I am available for school visits, talks to teachers, librarians, writers, churches and synagogues, and other groups. For details and fees, please e-mail me.
Some of my recent and upcoming appearances:
Upcoming:
I will be in Washington, DC from June 26th to June 29th for the annual American Library Association conference. Below is my public schedule, including a non-ALA signing at the Smithsonian. I hope you will come say hello if you live in DC or are at ALA.
Saturday, June 26, Washington DC
Smithsonian Book Signing
Signing at Smithsonian 3:00 to 5:00 with Calpurnia Tate author Jackie Kelly.
I will be outside of the museum store; copies of Charles and Emma will be available for sale in the store.
http://www.si.edu/events/calendar.htm#/?i=2
Sunday, June 27, Washington DC
American Library Association Conference
- 8:30am-10:00 am YA Author Coffee Klatch Convention Center room 209C
- 11:00am-12:00pm: Signing Charles And Emma in Holt Booth 2817
- 3:30pm-4:30pm: Signing Cool Dog, School Dog in Marshall Cavendish booth 2724
- 7:00-10:00pm I will be at the Newbery/Caldecott banquet cheering on my friends! (Washington Hilton)
Monday, June 28, Washington DC
American Library Association Conference
- 9:00-10:00 Signing Charles and Emma in Holt Booth 2817
- 8:00-10:00 pm Michael L. Printz reception (whoo hoo!) Convention Center, Ballroom B
I will be speaking at the National SCBWI Conference in Los Angeles July 30th-August 2
http://www.scbwi.org/Conference.aspx?Con=6&page=Info
Friday July 30, Los Angeles, CA
SCBWI Conference
3:15-4:15 I will be doing a workshop called "YOU CAN'T MAKE UP THIS STUFF! HOW TO USE PRIMARY SOURCES TO CREATE NARRATIVE NONFICTION"
Sunday August 1, Los Angeles, CA
SCBWI Conference
8:30-9:30: WHY NARRATIVE NONFICTION IS HOTTER THAN EVER; A panel discussion with me, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Elizabeth Partridge, Tanya Lee Stone and Ken Wright.
Saturday September 11, Princeton NJ
Princeton Book Festival
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/children/festival/index.html
Saturday October 16, New Brunswick, NJ
Keynote Address Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference
http://www.ruccl.org/One-on-One_Plus_Conference.html
Thursday, October 21, Albany, NY
New York State English Teachers Conference
http://www.nysecteach.org/2009_nysec_conference.html
Past appearances:
April 24-25, Los Angeles Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA
On Saturday, April 24, I was on a panel called Fact vs. Fiction: Storytelling in Young Adult Nonfiction with Elizabeth Partridge and Stephanie Hemphill, moderated by Jonathan Hunt.
On Sunday, April 25, I spoke about Charles and Emma at the Santa Monica Library with a reading by Rosalyn Landor, who performed the audio book.
March 20-21, Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
On Saturday March 20, I was on a panel called Getting Published - Picture Books to Young Adult.
On Sunday March 21, I was on a panel called Strong Women, Famous Men: Abigail and John and Charles and Emma.
December 5, 2009, Booktenders Secret Garden Bookstore and Gallery, Doylestown, PA, 1:30 p.m.
I am so excited to go back home! I will be presenting CHARLES AND EMMA and COOL DOG, SCHOOL DOG
and signing those and other books of mine, including CELEBRATE HANUKKAH and CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.
42 East Rear, Doylestown PA 18901(located in the same parking lot as the old store! & right next to Cyber One)
Phone: 215-348-7160
December 6, 2009 - Allentown, PA, 1:30 p.m.
I will be talking about and signing CHARLES AND EMMA and my other books at:
Barnes and Noble Center Valley
2960 Center Valley Pkwy Ste 742, Center Valley, PA 18034
A percentage of all books sold will go to benefit Kenneseth Israel, the synagogue I grew up in.
March 18-21, 2020 - Philadelphia, PA
National Science Teachers Association
Pre-conference session on children's books with Seymour Simon and others.
Details to come.
National Book Award Festivities
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - New York, NY
60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - New York, NY
National Book Award Teen Press Conference
Medal Reception
Finalist Reading
Monday, November 16, 2009 - New York, NY
Books of Wonder
Panel with other National Book Award Finalists in Young People's Literature
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - New York, NY
I was on a panel with fellow I.N.K.ers Vicki Cobb, Susan Kuklin, and Sue Macy at the New York City 2009 Fall Conference for school library personnel at the Brooklyn Technical High School.
Friday, October 23, 2009 - Washington, DC
Politics and Prose Bookstore
Presentation and book signing.
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - Washington, DC
Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC
Presentation on Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - Washington, DC
Reading Rockets/Ad Lit Video interview
(I'll post here when it's available to watch.)
Talk with librarians, D.C. Public Library.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 - Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Children’s Book Festival
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - Nashville, TN
Southern Festival of Books, 9:00-10:00 am
Life, Love, and the Scientific Method
Panel presentation with Jacqueline Kelly (The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate)
June 14, 2009
Staged reading of CHARLES AND EMMA and book signing.
May 29, 2009
Signing COOL DOG, SCHOOL DOG
Marshall Cavendish booth
Book Expo America, New York, NY.
May 9, 2009
Children's Book Week kick off
Bryant Park, New York, NY
www.bookweekonline.com
May 7, 2009
PEN World Voices Festival panel with Mary Ann Hoberman, Vicki Cobb, and Tijs Goldschmidt.
Read about the panel.
In picture at right: From left: Mary Ann Hoberman, Deborah Heiligman, Tijs Goldschmidt and Vicki Cobb..
March 26, 2009
Darwin Bicentennial Series
Talk at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Read about it here.
