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23rd World Book Fair 2008~ May 30 - Jun 8, Singapore
4th Nami Island International Book Festival~ ongoing until Jun 30, Korea
Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference~ Jun 5-7, Singapore
Antioch University First Annual Children’s Literature Conference~ Jun 7, Los Angeles, CA, USA
6th Annual Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair~ Jun 7, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children’s Writers and Illustrators~ Jun 8-15, New Zealand
Montana New Zealand Book Award Finalists Announced~ Jun 10, New Zealand
35th Annual Children’s Literature Association Conference~ Jun 12-15, Normal, IL, USA
Book Expo Canada~ Jun 13-16, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Princess Shawl” book launch and reading by Shirley Lim~ Jun 14, Kuala Lumpur
Cape Town Book Fair~ Jun 14-17, South Africa
CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced ~Jun 26, United Kingdom
Sunthorn Phu Day (celebrated poet)~ Jun 26, Thailand
American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition~ Jun 26 - Jul 2, Anaheim, CA, USA
Canadian Multiculturalism Day~ Jun 27, Canada
Jakarta Book Fair~ Jun 28 - Jul 6, Jakarta, Indonesia
American Indian Youth Literature Awards Presentations~ Jun 30, Anaheim, CA, USA
Class of 2k9 Accepting Applications...
An executive member of online marketing collective the Class of 2k9 posted to the CW list on Friday saying that the Class is accepting applications for membership. If you have a mid-grade or YA novel under contract for 2009 publication and have an interest in joining the Class of 2k9, you can e-mail them at theclassof2k9@hotmail.com.
If you're not familiar with the Class of 2k7 and Class of 2k8, visit their websites. Also see Greg Fishbone's 2008 CWIM article: "Class of 2k7: First-Time Authors Band Together for Book Promotion" (pgae 98).
Just a quick announcement that if you need future information for the Class of 2k9, please send an e-mail to theclassof2k9 [@] hotmail [dot] com. I had to withdraw due to the time constraints I realized I'd have in 2009, but for the lowdown on the class and how to apply, check here: http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php?topic=25162.0.
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Check back tomorrow for my special Monday Q&A with author Christine Norris!
While the rest of the country is watching the Super Bowl (major yawn!) I thought I'd post tonight instead of tomorrow. This week is going to be crazy.
Keri's contest is now closed and we have winners. Keri generously decided to give away TWO copies of SCREWBALL and two softball charms. Thank you, Keri!
Drum roll, please….
Nicole B and Emma
Congratulations! Please email me jessica [@] jessicaburkhart [dot] com with your names and mailing addresses.
Keri, you’ve been a fantastic guest and please stop by for your next book!
Onto other things…
The Class of 2k9 is officially taking applications. If you’d like one, send an email to theclassof2k9 [@] hotmail [dot] com. We’ll get you one ASAP. If you’re not sure what the Class is, check out www.classof2k7.com and www.classof2k8.com for the details.
Also, the guest this week is author of CONVERTING KATE, Beckie Weinheimer. Beckie will be here on Friday with a Q&A and a giveaway. The schedule’s changing next week, as noted in the sidebar, and we’ll have Christine Norris here on Monday.
I spent the weekend editing my YA and wow, what a mess. You’d think after three drafts you’d say, “Hey, looking good!” No. Maybe I’ll say that after this edit. The plot is fine, but I think I crossed out every other sentence on my printed draft and wrote RW (for rewrite) in pink.
On Friday, a friend reminded me that the Red Hills Horse Trials (a huge international eventing competition) is coming to town in mid-March. I’ve never been and if I’m in town that weekend, I’m SO going! It would be the perfect chance try for a couple of interviews and to do a write up of the event for magazines. I applied for a Red Hills press pass, so hopefully my application isn’t too late. If you get a press pass, you get special access to the cross-country course and a chance to go into the stables. We’re talking former and current Olympians for the US Equestrian team at this event. So exciting! Even if I don’t get a press pass, I hope to go and take tons of pictures and a few minutes of video for the multimedia section of my Website.
Happy Super Bowl watching! :)
