Category Archives: Events

My NCTE/ALAN Schedule

I will be sign­ing ARCs of Invis­i­ble Sun and copies of Black Hole Sun from 1–2:00 PM on Sat­ur­day, Nov 19  in the NCTE exhibit hall.  I’ll have cool book­marks as well, so come on by and say hi!  Also, on Mon­day, 11/21, I will be mod­er­at­ing the ALAN panel“Titles that Chal­lenge and are Challenged.”

November 17, 2011 – 10:23 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Events | Comments Off

My Dragon*Con Schedule

Over Labor Day, I will be pre­sent­ing a Dragon*Con in Atlanta, doing pan­els, a read­ing, and an auto­graph ses­sion. I will have a few ARCs of INVISIBLE SUN on hand, along with book­marks and other swag. Come say hi! Sched­ule: Title: Clas­sic YA Descrip­tion: What were your favorite books grow­ing up? We’ll dis­cuss ours, like Anne of Green …

August 6, 2011 – 2:02 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

54 Days til DragonCon!

I’m count­ing down the days until Dragon*con, where I will be a guest author, pri­mar­ily in the YA track. Details about appear­ances and pan­els will be posted here as soon as I have them. No word yet on signing/readings, either. Hope to see you there!

July 9, 2011 – 4:46 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Tagged , , | Comments Off

YA Super Panel on EC NING

Please join YA authors Jo Knowles, Kate Mess­ner, and me for a very spe­cial webi­nar about using YA lit­er­a­ture and the clas­sics, aka the “2011 ECN Sum­mer Web­sti­tute: Read­ing Clas­sic and Young Adult Lit­er­a­ture with Stu­dents,” on Mon­day, July 11 5–6 p.m. EST For more info: http://englishcompanion.ning.com/group/2011ecnsummerwebstitutereadingclassicandyoungadult

July 9, 2011 – 4:22 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

2011 ALAN Workshop Authors

The 2011 ALAN Work­shop will be hosted at the Chicago Hilton from Novem­ber 20–22 and will con­tinue the tra­di­tion of cel­e­brat­ing the very best of young adult lit­er­a­ture. This year’s lineup is won­der­ful indeed: M.T. Ander­son will deliver the keynote address at the Work­shop, and Jacqueline

April 11, 2011 – 3:55 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Events | Tagged | Comments Off

My NCTE 2010 Schedule

My NCTE sched­ule filled up really fast!  When I first started attend­ing the con­fer­ence, I envied the folks who seemed to have a full plate of events. Now, I remem­ber the adage, “Be care­ful what you wish for..” I will be sign­ing a total of three times–the two listed below, as well as right after my …

November 19, 2010 – 2:36 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

PJ Hoover Gives Away an ARC of Black Hole Sun

Author and Texas Sweet­heart (FCC dis­claimer: they really are in Texas and really are sweet­hearts) PJ Hoover (author of The For­got­ten Worlds Tril­ogy) is giv­ing away an ARC of Black Hole Sun, which she calls one of “two of my favorite reads this year.” Here are the details: Clickity Click

July 27, 2010 – 2:06 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Essays, Events, Uncategorized, Zen | Comments Off