Featured author at New York State’s Section for School Librarians Annual Conference
Attendance sponsored by the Read to Them program. For more information on this organization, visit: www.readtothem.org
Our Western/CNY SCBWI conference is back and better than ever! Join authors, illustrators, agents, editors, and art directors from around the business for this power-packed weekend.
Sunday Presenter: Fabulous Follow-Up: The Ingredients for Success with Book 2 and Beyond
On Saturday, February 8th from 11am-12pm at the Colgate Bookstore, meet local authors from across Central NY! Books from a variety of genres will be available for purchase, and locally made cookies will be offered.
An interactive crime scene set in a historic mansion makes for the perfect mystery prompt. We’ll discuss the rules of mystery writing, setting, plot, character, and revision with 7th graders in a real life game of Clue.
The Carey Institute for Global Good
We’re talking everything Middle Grade! Using more than 2 dozen recently released books as mentor texts, we’ll talk about “Why It Works” and what makes Middle Grade . . . magic.
6:30 pm. Tompkins County Library
5th grade mystery writing workshop at the Carey Institute for Global Good
4th Annual Author Meet and Greet at Baldwinsville Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Books of Wonder is excited to be hosting the GREAT MIDDLE GRADE READS panel, featuring RAJANI LaROCCA for Midsummer's Mayhem, CORY LEONARDO for The Simple Art of Flying, and JOSH LEVY for Seventh Grade vs. The Galaxy, CHRIS BARON for All Of Me, and J. KASPER KRAMER for The Story That Cannot Be Told.
Join us at our 18 West 18th street store on Sunday, September 22nd for our GREAT MIDDLE GRADE READS panel for your chance to meet five amazing authors, hear them discuss their work, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of all their books. Ages 8 & up.
Join me for a lively (and hopefully interesting) talk entitled: “From Agent Offer to Debut Day: Peeling Back the Publishing Curtain.”
6:30 pm. Dewitt Barnes and Noble.
Launch of Cory’s debut book.
