EVENTS
UPCOMING...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all of my in-person spring events have been cancelled. While I know that's incredibly disappointing, it's for everyone's best interest that we all work together in an effort to "flatten the curve." Given that health professionals are reporting that individuals infected with COVID-19 might not show symptoms for up to a couple of weeks, the safe bet is to assume that we are all potential carriers. I am currently working on figuring out some virtual events, though, so once I figure out those details, I'll post them here. Stay safe and pick up some good books for the upcoming weeks, friends!
Interested in a free 30 min virtual visit for your class/group this spring? Fill out this form to submit a request!
Oct 3-4, 2020 / Sat-Sun / TBD / LA Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA)
DAYS GONE BY...
Mar 16, 2020 / Mon / Penguin Teen: We Are YA podcast interview (Virtual event!)
Nov 25, 2019 / Mon / TBD / ALAN Workshop (Baltimore, MD)
Nov 23, 2019 / Sat / 12-3pm / Decolonize Your Bookshelves (First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, MD)
Nov 22-24, 2019 / Fri-Sun / NCTE Annual Convention (Baltimore, MD)
Nov 18, 2019 / Mon/ 6-8pm / Books of Wonder (Manhattan, NY)
Nov 9, 2019 / Sat / 4pm / in conversation w/ Shannon Price for the launch of A Thousand Fires at Books, Inc. (Campbell, CA)
Oct 26-27, 2019 / Sat-Sun / Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)
Oct 19, 2019 / Sat / 11:30 am-12:30 pm / SCBWI North/East Bay Oktoberfest Conference (San Ramon, CA)
Oct 12, 2019 / Sat / 11am-2pm / Filipino American International Book Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Sep 22, 2019 / Sun / 12-1pm / Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
Sep 7, 2019 / Sat / 3-5pm / Reading with Jason Bayani (Bayanihan Center, San Francisco, CA)
June 23, 2019 / Sun / 1pm / Patron Saints of Nothing PH book launch hosted by Bookworms Unite PH (Quezon City, Philippines)
June 12, 2019 / Wed / 7pm / Patron Saints of Nothing book launch at Kepler's Books with Mitali Perkins (Menlo Park, CA)
May 20, 2019 / Mon / Redwood City Public Library (Redwood City, CA)
May 23, 2019 / Thurs / In conversation with Arvin Ahmadi at Books, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
May 4, 2019 / Sat / YALLWEST (Santa Monica, CA)
April 16, 2019 / Tues / Texas Librarian's Association Annual Conference (Austin, TX)
Feb 16, 2019 / Sat / San Francisco Writers' Conference (San Francisco, CA)
Jan 26, 2019 / Sat / 12 - 6 pm / YA Nov Con (Belmont, CA)
Nov 17, 2018 / Sat / 11am-12:15pm / George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston, TX) - NCTE Annual Convention: YA Lit IS Complex! Roundtable session with Elizabeth Acevedo, David Arnold, Sharon Draper, David Levithan, Emily X.R. Pan, Randy Ribay, Andrew Smith, and Ibi Zoboi / Book signing 1-2pm (HMH booth #304)
Oct 19, 2018 / Fri / 9am-2pm / Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY) - YAS Book Con
Sep 29, 2018 / Sat / Chattanooga State Community College (Chattanooga, TN) - YA-HOO FEST
Aug 25, 2018 / Sat / 2-3pm / Hicklebee's (San Jose, CA) - Creative Writing Workshop
Jun 23, 2018 / Sat / Books, Inc. Opera Plaza (San Francisco, CA) - The Art of Getting Published: Summer Seminar for Teens
May 4-5, 2018 / Sat-Sun / Santa Monica, CA - YALLWEST Book Festival
Apr 22,2018 / Sun / 3pm / Los Angeles, CA - LA Times Festival of Books. Panel: "YA Fiction and Social Justice" with Nic Stone, Brandy Colbert, and John Jennings. Signing to follow.
