
Upcoming Events
Experience WIFYR All Year
* All events subject to change
Events
January Book Club
January 27, 2026
6:30 - 7:30pm
Online
WIFYR book club is an extension of the Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers conference. Our book club is open to all writers (and readers). It is FREE and you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to take part in the book club. Learn more >
Presenter: Laura Shovan
Book: A Place at the Table
This is What Happened
February 19, 2026
6:30 - 8:30pm
Online
Join us for our free online event featuring several writers whose lives have changed because of their hard work and a little nudge from WIFYR. Ernest Robertson, Morgan Iverson, Alan Markham, Bruce Luck, and Maggie Peterson will talk about their road toward publication/finding an agent, and what worked for them.
February Book Club
February 24, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Online
WIFYR book club is an extension of the Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers conference. Our book club is open to all writers (and readers). It is FREE and you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to take part in the book club. Learn more >
THIS MONTH'S AUTHOR & BOOK
Presenter: Amanda West Lewis
Book: These Are Not the Words
March Ahead Retreat [Virtual]
March 27, 2026
8am to 5:30pm
Virtual
Agents, Editors, Authors will speak about the writing industry. More information to come!
Choose to attend either Friday, March 27 (online) or Saturday, March 28 (in person) in Orem, UT. Classes are the same for both days.
March Ahead Retreat [In Person]
March 28, 2026
8am to 5:30pm
Orem, UT
Agents, Editors, Authors will speak about the writing industry. More information to come! Cost is $99.
Choose to attend either Friday, March 27 (online) or Saturday, March 28 (in person) in Orem, UT. Classes are the same for both days.
March Book Club
March 31, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Online
WIFYR book club is an extension of the Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers conference. Our book club is open to all writers (and readers). It is FREE and you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to take part in the book club. Learn more >
THIS MONTH'S AUTHOR & BOOK
Presenter: Tim Wynne-Jones
April Book Club
April 30, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Online
WIFYR book club is an extension of the Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers conference. Our book club is open to all writers (and readers). It is FREE and you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to take part in the book club. Learn more >
THIS MONTH'S AUTHOR & BOOK
Presenter: Alan Markham
Book: Spy Sisters Verses Snake Ten-Fangs [Coming March 2026]
May Book Club
May 26, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Online
WIFYR book club is an extension of the Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers conference. Our book club is open to all writers (and readers). It is FREE and you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to take part in the book club. Learn more >
THIS MONTH'S AUTHOR & BOOK
Presenter: Janette Rallison
Book: We Are Never Getting Together [Coming April 2026]
2026 WIFYR Conference
June 15, 2026
to June 19, 2026
Draper, UT
Mark your calendars for our 2026 Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers Conference! It will be held in Draper, Utah on June 15-19, 2026. Join our newsletter to keep up to date with announcements regarding the conference and to join us for monthly events with our amazing WIFYR community. Registration opens January 1st.






