The best way to contact author Patrick T. McBriarty is by email at: patrick_mcbriarty@yahoo.com
While residing in Chicago, Patrick is a frequent traveler (not a tourist), so folks outside of the greater Chicago area are encouraged to reach out as he maybe visiting your area in the near future. Schedule a presentation, workshop, walking tour, school or library visit today!
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Patrick’s Event Schedule
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Bell School Library talk
Nov 5 12:00 13:00 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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Interview with Katie Dugan WYTV
Nov 16 8:00 9:00 Poland Union School
Nov 16 11:00 13:00 Poland, Ohio Public Library
Nov 16 17:30 18:30 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Chicago Book Expo
Nov 21 11:00 17:00 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Centuries and Sleuths Book Signing
Nov 28 14:00 16:00 |
29 | 30 |
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Union League Club - Holiday Boutiue - 2nd Floor (must be set-up by 9:30 am)
Dec 2 9:00 15:00 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Book Reading
Dec 7 8:00 9:00 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 |
Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
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Writers Retreat--Mackinac Island
Jan 1 9:00 to Jan 15 10:00 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Cottage Book Shop
Jan 22 12:00 12:30 | 23 |
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Anderson's Children's Lit. Breakfast
Feb 20 7:30 13:30 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 |
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Pre-K - Kindergarten Conf. -- So You Want to Write a Children’s Picture Book?
Session: F16 - 2:30-3:30 in the Imagination Room Mar 3 14:30 17:30 |
Deliver Books to Linda @ Mesirow
Mar 4 9:30 10:30 Pre-K - Kindergarten Conf. -- Introduce STEM/STEAM in Early Childhood
Session: L3 11:45-12:45 in Room Nirvana B Mar 4 11:45 14:45 | 5 |
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6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
School Visit - John Baxter/Middle Fork School
Mar 11 9:00 10:00 | 12 |
13 |
Book Talk -- Oak Park 19th Century Club
Deb Hannon, Lit. Chair Mar 14 12:00 15:00 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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Windy City Historians
Mar 20 15:00 17:00 |
Chicago River Bridges - tentative
Mar 21 17:30 18:30 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
Indian Prairie -- Kids Bridge Workshop
Mar 30 14:15 17:15 | 31 |
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Smelt Party at BElmont
Apr 2 6:30 9:30 |
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3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
10 | 11 |
Chicago in 1812 Talk
Apr 12 17:30 20:30 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 |
Beaufort Academy - School Visit 8:30am start
Gina Reilly | LibraryDirector/Instructional Technologist Apr 25 7:45 9:45843-252-6453 The Story Book Shop - Visit
Apr 25 12:00 13:00 | 26 | 27 |
Swing Bridge w/ Motsey's kids at Playground
Apr 28 11:30 12:30 | 29 | 30 |
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BEA
May 11 to May 13 |
BEA
May 11 to May 13 |
BEA
May 11 to May 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Screening - Chicago Drawbridges
May 19 18:30 19:30 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
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Historic Bridge Syposium - Session 1A2
Jun 4 9:45 11:30 |
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Reading of Drawbridges... at the Bridgehouse Museum
Jun 9 15:30 17:30 | 10 |
Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 11 to Jun 12 |
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Printers Row Lit Fest
Jun 11 to Jun 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Wendella
Jun 25 9:00 11:00 |
26 | 27 |
Chicago Literati Network Event - Kaye Publicity
Jun 28 18:00 21:00 | 29 | 30 |
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CRB Book Talk - Des Plaines History Center
Carmina Gonzalez - Program Assistant Jul 14 13:30 14:30Under the Bridgefluence Tour w/ Liz Garbay
Jul 14 18:00 21:00 | 15 |
CWA & Woman's Writer's Assn. Summer Social
Jul 16 19:00 22:00 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Walking Tour with Tess Strand
Jul 31 10:00 12:00 |
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North Shore Senior Center - Men's Club (Jay Goldman)
Talk begins at 10:30 after the 10-10:30 business meeting. Aug 9 9:30 11:30 | 10 |