Apr 3, 2018 / Tues / 7pm / Books Inc. (Burlingame, CA) - with Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Haters) for the launch of his new novel Munmun
Mar 25, 2018 / Sun / 1-1:30pm / Books of Wonder (New York City, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival book signing
Mar 23, 2018 / Fri / 7-8:30pm / Barnes & Noble Upper West Side (New York City, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival Reader's Theater/Signing with Tara Altebrando, Gina Damico, Lauren Gibaldi, Emily X.R. Pan, Kim Purcell, & Maggie Stiefvater
Mar 13, 2018 / Wed / 7pm / Kepler's Books (Menlo Park, CA) - After the Shot Drops book launch
Nov. 25, 2017 / Sat / 5-7pm / Hicklebee's Books (San Jose, CA) - Guest bookseller for Small Business Saturday
Oct 19, 2017 / Thurs / 2:45-4pm / Northern California Children's Booksellers Alliance reception (San Francisco, CA)
Oct. 8, 2017 / Sun / 1:45-3pm / San Francisco Main Library (Koret Auditorium) / reading at the Filipino American International Book Festival
Nov 26, 2016 / Sat / 2pm / Books Inc. (San Jose, CA) - YA panel & signing with Parker Peevyhouse (Where Futures End), Stacey Lee (Under a Painted Sky; Outrun the Moon; The Secret of a Heart Note), Gordon Jack (The Boomerang Effect), & Sonja Mukherjee (Gemini)
Jun 12, 2016 / Sat / 1-2pm / Barnes & Noble (Wilmington, DE) - BN Teen Book Festival with Sharon Roat, I.W. Gregorio, Cindy Callaghan, & Dianne K. Salerni
Jun 11, 2016 / Sat / 1-2pm / Barnes & Noble (Cherry Hill, NJ) - BN Teen Book Festival
Apr 10, 2016 / Sun / 3-4 pm / Big Blue Marble Bookstore (Mt. Airy, PA) - Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival with I.W. Gregorio & Cordelia Jensen
Apr 7, 2016 / Thurs / 11am-1pm / Philly Free Library (Philadelphia, PA) - Philly Teen Author Series
Mar 18, 2016 / Fri / 2pm / NY Public Library (New York, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival panel with Ami Allen-Vath, Cordelia Jensen, Kody Keplinger, Sarah Darer Littman, Lois Metzger, Rajdeep Paulus, & Jessica Verdi
Mar 20, 2016 / Sun / 2pm / Books of Wonder (New York, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival book signing event
Mar 5, 2016 / Sat / (Arlington, VA) - NoVA Teen Book Festival with Julie Murphy, Tommy Wallach, Holly Black, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, and others
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all of my in-person spring events have been cancelled. While I know that's incredibly disappointing, it's for everyone's best interest that we all work together in an effort to "flatten the curve." Given that health professionals are reporting that individuals infected with COVID-19 might not show symptoms for up to a couple of weeks, the safe bet is to assume that we are all potential carriers. I am currently working on figuring out some virtual events, though, so once I figure out those details, I'll post them here. Stay safe and pick up some good books for the upcoming weeks, friends!
Interested in a free 30 min virtual visit for your class/group this spring? Fill out this form to submit a request!
Oct 3-4, 2020 / Sat-Sun / TBD / LA Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA)
DAYS GONE BY...
Mar 16, 2020 / Mon / Penguin Teen: We Are YA podcast interview (Virtual event!)
Nov 25, 2019 / Mon / TBD / ALAN Workshop (Baltimore, MD)
Nov 23, 2019 / Sat / 12-3pm / Decolonize Your Bookshelves (First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, MD)
Nov 22-24, 2019 / Fri-Sun / NCTE Annual Convention (Baltimore, MD)
Nov 18, 2019 / Mon/ 6-8pm / Books of Wonder (Manhattan, NY)
Nov 9, 2019 / Sat / 4pm / in conversation w/ Shannon Price for the launch of A Thousand Fires at Books, Inc. (Campbell, CA)
Oct 26-27, 2019 / Sat-Sun / Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)
Oct 19, 2019 / Sat / 11:30 am-12:30 pm / SCBWI North/East Bay Oktoberfest Conference (San Ramon, CA)
Oct 12, 2019 / Sat / 11am-2pm / Filipino American International Book Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Sep 22, 2019 / Sun / 12-1pm / Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
