Calendar
CURRENT/UPCOMING DATES:
October 15, Jane Addams Awards Ceremony, New York City
October 16, TBA in NYC, The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie LAUNCH PARTY!
October 20, 7 pm, Flying Pig Book store, Shelburne, VT---The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie LAUNCH PARTY!
January 27-30, 2011, On Retreat
Feb 2-4, 2011, School Visit in Houston, Texas
April 30, 2010, Stowe, VT
-giving Endnote for Dorothy Canfield Fisher annual conference
May 29, 2010, Montreal, Quebec, CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's Authors)
-Tackling Tough Issues in YA Literature & Writing Strong Nonfiction
June 26-29, 2010, Washington, DC, American Library Association
-Sibert Medal award ceremony and various events
October 2, 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
November 20-21, 2009 NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), Philadelphia
January 18, 2010 ALA YALSA Teen Nonfiction Awards
March 18, 2010 Bank Street College Awards
PAST EVENTS:
September 15-22, 2007:
On Retreat
October 14, 2007, 8 pm EST: Live chat with Tanya Lee Stone in honor of Teen Reads Week.
October 21, 2007, 2 pm: Borders Book Store, Burlington, VT
Come for a Q&A and short reading.
November 16-18, 2007: NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English); NYC.
I will be part of a panel disussion on Friday at 9:30 am, about sex & sexuality in YA literature. Panelists include: Tanya Lee Stone, Laurie Halse Anderson, E. Lockhart, Brent Hartinger, and Lara Zeises. Teri Lesesne moderating.
January 29, 2008-February 1, 2009: Co-director of Kindling Words
April 10, 2008: Kickoff for the new Fletcher Free Library Teen Center!
April 11-13, 2008: New England SCBWI
Yolanda LeRoy, Charlesbridge editor, and I are teaching a two-part session on Noteworthy Nonfiction: Elevating Nonfiction from Ordinary to Extraordinary
April 17, 2008: ReaderGirlz Operation Teen Book Drop
Tanya is participating in Operation Teen Book Drop (TBD) to build awareness for Support Teen Literature Day and donating one copy of Bad Boy to teen hangouts in her community!
April 25, 2008: Live Radio interview 1 pm EST on
It's Ella's Birthday! Tanya will be the featured guest on Sound Authors on Modavox Network's World Talk Radio to discuss the great Ella Fitzgerald.
May 4-8: IRA (International Reading Association), Atlanta
Reach, Don't Preach. This panel includes Tanya Lee Stone, Laura Ruby, Sonya Sones, and Sarah Aronson. Teri Lesesne moderating.
June 7, 11 am: BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!!!!
Join us at the Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, VT to celebrate the launch of Tanya's latest picture book, Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote! I'll do a reading and divulge behind the scenes stories about the making of a book, complete with goof-ups and fixes as we make sure every word and every piece of art is 100% accurate! And of course, there will be brownies.
June 28-July 1: ALA (American Library Association), Anaheim
Panel Session, Monday, June 30, 8-10 am
How Research Fuels the Author's Fire. Panel includes Tanya Lee Stone, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Carol Gorman, and Colin Bootman. Sharron McElmeel moderating.
Signings on Monday at 11 am at the Penguin booth and 2 pm at the DK booth
September 4, 2008: SANDY'S CIRCUS: A Story About Alexander Calder, Goes on Sale!
September 14, 2008: Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, VT
November 20-23, 2008: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Antonio
Panel session, November 21, 4:00-5:15 pm
Passionate Nonfiction--Authors Discuss Their Craft with Tanya Lee Stone, Marc Aronson, Elizabeth Partridge, and Tonya Bolden
November 24, 2008: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN), San AntonioPanel session, 11:00 am
I Feel Good: Postivite Portayals of Sex in YA Literature with Tanya Lee Stone, David Levithan, Laura Ruby, and Lara Zeises
November 20-22: National Council for Teachers of English
January 29-February 1, 2009: Co-director of Kindling Words
March 12-14, 2009; Washington, D.C. events for Almost Astronauts--details to come