Clara and Helga Estby would be so proud! The Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association will include The Year We Were Famous on their annual Amelia Bloomer list of the best books for youth with significant feminist content. About time Clara and her mother got the recognition they deserved for their 4,000-mile walk.
I’m laggard when it comes to keeping my own blog up to date – partly because I keep waiting for news that doesn’t come. Will there be a paperback or audio edition of The Year We Were Famous? Will the next book about Clara (working title: Good-bye, Mica Creek) be accepted as my option book with Clarion? I still don’t know. The waiting is hard, but I’ve been filling the time starting a third book, Northward, Ho, set in Alaska during the 1930’s.
I’m better at doing guest blogs for other people. Check out Readergirlz, where I’m now one of many hosts: readergirlz.blogspot.com
and Janet Lee Carey’s blog, Library Lions Roar, in praise of libraries:
http://librarylionsroar.blogspot.com/2012/02/librarian-turned-author-carole-estby.html
I can at least update my schedule:
March 2, 2012 Port Townsend Historical Society, 7 P.M.
Jefferson County Historic Courthouse
1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend, WA 98368
Program and book signing
March 5 Rose Hill Jr. High School, Lake Washington School District, 11:27 – 1:11
13505 NE 75th St., Redmond, WA 98052
Program for 8th grade social studies classes
March 6 Everett High School, 10:30 – 12:00
Judge for Everett School District’s Battle of the Books
March 12, 2012 Everett Woman’s Book Club , 1:00 p.m.
Everett Public Library
2702 Hoyt Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
Program and book signing
March 12, 2012, Classics Department, Everett Woman’s Book Club, 6:30 p.m.
Private home, Everett
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A Series of events with The New Kids on the YA Block,
A group of six debut young adult authors:
Helen Landalf (FLYAWAY)
Kiki Hamilton (THE FAERIE RING)
Me (THE YEAR WE WERE FAMOUS)
Kathy McCullough (DON’T EXPECT MAGIC)
Megan Bostic (NEVER EIGHTEEN)
Kendare Blake (ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD)
March 14 Third Place Books 7 P.M.
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
The six of us will form a panel moderated by book blogger Shanyn Day.
Program and book signing
March 15, Capital High School 12:40 p.m.
Olympia,WA
Panel
March 15, Timberland Library 7 p.m.
Olympia, WA
Panel
March 16, Garfield Books, 7 p.m.
(Affiliated with Pacific Lutheran University)
208 Garfield St., Suite 101, Tacoma, WA
Panel and book signing
April 11, Timberland Library, 7:30
Olympia, Washington
Program
Details to be announced
April 18, Everett High School
Details to be announced
Joint program with Mindy Hardwick and Megan Bostic for the
Everett High School Writing Club
April 21-22 SCBWI-Washington
Annual conference of the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Marriott Redmond Town Center
7401 164th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA 98052
Book signing
April 27 and April 28, 2012 Clarkston, Washington
Programs with Linda Hunt and Jane Kirkpatrick
Judi Wutzke of …and Books, too is partnering with the Clarkston High School, Walla Walla Community College and Lewis and Clark State College
Two or three programs and book signings.
May 8, 2012 Bellevue Chapter, D.A.R. , 6:00 p.m.
Bellevue Red Lion Inn
11211 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
Program and book signing
May 18-19, SCBWI Oregon
Annual conference of the Oregon chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Shilo Inn Conference Center, Portland, Oregon
Book signing
April or May, Joint book clubs on Orcas Island
Darvill’s Bookstore – details to be announced
296 Main St., Eastsound, WA 98245
June 21-26 American Library Association Annual Conference
Anaheim, California
July 19 Daughters of Norway National Convention
Lakeway Inn
714 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, Washington
Selling Books on Cultural Day
October 13 – 15 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
Tacoma, Washington
(Tentative; no program)
October 19-21 Women Writing the West Conference
Albuquerque
TYWWF has been submitted for their WILLA (Willa Cather) award.
Author signing
