Valerie Hemingway Book Signing/Talk

As I was driving in my car yesterday back up to East Lansing from my hometown I heard an ad on the radio about a book signing and talk by the author Valerie Hemingway as part of The Great Michigan Read statewide reading program. She spoke tonight at the Library of Michigan; I'm sorry I am just posting this now in case any of you wished to have heard her speak tonight. I immediately thought of this class when I heard this announcement on 99.1, and it sparked curiosity that made me want to research a little bit more about her to see what she is all about. Valerie Hemingway is the author of Running with the Bulls, which is a memoir of her years as Ernest Hemingway's secretary. There is also going to be an exhibit at the Library of Michigan in Lansing that goes until May 5 that focuses on the influence of northern Michigan and the Nick Adams stories. It is open to the public 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. I hope some of you check this out if this interests any of you.

I thought it was interesting that on this random drive I heard an announcement that related so well to this class.

Author visit - TOMORROW!

Meet Best Selling Young Adult Author Lauren Myracle!
Tuesday, March 25th at 7:00 p.m.
Lauren Myracle is the author of numerous best selling books for tweens and teens. She will be visiting Schuler Books to talk about two of her newest books, Thirteen and L8R, G8R.

Thirteen, the much anticipated sequel to Eleven and Twelve, continues the story of Winnie Perry, who is FINALLY a teenager! But Winnie is about to find out that the bigger you get, the bigger your problems get too!

L8R, G8R, now available in paperback, is the best-selling sequel to TTYL and TTFN, Myracle’s innovative novels for teens told entirely through instant messages. Following best friends Maddie, Angela, and Zoe, also known as the winsome threesome, as they get closer to graduation, L8R, G8R shows just how important it can be to have your best friends only an instant message away!

Interviews with authors

Here's a link to a radio program that might be of interest:
Bob Edwards interviewing Jon Scieszka (who wrote The Stinky
Cheese Man that someone mentioned in class and)and 
Brian Selznick (Hugo Cabret).

You can listen to the show online at
http://www.bobedwardsradio.com/bob-edwards-weekend/

One of the ways I come across gems like this is by
subscribing to the child_lit listserve.

You can join at:

https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit