Upcoming Events
The Class of 2k7 is ON THE MOVE! Check this schedule to see if we are going to be in your area. We would love to meet you!
Sarah Aronson, Head Case (Roaring Brook Press, September 2007)
July 21: Vermont College Special Weekend
September 19: Reading and chocolate at the Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT
October 13-20: Sarah will be working at the Highlights Foundation with Carolyn Coman and Tim Wynne-Jones. Applications will be accepted July 9-Aug 1. http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/pages/current/FWsched_wholeNovel_07.html
Check Sarah’s website, www.saraharonson.com, to see more September dates including fundraisers for Spinal Cord Injury research.
Kelly Bingham, Shark Girl (Candlewick)
Oct 12-14: Panel presentation at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN
Julie Bowe, My Last Best Friend (Harcourt)
July 1, 3:30pm: Presentation, discussion and signing at West Denmark Family Camp Luck, WI http://www.westdenmarkchurch.org/_mgxroot/page_10727.html
July 12, 1pm: Young Writers Workshop at Butterfly Books, DePere, WI http://www.butterflybooks.com/
July 12, 2pm: Book signing at Butterfly Books, DePere, WI
Laura Bowers, Beauty Shop for Rent (Harcourt)
July 7-8: Laura will be teaching a class on plotting at the SCBWI MD/DE/WV Summer Conference. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/scbwi/events.htm
September 28-30: Baltimore Book Festival http://207.114.6.204/resources/up182.aspx
September 27: Guthrie Memorial Library Hanover, Maryland
Sarah Beth Durst, Into the Wild (Razorbill)
July 5-8: Author guest at Readercon (F&SF convention), Boston, MA
July 11, 6-8pm: Reading at New York Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch, New York, NY
July 14, 3:30pm: Reading/signing at Barnes & Noble, Worcester, MA
July 20, 9pm: Reading/signing at Eight Cousins Bookstore, Falmouth, MA
July 27, 6-8pm: Reading/signing at Pandemonium Books, Cambridge, MA
Aug 2, 7-8pm: Reading/workshop at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, Setauket, NY
Aug 11, 8pm: Guest speaker for SFSNNJ at Borders, Paramus, NJ
Aug 18, 1-3pm: Signing at Moondance Gifts, Eastport, NY
Sept 15: Reading/signing at Princeton Children’s Book Festival, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
Thatcher Heldring, Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Bench Warmer (Delacorte)
Please check his website, www.thatchertheauthor.com, for upcoming events.
Carrie Jones, Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend (Flux)
July 21: Books and Blooms in Maine. Fifty Maine authors gather together, selling books, doing readings. The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay, ME
July 21: Hanging out at Vermont College’s MFA in Children’s Writing ANNIVERSARY PARTY (Yes, she is doing both in ONE day!)
August 3-6: Panel Presenter at Summer Conference for SCBWI
Jo Knowles, Lessons from a Dead Girl (Candlewick, November 2007)
July 26-29: Jo will be speaking at the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College during their Summer Institute: “Food, Glorious Food!”
Rose Kent, Kimchi and Calamari (HarperCollins)
July 28, 11am-1pm: Booksigning at Eight Cousins Bookstore in Falmouth (Cape Cod)
July 22, 9-10:15am: Presenter at the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Network (KAAN) Annual Conference, Boston, MA
Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely (Harper Collins)
July 15: Join Melissa in celebrating the German release of Wicked Lovely at 1 PM, Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
July 20-22: Author guest at Conestoga
July 28, 1-3pm: Appearance at Creatures ‘n Crooks Bookshoppe in Richmond, VA
August 4: Signing at Borders in Woodbridge VA.
August 6: Wicked Lovely releases in the U.K.
August 26-29: Book promo things in London
September 29-30: Melissa will be a guest author and participate in a panel at the Baltimore Book Festival.
If you would like to schedule a member or members of the Class of 2k7 at your bookstore, library, or school, we would love to hear from you. Contact us at Send email.