Sep 7, 2019 / Sat / 3-5pm / Reading with Jason Bayani (Bayanihan Center, San Francisco, CA)
June 23, 2019 / Sun / 1pm / Patron Saints of Nothing PH book launch hosted by Bookworms Unite PH (Quezon City, Philippines)
June 12, 2019 / Wed / 7pm / Patron Saints of Nothing book launch at Kepler's Books with Mitali Perkins (Menlo Park, CA)
May 20, 2019 / Mon / Redwood City Public Library (Redwood City, CA)
May 23, 2019 / Thurs / In conversation with Arvin Ahmadi at Books, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
May 4, 2019 / Sat / YALLWEST (Santa Monica, CA)
April 16, 2019 / Tues / Texas Librarian's Association Annual Conference (Austin, TX)
Feb 16, 2019 / Sat / San Francisco Writers' Conference (San Francisco, CA)
Jan 26, 2019 / Sat / 12 - 6 pm / YA Nov Con (Belmont, CA)
Nov 17, 2018 / Sat / 11am-12:15pm / George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston, TX) - NCTE Annual Convention: YA Lit IS Complex! Roundtable session with Elizabeth Acevedo, David Arnold, Sharon Draper, David Levithan, Emily X.R. Pan, Randy Ribay, Andrew Smith, and Ibi Zoboi / Book signing 1-2pm (HMH booth #304)
Oct 19, 2018 / Fri / 9am-2pm / Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY) - YAS Book Con
Sep 29, 2018 / Sat / Chattanooga State Community College (Chattanooga, TN) - YA-HOO FEST
Aug 25, 2018 / Sat / 2-3pm / Hicklebee's (San Jose, CA) - Creative Writing Workshop
Jun 23, 2018 / Sat / Books, Inc. Opera Plaza (San Francisco, CA) - The Art of Getting Published: Summer Seminar for Teens
May 4-5, 2018 / Sat-Sun / Santa Monica, CA - YALLWEST Book Festival
Apr 22,2018 / Sun / 3pm / Los Angeles, CA - LA Times Festival of Books. Panel: "YA Fiction and Social Justice" with Nic Stone, Brandy Colbert, and John Jennings. Signing to follow.
Apr 3, 2018 / Tues / 7pm / Books Inc. (Burlingame, CA) - with Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Haters) for the launch of his new novel Munmun
Mar 25, 2018 / Sun / 1-1:30pm / Books of Wonder (New York City, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival book signing
Mar 23, 2018 / Fri / 7-8:30pm / Barnes & Noble Upper West Side (New York City, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival Reader's Theater/Signing with Tara Altebrando, Gina Damico, Lauren Gibaldi, Emily X.R. Pan, Kim Purcell, & Maggie Stiefvater
Mar 13, 2018 / Wed / 7pm / Kepler's Books (Menlo Park, CA) - After the Shot Drops book launch
Nov. 25, 2017 / Sat / 5-7pm / Hicklebee's Books (San Jose, CA) - Guest bookseller for Small Business Saturday
Oct 19, 2017 / Thurs / 2:45-4pm / Northern California Children's Booksellers Alliance reception (San Francisco, CA)
Oct. 8, 2017 / Sun / 1:45-3pm / San Francisco Main Library (Koret Auditorium) / reading at the Filipino American International Book Festival
Nov 26, 2016 / Sat / 2pm / Books Inc. (San Jose, CA) - YA panel & signing with Parker Peevyhouse (Where Futures End), Stacey Lee (Under a Painted Sky; Outrun the Moon; The Secret of a Heart Note), Gordon Jack (The Boomerang Effect), & Sonja Mukherjee (Gemini)
Jun 12, 2016 / Sat / 1-2pm / Barnes & Noble (Wilmington, DE) - BN Teen Book Festival with Sharon Roat, I.W. Gregorio, Cindy Callaghan, & Dianne K. Salerni
Jun 11, 2016 / Sat / 1-2pm / Barnes & Noble (Cherry Hill, NJ) - BN Teen Book Festival
Apr 10, 2016 / Sun / 3-4 pm / Big Blue Marble Bookstore (Mt. Airy, PA) - Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival with I.W. Gregorio & Cordelia Jensen
Apr 7, 2016 / Thurs / 11am-1pm / Philly Free Library (Philadelphia, PA) - Philly Teen Author Series
Mar 18, 2016 / Fri / 2pm / NY Public Library (New York, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival panel with Ami Allen-Vath, Cordelia Jensen, Kody Keplinger, Sarah Darer Littman, Lois Metzger, Rajdeep Paulus, & Jessica Verdi
Mar 20, 2016 / Sun / 2pm / Books of Wonder (New York, NY) - NYC Teen Author Festival book signing event
Mar 5, 2016 / Sat / (Arlington, VA) - NoVA Teen Book Festival with Julie Murphy, Tommy Wallach, Holly Black, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, and others