T H E L A N G U A G E O F T R E E S BY KATIE HOLTEN
SPECIAL EDITION
Coming September 2026 | PRE-ORDER
BOOK TOUR 2026
The Language of Trees | Special Edition
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NEW YORK CITY, NY
Sunday, September 20, 11 .30AM-1PM ET
Washington Square Park, northwest corner, NYC
Tree Wonder with Manhattan’s oldest tree
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NEW YORK CITY, NY
Monday, September 21, 6.30-8PM ET
P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street, New York City, NY
with Lauren O’Neill-Butler
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HARBOR SPRINGS, MI
Friday, September 25, 3.30-4.30PM ET
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
with Isaac Fitzgerald
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HARBOR SPRINGS, MI
Saturday, September 26, 2-3PM ET
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
with Heather Hansman and Steven Weinberg
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HARBOR SPRINGS, MI
Sunday, September 27, 10-11AM ET
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
with Scott Beal and Charleen Hurtubise
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CHICAGO, IL
Tuesday, September 29, 12-1PM CT
Exile in Bookville at 410 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
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IOWA CITY, IA
Thursday, October 1, 5.30-6.30PM CT
The Language of Trees: A Conversation with Katie Holten | with Andy Dahl and Karen Carcia
University of Iowa at Senate Chambers, Old Capital Museum, 21 N. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242
Followed by a book signing hosted by Prairie Lights
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IOWA CITY, IA
Friday, October 2, 10AM-12PM CT
University of Iowa at Literary Grove with Anne Frank Initiative, Iowa City, IA 52242
Walking Tour, Workshop & Tree Planting
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SUMMERLAND, CA
Wednesday, October 7, 6-7PM PT
Godmothers at 2280 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, CA 93067
with Riley Reed
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BIG SUR, CA
Friday, October 9, 12-1PM PT
Henry Miller Memorial Library at 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920
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BIG SUR, CA
Saturday, October 10, 7.30-8.30PM PT
Esalen at 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920
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OAKLAND, CA
Wednesday, October 14, 6-8PM PT
Clio’s at 353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA
with Marthine Satris
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POINT REYES STATION, CA
Sunday, October 18 at 4PM PT
Point Reyes Books at Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
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MAUI, HI
Thursday, October 29 at 5.30PM HST
Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center with The Merwin Conservancy at 2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, Maui, HI 96768
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MAUI, HI
Saturday, October 31, 1-3PM HST
The Merwin Conservancy at Maui, Hawai’i, 96708
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VIRTUAL EVENT
TBA
September 21 | 6.30-8PM ET | Book Launch: The Language of Trees (Special Edition) | Katie Holten in conversation with Lauren O’Neill-Butler | P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street, New York City, NY | TICKETS
September 25 | 3.30-4.30PM ET | Wonder, Hope & The Joy of Discovery: Isaac Fitzgerald and Katie Holten | Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Zorn Park Tent, Harbor Springs, Michigan
September 26 | 2-3PM ET | A Return to Nature: Heather Hansman, Katie Holten and Steven Weinberg | Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Zorn Park Tent, Harbor Springs, Michigan
September 26 | 4.30-5.15PM ET | Happy Hour & Book Signing | Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Irish Boat Shop, Harbor Springs, Michigan
September 27 | 10-11AM ET | The Role of Art in Literature: Scott Beal, Katie Holten and Charleen Hurtubise | Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Shay Park Tent, Harbor Springs, Michigan
September 29 | 12-1PM CT | Exile in Bookville | 410 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois
October 1 | 5.30-6.30PM CT | Katie Holten in conversation with Andy Dahl and Karen Carcia, followed by Book Signing | University of Iowa | Senate Chambers at the Old Capital Museum with Prairie Lights | 21 N. Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa
October 2 | 10AM - 12PM CT | Literary Grove Tour, Workshop & Planting with Anne Frank Initiative | University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
