardless of size, including book clubs, writers groups, school or university groups, and organizations.

Contact her by email at [email protected]

Sharon will discuss her colorful coming-of-age memoir on Zoom.

  Dukett is the latest author to speak as part of the 10-year-old Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series, which is sponsored by the library foundation.
Since 2010, the EDK series has brought well-known authors to Tolland, including Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Dan Barry, Steven G. Smith and Susan Campbell; Sari Rosenblatt, Chris Knopf, Caragh O’Brien, Dawn Metcalf, Denis Horgan, Jeff Goldberg, Cindy Rodriguez, Susan Schoenberger and Lucy Anne Hurston.
Please register ahead of time for this free talk by clicking on the online events calendar at tolland.org/library.

Are you writing a memoir, or thinking about it? In this session, Sharon will discuss the techniques she used for identifying the content that belongs in your memoir, and how to part with the stories that do not.

Email Sharon for an invite to this event if you are not a CAPA member. 

[email protected]

On the 50th anniversary of when the book No Rules begins, Sharon will discuss the times and her experiences, and read from the book.

Mark you calendar. More details to come.

Please join us for a virtual event celebrating the debut memoir of Sharon Dukett! Sharon will joined by Rita Dragonette (The Fourteeth of September) and Ilene English (Hippie Chick) in a panel moderated by She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner to discuss this story of leaving home, reasessing your values, and coming of age in a turbulent time.

The Book Cellar 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625 

Virtual event.
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During this free to all virtual event, I will speak with Mindy Joy Myers of the National Association of Memoir Writers with a focus on the following:

1. How do you write an honest memoir without apologizing for your past?
2. 4 ways I sought help to complete this book.
3. What do you include and what do you remove?
4. Why I chose my publishing path.

Link for more information and sign up to to attend here.

Join me as I am interviewed by PatZi on her bi-weekly radio show Joy On Paper. My interview will air at 11:35 AM Eastern Time.

Joy On Paper with PatZi Gil is broadcast from Tan Talk Radio Network in Clearwater, Florida, and streaming around the world on TuneIn.com

Join me as I am interviewed by John Busbee on his weekly radio show The Culture Buzz. My interview will air at 12:30 PM Central Time. 

One of the KFMG’s charter programs, The Culture Buzz continues to create an eclectic two hours of arts, culture, history, literature and more every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Authors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, actors and a wonderful array of cultural creatives making Greater Des Moines a better, more interesting, place.

Find out who and what is shakin’, each Wednesday on Des Moines’ community voice 99.1 KFMG and worldwide at http://kfmg.org/.

Read more about The Culture Buzz

This is the big day, when No Rules is available for sale. If you haven’t pre-ordered, you can now buy this or order it where all books are sold.

You can also ask your library to purchase it.

Where you can buy No Rules

Join me as I speak with host Diane Dewey on her weekly show Dropping In on Voice America, live internet radio.

Listen here

Sign up on Goodreads.com for the opportunity to win 1 of 10 copies of No Rules. Already pre-purchased? Tell a friend or give it as a gift.

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