EVENTS
Middle Grade Book Club @ The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
Join me for a free monthly middle grade book club
& creative writing workshop. Ideal for ages 7-14.
Acton, MA
Monthly selections & schedule details here
Stay tuned! More information & events coming soon.
Past Events
Unexpected Heroes on Unforgettable Adventures
Virtual Author Panel
June 26, 2022 @ 3pm EST
Books of Wonder, NYC
Registration here
Spectacular Sequels - Middle Grade Author Panel
Thursday May 12, 2022 @ 6pm
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
12 Spruce St
Acton, MA
Panel & book signing with Nicole Lesperance & Gregory Mone
More here
Worst-Case Collin Launch Party
Wed Sept 29, 2021 @ 6pm
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
12 Spruce St
Acton, MA
In conversation with Rajani LaRocca
More here
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
May 14 @12:30pmEST
Verse Novels as a Gateway to Poetry
Virtual panel with Margarita Engle, Kip Wilson, & Rajani LaRocca
Register here
Adventures in Middle Grade
May 19 @7pmEST
Summer reading kick off!
Virtual panel with authors Sam Subity & Kaela Rivera
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
Register here
School Library Journal Middle Grade Magic
March 9 @3pm
Panel on mental health & neurodiversity in MG lit
Register here
~Virtual~
NCTE Annual Convention 2019
November 2019
Baltimore, MD
Author Panel: Navigating a Book Debut
Aug 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm
With Rajani LaRocca, Cathy Ballou Mealey,
Kate Narita & Rebecca Kim Wells
The Writers' Loft
Sherborn, MA
More info here
KidLitCon - Reaching Readers
March 22, 2019
Providence, RI
Panel: Overcoming Adversity: Creating Resilient Characters in Children's Literature, with Kimberly Newton Fusco, Leslie Connor, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Padma Venkatraman, and Laurie Murphy. More here
Smack Dab in the Middle! Author Fest
Saturday March 23, 2019 @ 1-4pm
Writing workshops, panels, signings & more.
With Blue Bunny Books at the Dedham Public Library
More here
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore 1st Anniversary Celebration
March 24, 2019 @2pm
With Susan Lubner & Anna Staniszewski
West Acton, MA
Tell Me More: Author Visit
March 30, 2019 @11am
Berlin Public Library
Berlin, MA
Speaker Series
April 2, 2019 @7pm
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Luck & Magic Author Panel & Signing
Feb. 2, 2019 @ 2pm
With Susan Lubner, Susan Tan & Anna Staniszewski
Framingham, MA
World Read Aloud Day
Feb. 1, 2019
Learn more here
Craft Chat: Writing with Resilience
Tuesday Dec 11, 7:30pm
Sherborn, MA
Magical MG Author Panel
Monday Nov 19, 6pm
With Samantha Clark, Ginger Johnson, & Sean Easley
BookPeople
Austin, TX
San Antonio Book Signing
Sun Nov 18, 12pm-2pm
The Twig Book Shop
San Antonio, TX
NCTE Annual Convention 2018
November 15-18, 2018
Houston, TX
More here
nErDcamp Long Island
Saturday Nov 3, 8am-3:30pm
James H. Boyd Intermediate School
286 Cuba Hill Road
Huntington, NY
YAS Book Con 2018
October 19, 2018, 9am – 9pm
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
More info here
Canadian Book Signing
Saturday Oct 6, 2018 1pm-3pm
Book signing at Indigo/Chapters
East Woodbridge Centre
3900 Hwy 7 West
Woodbridge, Ontario
Books of Wonder NYC (Uptown)
Thursday Oct 4, 2018, 7pm
Panel & signing with Marie Cruz,
Ginger Johnson, Melissa Sarno & Sean Easley
nErDcamp Northern New England
Sept 29, 2018
More here
Silver Unicorn Books
Wed Sept 12, 2018 @ 6pm
In conversation with Erin Cashman, author of Uncharted, to chat about exploring the lines between science and magic in our books.
West Acton, MA
More here
Book Launch Party!!!
Saturday, Sept 1, 2018
3pm @ Porter Square Books
Cambridge, MA
The official US launch of
The Magic of Melwick Orchard!
May 30 - June 1, 2018
Javits Center, NYC
More info here
April 20-22, 2018
Springfield, MA
More info here
February 9-11, 2018
Verse novel panel with a stellar group of poets and novelists.
More info about this great conference here
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY
February 1, 2018
I had a fabulous time Skyping with students in GA, VA, NY, and more for World Read Aloud Day. I can't wait to participate again next year.
More information about WRAD here.