• 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
  • 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.

  • Book Launch for NEVER TURN BACK – Atlanta, GA (virtual)

    Holy Innocents' Episcopal School 805 Mount Vernon Highway NW, Atlanta, GA

    Join Chris virtually via Zoom for the launch of his latest novel, Never Turn Back, hosted by Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA. Author Carmen Deedy will join Chris in a conversation. Signed copies available from FoxTale Book Shoppe (link here).

  • Party at A Cappella Books – Atlanta, GA

    A Cappella Books 208 Haralson Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia

    Come join Chris in-person along with other Atlanta-area authors—including Joshilyn Jackson, Andrew Feiler, Sally Sears, and Benjamin Hedin—for a party on the back patio of A Cappella Books! Eat, drink, hob-nob with some Atlanta literati, and buy a signed book or three from one of my city's premier indie bookstores.