I will be at Books by the Banks this year with my 3 books out in 2014!
I hope to see you there! I am excited to get a couple books signed by John Scalzi if I can sneak away from my table!
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| A Cool Summer Tail |
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| Animal Atlas |
And, just out this week! |
| Macarooned on a Dessert Island |
Books by the Banks is Saturday and I will be there this year with
A Warm Winter Tail by
Carrie Pearson and
Why the Possum has a Large Grin by Johnette Downing.
There are a lot of great books, authors and illustrators attending this year, it is great place for holiday shopping! Hope to see you there!I am in the process of setting up other signings too, so stay tuned.
In the meantime, here is a coloring page I did for the possum book. Feel free to Share and Enjoy!
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| Adorable picture of Johnette at the possum book release party. |
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| Detail of the Skyline |
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| Holding my little mockup to the giant banner... |
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| The Discussion Begins |
Great night tonight at Joseph Beth! It was great to see so many illustrators in the audience and on the panel.
I brought my mock up of the Cincinnati skyline I illustrated. I hope to have a working one by the show... Any paper engineers out there?
Below are some of the concept sketches.
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| Original Idealization Thumbnail |
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| Miffy and the Cincinnati Enquirer Article. When I opened the section to read the article, she immediately plopped on the paper and refused to move and nipped at me when I tried to coax her. |
Thursday, September 8
7:00pm - 8:30pm Joseph Beth Booksellers
Celebrate the kick-off of the 2011 Books By the Banks, Cincinnati USA’s Book Festival with a panel discussion and a rare poster signing opportunity with acclaimed illustrators, including this year’s artist, Christina Wald. Also on hand will be Will Hillenbrand, C.F. Payne, Ryan Ostrander, and John Maggard discussing their work and the illustrations they created exclusively for the annual Books By the Banks posters. Since the book festival's inauguration in 2007, the posters – now considered unique collectors' items – have captured the essence of what Books by the Banks means to the community.
Hope to see you there!
Sometime later this week I will post some sketches (including the unused co
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| Photo by Tom Uhlman |
Books By the Banks was great this year!
Mary Kay Carson and I had the bat table. Unfortunately, the pictures do not show the extensive level of battiness, but it was there. We had bats on the wall, bat garlands, bat candies, glow-in-dark bats, and, well you get the idea...
Good thing too, the turnout was amazing. We signed a lot of books!
I wish I took more pictures at the show. There were some amazing illustrators in attendance this year (and authors) and I spent too much money on books. But hey, books are an addiction...
More of my photos are on the
Cincinnati Illustrators Blog...
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| Photo by Tom Uhlman |
I will be at
Books By the Banks signing
Little Red bat on Saturday, October 2nd. There will also be many other top notch authors and illustrators like
Loren Long,
Will Hillenbrand,
Mary Kay Carson,
C.F. Payne,
John Maggard,
Cinda Chima and many others. I do much of my holiday shopping there!
What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon?
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| Books by the Banks 2009 |
R.J. Ellory, author of the riveting A Quiet Belief in Angels, is on tour in America for the next couple of weeks. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet one the the world's top thriller writers!
Based in Birmingham, England, R.J. Ellory is the author of seven novels - all of which are based in America. Joining The Overlook Press this year with his first U.S. published work A Quiet Belief in Angels, Ellory has enjoyed tremendous success in the U.K. and France, and his novels have been translated in to more than 2o languages. Overlook will publish The Anniversary Man in the summer of 2010.
Sunday, October 11, 12noon
SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
War Memorial Plaza
Charlotte Ave. and Sixth Ave North
Nashville, Tennessee
Monday, October 12, 7pm
BORDERS
3637 Peachtree Road NE, Suite C
Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, October 13, 8pm
BOOKS AND BOOKS
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Wednesday, October 14, 7pm
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street.
Winnetka Illinois 60093
Thurs/Fri, October 15-16
BOUCHERCON 2009
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
Saturday, October 17
BOOKS BY THE BANKS
Cincinnati USA Book Festival
Duke Energy Convention Center
Cincinnati, OH
Monday, October 19
12noon-1pm
BORDERS
Philadelphia, PA
7pm
BARNES & NOBLE Tribeca
97 Warren Street (at Greenwich)
New York, NY
Tuesday, October 20
MERCANTILE LIBRARY CENTER FOR FICTION, 7pm
15 E. 43rd Street
New York, NY
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By: Christina Wald,
on 10/9/2014
By: John Mark Boling,
on 10/9/2009
R.J. Ellory, author of the riveting A Quiet Belief in Angels, is on tour in America for the next couple of weeks. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet one the the world's top thriller writers!
