Sophfronia Scott

Reading: Inspired Author Holiday Event, Chicago, IL
2018-12-01 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | DL Studio, 3050 N. Lincoln, Chicago, United States
Sophfronia Scott opens the inspired author series offered by Debi Lilly’s A Perfect Event. The event will feature Sophfronia reading from her latest book, Love’s Long Line.
Note from Debi Lilly: “This powerful, beautiful story about mothers, sons, daughters and hope brings all the life lessons. Perfect for holiday gifting – let us know if we can hold or send your signed, personalized copy right to your door.”

Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, WI
2018-11-02 - 2018-11-03 | CT

Panelist, NonfictioNOW Conference, Phoenix, AZ
2018-11-01 - 2018-11-03 | CT
Sophfronia will speak on the panel “Not Your Mother’s University Press: Publishing Nonfiction with Academic Presses”
PANEL DESCRIPTION: Determining where to submit nonfiction books in the mass of trade, academic, and indie presses is often more of an essayist exploration than the writing process itself. Writers who have published memoirs, essay collections, and hybrid texts with The Ohio State University Press will discuss how an academic press became the unlikely home for work that challenged genre conventions and examined complex subject matter like mental health, sexuality and the armed services, faith, motherhood, and race. This group of writers will discuss the experience of publishing with a university press, reading a section of their work before reflecting on their process, work with editors, marketing and release.
Panelists:
Kristen Elias Rowley, Editor in Chief, The Ohio State University Press
Anthony Moll, Writer
Sophfronia Scott, Writer
Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Writer
Kathryn Nuernberger, Writer

Workshop and Sermons, Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, NC
2018-10-27 - 2018-10-28 | CT

Connecticut Authors Reading Series, C.H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT
2018-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, Newtown, CT, 06470, United States
Sophfronia hosts the latest reading in this series she curates featuring authors who live and write in the Nutmeg State. The authors also discuss the writing craft and sign copies of their new books. Refreshments will be served. Participating writers include:
Georgia Hunter, We Were the Lucky Ones (Penguin, 2018)
Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies (Harper Perennial, 2017)
Marilyn Simon Rothstein, Husbands and Other Sharp Objects (Lake Union, 2018) and Lift and Separate (Lake Union, 2016).
Tom Seigel, The Astronaut’s Son, (Woodhall Press, 2018)-debut novel.

Book Group, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT
2018-10-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia will join the book group at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church when they discuss This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World, and enjoy an evening of fellowship, abundant snacks and lively discussion.

Workshop, Drew University Theological School, Madison, NJ
2018-10-17 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia will present in a workshop intensive taught by Rev. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D.

Bay Path Writers Day, Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
2018-10-14 | CT
Join other aspiring and published writers for Bay Path’s 17th Writers’ Day featuring Karol Jackowski, Sophfronia Scott, Lisa Romeo, Suzanne Strempek Shea and Jonathan Green
Please Note: The new location will be Bay Path’s East Longmeadow, MA campus, the Philip H. Ryan Health Center. Registration and check-in begin at 11:45 a.m., and continue throughout the sessions.

For more information:

https://www.baypath.edu/events-calendar/community-events/writers-day/

To register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-path-universitys-17th-writers-day-tickets-43661786579

River Pretty Writers Retreat, Tecumseh, MO
2018-10-04 - 2018-10-07 | CT

Public Lunch Forum, Drew University Theological School, Madison, NJ
2018-09-26 | CT
Sophfronia will meet with students, give a public reading, and afterwards be interviewed by Rev. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D.

American Theater Group: Affairs of Midnight, South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, NJ
2018-09-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 Sopac Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079, United States
American Theater Group presents a staged reading of Affairs of Midnight by Sophfronia Scott.
Harlem, 1947. A Nightclub owner meets a society lady in a tale of romance, intrigue, and betrayal. Based on the classic story Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Directed by Marshall Jones III.
A reading in the SOPAC Loft
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door

Workshop and Sermons, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT
2018-09-23 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fairfield, CT, 661 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT, 06824, United States
Sophfronia will preach at the 8am and 9:30 am services in addition to speaking, along with her son Tain, about their book, This Child of Faith and raising a spiritual child in a secular world.