October 7 | 6PM PT | Katie Holten in conversation with Riley Reed | Godmothers | 2280 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, California
October 9 | 12PM PT | Henry Miller Memorial Library | 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur, California
October 10 | 7.30-8.30PM PT | Workshop: The Language of Trees | Esalen | 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, California
October 14 | 6-8PM PT | Clio’s | 353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California
October 18 | 4PM PT | Point Reyes Books | Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, California
October 29 | 5.30 PM HST | Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center with The Merwin Conservancy | 2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, Maui, Hawai’i
October 31 | 1PM HST | Workshop: The Language of Trees | The Merwin Conservancy | Maui, Hawai’i
TBC | Los Angeles, California
TBA | Virtual Event
Check back for updates
PREVIOUS EVENTS
June 8, 2025 | 1-3PM | Forest School | Helsinki Biennial, Vallisaari Island, Helsinki, Finland
March 25, 2025 | The Language of Trees: Tree Drawing Workshop, Talk & Book Signing | Institute for Integrative Conservation, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
September 12, 2024 | UK paperback edition
December 7, 2024 | The Language of Trees: Talk & Print Workshop & Tree Walk | Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California, USA
April 2, 2024 | US paperback | available now
April 17, 2024 | The Language of Trees | House of Hackney, London, UK | Conversation with Sophie Haworth
May 7, 2024 | 6 PM EST | FOR THE LOVE OF TREES! ORION GALA Honoring Robin Wall Kimmerer and Richard Powers, with Maria Popova, Ed Yong, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and others | Virtual | FREE: Register here
May 16, 2024 | Keynote Speech: Learning to be Better Lovers | Art, Activism & Ecoart Communities in Ireland | Sorbonne, Paris, France
May 31, 2024 | 8 - 9.30 PM GMT | TREE TALKS: Trees, Communication, and Connection, Wordsworth Trust, UK | Virtual | Register here
July 4, 2024 | The Language of Trees | Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur, Berlin, Germany
Anja Murray in conversation with Katie Holten to celebrate the UK/Irish edition of The Language of Trees at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, June 15, 2023.
PAST BOOK TOUR EVENTS
October 21, 12-1 PM GMT | HOPE, JOY AND WONDER, The Studio, Lexicon Library, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland | In conversation with Anja Murray and Kerri ní Dochartaigh [Cancelled, regrettably]
November 2, 6-8 PM EST | PRINTED MATTER, 231 11th Avenue, New York City | In conversation with contributors to the book William Corwin, Nicole Davi and Amy Harmon
JUNE 15 | Publication date for the UK/Irish edition of The Language of Trees
June 14, 7-8 PM GMT | Bristol Festival of Nature | Virtual | SOLD OUT
JUNE 15, 6 - 7.30 PM GMT | LAUNCH EVENT for the Irish/UK edition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | In conversation with Anja Murray | Watch a recording here
Bloomsday | June 16, 12.30 PM GMT | Ulysses, Forested: Celebrating The Language of Trees and Katie Holten’s translation of James Joyce’s Ulysses into Irish Trees at MoLI, Museum of Literature Ireland, Dublin, Ireland | In conversation with Simon O’Connor
Bloomsday | June 16, 3.30 - 4.30 PM GMT | The Vico, Dalkey Book Festival, Dublin, Ireland | In conversation with Manchán Magan and Paul McMahon [SOLD OUT]
June 18, 1 - 2 PM GMT | Tree Walk & Talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | with Stephen O’Neill [SOLD OUT]
June 20, 6.30 PM GMT | Stanfords, Bristol, UK
June 21, 7.30 -8.30 PM GMT | Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere, UK (Virtual. Register here)
June 22, 6.30 PM GMT | An evening with FOLDE Dorset at the Grosvenor Arms, Shaftesbury, UK [SOLD OUT]
June 24, 11.15 AM GMT | In conversation with Gaia Vince at the Wealden Festival, Garden Tent, Boldshaves Garden, Ashford, Kent, UK
June 25, 11 AM - 3PM GMT | The Language of Trees, Wild Ken Hill, Norfolk, UK [CANCELLED]
June 28, 6-8 PM GMT | The Language of Trees, New School of the Anthropocene|October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AL, UK
July 1, 7 - 8.30 PM GMT | Norfolk Wildlife Trust, in conversation with Helen Baczkowska at Cley Marshes ‘Cley Calling’ event, UK [CANCELLED]
In conversation with ecologist Anja Murray at the launch at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, June 15, 2023 | Watch the recording here
