Gaithersburg Book Festival
May
27
5:00 PM17:00

Gaithersburg Book Festival

I’m participating on a virtual panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival with some gorgeous picture book creators. Please tune in to their YouTube channel on May 27 at 5:00 PM ET.

Presentation DescriptionPicture Books You'll Love

Elisha Cooper: “Yes & No”

Matthew Swanson and Robbie Behr: “Sunrise Summer”

Susan Stockdale: “Bird Show”

Christian Trimmer [that’s me!]: “The Little Things: A Story About Acts of Kindness”

How do successful picture book authors turn their inspiration into a book? These award-winning authors and illustrators share their insights and talents. Moderated by Elli Bloomberg

And here’s more about the whole festival.

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Jun
6
to Jun 7

Meet Jessie Sima and Me in Philadelphia!

It has been one of my great joys as an editor to work with Jessie Sima. I acquired Not Quite Narwhal and Harriet Gets Carried Away at Simon & Schuster and got almost to the finish line (read: pub day) on the former (the books were being printed when I departed for Holt). And it has been an ENORMOUS highlight in my writing career to work with Jessie on Snow Pony and the Seven Miniature Ponies. The art she created for the book (along with Justin’s great edits and Lizzy’s incomparable design) continues to blow my mind almost a year after publication. And because we did that book together, we get to do events together, like these six library visits in Philadelphia during Pride Month!

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Meet Jessie Sima and Me at the Princeton Children's Book Festival
Sep
22
11:00 AM11:00

Meet Jessie Sima and Me at the Princeton Children's Book Festival

Jessie and I will be at the Princeton Children's Book Festival in side-by-side booths to talk about and sign copies of Snow Pony and the Seven Miniature Ponies. We'll be joined by an amazing group of authors and illustrators. According to the organizers, "the book festival promises something for everyone." Sweet!

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Meet Ben Clanton at University Bookstore (Seattle, WA)
Jun
22
6:00 PM18:00

Meet Ben Clanton at University Bookstore (Seattle, WA)

I WISH I could be at Ben's launch party for It Came in the Mail, cuz ain't no party like a Ben Clanton party cuz a Ben Clanton party don't stop. According to Ben:

"Come help me celebrate the release of my latest and greatest picture book IT CAME IN THE MAIL! Lots of prizes, treats, activities, and general good stuff to be had . . . including some special mail. Hope to see you there!"

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Meet Daniel Kraus at Book Expo America (Chicago, IL)
May
13
10:30 AM10:30

Meet Daniel Kraus at Book Expo America (Chicago, IL)

I'm kind of super excited that BEA is going to be in my former hometown of Chicago. And you should be excited that Daniel Kraus will be signing copies of The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire at Table 1 in the autographing area on Friday, 5/13 (what a perfect day for a signing of this book!) at 10:30 AM. Please give Daniel a hug for me.

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Meet Ashlyn Anstee at Once Upon a Time (Los Angeles, CA)
Apr
21
6:30 PM18:30

Meet Ashlyn Anstee at Once Upon a Time (Los Angeles, CA)

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with Ashlyn and Gnome (and probably Yeti).

There will be FREE wildflower seeds, activity booklets, photos, maybe a song or two? April is Springtime, and Earth Day is around the same time, so bring your green thumbs and garden overalls, and Ashlyn will sign and draw in any book you like! EVEN if I didn't write it!

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Meet Matt Roeser (and Lucy Cummins and me) at Greenlight Books (Brooklyn, NY)
Apr
16
11:00 AM11:00

Meet Matt Roeser (and Lucy Cummins and me) at Greenlight Books (Brooklyn, NY)

The ever-charming Matt Roeser will be reading from his debut picture book, Oh, No, Astro!, alongside author-illustrator Lucy Cummins (the genius behind A Hungry Lion and the cover for We All Looked Up, among many others). This appearance is at my local bookstore, so I'll be there, too!

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Meet Tommy Wallach at the NoVA Teen Book Festival (Arlington, VA)
Mar
5
9:30 AM09:30

Meet Tommy Wallach at the NoVA Teen Book Festival (Arlington, VA)

The schedule for this festival looks awesome, and I'm so glad Tommy is going to be there. You can find him...

10:15 - 11 AM

Q & A Breakout Session, Room 1011, with Hannah Barnaby (also one of my authors!)

11:15 – 12 PM

Main Author Panel: “Rebel Rebel”

Short stories, writing in pairs, graphic memoirs, and stories within stories—these authors have all written narratives that are a little bit outside the box.

Tommy Wallach (THANKS FOR THE TROUBLE)

Maggie Thrash (HONOR GIRL)

Jason Reynolds (ALL AMERICAN BOYS)

Brendan Kiely (ALL AMERICAN BOYS)

April G. Tucholke (SLASHER GIRLS & MONSTER BOYS: STORIES)

1:15 - 2 PM

Q & A Breakout Session, Room 1401, with Jeff Garvin

 

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Meet Daniel Kraus at the American Association of School Librarians Conference (Columbus, OH)
Nov
6
to Nov 7

Meet Daniel Kraus at the American Association of School Librarians Conference (Columbus, OH)

  • 400 North High Street Columbus, OH, 43215 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Daniel will be hobnobbing with school librarians at the AASL's annual conference. Make sure to stop by his Baker & Taylor signing on Friday at 3:30 (Booth 417). And if you're attending the Junior Library Guild Meet 'n' Greet on Saturday at 5:15 (Hyatt Regency Columbus, Room Franklin C - Teen Room), make sure to ask him how--and when--he came up with the idea for Zebulon Finch.

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