Upcoming Events

2025

  • Nov 07—Nov 08, 2025

    Rendezvous

    Ballroom Holiday Inn St Louis SW – Route 66 10709 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63127 +1-314-821-6600Visit Website

    Readers and Writers will gather at the third annual Rendezvous organized by JustRead Publicity Tours, LLC on November 8, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT at the Holiday Inn St. Louis SW on Route 66. Rendezvous celebrates Christian fiction and sweet reads and features corporate worship, speaker sessions, author panels, small group discussions, games, giveaways, a pop-up bookshop, and book signings. This event aims to sweeten reading and storytelling experiences with fellowship and encouragement.

    Jaime Jo Wright and Toni Shiloh will be the keynote speakers, and Kimberley Woodhouse and Lisa Phillips will lead the worship. Additional participating writers include Abbey Downey, Amanda Cox, Bethany Turner, Cara Putman, Christy Barritt, Connilyn Cossette, Crystal Caudill, Crystal D. Grant, Dana R. Lynn, Dani Pettrey, Danielle Grandinetti, E. A. Hendryx, Gabrielle Meyer, Heather Kaufman, Janilise Lloyd, Jayna Breigh, Jessica R. Patch, Jill Kemerer, Joanna Davidson Politano, Karen Witemeyer, Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Kimberly Duffy, Lisa E. Betz, Lisa T. Bergren, Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn, Nancy Mehl, Pepper Basham, Robin W. Pearson, Sara Brunsvold, Sara Davison, Shannon Sue Dunlap, Sharee Stover, Shelley Shepard Gray, Sherry Shindelar, and Tabitha Caplinger.

    The Christy Award Winners Gala Watch Party and preceding Meet and Greet event will be held at the venue on November 7 from 5:30 p.m. until the webcast conclusion. The evening’s activities include corporate worship, book signings, appetizers, and giveaways. The Christy Award honors and promotes excellence in Christian fiction and is a program of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

    Rendezvous is open to registered attendees only. JustRead Publicity Tours sponsors and organizes the event with support from The Christy Award program.

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