It’s time for the 2010 New York City Teen Author Festival! This year’s extravaganza runs March 15th through the 21st, and there are lots of wonderful authors, including my awesome friends Sarah Darer Littman (LIFE, AFTER), Neesha Meminger (SHINE, COCONUT MOON), and Cathleen Davitt Bell (SLIPPING) to see, so don’t miss it:
I will be reading at Brooklyn’s Central Library (Grand Army Plaza) on Thursday, March 18th from 10:00-11:30 a.m.; signing books at the Scholastic Store in Soho at noon on Friday, March 19th; and on Sunday the 21st, I will be part of the biggety bigs author signing at Books of Wonder in Manhattan (my shift is from 4:15-5:00; Neesha and Sarah are right before, at 3:30, and Cathleen is there at 2:00) — there are something like 90 authors participating. Please do drop by and say hello at one or all of those events; I’d love to see you.
For the complete schedule, and more details, see below, and keep checking the official Facebook page — see you there!
2010 NYC Teen Author Festival
MONDAY, 3/15
(NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street, 6pm)
First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process-
featuring: Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab, Carolyn Mackler, Sarah Mlynowski, Blake Nelson, Marie Rutkoski, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford
TUESDAY, 3/16
(Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren Street, 7pm)
Getting Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy-featuring: Nick Burd, Matt de la Pena, Gordon Korman, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Michael Northrup, Jon Skovron, Jake Wizner
WEDNESDAY, 3/17
(Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey St, 6pm)
The Treasure Map to Going Bovine with Will Grayson(s)(or, an evening of readers’ theater)-featuring:Libba Bray, John Green, David Levithan, E. Lockhart
THURSDAY, 3/18
(Five Borough Read, 10am):
Authors read to high school students and the public in libraries across the city.
Manhattan:
-Countee Cullen Branch, NYPL, 104 W 136th St
Donna Freitas, Eliot Schrefer, Rachel Vail, Lynn Weingarten, Ebony Wilkins
-Jefferson Market Branch, NYPL, 425 6th Ave
Gabe Guarente, Carla Jablonksi, Kristen Kemp, Barry Lyga, Samantha Schutz
-Muhlenburg Branch, NYPL, 209 W 23rd St Emma McLaughlin, Lauren McLaughlin, Courtney Sheinmel, Jennifer Smith
-Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey Street
Angie Frazier, Aimee Friedman, Alice Hoffman, Robin MacCready, Sarah Maclean, Amanda Marrone
-Seward Park Branch, NYPL, 192 East Broadway
Cathleen Bell, Susane Colasanti, Matt De La Pena, Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab
-Yorkville Branch, NYPL,, 222 East 79th St
Micol Ostow, Robin Palmer, Shani Petroff, Robyn Schneider, Abby Sher, Jake Wizner, Michelle Zink
Brooklyn:
Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Auditorim, 10 Grand Army Plaza -Emily Horner, Melissa Kantor, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Matthue Roth, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Melissa Walker, Robin Wasserman
Bronx:
Bronx Library Center, NYPL, 310 East Kingsbridge Road
Coe Booth, Sarah Darer Littman, Neesha Meminger, Maryrose Wood
Queens:
Broadway Branch, QPL, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City Jessica Blank Sarah Burningham, Heather Duffy-Stone, Marianne Mancusi, Elizabeth Scott
Staten Island:
West New Brighton Branch, NYPL, 976 Castleon Avenue
Elizabeth Eulberg, David Levithan, Michael Northrup, Kieran Scott
THURSDAY, 3/18
(Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, 6-8pm):
Sourcebooks Fire Launch Party featuring authors Lisa Brown, Anne Eliot Crompton, Helen Ellis, Adele Griffin AND the rocking tunes of Tiger Beat! (with Libba Bray, Dan Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford)
FRIDAY, 3/19
(South Court, 42nd Street, 2-5 and 6-8:30)
NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium Afternoon
2:00 Introduction
2:10 – 3:00: Using Genre to Tell the True Story of Adolescence-featuring: Judy Blundell, Sarah Beth Durst, Lauren McLaughlin, Diana Peterfreund,
Sara Shepard, Maggie Stiefvater, Robin Wasserman
3:00 – 3:30: Making a First Impression – 2010 Debut Authors
featuring: Angie Frazier, Emily Horner, Alyssa Sheinmel, Ebony Wilkins
3:30 – 4:15: Grief, Loss, and the YA Novel -featuring: Alexandra Bullen, Heather Duffy-Stone, Donna Freitas, Alice Hoffman, Sarah Darer Littman, Lisa Ann Sandell, Samantha Schutz
4:15 – 5: The Boy You Can’t Have -featuring: Susane Colasanti, Elizabeth Eulberg, Robin Palmer, Elizabeth Scott, Melissa Walker, Maryrose Wood
5-6: Break
Evening
6:00 – A Tribute to Regina Hayes -featuring: Sarah Dessen, Joy Peskin, Jacqueline Woodson
6:45 – 8:30: What it Feels Like for a Girl – Writing in a Teen Girl’s Voice -featuring: Jessica Blank, Eireann Corrigan, Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, Terra Elan McVoy, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Jacqueline Woodson
SATURDAY, 3/20
(Bartos Forum, 42nd Street, 1pm): Stuff for the Teen Age Event
Come check out Stuff for the Teen Age, The New York Public Library’s list of the hottest books, movies, music, and video games from 2009. Talk with your favorite authors. Rock out to your favorite songs. Have fun. Hear a very special presentation from keynote speaker, Libba Bray, the author of Going Bovine.
SUNDAY, 3/21:
Books of Wonder Signing (18 W 18th St, 2-6)
2:00-2:45 -Alma Alexander Nora Baskin Cathleen Davitt Bell Judy Blundell Libba Bray Coe Booth Elise Broach Alexandra Bullen Nick Burd Sarah Burningham Susane Colasanti Matt De La Pena Violet Haberdasher Maggie Stiefvater
245-3:30 -Tom Dolby Heather Duffy-Stone Sarah Beth Durst Elizabeth Eulberg Gayle Forman Aimee Friedman Jenny Han Alice Hoffman Carla Jablonksi Melissa Kantor Kristen Kemp Michelle Knudsen Peter Lerangis David Levithan
3:30-4:15 -Sarah Darer Littman Barry Lyga Robin MacCready Carolyn Mackler Sarah Maclean Marianne Mancusi Amanda Marrone Wendy Mass Lauren McLaughlin Neesha Meminger Sarah Mlynowski Michael Northrup Robin Palmer
4:15-5:00 -Diana Peterfreund Shani Petroff Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich Matthue Roth Marie Rutkoski Lisa Ann Sandell Samantha Schutz Elizabeth Scott Kieran ScottCourtney Sheinmel Sara Shepard Abby Sher Jon Skovron
5:00-5:45 -Jennifer Smith Natalie Standiford Rachel Vail David Van Etten Siobhan Vivian Adrienne Maria Vrettos Melissa Walker Robin Wasserman Suzanne Weyn Lynn Weingarten Martin Wilson Jake Wizner Maryrose Wood Michelle Zink