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Sunday, April 6, 2008

News & Events

Saturday, March 6th

Book People (Austin, TX)

3:00-4:00 pm

(I will be appearing with a panel of other 2011 Texas Bluebonnet Nominated authors)

Monday, March 15

NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street (New York, NY)

6:00-7:30 p.m.

Part of the NYC Teen Author Festival (full schedule below)

First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process

featuring:

Gayle Forman

Daphne Grab

Carolyn Mackler

Sarah Mlynowski

Blake Nelson

Marie Rutkoski

Eliot Schrefer

Natalie Standiford

March 21st

Books of Wonder (New York, NY)

Part of the NYC Teen Author Festival (full schedule below). This is a book signing with about 77 authors, so the signing will happen in shifts. The entire event will take place from 2-6 pm.

4:15-5:00 (my shift)

April 14

Jefferson Market Branch of NYPL, 425 6th Ave, at 10th St. (New York, NY)

6:00-7:30

A reading with several other authors:

Helen Ellis, The Turning

David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, Dedication

Sarah Mlynowski, Gimme a Call

Marie Rutkoski, The Celestial Globe

Elizabeth Scott, The Unwritten Rule

Rachel Vail, Brilliant

Adrienne Maria Vrettos, The Exile of Gigi Lane


April 30th

A reading with Elise Broach, author of Shakespeare’s Secret and Masterpiece

Wellesley Booksmith (Wellesley, MA)

6:30 p.m.

nyctaf

The NYC Teen Author Festival schedule in full!

Monday, 3/15 (NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street, 6pm):

First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process

featuring:

Gayle Forman

Daphne Grab

Carolyn Mackler

Sarah Mlynowski

Blake Nelson

Marie Rutkoski

Eliot Schrefer

Natalie Standiford

Tuesday, 3/16 (Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren Street, 7pm):

Getting Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy

featuring:

Nick Burd

Matt de la Pena

Gordon Korman

David Levithan

Barry Lyga

Michael Northrup

Jon Skovron

Jake Wizner

Wednesday, 3/17 (Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey St, 6pm):

The Treasure Map to Going Bovine with Will Grayson(s)

(or, an evening of readers’ theater)

featuring:

Libba Bray

John Green

David Levithan

E. Lockhart

Thursday, 3/18 (Five Borough Read, 10am):

Authors read to high school students and the public in libraries across the city.

Manhattan:

Countee Cullen Branch, NYPL, 104 W 136th St

Donna Freitas

Eliot Schrefer

Rachel Vail

Lynn Weingarten

Ebony Wilkins

Jefferson Market Branch, NYPL, 425 6th Ave

Gabe Guarente

Carla Jablonksi

Kristen Kemp

Barry Lyga

Samantha Schutz

Muhlenburg Branch, NYPL, 209 W 23rd St

Emma McLaughlin

Lauren McLaughlin

Courtney Sheinmel

Jennifer Smith

Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey Street

Angie Frazier

Aimee Friedman

Alice Hoffman

Robin MacCready

Sarah Maclean

Amanda Marrone

Seward Park Branch, NYPL, 192 East Broadway

Cathleen Bell

Susane Colasanti

Matt De La Pena

Gayle Forman

Daphne Grab

Yorkville Branch, NYPL,, 222 East 79th St

Micol Ostow

Robin Palmer

Shani Petroff

Robyn Schneider

Abby Sher

Jake Wizner

Michelle Zink

Brooklyn:

Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Auditorim, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Emily Horner

Melissa Kantor

O.Rhuday-Perkovich

Matthue Roth

Siobhan Vivian

Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Melissa Walker

Robin Wasserman

Bronx:

Bronx Library Center, NYPL, 310 East Kingsbridge Road

Coe Booth

Sarah Darer Littman

Neesha Meminger

Maryrose Wood

Queens:

Broadway Branch, QPL, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City

Jessica Blank

Sarah Burningham

Heather Duffy-Stone

Marianne Mancusi

Elizabeth Scott

Staten Island:

West New Brighton Branch, NYPL, 976 Castleon Avenue

Elizabeth Eulberg

David Levithan

Michael Northrup

Kieran Scott

Thursday Evening, 3/18 (Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, 6-8pm):

Sourcebooks Fire Launch Party

featuring authors Lisa Brown, Anne Eliot Crompton, Helen Ellis, Adele Griffin,

AND

the rocking tunes of Tiger Beat!  (with Libba Bray, Dan Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford)