Kennsington School
Aug 11 10:00 11:00 Kensington Schools
Aug 11 11:00 12:00 CRB Presentation
Aug 11 16:00 18:00 | 12 | 13 |
14 |
Chicago in 1812 Talk
Aug 15 13:00 14:00 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Talk at the Block Party
Aug 20 11:00 12:00 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Under the Bridgefluence
Aug 25 18:00 21:00 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Bridge Tour with stuffed pickels
Sep 8 18:00 20:30 | 9 | 10 |
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Children's Book Fair @ Nichols Park
Sep 11 11:00 17:00 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Bridgehouse 10th Anniversary
Sep 15 12:00 13:00 | 16 | 17 |
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Windy City Historians
Sep 18 15:00 17:00 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
CWA Conf. Check In
Sep 23 13:30 14:00 | 24 |
25 | 26 |
Sep 27 19:00 20:00 | 28 |
Illinois Reading Council -- Introduce STEM/STEAM in Early Childhood -- Room PCC 213
Location: PCC 213 Sep 29 8:00 9:00Reception - CARA outside rooms 400-404
Sep 29 17:00 18:15 | 30 |
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Centuries & Sleuths City Railways Launch
Oct 1 14:00 15:00 |
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9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Wyoming School - Jayne & Liz
Engineering Design Process, bridge building, gap in documention, activity or challenge. Honoriaum $200-250 Oct 14 11:15 14:15Barnes & Noble Book Signing
Kimberly Stoffel Oct 14 17:00 18:00Community Business Development Manager |
Barnes & Noble - Holland
Oct 15 8:00 9:00 Barnes and Noble visit Bill Ruback
Oct 15 10:00 12:00 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
WGN Interview w/ Mike Stephen
Oct 22 6:30 7:30 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Oct 27 18:00 21:00 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
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Mini Maker Event - Barnes & Noble -- Kate Walker
Nov 6 14:00 15:00 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Lunch with Steve Hatch
Nov 10 12:30 13:30 Hands-On Science program - Marion Neiswander 3rd-5th Graders
Nov 10 16:00 17:00 Chicago River Bridges Talk
Janet Windaguth - Adult Services Nov 10 19:00 20:00 |
Junior League Club Gazebo Holiday Market
Nov 11 18:30 23:30 |
Junior League Club Gazebo Holiday Market
Nov 12 9:30 13:30 |
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Chicago BookExpo Columbia College
Nov 13 12:00 17:00 | 14 |
Lunch with Steve Hatch
Nov 15 11:30 12:30 |
CRB-Talk
Peter Iwanec | Branch Manager Nov 16 18:00 20:00Oriole Park Branch| Chicago Public Library 7454 W. Balmoral | Chicago, IL 60656 | 312-744-1965 |
Chicago Bridge Talk - Canal Corridor Association in Lockport
Nov 17 18:00 19:00 |
CRB Presentation - CMM Open House
Nov 18 19:00 20:00 |
Under the Bridgefluence
Nov 19 12:30 15:30 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
Roscoe Books Storytime
Nov 26 11:00 12:00 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
Union League Club - Holiday Boutique - 2nd Floor (must be set-up by 9:30 am)
Nov 30 9:00 15:00 |
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Bridge Workshop - Blackstone branch of the Chicago Public Library - Molly Staron
Dec 3 10:00 12:30 Dec 3 10:00 12:00 |
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Windy City Historians
Dec 4 15:00 17:00 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
Publishing Cocktails
Dec 14 18:00 21:00 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Chicago Maritime
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The Book Stall
Jan 14 15:00 16:00 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
Modjeski Doc. Premier
Jan 26 18:00 21:00 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
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School Visit - Suzie Ettie
Feb 8 13:30 14:30 | 9 | 10 |
SCBWI Winter Conf. in NYC
Feb 11 to Feb 12 |
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SCBWI Winter Conf. in NYC
Feb 11 to Feb 12 |
National Archives
Feb 13 9:00 17:00 Books of Wonder
Feb 13 12:00 13:00 |
National Archives
Feb 14 9:00 17:00 |
National Archives
Feb 15 9:00 17:00 |
National Archives
Feb 16 9:00 17:00 | 17 |
Anderson's Children's Lit. Breakfast
Feb 18 7:30 13:30 |
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CRB Prestatn. for Nor'West Sailing Assn. - John Morris
Feb 20 19:30 20:30 | 21 |
School Visit - Maureen Maher
Feb 22 11:00 12:00 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Chicago in 1812 Talk - Collette Legore
$175 Honorarium Feb 27 14:00 15:00 | 28 |
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