If you are interested in having me speak at your local bookstore, church, public library, or other community group, please contact me at john.fry@trnty.edu.
Upcoming Appearances
Links (and other information) will be added as they become available:
Western Pennsylvania: Book signing, West Reading Room, Macartney Library, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, as part of Homecoming 2025, Saturday, October 25, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Online Appearances
Podcast for Mere Orthodoxy with Nadya Williams and LuElla D’Amico about Little House on the Prairie on Christians Reading Classics, posted August 12, 2025
Iowa History 101, sponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa, posted April 10, 2025
Interview by Lucy S. R. Austen for the Conference on Faith and History Podcast, July 9, 2024
Interview by John Notgrass for Notgrass History, July 9, 2024
Interview by Fred Zaspel for Books at a Glance, March 5, 2024
Interview by Shaun Tabatt for The Shaun Tabatt Show, February 17, 2024
Other Media
Review by Monika Hilder in Christianity Today
Christianbook.com – Author/Artist Review at the bottom of the page
Past Appearances
Southwestern Chicagoland: October 26, 2024, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Book Signing at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Orland Park, IL
Southwestern Chicagoland: October 9, 2024, 2:30 pm, Book Celebration at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
South Central Missouri: Wilder Days, September 27-28, 2024, Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum, Mansfield, MO
South Central Missouri: September 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm, West Plains Public Library, West Plains, MO
Southwestern Missouri: September 26, 2024 at 11:00 am, English 3023, The American Novel, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Western Michigan: May 31, 2024 at 1:15 pm, Midwestern History Conference, Hauenstein Center, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI. Registration is free.
Western Michigan: May 30, 2024 at 6:30 pm, Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI
Eastern Michigan: May 29, 2024 at 2:00 pm, Malletts Creek Branch, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI. This talk will be livestreamed – the link will appear on this page an hour before the talk begins. (The talk is at 1:00 pm Chicago time.)
Western Pennsylvania: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm, Benedum Room, Alexander Hall, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
Western Pennsylvania: Monday, April 22, 2024 at 7:00 pm, Sticht Lecture Hall, Staley Hall of Arts and Letters, Grove City College, Grove City, PA
Southwestern Chicagoland: SALT class (click on Classes) at Trinity Christian College, Tuesdays, April 2, 9, and 16, at 2:30 pm, Palos Heights, IL
Southwestern Chicagoland: Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:00 pm, Blue Island Public Library, Blue Island, IL
Northern Illinois: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm, Edward Chipman Public Library, Momence, IL
The Faith of Laura Ingalls Wilder 