Milton Literary Festival – Milton, GA

Milton City Hall Complex 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA

Chris will attend the 4th annual Milton Literary Festival and speak as part of the "Teachers by Day / Authors by Night" panel with authors Amber Brock, Colleen Oakley, and Ricki Schultz.

Murder in the Magic City – Birmingham, AL

Homewood Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL

Chris will participate in the Murder in the Magic City conference at the Homewood Public Library outside of Birmingham, AL. His panel, "Sometimes the Past Comes Back to Haunt You," starts at 3:00PM and will include authors Emily Carpenter (Every Single Secret, Until the Day I Die), Angie Gallion (Emergent), and Leigh Perry (A Skeleton in […]

$40

Murder on the Menu – Wetumpka, AL

Wetumpka Civic Center 410 South Main Street, Wetumpka, Alabama

Chris will participate in the 15th annual Murder on the Menu event in Wetumpka, AL, a fundraiser for the Wetumpka Library.

$40

Perimeter College – Dunwoody, GA

GPC/GSU Dunwoody Campus NC Building Auditorium, 2101 Womack Road, Dunwoody, GA

Chris will read, talk, and participate in a Q&A at The Chattahoochee Review's guest author series at Georgia State University's Perimeter College (Dunwoody campus).

Alumni Reading Event at Georgia State – Atlanta, GA

Department of English, GSU 25 Park Place NE, 23rd Floor, Atlanta, GA

Chris will participate in a reading with fellow GSU graduate Soniah Kamal, author of Unmarriageable, at Georgia State University.

A Novel Idea – Dunwoody, GA

Crema Espresso Gourmet 2458 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA

Chris will appear at A Novel Idea in Dunwoody along with authors Mark Warren, McPatti Langston, Doug Dahlgren, and Jason Sheffield.

Write Now: Heroes and Villains with Brian Panowich – McDonough, GA

Story on the Square 19 Griffin Street, McDonough, GA

Chris will pair with Brian Panowich, the award-winning author of Bull Mountain and Like Lions, for a Write Now program run by the Broadleaf Writers Association at Story on the Square in McDonough.  The date has changed to July 13.  Details forthcoming.

Decatur Book Festival (Decatur, Georgia)

Marriott Conference Center C 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA

Chris will moderate the panel "The American Dream: Three Novels" at this year's Decatur Book Festival. On the panel are Jason Allen, author of The East End; Tim Murphy, author of Correspondents; and Snowden Wright, author of American Pop. From the Decatur Book Festival's website: There are many “American” stories. Snowden Wright’s American Pop is an epic saga that moves […]

4th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference – Atlanta, GA

Cobb Galleria 2 Galleria Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA

Chris will serve on three different panels at the 4th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.   Goons, Dames, Lying, Cheating and Killing: Putting the Thrill in Thriller Panelists: Emily Carpenter, Roger Johns, Christopher Swann / Moderator: Ian Campbell Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:45-11:45am, Room #118 From the gritty pulp crime novels on dime store […]

Hometown Novel Nights – Newnan, GA

Carnegie Library in Newnan, GA 1 Lagrange Street, Newnan, GA

Chris will join authors Angela McRae and David Coppage for Hometown Novel Nights at the Carnegie Library in Newnan, GA.