Upcoming Events
Our class is an active group this quarter. We are doing pre-publication tours, workshops, signings, panels, and all kinds of fun stuff. Take a peek and see if we’ll be in your area. We’d love to meet our subscribers!
Sarah Aronson, HEAD CASE (Roaring Brook Press, Fall 2007)
May 19: NE SCBWI—Sarah will be conducting a workshop at the conference on “Back Talk: Back Story and the Simple but Elegant Flashback” and a first pages panel with John Bell.
Ruth McNally Barshaw, ELLIE MCDOODLE (Bloomsbury, May, 2007)
April 25: My illustrated table to be auctioned on WKAR PBS fundraiser, includes Ellie art.
April 26-27: Calvin College Youth Writing Festival, Grand Rapids, MI: 2 graphic novel workshops.
April 28: SCBWI - Michigan conference in Grand Rapids, MI: Author-editor-agent relationship.
May 1: My local bookstore where I’ll buy my book
May 9: Attwood Elementary School, Lansing: Book launch party
May 12: Halfway Down the Stairs bookstore, Rochester MI: graphic novel workshop.
May: Lansing School District Calbery Awards assembly presentation.
May 14-18: Ann Arbor - AABF Authors & Illustrators in the Schools author visit.
May 20: Ann Arbor Book Festival author illustrator panel.
May: Schuler Books - Eastwood Towne Center, Lansing
May 22-25: Camping with the fourth graders — watch for sketches!
June 7: 8-10pm EST Institute of Children’s Literature online chat about humor.
A.C.E. Bauer, NO CASTLES HERE (Random House Children’s Books, October 2007)
June 2: 9th Annual Shoreline SCBWI Conference in Madison, Connecticut with Random House Young Readers Group editor, Lisa Findlay.
Julie Bowe, MY LAST BEST FRIEND (Harcourt, April 2007)
April 17: Reading, chatting, and book signing at Borders in Eau Claire, WI.
Laura Bowers, BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT (Harcourt, May 1, 2007)
May 19: Locust Books, Westminster, Maryland 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Paula Chase, SO NOT THE DRAMA (Kensington Books, Spring 2007)
April 27-29: Sigma Gamma Rho Regional Conference with the Divine Literary Tour, Baltimore, MD
May 5: Annapolis Book Festival, to serve on their panel discussing the influence of YA books on young readers.
June 23-26: ALA Annual, Washington DC
Karen Day, TALL TALES, (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House, Spring 2007)
May 12: Readers World, LaPorte, IN, 10:30-Noon
May 12: Readers World, Michigan City, IN, 1-2:30pm
May 20: Newtonville Books, Newtonville, MA. Time TBA.
June 23-26: ALA Annual, Washington DC
Sarah Beth Durst, INTO THE WILD (Razorbill/Penguin, June 2007)
May 5: Princeton Teen Book Bash, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ, noon-5pm
June 1-3: BookExpo America (BEA), NYC.
June 9: Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA.
June 23: Books of Wonder, NYC, noon-2pm.
June 23-26: ALA Annual, Washington DC.
Carrie Jones, TIPS ON HAVING A GAY (ex) BOYFRIEND (Llewellyn/Flux, Spring 2007)
June 1-3: BookExpo America (BEA), NYC
May 30-June 1: Multiple signings at Shelter Island, NY and Greenport, CT. For more details check http://www.carriejonesbooks.com
May 19: NE SCWBI panelist with fellow 2k7ers Sarah Aronson, Jo Knowles, Greg Fishbone.
May 4-7: Washington, D.C. for book signings. Check website for more details.
Rose Kent, KIMCHI AND CALAMARI,
March 30: Panelist at CASDA, a Capital District school organization addressing librarians in Albany NY.
April 28: Speaker at the 34th annual New Beginnings’ Fifth Annual Adoption Conference in Holliston, MA.
May 12: Keynote address at an adoption conference at Winthrop Hospital on Long Island.
Jo Knowles, LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL (Candlewick Press, Fall 2007)
May 18: New Hampshire Library Conference (CHILIS) at the Mount Washington Hotel, Jackson, NH
May 19: Class of 2k7 Panel will be presenting at the New England SCBWI conference in Nashua, NH.
June 1-3: BookExpo America (BEA), NYC
July 26-28: Speaker at the “Professional Connections” breakout session at the Simmons College Summer Institute, Boston, MA.
Melissa Marr, WICKED LOVELY (HarperCollins US & UK, 2007)
April 13: Luncheon with BGI (Borders & Waldenbooks) Children’s Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
May 25-28: Balticon 41 (SFF convention) in Baltimore, MD.
June 1-3: Book Expo America (BEA), NYC; book signing at the HarperCollins booth.
June 23-26: ALA Annual, Washington DC.
Elizabeth Scott, BLOOM (Simon Pulse, April 24, 2007)
June 1-3: BookExpo America (BEA), NYC
June 23-26: ALA Annual, Washington DC
June 30: Program and book signing at Fairfax County Public Library.
Joni Sensel, REALITY LEAK (Henry Holt, Spring 2007)
April 15: Launch party, All For Kids, Seattle, WA.
April 21: South-Sound launch party, Borders, Puyallup WA.
April 28: Panelist at SCBWI-Western Washington Region 16th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference, Seattle, WA.
May 10: Jason Lee Middle School Curriculum Carnival, Tacoma, WA.
May 19: Presenter, Tacoma Writers Conference, Tacoma, WA.
June 9: “Beach Reads,” Borders, Everett, WA.
June 16: “Beach Reads,” Borders, Lynnwood WA.
June 23: “Beach Reads,” Borders, Redmond WA.
Tiffany Trent, SERPENT’S COILS (Mirrorstone, Fall 2007)
March 30-April 1: Technicon 24, Blacksburg, VA
April 19: YALSA/ALA Support Teen Lit Day, Chicago (reading, discussion, and book signing)
May 25-28: Balticon, Baltimore, MD.
May 31-June 3: BEA, New York, NY.
June 21-27: ALA, Washington DC (panel presentation, podcast)
Sara Zarr, STORY OF A GIRL (Little, Brown - January, 2007)
May 5: Reading/speaking at the Salt Lake City Public Library (main branch) at 1 p.m.
June 23-26: ALA, Washington DC (Reading at Little, Brown Fiction Dinner, signing)