2024
June 29, 2024
On Saturday, June 29, from 11-12, I’ll be doing a reading and discussion of 28 Days of Neon at the Harry Bennett branch of The Ferguson Library in Stamford. Harry Bennett is at 115 Vine Road. I’m looking forward to seeing old and new Stamford friends who can be there!
June 8, 2024
The second annual Westbrook Book Festival is on Saturday, June 8, from 10-5 at the Westbrook Outlets in Connecticut. It’s my first time there, and I’ve heard that it’s so much fun for authors and booklovers! I’ll be there all day, and I’m reading from 28 Days of Neon at 12:30.
May 11, 2024, AuthorSpeak
At noon, on Saturday, May 11, I’ll be at the Norwalk Library at One Belden Avenue to do my first official reading from 28 Days of Neon, and maybe a little Indiana Bamboo, too, if we have time. I’d love to see anyone who can be there!
March 15, 2024
Every Friday night in Hanapepe, Kauai, there is an arts festival called Hanapepe Art Night, and I had so much fun being a part of it as an author with Talk Story Bookstore! Talk Story Bookstore is the westernmost bookstore in the United States, and the only bookstore in Kauai. Being in Kauai was wonderful, and it was such a treat to meet local Hawaiians, part-time residents, tourists, and another author or two while signing Indiana Bamboo and 28 Days of Neon. It was wonderful to have some of my family there to enjoy it, too.
2023
November 4 and 5, 2023
It was great to read from 28 Days of Neon, which will be published in 2024 by All Things That Matter Press, during the Norwalk Author Festival. Thank you to everyone who attended over the weekend, and special thanks again to Cynde Lahey and the Norwalk Library staff!
August 28, 2023
What a beautiful day to be with so many other authors and the Norwalk Library at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion. It was fun to meet enthusiastic readers of all ages!
2022
November 5, 2022
We had a spirited discussion on the panel “Writers as Teachers; Teachers as Writers” during the Norwalk Public Library’s Indie and Local Author Days this year. My fellow panelists were Laurel Peterson, Norwalk’s former Poet Laureate who writes mysteries on the side, Marla Sterling, a wonderful writer and poet, and Bette Bono, the novelist and short story writer, who conceived of and coordinated the panel. Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78gqacyN-A&list=PLvQtpHqkr8_OnzYbd4oCZgwJ6dx_3c56W&index=8
My special thanks to Cynde Lahey and the entire Norwalk Library staff who organize this every year, and to the audience for their terrific questions and insights.
November 4 and 5, 2022
It was great to be back in the Children’s Room to read from Indiana Bamboo and the upcoming sequel during the Norwalk Public Library’s Indie and Local Author Days. The audience had the most fun and interesting questions! I loved hearing about your favorite books, shows, and subjects, and all about your future plans!
October 21 - October 24, 2022
The "Chic to the Unique" spring arts and crafts show in New Canaan. Thank you for including Indiana Bamboo once again!
May, 2022
It was so much fun to participate in two children’s book clubs this month with amazing young readers. Their thoughts about Indiana Bamboo warmed my heart and made me laugh!
April 7 - April 10, 2022
The "Chic to the Unique" spring arts and crafts show in New Canaan was back, live and in-person. Everything was more beautiful than ever. Thank you for including Indiana Bamboo once again!
2021
November 12 and 13, 2021
I was so happy to be on a Zoom panel and to do a reading from Indiana Bamboo during the Norwalk Public Library’s Indie Author Days. It was wonderful to meet the authors on my panel and many of the other authors, too. Thanks once again to the Norwalk librarians who worked hard to organize this, and thanks to everyone who attended.
September 14, 2021
Who would have dreamed a year ago when everything closed down that things would become so difficult for so many people? Until this fall, when I began teaching in person, I was teaching my college students the same way many of you have been going to school— on Zoom! I liked not going out in the freezing-cold winter, but not as much as I missed seeing my students in person, just as all of your teachers miss you whenever you are learning from home!
The good news is that I’ve been doing virtual Indiana Bamboo readings and workshops, and it is so much fun to see you wonderful readers again. I’m looking forward to seeing you in person, but until then, you can contact me through my website for some Indiana Bamboo virtual fun!
Stay safe, everyone, and keep wearing those adorable masks whenever we’re supposed to! (My favorite mask is black with pink flamingos. I wear it over my medical mask sometimes. What’s yours?)
2020
Hi Indiana Bamboo Fans!
This May, I was going to give workshops and do a reading at the Norwalk Libraries, have an event at Barnes and Noble, and do a reading in Stamford to celebrate Indiana Bamboo’s birthday.
I was also going to be a panelist on the Weston Library Children’s Book Authors panel the weekend of May 2, which has been postponed for the time being.
I’ll keep you posted when the events are rescheduled. In the meantime, stay safe and keep reading!
I can’t wait to see you!
2019
This has been a year of writing and editing, so I was thrilled to do a reading of Indiana Bamboo at the Norwalk Public Library’s annual Authors’ Day on October 12. What an enthusiastic audience! Thank you to the amazing librarians, readers, and listeners at this wonderful event.
