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03/20/2026

Tap any of the reels to listen to the ‘Speed Work’ segment of the column Writers Who Run!

On this column by journalist , hear from writers like .ewing, , , , and more on their inspiration, the writing process, and how running impacts all of it.

👉 Read or watch the full interviews at readandruntours.com.

We want audiences to be MOVED by your work. ✨At Read & Run Tours, owner Allison Yates approaches events for authors and ...
03/17/2026

We want audiences to be MOVED by your work. ✨

At Read & Run Tours, owner Allison Yates approaches events for authors and creatives based on her years of experience in education, community building, and experiential event design.

We’re home of the 👟book-themed guided run👟, and our services both include and expand beyond this one-of-kind format.

Events that emphasize the attendee experience—and include interactive, creative elements—have the potential to build long-lasting community and superfans.

👇 We offer:

📚 Event coaching for authors and creatives
📚 Experiential and creative event design that focus on community building
📚 Full-scale event planning & management
📚 Audience engagement strategy

Ready to move your audiences? DM here or visit readandruntours.com.

Meet the team ✨ We look the same 😊
03/17/2026

Meet the team ✨ We look the same 😊

03/13/2026

I want your input! 😂

I’m Allison, the owner of Read & Run Tours, and I’ve hosted over 120 community events in Chicago.

Now, I help authors, creatives, and brands host experiential events that actually build community.

I’m about to make a video series with book and author event tips, but I want an unhinged shtick…👀

…Just edgy enough to keep your attention…but not too off the rails that you don’t trust me—you get the vibe?

Tell me your vote in the comments!

03/10/2026

Hey, , ready to run? 👟

In every Writers Who Run column, asks authors which of their characters or people they’ve written about they’d go on a run with.

For Nicholas Triolo in his eco-adventure memoir, The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere, his answer was an easy one: one of his heroes, renowned narrative nonfiction author Robert Macfarlane.

Listen to this video for Nicholas’s “Speed Work” part of the interview, and tap the link ‘Writers Who Run’ link in bio to read or watch the full interview and hear more about Nicholas, his writing, and of course, his hero.

Huge congrats to organizer Malissa for hosting her first Read & Run on the Road event and bringing the magic of Read & ...
03/07/2026

Huge congrats to organizer Malissa for hosting her first Read & Run on the Road event and bringing the magic of Read & Run Tours to Seattle!

Runners ran a route inspired by No-No Boy, a crucial—and lesser known—1957 novel telling the story of a Japanese-American who refuses to fight during the war—and after is shunned by his now divided community.

After the route, runners met at .

Frank is an award-winning author who has edited, led, and contributed to everything from graphic novels about Japanese-American resistance to wartime incarceration to anthologies to the first-ever Day of Remembrance in 1978.

He won an American Book Award for his 2018 biography of John Okada, JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No.

Seattleites: get ready to keep running Routes Built by Stories™️—Malissa is just getting started.

✨Read & Run on the Road is a program of independent-organized pop-events with book-themed guided runs where the story takes place under license from Read & Run Tours.✨

👉 Interested in hosting a Read & Run on the Road event in your city? Tap the link in our bio for more details.

Welcome to March, readers & runners! 💐Read & Run Tours programs and independent organizers with are always cooking up m...
03/04/2026

Welcome to March, readers & runners! 💐

Read & Run Tours programs and independent organizers with are always cooking up meaningful events with book-themed guided routes where stories take place—here’s where you can catch them this month!

📅 Saturday, March 7
📍Chicago
Running Tours of West Loop Women
Host:

📅 Saturday, March 7
📍Seattle
Read & Run on the Road: Book Club Run of No-No Boy with speaker Frank Abe
Host:

📅 Sunday, March 29
📍D.C.
Read & Run on the Road: Book Club Run of Eliza Scidmore with author Diana Parsell
Host:

Tap the ‘Events’ link in our bio for info and tickets!

📝👟 Writers Who Run: Nicholas TrioloCome for the mountain, stay for the humanity. That’s what happens to Nicholas Triolo ...
03/03/2026

📝👟 Writers Who Run: Nicholas Triolo

Come for the mountain, stay for the humanity.

That’s what happens to Nicholas Triolo in his eco-adventure memoir, The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere.

Nicholas embarks on three expeditions to mountains, but there was no summiting–just circling. Inspired by the Tibetan meditative practice of Kora, he completes three extended walks around Mount Kailash in Tibet, Mount Tamalpais in California, and the Berkeley Pit in Montana. As he details his journey, readers experience not only landscapes, but also the “parallel gravitational centers” of three characters he meets along the way. The humanity.

Learn more about Nicholas and his writing, plus his loosening pursuits as an ultrarunner and his distaste for fake plants on this month’s Writer Who Run column.

Tap the ‘Writers Who Run column’ link in bio or visit readandruntours.com/blog.

Writers Who Run: Stephanie Reents ✍️👟Marathon training and writing a novel require different skills, sure—but the mindse...
02/17/2026

Writers Who Run: Stephanie Reents ✍️👟

Marathon training and writing a novel require different skills, sure—but the mindset required for both has more in common than you’d think.

“​​When I was training for [the New York City Marathon], I just remember when I was about to go out on a two hour run, there was no possible way to make the run go faster. You just had to get into the right frame of mind to make peace with the length of the run and all the things that you would feel during the run. The same is true of writing. You have to be patient. You have to open yourself up to surprise and disappointment and frustration. There’s nothing that will make a novel write itself faster. You just have to show up every day and do the work. That’s what running taught me, was to show up every day and do the work and be patient,” says We Loved to Run author Stephanie Reents.

Can you relate?

To learn more about Stephanie’s experiences as runner and her latest book, We Loved to Run, tap the ‘Writers Who Run’ link in bio to read or watch Malissa’s conversation with the novelist.

📸 Courtesy of Stephanie Reents

02/10/2026

Where is author Stephanie Reents favorite place to run in Seattle and beyond?

Watch this video to find out this and much more about Seattle-based author Stephanie Reents, the latest featured in Malissa Rodenburg ()’s Writers Who Run column.

Tap the link ‘Writers Who Run’ link in bio to read or watch the full interview.

02/04/2026

THREE THINGS TO TAKE AWAY FROM A BOOK EVENT!

There are all sorts of events you can host as an author, but we specialize in EXPERIENTIAL events—and here’s what an upcoming book event at in Chicago does right:

1. DISRUPTS THE NORM

Who said a book event has to be at a library or bookstore?

2. HAVE AN ACTIVITY

If you’re going to keep engaging with new audiences, think outside the box—and make it accessible to folks outside the “literary community.”

3. EXCLUSIVE & UNIQUE

What will folks get at your book event they can’t get anywhere else or any other time?

📚✨📚

Does planning your book event scare the F*** out of you? DM for info on event planning services or visit readandruntours.com to schedule a call.

📝👟📸 Writers Who Run: Stephanie ReentsIn this month’s Writers Who Run column, Malissa Rodenburg () interviews Stephanie R...
02/03/2026

📝👟📸 Writers Who Run: Stephanie Reents

In this month’s Writers Who Run column, Malissa Rodenburg () interviews Stephanie Reents.

Stephanie’s novel, We Loved to Run, is “an ambitious novel about a competitive women’s cross country team and the drama that ensues over the course of a season surrounding a secret belonging to the team’s would-be running star,” writes Malissa.

Read the full interview to learn more about Stephanie and her experiences running, plus what a book that honestly and openly reveals the trials of the female athlete means to today’s runners and coaches.

Tap the “Writers Who Run column” link in bio or visit readandruntours.com/blog.

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