2009 Events

  • American Library Association Annual Conference
    July 12-14, 2009
    Chicago, Illinois
  • SCBWI Annual Conference
    Aug. 7-10, 2009
    Los Angeles, California
  • KidLit Salon — Panel talk with fellow debut YA authors Cheryl Renee Herbsman, C. Lee McKenzie, Sarah Quigley and J.A. Yang
    Aug. 24, 2009 at 7 p.m.
    Book Passage
    51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
    Corte Madera, CA 94925
    (415) 927-0960
  • Ash Book Launch! — Signing, door prizes, and special treats for all
    Sept. 10, 2009 from 6-8 p.m.
    San Francisco LGBT Center
    1800 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA 94102
    (415) 865-5555
  • Sonoma County Book Festival — Signing
    Sept. 19, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Booth #88 (SCBWI)
    Old Courthouse Square
    Santa Rosa, CA
  • Kepler’s Books — Signing
    Oct. 2, 2009 at 7 p.m.
    1010 El Camino Real
    Menlo Park, CA 94025
    (650) 324-4321
  • Fairfax Library — Reading and discussion
    Oct. 7, 2009 at 7 p.m.
    2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
    Fairfax, CA 94930
  • NCIBA Trade Show — Signing
    Oct. 10, 2009 from 12:30-1:00 p.m.
    HBG Booth
    Oakland Convention Center
  • World Fantasy Convention
    Oct. 30-31, 2009
    The Fairmont Hotel
    170 South Market Street
    San José, California 95113

    Oct. 30, 8:00 p.m. — Mass Autographing Session
    Oct. 31, 1:00 p.m. — Panel: Are Homosexual Characters Past Notice? with Nancy Jane Moore (moderator), Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Grá Linnaea, and Doselle Young

  • Friends of the Los Gatos Public Library Friday Forum — Panel talk with fellow debut YA authors Cheryl Renee Herbsman and C. Lee McKenzie on writing for young adults
    Nov. 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
    Town Council Chambers
    110 E. Main St.
    Los Gatos, CA 95030
  • Laurel Bookstore
    Nov. 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
    4100 MacArthur Blvd.
    Oakland, CA 94619
  • Wellesley College — Talk and signing
    Nov. 12, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
    Library Lecture Room
    Margaret Clapp Library
    106 Central Street
    Wellesley, MA 02481 (Directions and parking)
  • New York LGBT Community Center — Talk and signing
    Nov. 17, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. ($10 — program begins at 6:30)
    208 West 13th Street
    New York, NY 10011
  • New York Public Library, 96th Street Branch
    Nov. 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
    112 E. 96th Street
    New York, NY 10028
  • NCTE Annual Convention
    Nov. 19-21, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA

    Nov. 20, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. — Panel: “Fractured Classics” with Shannon Hale, Suzanne Selfors, and Diane Zahler
    Nov. 20, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. — Signing at Little, Brown Booth #613
    Nov. 20 , 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. — Signing at Anderson’s Bookshop Booth #544

  • Giovanni’s Room — A benefit for the Lambda Literary Foundation and Giovanni’s Room
    Nov. 21, 2009 — Event begins 7:30 p.m., I read at 8:45 p.m.
    345 South 12th St.
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • Sonoma State University — “Queering Cinderella,” part of the Fall 2009 Feminist Lecture Series
    Dec. 3, 2009 from 12:00 to 12:50 p.m.
    Rachel Carson Hall 20
    1801 East Cotati Ave.
    Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Holidaze With the Debs — San Francisco Bay Area Events

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  • Borders — With fellow Debs Lauren Bjorkman, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Sarah Quigley
    Dec. 5, 2009, from 3-4 p.m
    588 Francisco Blvd. West
    San Rafael, CA
  • Petaluma High School* — With fellow Debs Lauren Bjorkman, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Sarah Quigley, J.A. Yang
    Dec. 9, 2009 at 12 p.m.
    201 Fair St.
    Petaluma, CA
    * Open to the public, but visitors should check in at the school office when arriving
  • Barnes & Noble — With fellow Debs Lauren Bjorkman, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, C. Lee McKenzie, Sarah Quigley, J.A. Yang
    Dec. 12, 2009, from 2-4 p.m.
    The Shops at Tanforan
    1150 El Camino Real, Space 277
    San Bruno, CA