Upcoming Events
Our class is an active group this quarter. We are doing tours, workshops, conferences, and visits to both schools and libraries. Please take a look at our schedules. We’d love to meet you.
A.C.E. Bauer, No Castles Here (Random House)
November 10: 2-4:30pm - Launch party and signing at Cheshire Public Library (http://www.cheshirelibrary.org), with the help of The Alphabet Garden (http://www.thealphabetgarden.com/index.shtml)
Sarah Aronson, Head Case (Roaring Brook)
October 13-20: Highlights Foundation Whole Novel Workshop
November 17: Chair for Teaching with a Social Conscience at NCTE
November 18: Jewish Children’s Writing Conference. I will be speaking from both sides of the publishing experience. “It’s not what your publisher can do for you, but what you can do for your publisher!”
May 4-8: IRA. Panel discussion with Teri Lesesne, Tanya Lee Stone, Laura Ruby and Sonya Sones, called: REACH, DON’T PREACH!
May 16-18: 4th Annual Novel Writing Workshop at Vermont College. For more information: sarah@saraharonson.com
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why (Razorbill)
October 20: SCIBA Author Feast & Trade Show, Los Angeles, CA
October 22: 3:30pm, Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Flintridge, CA
October 27: SCBWI Ventura/Santa Barbara Writer’s Day, Thousand Oaks, CA
November 13: Not Your Mother’s Bookclub / Books Inc. Opera Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Julie Bowe, My Last Best Friend (Harcourt)
October 19: Visiting schools as part of the 2007 Chippewa Valley Book Festival, Eau Claire, WI
November 7: Speaking to the children’s literature class at Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
November 8: Visiting Seattle schools and signing books at All For Kids Books & Music, Seattle, WA
November 9: Discussing My Last Best Friend with the campus book club at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
Laura Bowers, Beauty Shop for Rent (Harcourt)
November 6: Mount Airy Library, Mount Airy, MD
November 7: Eldersburg Library, Eldersburg, MD
November 10: Random House Book Fair, Westminster, MD
Paula Chase, So Not the Drama (Dafina/Kensignton)
October 16: Randallstown Public Library - Teen Read Week
October 16: Catonsville Public Library - Teen Read Week
October 18: Reisterstown Public Library - Teen Read Week
October 18: Woodlawn Public Library - Teen Read Week
October 25: Cockeysville Public Library - Teen Read Week
October 25: Pikesville Public Library - Teen Read Week
November 10: Random House Children=92s Book Fair
November 15: Enoch Pratt Free Library - Fan Fic Challenge
November 27: Essex Library - Twisted Book Launch
November 29: Rosedale Library - Twisted Book Launch
December 8: Don’t Get It Twisted Book Signing: Urban Knowledge, Eastpoint Mall, Baltimore, MD
Sarah Beth Durst, Into the Wild, (Razorbill)
October 22: Marion E. Zeh School (Northboro, MA) - School Visit
October 23: Marguerite E. Peaslee Elementary School (Northboro, MA) - School Visit
October 24: Lincoln Street Elementary School (Northboro, MA) - School Visit
October 25: Fannie E. PrOctoberor School (Northboro, MA) - School Visit
October 26: Robert E. Melican Middle School (Northboro, MA) - School Visit
November 1-4: World Fantasy Convention (Saratoga, NY)
November 6: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) - Guest Lecturer
November 6: UConn Co-op Bookstore (Storrs, CT) - Reading/Signing
November 15-18: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention (New York, NY)
November 27: Bancroft School (Worcester, MA) - School Visit
Sundee Frazier, Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It (Delacorte/Random House)
October 16: Key speaker at Barnes & Noble Educators’ Night, Woodinville, WA
November 1: Fall Book Fair - Parkplace Books, Kirkland, WA
November 4: Fall Book Fair - Inglewood Presbyterian Church, Kenmore, WA
November 8: SCBWI’s Inside Story showcasing fall releases - Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
November 16: Reading and signing for National Children’s Book Week - Village Books, Bellingham, WA
November17: Borders grand opening - Gig Harbor, WA
Judy Gregerson, Bad Girls Club (Blooming Tree)
October 16: 4:30-6:30pm, B&N Book Event at Southcenter, near Seattle
November 8: 7pm, Inside Story (Seattle SCBWI) Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Carrie Jones, Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend (Flux)
November 7: 7pm, reading at the Flying Pig Bookstore in Vermont with Sarah Aronson, Heather Tomlinson and A.C.E. Bauer
November 17: Chair for Teaching with a Social Conscience at NCTE
March 2008: Release of Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape), sequel to Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend
Marlane Kennedy, Me and the Pumpkin Queen (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
October 15: School visit, Saltcreek Elementary
October 16-17, 19-20: Book signing Pumpkin Show, Circleville, OH
October 18, 19: School visit, Lanaster Schools
October 18: Authorpalooza Ohio Educational Library and Media Association
October 25-26: School visit, Westfall Schools
Jo Knowles, Lessons From A Dead Girl (Candlewick)
October 19: 4-6pm, Signing at The Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, VT
November 5: 7pm, Guest Author at Mount Holyoke College (YA Literature course taught by Megan Lambert)
November 7: Tentatively scheduled to read/sign at the Flying Pig Bookstore with other Class of 2k7ers, Shelburne, VT
November 19: Panelist at NCTE/ALAN with Cecil Castellucci, Holly Black, Sara Ryan and Garret Freymann-Weyr
November 27: 7-8:30pm, Guest Author at the Reading Public Library Book Club, Reading, VT
December 6: 6pm, Book Party at Simmons College, Boston
Eric Luper, Big Slick (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
October 19: 5-7pm, Dog Ate My Homework Bookstore, Glens Falls, NY: poker tournament and signing
October 27: 2-5pm, Spotty Dog Books, Hudson, NY: poker tournament and signing
November 8: New York State Reading Association
November 15: New Jersey Association of School Librarians
Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely (Harper Collins)
October 15: North Atlantic Independent Bookseller’s Assoc (NAIBA) conference, Baltimore, MD
October 18: Anderson’s Naperville, IL (Chicago area)
October 20: Changing Hands, Phoenix, AZ
October 21: Barnes & Noble, Oceanside, CA
October 23: Blue Willow, Houston, TX
October 27-28: St Petersburg Festival of Reading
Heather Tomlinson, The Swan Maiden (Henry Holt/Holtzbrinck Group)
October 20: SCIBA Author Feast & Trade Show, Los Angeles, CA
October 27: SCBWI Ventura/Santa Barbara Writer’s Day, Thousand Oaks, CA
Tiffany Trent, In the Serpent’s Coils (Mirrorstone/Wizards of the Coast)
October 16: Teen Read Week at Washington Middle School, Seattle, WA w/YALSA
October 22: Visit w/Radford Public Library, Radford, VA
October 31-November 4: World Fantasy Convention
Sara Zarr, Story of a Girl (Little, Brown)
October 16: Readergirlz 31 Flavorite Authors - Live Chat, 5 pm Pacific/8pm Eastern. www.readergirlz.com for more info!
October 27: 2pm, Speaking and reading at the Utah Humanities Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
November 14: National Book Awards (Finalist)
November 19-20: ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) National Conference, New York, NY. “New Voices” panel on the 20th
Spring 2008: Sweethearts hardcover release, Story of a Girl paperback with reader’s guide
Also, Class of 2k7-ers Joni Sensel, Sundee Frazier, Suzanne Selfors, Thatcher Heldring, and Judy Gregerson are teaming up for the following events:
October 16: Barnes & Noble Southcenter Educators’ Night
November 17: Gig Harbor Borders Grand Opening