I am available for talks to teachers, librarians, writers, churches and synagogues, and other groups. I am also available for a very limited number of school visits right now. For details and fees, please e-mail me. And if you're wondering how to pronounce my name, you can click on this cool link from TeachingBooks.net
Some of my recent and upcoming appearances:
Upcoming:
Saturday, March 10, 2012 - Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA
I will be on a panel at the Eric Carle Museum. Details to come.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Augusta, ME
Keynote speaker at Reading Roundup: "Come for the Science, Stay for the Love Story."
Fri - Sun, April 20-22, 2012 - Pennsylvania SCBWI conference
I will be speaking at the Pennsylvania SCBWI conference. Details to come.
October 5-7, 2012 - Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop, Honesdale, PA
I will be a Workshop Leader at A Children’s Books Colloquium. Details to come.
Past appearances:
August 2011 - National Geographic Galapagos Cruise
My husband, Jonathan Weiner, and I were guest lecturers on this 10-day cruise to the Galapagos.
June 2011 - American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Nonfiction Book Blast Panel
April 2010 - Pennsylvania School Librarians Conference, Hershey, PA
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: How I Use Primary Sources to Create Narrative
April 2010 - Empire State Book Festival, Albany, NY
A panel with Laurie Halse Anderson and Charles R. Smith.
March 2011 - Boston College, Boston, MA
Conversations with...Author/Illustrator Series
Tell Me a Story and Make It True: A Panel Discussion on Narrative Non-Fiction
December 2010 - SCBWI Metro New York Tuesday Professional Series, New York, NY
Creating True Stories: Writing Narrative Nonfiction for Children
October 2010 - New York State English Teachers Conference, Albany, NY
October 2010 - New Brunswick, NJ
Keynote Address, Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference
September 2010 - Princeton, NJ
Princeton Book Festival
August 2010 - National SCBWI Conference, Los Angeles, CA
"YOU CAN'T MAKE UP THIS STUFF! HOW TO USE PRIMARY SOURCES TO CREATE NARRATIVE NONFICTION" workshop
WHY NARRATIVE NONFICTION IS HOTTER THAN EVER; A panel discussion with me, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Elizabeth Partridge, Tanya Lee Stone and Ken Wright.
June 2010 - American Library Association Conference, Washington,
D.C.
Signing at Smithsonian with Calpurnia Tate author Jackie Kelly.
ALA - book signings and Michael L. Printz receptio.n
April 2010 - Los Angeles Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA
On Saturday, April 24, I was on a panel called Fact vs. Fiction: Storytelling in Young Adult Nonfiction with Elizabeth Partridge and Stephanie Hemphill, moderated by Jonathan Hunt.
On Sunday, April 25, I spoke about Charles and Emma at the Santa Monica Library with a reading by Rosalyn Landor, who performed the audio book.
March 2010 - Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
On Saturday March 20, I was on a panel called Getting Published - Picture Books to Young Adult.
On Sunday March 21, I was on a panel called Strong Women, Famous Men: Abigail and John and Charles and Emma.
December 2009 - Booktenders Secret Garden Bookstore and Gallery, Doylestown, PA
Presentation and book signing.
December 2009 - Allentown, PA
Presentation and book signing, with a percentage of all books sold benefitting Kenneseth Israel, the synagogue I grew up in.
March 2009 - National Science Teachers Association, Philadelphia, PA
Pre-conference session on children's books with Seymour Simon and others.
November 2009 - New York, NY: National Book Award Activities
60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner
National Book Award Teen Press Conference
Medal Reception
Finalist Reading
Books of Wonder - Panel with other National Book Award Finalists in Young People's Literature
November 2009 - New York, NY
I was on a panel with fellow I.N.K.ers Vicki Cobb, Susan Kuklin, and Sue Macy at the New York City 2009 Fall Conference for school library personnel at the Brooklyn Technical High School.
October 2009 - Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC
Presentation and book signing.
October 2009 - Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Presentation on Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith.
October 2009 - Washington, DC
Reading Rockets/Ad Lit Video interview
Talk with librarians, D.C. Public Library.
September 2009 - Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Children’s Book Festival
October 2009 - Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN
Life, Love, and the Scientific Method
Panel presentation with Jacqueline Kelly (The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate)
June 2009
Staged reading of CHARLES AND EMMA and book signing.
May 2009 - Book Expo America, New York, NY
Signing COOL DOG, SCHOOL DOG at Marshall Cavendish booth.
May 2009 - Children's Book Week kick off, New York, NY
www.bookweekonline.com
May 2009 - PEN World Voices Festival, New York, NY
Panel with Mary Ann Hoberman, Vicki Cobb, and Tijs Goldschmidt.
Read about the panel.
In picture at right: From left: Mary Ann Hoberman, Deborah Heiligman, Tijs Goldschmidt and Vicki Cobb..
March 2009 - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Talk at Darwin Bicentennial Series
Read about it here.
