News & Events

PAST EVENTS:

2021 NCTE Convention
Virtual Speaker
Thursday – Sunday, November 18 – 21

2021 California Reading Association Virtual Webinar Conference
Virtual Speaker
Friday, October 22

The Author Experience
Online Second Grade Classroom Visits
LIFE Academy
Newark, NJ
Tuesday, December 15 and December 22

Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library
Author Visit Program
101 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA  90301
Thursday, February 13 at 3:30 pm

2020 CSLA Convention
Speaker
City of Industry, CA
Saturday, February 8

Inglewood Main Library
Author Visit Program
101 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA  90301
Thursday, February 6 at 3:30 pm

Vroman’s Pasadena
Storytime Book Launch
Saturday, January 4 at 10:30 am

Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Indies First Small Biz Saturday
2207 Honolulu Ave.
Montrose, CA 91020
Saturday, November 30 at 2:00 pm

2019 NCTE Convention
Speaker
Baltimore, MD
Thursday – Sunday, November 21 – 24

The Author Experience
Classroom and Parent Author Visits
LIFE Academy
Newark, NJ
Friday, November 15

Children’s Book World Book Launch for Double Bass Blues
10580 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90064
Saturday, November 9 10:30 am

Virginia Road School Career Day
Los Angeles, CA
Author Visits
October 31, 2019

Happy Book Birthday to Double Bass Blues!
October 22 (Order NOW)

Los Angeles Comic Con
SCBWI Booth 811
Los Angeles Convention Center
Sunday, October 13

2019 SCBWI SoCal Writers and Illustrators Day at CSF
Speaker
Cal State University Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton , CA 92831-3599
Saturday, September 28 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m

Leimert Park Village Book Fair
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
3650 West Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, August 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m

Los Angeles Public Library Author Series
Edendale Branch Library
Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, July 25

Barnes & Noble Torrance Storytime/Book Signing/Crafts
Torrance, CA
Saturday, July 20, 11 am

Nerd Camp SoCal 2019
Speaker
Torrance High School – 2200 W. Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90505
Friday, July 19

NJ SCBWI Conference
Presenter
New Brunswick, NJ
Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2

Nerd Camp NJ 2019
Speaker
Chatham High School – 255 Lafayette Avenue, Chatham Township, NJ 07928
Saturday, May 18 from 8 am- 3:30 pm

Highlights Foundation
Instructor: Crafting Successful Author Visits 2019
Milanville, PA
April 28 – May 2

LA Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California Campus
SCBWI Booth
Saturday, April 13 from 4 pm – 5:50 pm

Children’s Day/Book Day Celebration
Ocean Park Public Library
Santa Monica, CA
Thursday, April 11 at 3:30 pm

Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference
Panelist
The Graduate Center/CUNY
New York, NY
Saturday, April 6

KidLit Con
Speaker:
Providence, Rhode Island
Friday, March 22 – Sunday March 24, 2019

Symposium: Timely Intersections/Black Histories on the Page and the Stage
Speaker: Translating Black Stories for Young Readers & Local Communities
University of California Santa Barbara
Friday, February 15

Los Angeles Public Library Author Series
Benjamin Franklin Branch Library
East LA, CA
Friday, January 10

2018 NCTE Convention
Speaker
Houston, TX
Friday, November 18

Westside SCBWI Lit Mingle
Speaker
Santa Monica, CA
Wednesday, November 7

SCBWI CenCal Writers’ Day
Speaker
Thousand Oaks, California
Saturday, October 13

Why I Write FOCAL Event with Alexis O’Neill and Ann Whitford Paul
Los Angeles Public Library Central Branch
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, September 29

Bedtime Stories Event
Westside Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, September 28

Princeton Book Festival
Princeton, New Jersey
Saturday, September 22

2018 SCBWI MidSouth Fall Conference
Keynote Speaker
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday, September 15

Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series
Wilmington Library
1300 N. Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington,  CA 90744
Thursday, June 21 at 2 pm

Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series
Watts Library
10205 Compton Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90002
Tuesday, June 19 at 2:30 pm

Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series
Playa Vista Library
6400 Playa Vista Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90094
Friday, June 15 at 2 pm

Highlights Foundation Guest Speaker: Crafting Successful Author Visits 2018
Milanville, PA
April 29 – May 4

Children’s Book Day
View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Public Library
3854 W 54th St, Los Angeles, CA 90043
Saturday, April 28 2 – 4 pm

LA Times Festival of Books
USC Campus
Sunday, April 22 10 am – 12 pm

Nerd Camp NJ 2018
Speaker: Biographies, Animal Stories, and Stem Picture Books
Chatham High School – 255 Lafayette Avenue, Chatham Township, NJ 07928
Saturday, April 21 8 am- 3:30 pm

WriteOn Con
LIVE PANEL: Writing Picture Books
Sunday, February 11th 8pm EST

Revolution Books NYC
437 Malcolm X. Boulevard (between W 131st and 132nd)
New York, NY 10037
Saturday, February 10th from 11 am-12:30 pm

JCC Harlem
318 W 118th Street, New York, NY 10026
Saturday, February 10th from 2 pm-3:30 pm

Word Up Bookstore
2113 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10032
Saturday, February 10th from 4:30 pm-5:30 pm

Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
New Brunswick, NJ
Friday, February 9th

I, Too, Arts Collective (Langston Hughes House)
20 E 127th Street, New York, NY 10035
Friday, February 9th from 5-7 pm

The 26th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair
Community College of Philadelphia
17th & Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, February 3rd from 1-4 pm

World Read Aloud Day — Skyping with six schools across the country!
Thursday, February 1
McKinley Elementary School, Burbank, CA
Friday, January 26

Eso Won Books
Small Business Saturday
Saturday, November 25
Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA

Writer in the Window Series
Thursday, November 16

Texas Book Festival
Saturday, November 4

Popham Elementary School, Austin, Texas
Friday, November 3

George Bruce Branch, New York Public Library
Friday, October 20 at 3:30 pm

Bushwick Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
Friday, October 20

Children’s Book World
Saturday, September 23 at 2:30 pm

Vroman’s Pasadena
Saturday, September 2 at 10:30 am

Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series
Tuesday, August 9 at 10:30 am
Eagle Rock Library

Holman United Methodist Church
Monday, July 31 at 8:30 am
Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series
Tuesday, July 25 at 11 am
Venice Library

TAKE A PICTURE OF ME, JAMES VANDERZEE! Book Birthday
July 24 (My mom’s birthday!!!)

Storytime at Barnes & Noble
Saturday, June 10 at 2 pm
1180 Raritan Road
Clark, NJ 07066

Presenter at the NJ SCBWI 2017 Conference
June 3-4

Book Expo America
Thursday, June 1 from 2 pm – 3 pm
Albert Whitman & Company Booth
Javits Center, New York, NY

Día (Children’s Day/Book Day) Celebration
Saturday, April 1 at 11:00 am
Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica, CA

*The Braille Institute Library
Wednesday, March 15 at 10 AM Story Time
Los Angeles, CA

Pages: a bookstore
Monday, February 20 at 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (President’s Day)
904 Manhattan Ave
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Vroman’s Bookstore
Saturday, February 18 at 10:30 PM – 11:30 AM
695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California 91101

The Zimmer Museum
Thursday, February 16 at 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
6505 Wilshire Blvd. #100,
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Children’s Book World
Saturday, February 4 at 2:30 PM – 4 PM
10580 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90064