Friday morning, 3/19 (Scholastic, 557 Broadway, in-house only)

Scholastic Event

Reading:

Alexandra Bullen

Eireann Corrigan

Elizabeth Eulberg

Angie Frazier

Alice Hoffman

Sarah Darer Littman

O.Rhuday-Perkovich

Eliot Schrefer

Samantha Schutz

Jordan Sonnenblick

Natalie Standiford

Maggie Stiefvater

Siobhan Vivian

Suzanne Weyn

Ebony Wilkins

Signing:

Judy Blundell

Coe Booth

Aimee Friedman

Sarah Maclean

Michael Northrup

Matthue Roth

Lisa Sandell

Lynn Weingarten

Friday, 3/19 (South Court, 42nd Street, 2-5 and 7-9:30)

NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium

Afternoon

2:00  Introduction

2:10 – 3:00:  Using Genre to Tell the True Story of Adolescence

featuring:

Judy Blundell

Sarah Beth Durst

Lauren McLaughlin

Diana Peterfreund
Sara Shepard
Maggie Stiefvater

Robin Wasserman

3:00 – 3:30: Making a First Impression – 2010 Debut Authors

featuring:

Angie Frazier
Emily Horner

Alyssa Sheinmel

Ebony Wilkins

3:30 -  4:15:  Grief, Loss, and the YA Novel

featuring:

Alexandra Bullen

Heather Duffy-Stone

Donna Freitas

Alice Hoffman

Sarah Darer Littman

Lisa Ann Sandell

Samantha Schutz
4:15 – 5:   The Boy You Can’t Have

featuring:

Susane Colasanti

Elizabeth Eulberg

Robin Palmer

Elizabeth Scott

Melissa Walker

Maryrose Wood

5-6:  Break

Evening

6:00 – A Tribute to Regina Hayes

featuring:

Sarah Dessen

Joy Peskin

Jacqueline Woodson

6:45 – 8:30:  What it Feels Like for a Girl – Writing in a Teen Girl’s Voice

featuring:

Jessica Blank

Eireann Corrigan

Sarah Dessen

Jenny Han

Terra Elan McVoy

Siobhan Vivian

Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Jacqueline Woodson

Saturday, 3/20 (Bartos Forum, 42nd Street, 1pm):

Stuff for the Teen Age Event

Come check out Stuff for the Teen Age, The New York Public Library’s list of the hottest books, movies, music, and video games from 2009. Talk with your favorite authors. Rock out to your favorite songs. Have fun. Hear a very special presentation from keynote speaker, Libba Bray, the author of  Going Bovine.

Sunday afternoon:

Books of Wonder Signing (2-6)

NOTE:  Because of the number of authors, signings will be in shifts.  Below is the approximate schedule, which is subject to change

2:00-2:45

Alma Alexander

Nora Baskin

Cathleen Davitt Bell

Judy Blundell

Libba Bray

Coe Booth

Elise Broach

Alexandra Bullen

Nick Burd

Sarah Burningham

Susane Colasanti

Matt De La Pena

Violet Haberdasher

Maggie Stiefvater

2:45-3:30

Tom Dolby

Heather Duffy-Stone

Sarah Beth Durst

Elizabeth Eulberg

Gayle Forman

Aimee Friedman

Jenny Han

Alice Hoffman

Carla Jablonksi

Melissa Kantor

Kristen Kemp

Michelle Knudsen

Peter Lerangis

David Levithan

3:30-4:15

Sarah Darer Littman

Barry Lyga

Robin MacCready

Carolyn Mackler

Sarah Maclean

Marianne Mancusi

Amanda Marrone

Wendy Mass

Lauren McLaughlin

Neesha Meminger

Sarah Mlynowski

Michael Northrup

Robin Palmer

4:15-5:00

Diana Peterfreund

Shani Petroff

O.Rhuday-Perkovich

Matthue Roth

Marie Rutkoski

Lisa Ann Sandell

Samantha Schutz

Elizabeth Scott

Kieran Scott

Courtney Sheinmel

Sara Shepard

Abby Sher

Jon Skovron

5:00-5:45

Jennifer Smith

Natalie Standiford

Rachel Vail

David Van Etten

Siobhan Vivian

Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Melissa Walker

Robin Wasserman

Suzanne Weyn

Lynn Weingarten

Martin Wilson

Jake Wizner

Maryrose Wood

Michelle Zink


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