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Washington DC to Ohio (Lorain, Westlake, Marblehead, Maumee, Tiffin, Columbus), Martinsburg & Shepherdstown (WV), Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chicago, San Mateo (CA), San Francisco, 5 Abilities Expos, Maryland & MORE!
My PRESS AND NEWS​ webpage lists radio shows, podcasts, articles, interviews, and MORE!
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2022
New 2nd Edition, Just Keep Swimming: a crash, a quest, and waves of hope!  Publication Date: Dec. 15, 2022. (More on my new website, www.cindykolbe.com)
 
Terri Garbutt of Controlled Chaos Productions completed a screenplay of my book and has paid me to extend my movie rights contract for a second year. 


  • Session Presenter with my daughter Beth October 13-14 at the Reeve Summit, held at CONVENE at 600 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
  • Workshop Presenter on June 26 for the Chicago Abilities Expo, Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, Illinois​
  • MORE in the works! 

2021
Exciting news:  I'm working with writer and producer Terri Garbutt of Controlled Chaos Productions who is shopping around my story to Hollywood movie studios! 

  • In October of 2021, producer Terri Garbutt of Controlled Chaos Productions paid me to extend my movie rights contract for a second year. She is writing a screenplay of my book!
  • "Insights From Moms" Workshop Presenter, October 2 at 2:30pm, New York Abilities Expo, New Jersey Convention and Expo Center
  • Author Talk & Signing, June 26 at 1 pm, Rehoboth Beach Library, Delaware ​
  • Sharing Your Story: Top Ten Tips, May 26 at 7 pm, (virtual) for the Rehoboth Beach Library, Delaware
  • Author Spotlight, recorded on April 22 at 2 pm, Elyria Public Library, Ohio
  • Facebook Live, March 17 at noon, United Spinal Association Advocacy Network

2020 — what a year! 
  • Vendor Show, January 12 from 10 am to 4 pm, 3947 Williamsport Pike in Martinsburg, WV
  • Presenter for a Memoir Writing Workshop on February 20 at 6:30 pm at the downtown public library in Orlando, Florida
  • WTAN Live Radio Show, Moments of Clarity with Tiffany Wehrner, February 21 at 11 am in Tampa, Florida
  • Author Talk & Signing: March 2 at 7 pm at Birchard Public Library in Fremont, Ohio
  • Workshop Presenter at the NYC Metro Abilities Expo, May 3 at 2:30 pm at the New Jersey Convention and Metro Center, RESCHEDULED TO 2021 because of the coronavirus!
  • Workshop Presenter at the Toronto Abilities Expo, May 29-31 at the International Centre,   RESCHEDULED TO 2021 because of the coronavirus!
  • Program Presenter for a Storytelling/Writing Workshop on June 2 at 6:30 pm at the library in Tiffin, Ohio  POSTPONED because of the coronavirus!
  • Author Talk & Signing: June 3 at 6:30 pm at Elyria's new Keystone-LaGrange library in LaGrange, Ohio    POSTPONED because of the coronavirus!
  • Author Talk & Signing: June 4 at 7 pm at Ritter Public Library in Vermilion, Ohio                                    POSTPONED because of the coronavirus!
  • Events postponed because of the coronavirus.

2019 EVENTS:
  • BOOK LAUNCH: Talk, Reading, Questions, & Signing, April 15 at 6:30 pm, Potter's House Bookstore, 1658 Columbia Road NW in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
  • Talk & Signing: April 17 at 7 pm, Crocker Park Barnes & Noble, 198 Crocker Park Boulevard, Westlake, Ohio
  • Talk & Signing: April 18 at 7 pm, Mutach's Wine Room, 8037 E. Harbor Road, Marblehead, Ohio
  • Talk & Signing: April 19 at 6:30 pm, The Shops at Fallen Timbers Barnes & Noble, 3100 Main Street, Maumee, Ohio
  • Talk & Signing: April 23 at 6:30 pm, Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, 77 Jefferson St., Tiffin, Ohio 
  • Talk & Signing: April 24 at 7 pm, The Book Loft of German Village, 631 South Third St., Columbus, Ohio
  • Book Faire at the Chocolate Fest: April 27 from 10-4, Uncle Joe's Barbershop, 124 S. Queen Street, Martinsburg, WV
  • Break in May for Beth's wedding!
  • Talk & Signing: June 1 from noon-2, Four Seasons Books, 114 W. German Street, Shepherdstown, WV
  • Meet the Author, Cindy Kolbe: June 2 from 11-2, Blaze Pizza, Martinsburg, WV 
  • Talk & Signing: June 12 at 7 pm, Harvard Coop, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts with Dr. Ariana Vora, the Harvard doctor who wrote the Foreword
  • Talk & Signing: June 14 at 7pm, Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
  • Workshop Presenter: June 21 at 2:30 pm, Chicago Abilities Expo, Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL and the Shriners Hospital booth
  • Speaker: June 27 at 6:30pm for United Spinal Support Group Meeting at Independence Now in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Talk & Signing: August 1 at 6:30 pm, Lorain Public Library (Main Branch), 351 W. Sixth Street, Lorain, Ohio
  • Workshop Presenter at the Boston Abilities Expo with Dr. Ariana Vora, Asst. Professor at Harvard Medical School who wrote the Foreword for my book, and my daughter Beth: September 15 at 11:45 am, Boston Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts 
  • Talk & Signing, September 30 at 10:30 am, Martinsburg Library, 101 W King Street, Martinsburg, WV
  • West Virginia Library Association, Vendor Booth, October 16 and 17, Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, WV
  • Workshop Presenter at the San Mateo Abilities Expo: October 26 at 3:45 pm, San Mateo County Event Center, San Mateo, California
  • Talk & Signing: October 28 at 7 pm, Alley Cat Bookshop, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, California
  • Girls Night Out Book Signing: November 21 at 5-9 pm, Turn the Page Bookstore, Boonsboro, Maryland
  • Talk & Signing at Wine Tasting: November​ 30 from 4-6 pm at Mutach's Wine Room in Marblehead, Ohio
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