July 10, 6.30 PM GMT | In conversation with Cal Flynn at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry, West Cork Literary Festival, Cork, Ireland | (Recording coming soon)
July 11, 2 - 3 PM GMT | In conversation with Maria Kirrane, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland | (Recording available here)
July 12, 5 PM GMT | The Language of Trees, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland
July 18, 7.30 PM GMT | The Language of Trees, Hometree HQ, Ennistimon, Co. Clare, Ireland (in partnership with Salmon Bookshop) [CANCELLED]
July 23, 3.30 - 4.30 PM GMT | The Language of Trees, Fiddler’s Green Festival, Rostrevor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland [SOLD OUT]
July 24, 6 - 8 PM GMT | The Language of Trees & The Rights of Nature | In conversation with Declan Owens and Professor John Barry, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, in partnership with No Alibis Bookstore (Recording coming soon!) [SOLD OUT]
July 25, 6 PM GMT | Dundalk Library, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland | Watch a recording here
August 15, 2.15 PM GMT | In conversation with Katie Paterson | Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
August 23, 5.30 PM ET | The Language of Trees, Polly Hill Arboretum, West Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard, MA [SOLD OUT]
August 26, 4 PM ET | The Language of Trees, Chilmark Library, Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
November 2, 6-8 PM ET | Printed Matter, New York City
US BOOK TOUR: April-May 2023
TUESDAY APRIL 4, 6 PM ET | BOOK LAUNCH in the Elizabeth Street Garden in NYC in partnership with McNally Jackson. Katie was in conversation with Georgia Silvera Seamans and joined by contributors William Corwin, Nicole Davi, Amy Harmon and E.J. McAdams. (Recording coming soon!)
THURSDAY APRIL 6, 7 PM PT | Conversation with Forrest Gander at Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco, California (Recording available here)
SATURDAY APRIL 8, 6 PM PT | Eureka Books, Eureka, CA
SUNDAY APRIL 9, 4 PM PT | Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR
TUESDAY APRIL 11, 7 PM | Conversation with David Naimon at Powell’s, Portland, OR
WEDNESDAY APRIL 12, 7 PM | Conversation with Valerie Segrest at Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
SUNDAY APRIL 16, 5 PM CT | Conversation with Erin Sharkey at Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis, MN (Recording available here)
TUESDAY APRIL 18, 7 PM CT | Conversation with Liam Heneghan at Exile in Bookville, Chicago, IL
SATURDAY APRIL 22 | Earth Day, 3PM | Conversation with Jennifer Mamola at Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 4 PM | Conversation with Amy Franceschini and Robert Sullivan at Head House Books, Philadelphia, PA
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26 | Conversation with Laura Hunt hosted by A Cappella Books at Manuel’s Tavern, Atlanta, GA
FRIDAY APRIL 28 | Arbor Day, 7 PM ET | Virtual Event hosted by TREES NY, NYC, NY | Watch a recording here
WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 7 PM ET | Conversation with Rebecca McMackin at the Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY MAY 12, 7 PM ET | Conversation with Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder at Back Cove Books, Portland, ME | Watch a recording here
FRIDAY MAY 19, 7 PM ET | Conversation with Patty Krawec at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in partnership with Talking Leaves Books, Buffalo, NY | Watch a recording here
SUNDAY MAY 21, 11AM - 2PM ET | Tree Workshops with Patty Krawec and the Western New York Book Arts Center at ARTPARK, Lewiston, NY (Recording coming soon!)
Katie Holten in conversation with Patty Krawec at Artpark, New York.
* Check back again as Katie has been invited to have events in lots of wonderful bookshops *
Shakespeare & Co., Missoula, Montana
The Toadstool, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont
Point Reyes Books, Point Reyes Station, California
Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino, California
Los Angeles, Santa Fe and more.
If you would like Katie to speak about The Language of Trees with your book club, local indie bookstore, arboretum, library or museum, please get in touch.
The Language of Trees debuted on the National Indie Bestseller list in the USA and in the Irish Times Bestseller list.
Katie Holten’s UK book tour for The Language of Trees was supported by Culture Ireland.
Culture Ireland did not support Katie Holten’s US book tour. They were acknowledged and their logo appeared on every event during the US book tour as Culture Ireland awarded a grant, however after the events took place Culture Ireland revoked the funding. The artist is considering what to do about this unfortunate situation.