Conferences & Events

If you're organizing conferences, exhibits, awards, or other noteworthy events, we'll help you spread the good news. Send your announcements to Kitty Flynn at kflynn@hbook.com.

April 2010

The Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 15–17, 2010, will feature Avi, Tonya Bolden, Kate DiCamillo, Sharon Flake, E.B. Lewis, Lisa Samson, and Gene Luen Yang along with a number of other writers for young readers.  More than sixty writers, including Leila Aboulela, Mary Karr, Wally Lamb, Parker Palmer, Stephanie Kallos, and Stephen Carter, will fill out the roster for this three-day event designed to bring together book lovers of all types. For more information, visit the Festival website at www.calvin.edu/festival or call the Festival office at 616.526.6770.

Frostburg State University hosts its 28th annual Spring Festival of Children's Literature, "Literature for the Ages," on April 23–24, 2010. The Children's Literature Centre will welcome well-known authors and illustrators Laura Malone Elliott, Helen Lester, Barbara Reid, and Brian Pinkney. Small group sessions will also be offered on a wide range of topics, including using technology to teach children's literature, how to publish a children's book, and using puppetry in the classroom. For further information or a registration flyer, contact the CLC at 301-687-3133 or clc@frostburg.edu or visit www.frostburg.edu/projects/clc.

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Workshop date:  April 25, 2010
Location:  Shelburne Hotel
303 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
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