2/1: World Read Aloud Day
2/3: Intro to Writing Children’s Books Class at BCAE (Boston)
2/8: Author Visit at Duxbury Middle School (Duxbury, Mass)
3/3: Dedham Middle Grade Authors Fest (Dedham, Mass)
3/15: Author Visit at Argenziano School (Somerville, Mass)
3/24: Finally Finish Your Book Class at BCAE (Boston)
4/20-4/22: New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference (Springfield, Mass)
October 14: One-day Workshop on Writing Children’s Books, Boston Center for Adult Education
October 20: Maryland Association of School Librarians
October 21: panel at Barnes & Noble, Elliott City, Maryland
October 23: Speaking to students at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland
I’m overjoyed to be able share the news that my next book, CAMP GRIFTWOOD, will be published by Aladdin/S&S in 2019. Here’s the deal announcement from Publisher’s Weekly:
NerdCampLI in Jericho, NY: November 4
Tween Author Fest, in Brookline, MA: Dec 17
One-day Children’s Book Writing Workshop at the BCAE: January 21
Pembroke Public Library MG panel, Pembroke, MA: March 4
Westwood Public Library MG Panel, Westwood, MA: March 25
April 9 — Cape AuthorFest in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
April 29-May 1— New England Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference, Springfield, Mass.
May 14 — Reading and signing at Turn of the Corkscrew Books & Wine, Rockville Centre, NY
June 10-12— Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival, Easton, Md. (other Maryland/DC events TBD)
September 16-18 — Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, Vt.
October 1 — Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ (tentative)
You can find it at your local bookstore or at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Indiebound.
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by author Dan Gemeinhart (THE HONEST TRUTH, SOME KIND OF COURAGE) for the Middle Grade Minded Blog recently. You can check out the interview here.
With THE LAST BOY AT ST. EDITH’S coming out just a week from today, I’m holding a giveaway over at Goodreads. Find out all the details here:
Schools, reading clubs, and other groups can win free author visits by reading books by local New England authors….including me!
You can find out all the details at ReadLocal.
