Invite Kathleen to present at your book club or event.
Clovis-Carver Public Library
Keynote speaker at former England AFB Supply Squadron Reunion
Featured Author at LitNight Dallas
Kathleen and voice talent F. Michelle Williams discussed the audiobook of The Flying Cutterbucks, July 2021.
Featured Author at LitNight Dallas
Keynote speaker at former England AFB Supply Squadron Reunion
Featured Author at LitNight Dallas
Kathleen read from The Flying Cutterbucks and celebrated the release of Dallas author Lori Ann Stephens latest novel, Blue Running, January 2022.
Keynote speaker at former England AFB Supply Squadron Reunion
Keynote speaker at former England AFB Supply Squadron Reunion
Keynote speaker at former England AFB Supply Squadron Reunion
Kathleen spoke briefly about how the former air base inspired the setting for her first novel, The Final Salute, and her passion for military families.
2025 Events: TBA
May 19, 2025
Cover Reveal for The Llano County Mermaid Club
Out 9.16.25 from University of New Mexico Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Original illustration by UNM Press Senior Book Designer Felicia Cedillos.
2024 Events
March 5
Here's the Story ... Nine Women Write Their Lives
An exciting new collection of essays, stories, & poems
We are: Amy Baruch, Stephanie Cowell, Linda Aronovsky Cox, Karen Finch, Jane Mylum Gardner, Rhonda Hunt-Del Bene, Katherine Kirkpatrick, Kathleen M. Rodgers, and Andrea Simon.
April 7
BookWoman host official launch of Here's the Story
In-person & on Zoom
Click HERE to watch the Zoom recording of Sunday's book launch
Enter Passcode: MAc.#12*
Moderated by noted Texas author Ruth Pennebaker
Sunday, April 7 from 2-3:30pm CST
BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar #A-105, Austin, TX
May 8
From Prompt to Print: How Our Group Writings Led to Publication
Presented by Story Circle Network
Learn how we organized our group and produced an anthology, Here's the Story ... Nine Women Write Their Lives. Our webinar is up on YouTube now.
September 28
Named the 2024 MWSA Mike Mullins Memorial WRITER OF THE YEAR
Panelist/Moderator
Keeping a Positive Attitude Dealing with Suggested Revisions
Military Writers Society of America annual conference
Wyndham Bayside Hotel
1355 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA
November 12
Presenter at Fourth Annual MEDIA-Con 2024
Department of Communication
Eastern New Mexico University
Reading my poem "She's Come Undone" at BookWoman in Austin, TX with Ruth Pennebaker.
2023 Events
March 16
In conversation with Julia Daily, Author and Award-Winning Podcast Host
Discussing my 4th novel, The Flying Cutterbucks
March 25
Lone Star Literary Life's "Texas Talks"
A podcast interview with Kathleen Rodgers
Authors Over 50 with Julia Brewer Daily
April 22
Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences Presents
Author reading & signing copies of The Flying Cutterbucks
12:00 pm -3:00 pm CT
221 W Hickory St.
Denton, TX 76201
May 18
Portales Public Library Presents
Authors Kathleen M. Rodgers & Teddy Jones
In discussion with Shelf Indulgence Bookclub for their April/May selections
The Flying Cutterbucks & Jackson's Pond, Texas
(both WILLA Literary Award Finalists in Contemporary Fiction )
Portales Public Library
5:30 pm until 7:00 pm MDT
Open to the public
June 13
The Friends of the Colleyville Public Library Annual Meeting
Special Program Featuring Local Authors
Kathleen M. Rodgers and Arman Rezaee
7 p.m.
Colleyville Room, Colleyville Public Library
June 22
In conversation with host and author Kathy Ramsperger
August 10
Rendezvous With a Writer/LA Talk Radio
In Conversation with show hosts Bobbi Jean Bell and Jim Bell
6 pm PCT (8 pm CT)
September 15
Featured Author (MWSA Panel)
Friday at 6 pm ET
September 16
Military Writers Society of America
Featured Panelist (Publishing Perspectives)
2023 MWSA General Membership Conference & Awards Banquet
Holiday Inn North35 Governor Winthrop Blvd. New London, CT
October 11
Tully Talks Storytelling With....Kathleen Rodgers on Mission:Milspouse
In conversation with Julie Tully, award-winning author
November 14
Featured Speaker at ENMU's Media-Con 2023
Portales, New Mexico
Click the image to read the interview. I adore her opening lines.
Past Events 2022
January 11
Featured Author
Dallas LitNight
7pm Central
Chocolate Secrets
3926 Oak Lawn Ave.
Dallas, TX 75219
January 14
Panelist on Sue's Reading Neighborhood
2022 International Pulpwood Queen Timber Guy Book Club Convention
11 am-12pm Central
(virtual again this year)
January 16
The Flying Cutterbucks wins 2021 Pulpwood Queen Timber Guy Book of the Year
January 27
In conversation with author and host Kathy Ramsperger
March 12
New Mexico Press Women 2022 Zia Book Award 1st Runner-up
(The Flying Cutterbucks)
Awards luncheon held in Farmington, New Mexico
August 3
Radio interview with award winning host Traci HalesVass
KSJE 90.9FM & 103.3FM: The Information and Cultural Beacon of the Four Corners! Serving NM, CO, AZ & UT
August 27
Panelist with Valerie Ormand: Discouraged and about to give up? Don't.
10 am Eastern
2022 MWSA General Membership Conference & Awards Banquet, Aug 25-28
Higgins Hotel, 1000 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130
October 20-22
28th Annual Women Writing the West Conference
Book signing and volunteering
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 15
Featured presenter at ENMU Media -Con '22
Portales, New Mexico
Thanks to Dr. Darrell Roe for the invitation to speak with students. Loved being back on campus.