Upcoming Events:

3/16/2026 Collegium Institute Are Vivendi Fellowship

Choosing Joy: Artful Living in an Age of Visual Noise

Philadelphia, PA

Information here

3/17/2026 St Raphaela Center

Stories of Faith: The Power of Stories to Shape and Encourage Our Faith

Haverford, PA

3/23/2026 Generative Joy Zoom Workshop

info and sign up here

5/2026 Women’s Retreat

Learning to See Through the Lens of Joy

National Shrine of St Therese

Juneau, Alaska

7/16-18/2026 Winona Christian Writers Conference

Leading CNF/Memoir Workshop

Winona Lake, IN

Information and Registration here

7/26-30/2026 Whitworth Writing Workshop

MFA Residency, Visiting Guest Writer

Speaking on Writing as Worship

Spokane, WA

11/19-22/2026 Writers Advance Retreat

Writing Coach

Eagle Creek, Oregon

12/5/2026 Advent Retreat

Peace and Spirituality Center

The Christ-Haunted Christmas Carol

Bellvue, WA

 



Thank you for your interest in booking Shemaiah for your next event!

Speaking topics she can tailor to your audience:

  • Undaunted Joy: Cultivating Delight in Age of Noise

  • Learning to See Through the Lens of Joy

  • Stories of Faith: The Power of Stories to Shape and Encourage Our Faith

  • Writing as an Act of Worship

  • Stories of Forgiveness

  • Joy Writing Workshop

  • Creative NonFiction/Memoir Workshops

  • May We Never Lose Our Sense of Wonder

  • The Writing and Life of Brian Doyle

  • Faith, Forgiveness and Fortitude in Jane Eyre


    (Topics can be adapted for keynotes, panels, workshops, or retreats.)

To book and inquire about fees, email her assistant, Lauren Furniss, laurenelisava@gmail.com

Past speaking engagements include:

2022 Catholic Imagination Conference University of Dallas on Brian Doyle

2023 St Patrick’s Tacoma on Stories of Forgiveness

2024 St James Cathedral Seattle on Joy

Grace College on Writing

Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature at the University of Dallas Keynote “May We Never Lose Our Sense of Wonder”

2025 St Barbara, Black Diamond Stories to Shape and Encourage Our Faith

St James, Seattle Undaunted Joy

Winona Christian Writers Conference Led CNF workshops and presented on Undaunted Joy.

St Patrick’s, Tacoma Undaunted Joy

St Mark’s, Seattle, Undaunted Joy