Kevin Smokler has been lecturing across North America on the future of publishing, books, reading and legacy media in the 21st century for nearly a decade. His regular topics include...

• Print publishing in the digital 21st century.
• Legacy media's future: Brighter than you think. 
• Social media/Web 2.0 for writers and publishers.
• Business skills for artists and creative persons. 

To invite him to speak at your event, please get in touch at 

Fees negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Speaking Samples

• California Writer's Club, 2009 kickoff meeting (video).
• 2007 SF Writer's Conference Opening Keynote (audio).

Past Engagements

2011

• Writer's League of Texas Annual Conference. 
• Muse and the Marketplace.

2010

• Connected Marketing Week
• The Loft Literary Center
• Twin Cities Book Festival
• Portland State University
• Wordstock
• West Hollywood Book Fair
• University of Michigan MFA Program
• Grub Street
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• San Francisco Writers Conference

2009

• Future of Entertainment Conference: M.I.T (clip)
• American Society of Journalists and Authors: Northern California Chapter
• Litquake
• Baltimore Book Festival
• Washington Book Publishers
• Fall for the Book Festival (Washington D.C.)
• California Writer's Club
• Arizona Book Publishers Association
• O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference
• San Francisco Writers Conference
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• Ann Arbor Book Festival
• Commonwealth Club of California (clip)
• Napa Valley Writer's Conference

2008

• Ann Arbor Book Festival
• California Writer's Club
• San Francisco Writers Conference (clip)
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• Women's National Book Association

2007

• Bay Area Travel Writers
• Publishers Group of the West Annual Conference
• Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association
• San Francisco Writers Conference (clip)
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• WebVisions

2006

• Alberta Publishers Association
• Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
• Book Expo America
• Book Expo Canada
• Idea Festival
• Jewish Funders Network National Conference
• Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association
• San Francisco Writers Conference (clip)
• Simon Fraser University
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• UC Berkeley Department of Journalism

2005

• Ann Arbor Book Festival
• Book Promotion 101 Workshop
• Commonwealth Club of California
• Contra Costa County Jewish Book Festival
• Humber College
• Jack London Writers Conference
• Left Coast Writers
• Litquake
• Mechanics Library
• Midwest Literary Festival
• Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association
• Palm Springs Writers Conference
• San Francisco Writers Conference (clip)
• Simon Fraser University
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• Texas Book Festival
• Virginia Festival of the Book
• WebVisions
• Wisconsin Book Festival

2004

• Book Expo America
• Book Promotion 101 Workshop
• Commonwealth Club of California
• Jack London Writers Conference
• Litquake
• Texas Book Festival
• WebVisions

2003

• California Writer's Club
• Commonwealth Club of California
• Jack London Writers Conference
• Mechanics Library
• South by Southwest Interactive Conference

2002

• South by Southwest Interactive Conference
• Stanford University