Small Reads for Brighters Days
Saturday morning, I attended the CLN Books & Breakfast. What a cool event! Below are a few pix…I was seated up close but way off to the side, so I’m afraid there are a lot of profile shots. Sorry! And Lisa Bullard, author of You Can Write a Story, graciously used a bit of her three-minute […]
I attended an event called "Poetry on the Spot" at the Minnesota Reading Association’s convention last Saturday. Featured guest Nikki Grimes (whose Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope is #1 on the NYT Bestsellers List) joined with five area (Minnesota-Wisconsin) poets: Joyce Sidman, Susan Marie Swanson, Lisa Westberg Peters, Sharon Chmielarz, and […]
Every year, I attend the MBA children’s authors breakfast. While tons of independent booksellers and some local authors and illustrators eat a continental breakfast, we listen to four children’s authors talk for 15 minutes each. Sometimes they talk about their writing process, other times (Eoin Colfer comes to mind), they simply charm the booksellers into […]
Last week, I heard Judy Blume speak as part of the Talking Volumes program here in Minnesota. You can be part of the live audience as the radio show Talking Volumes is recorded, and it’s what I did for Sherman Alexie’s appearance, too. With anything of this nature, you’re talking about an author who’s a […]