2018
I am so happy to announce that Indiana Bamboo has won First Prize in the category of Children's Book-Fiction, in the Connecticut Press Club's 2018 Communications Contest!
February 1, 2018
I was so excited to return to the East Norwalk Library Association to talk more about Indiana Bamboo and to lead another creative writing workshop for middle school students. What a creative group!
April 6, 2018
What a wonderful visit with the incredible students, teachers, and Library-Media Specialist at Glenwood Elementary School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee! This is a school that loves to read!
April 6 and 7, 2018
It was a joy to attend the workshops again this year at the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference, to see friends and colleagues from TMW and Iris Press, and to share Indiana Bamboo with other writers.
April 13 and 14, 2018
Indiana Bamboo at the "Chic to the Unique" spring arts and crafts show in New Canaan!
May 11 and June 1, 2018
I had so much fun introducing the fourth and fifth graders at Springdale Elementary School in Stamford to Indiana Bamboo and all of her friends. During our creative writing workshop, the students wrote terrific, imaginative stories that were so much fun to read!
July 21, 2018
Thank you Mother-Daughter Book Club for an amazing meeting and for choosing Indiana Bamboo!
October 13, 2018
Another wonderful Authors’ Day at the Norwalk Public Library. Thank you to the amazing librarians who organized this terrific event and to all the readers who attended!
October 21, 2018
Looking forward to signing Indiana Bamboo at The Long Ridge School Book Fair in Stamford, Connecticut! 1:00 to 2:30! Come join us!
November 16, 2018
I was very excited to return to the Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School to introduce new students to Indiana Bamboo and to do creative writing workshops with the fourth graders!
2017
April 6, 2017
Indiana Bamboo Book Launch at the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference! Thank you to the Tennessee Mountain Writers and Iris Press for the Excalibur Award which led to the publication of Indiana Bamboo by Iris Press. It was wonderful to be in Oak Ridge and to meet all of you.
May 18, 2017
I was so happy to meet the amazing fourth graders, teachers, and library media specialist at the Wintergreen Magnet School in Hamden. It was so much fun introducing you to Indiana Bamboo!
May 19, 2017
I had a wonderful time reading Indiana Bamboo to the terrific students, teachers, and librarian at The Long Ridge School! I loved meeting the second and third graders and the staff ofThe Hoot newspaper and hearing all of your interesting questions!
June 1, 2017
The terrific third-graders at the Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich were full of questions about Indiana Bamboo. It was so much fun meeting you and reading to you!
June 3, 2017
Thank you all for joining me at Barnes and Noble in Stamford for the Indiana Bamboo Book Launch Event in Connecticut. It was wonderful to see so many friends, family, fellow writers, and book lovers there!
June 9, 2017
We had a very interesting discussion about Indiana Bamboo at the Starfish Book Group today with the terrific kids and their mentors. It was great to meet all of you!
June 16, 2017
At the Black Rock School in Bridgeport, the first graders were ready for Indiana Bamboo - and for second grade. It was so much fun meeting every single one of you and your amazing teacher!
In the evening, after Temple Beth El's beautiful musical service, it was wonderful to read Indiana Bamboo and to answer questions from the mostly grown-up audience.
July 30, 2017
The Back to School Shop is an annual one-day community event in Stamford organized to provide new school clothes and supplies at no charge to economically disadvantaged elementary school children. Each child selects his or her own items in a department store environment set up just for that day. Through the generosity of Back to School Shop donors, each child also chooses a grade-level appropriate book to take home. I was so touched that Indiana Bamboo was one of their choices this year. It was wonderful to be there to meet the children and to sign their books!
September 23, 2017
Celebrate the release of Indiana Bamboo at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. I'll be reading and signing books, and there will be a panel discussion with Middle Grade/Young Adult editors and agents Lizzie Skurnick, Christina Morgan, and Connor Eck. 10:00 a.m. to noon in Barat House. (Lori Soderlind, MFA Program Director)
Thank you to all for this discussion and celebration!
October 3, 2017
Indiana Bamboo Goes to College—Again! Thank you to Norwalk Community College for a wonderful time reading, answering questions, talking, and signing books at the NCC Library.
October 14, 2017
It was an incredible day at the Norwalk Public Library for the fifty authors and readers who participated in Connecticut Authors' Day. Thank you to all the librarians who organized this event!
October 20, 2017
It was so much fun reading Indiana Bamboo and answering the great questions from the amazing students at Mitchell Elementary School in the beautiful mountains of Golden, Colorado! Thank you to your terrific teachers, too!
November 3rd and 4th, 2017
Indiana Bamboo at the "Chic to the Unique" holiday art show in New Canaan!
November 18, 2017
Thank all of you who came to the book signing today at Barnes and Noble in Stamford! It was wonderful to be with fellow authors James King, Sarah Darer Littman, Stacy Barnett Mozer, Christine Pakkala, Laurel Peterson, and MaryJo Scott.
November 30 and December 7, 2017
We had a wonderful time reading and discussing Indiana Bamboo at the East Norwalk Library Association. During the creative writing workshop, we discovered what amazing writers these seventh and eighth graders are!