Kansas, Missouri (KS/MO) Regional events
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Coffee Chat in KC with Literary Agent Brent Taylor (Triada US)
Dec 12, 2025
1 event
Unlimited seats
Kansas City, MO
Registration is now closed. Selected participants will be sent the event location the week of December 7th. We’re ending this year on a high note and you’re invited! Please join us and literary agent Brent Taylor from Triada at a local Kansas City coffee shop for a casual, in-person chat about publishing. Spots are limited, so don’t miss out on this unique opportunity! Time and Date: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 1 pm Place: Private location, will be sent to attendees in advance Cost: Free! About Brent: Brent Taylor is a literary agent at Triada US, a literary agency founded in 2004 by Dr. Uwe Stender. Over the last twenty years, the agency has launched the careers of many award-winning and bestselling authors of fiction and non-fiction. After years of interning for numerous agents, Brent joined Triada US in 2014 as a summer intern and was hired as an agent that fall. He has represented numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers, a Newbery Honor winner, a Printz Honor winner, a Schneider Family Book Award winner, a YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults winner and finalist, numerous Stonewall Honor winners, a Walter Dean Myers Award winner, and an E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Book. His clients’ books have collectively earned over 100 starred reviews from trade publications such as Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, and others. He is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents. Find Brent online at triadaus.com, btaylorbooks.com, and on IG @taylorthomasbrent.
Recharge Your Writing Retreat at Conception Abbey
Apr 17, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026
1 event
Available seats 19
Conception Abbey 37174 State Hwy VV, Conception, MO 64433
Who’s ready to take a step back from everyday life and focus on their writing for 2 solid days! Who wants to fill their creative soul with nature and children’s book talk? If I’m describing you, take time for yourself to dive into a manuscript or two in the bucolic setting of Conception Abbey (37174 State Hwy VV, Conception, MO 64433). This year we are excited to announce that Ruqayyah Daud of Little Brown Books for Young Readers will be our guest editor. Come get feedback from both a seasoned editor and fellow writers. Join us Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2026 for 2 full days of digging deeper into your works in progress! KSMO-SCBWI offers this retreat for all writing levels. About the faculty: Ruqayyah Daud is a senior editor at LBYR. She began her career in 2018 assisting editor-in-chief Alvina Ling and editor-at-large, Susan Rich. She is currently building her own list and is drawn to commercial books with a strong hook, emotional core, and vibrant cast of characters. Her titles include the critically acclaimed As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh and the #1 New York Times bestselling Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma, and the New York Times bestselling Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray. When she isn’t editing she can be found working as a part-time bookseller at her local independent bookstore, Fonts Books & Gifts, where she also leads the Fantasy Book Club.