Book Club Meeting, Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury, CT
2018-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | CT

Hobart Festival of Women Writers, Hobart, NY
2018-09-07 - 2018-09-09 | CT

Author Reading, Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS
2018-09-04 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CT

Antioch Writers Workshop, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2018-07-14 - 2018-07-20 | CT
Sophfronia will teach fiction on the morning faculty for this popular writers event.

Keynote Speaker, Publishing in Color Conference, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ
2018-06-19 - 2018-06-20 | CT
The first Publishing in Color conference will serve prospective African American authors and others of African descent. It will take place June 19-20, 2018 at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (NBTS) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The beautiful new NBTS facilities are only a short walk from an Amtrak train station with convenient connections to New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and the Newark airport (EWR).

Yale Writers' Workshop, Craft Talk, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2018-06-03 14:00 - 15:15 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia will deliver a craft talk entitled: All About the But: How to Create Narrative Tension
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High Street) Room 101

Motherhood & Words Reading, Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN
2018-04-28 | CT

Webinar: Meet the Author, Practical Resources for Churches
2018-04-25 19:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | CT
Register at this link.
Join author Sophfronia Scott as she discusses the book she wrote with her son, Tain Gregory, about the faith journey which began when Tain asked to enroll in Sunday school. The book looks at how a parent can help a child have a real faith as they engage in deep conversations, pray together, and get involved in the life of their local church. Tain’s mom realizes the depth of her son’s faith when he is in third grade and loses a close friend in the Sandy Hook school shootings. Shortly afterward, he is asked what the most important thing in the world is to him and he replies “God.” Sophfronia Scott lives with her husband and son in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and serves as an acolyte, chalice minister and librarian at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown. Sophfronia teaches creative writing at Regis University’s Mile High MFA and Bay Path University’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She is author of the novels “All I Need to Get By” (St. Martin’s Press) and “Unforgivable Love” (William Morrow) as well as an essay collection, “Love’s Long Line” (Ohio State University Press), and a spiritual memoir, ”A Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Being in a Secular World” (Paraclete Press), co-written with her son. She holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her website is www.Sophfronia.com.

Reading, Fairfield University Bookstore, Fairfield, CT
2018-04-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CT

Panel and Book Signing, Festival of Faith & Writing, Grand Rapids, MI
2018-04-12 - 2018-04-14 | CT

Spiritual Writing Workshop, Camp Washington, Morris, CT
2018-03-23 17:00 - 2018-03-24 17:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Writing Your Spiritual Story
We all have our own story, a personal narrative of significant events that make us who we are today. One of the beliefs that make us Episcopalian is that we come to know God through these stories and through the relationships we develop when we share them. In this insightful program novelist and essayist Sophfronia Scott will facilitate a weekend of reading and discovery. On Friday evening participants will consider examples of contemporary spiritual stories and discuss the features that make them “spiritual.” On Saturday we will work with a series of writing prompts so participants can generate their own stories. No need to be an experienced writer. You are already an experienced human being.

Connecticut Authors Reading Series, Newtown, CT
2018-03-18 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia curates this ongoing series that introduces readers and writers to the work of authors who live in the Nutmeg State. Refreshments will be served and books will be available for sale.

Book Signing, AWP Conference, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
2018-03-09 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia will sign copies of her new essay collection, Love’s Long Line, at the Ohio State University booth as part of the AWP conference. AWP is the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

Reading, AWP Conference, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
2018-03-08 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia will join her fellow faculty members of Regis University’s Mile-High MFA for a reading celebrating their newly published books.
Title: Mile-High MFA Reading
Number: R181
Date/Time: 12:00pm – 1:15pm on Thursday March 8, 2018
Location: Cody D. Todd Memorial Stage, Sponsored by USC, Exhibit Hall, Tampa Convention Center, Third Floor
AWP is the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

Book Group Discussion, Bookmark Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
2018-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | CT

Author Visit: Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2018-02-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | CT
Sophfronia Scott will discuss her essays with select English classes.

Workshop, Forma Conference, Charleston, SC
2018-01-24 - 2018-01-26 | CT
Sophfronia Scott and Tain Gregory will present a workshop on raising children of faith.

Public Reading, Mile-High MFA at Regis University, Denver, CO
2018-01-11 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | CT
Sophfronia will do a public reading and chat as part of the Mile-High MFA winter residency at Regis University.
