Appearances
Melbourne Writers Festival
21-30 August 2009
USA Liar Tour
Dates and places to come
19-24 November 2009
NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
Philadelphia, PA
Past Appearances
Oz HTDYF tour
Sunday, 22 Feb 2009, 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Me and Simmone Howell in conversation + cake
State Library of Victoria—Conference Centre
328 Swanston Street
(Entrance 3 on La Trobe Street)
Melbourne, Victoria
Go here to book
Monday, 23 Feb, 2009, 6.00PM
Talk & signing
North Melbourne Library
66 Errol St
North Melbourne, VIC
Tuesay, 24 Feb 2009, 6:30PM
Australian launch of How To Ditch Your Fairy
Readings Carlton
309 Lygon St
Carlton, Victoria
28 Feb-2 March 2009
Perth Writer’s Festival
Perth, Western Australia
5 March 2009, 6:00PM
Me and Margo Lanagan in conversation
Books Kinokuniya
Level 2, The Galeries Victoria
500 George St
Sydney NSW
Monday, 16 March, 4-6pm,
Juvenalia Smackdown
Join Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Alaya Johnson, Justine Larbalestier (i.e. me), David Levithan, Diana Peterfreund, Scott Westerfeld as they read some of their (ahem) less accomplished work from their teen and pre-teen years. Hosted by Libba Bray.
Tompkins Square Park branch of the NYPL,
331 E. 10th Street
New York, NY
Wednesday, 18 March, 6pm
I Have Seen the Future . . . and It Sounds Like This
Teen authors are notoriously stingy about reading from their works-in-progress. But for Guest of Honor Joe Monti, authors Libba Bray, Rachel Cohn, Eireann Corrigan, Justine Larbalestier, Barry Lyga, and Scott Westerfeld are willing to share a little bit from their future books. Hosted by David Levithan.
Mulberry Street Branch of the NYPL
10 Jersey Street
(Between Lafayette & Mulberry Streets)
New York, NY
Sunday, 22 March, 4pm
The Biggest Teen Author Signing EVER
Join over 40 authors for a signing extravaganza as they take over Books of Wonder, sign books, and converse with fans new and old. An incredible event that is sure to go down in book-signing history.
Authors include: Nora Baskin, Jessica Blank, Judy Blundell, Coe Booth, Elise Broach, Susanne Colasanti, Sarah Darer-Littman, Matt de la Pena, Heather Duffy-Stone, Gayle Forman, Aimee Friedman, Madeleine George, Maureen Johnson, Kristen Kemp, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, E. Lockhart, Barry Lyga, Carolyn Mackler, Sarah MacLean, Megan McCafferty, Lauren McLaughlin, Neesha Meminger, Billy Merrell, Blake Nelson, Micol Ostow, Matthue Roth, Marie Rutkoski, Lisa Ann Sandell, Courtney Sheinmel, Abby Sher, Brian Sloan, Rachel Vail, David Van Etten, Ned Vizzini, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Cecily von Ziegesar, Melissa Walker, Robin Wasserman, Scott Westerfeld, Suzanne Weyn, Maryrose Wood, Lizabeth Zindel
Books of Wonder,
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY
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31 March-3 April 2009
TLA Conference
Houston, Texas
28-31 May 2009
BEA (Book Expo America)
Friday, 29 May 2009
3PM Signing
Javetts Center
New York, NY
Blog
- Why Does it Matter?
Seems the authors v critics/reviewers thing just won’t go away. Today I was asked why I think it’s so important that authors not respond to critics. Basically what the question boiled down to was: Why does it matter?
A close friend also demanded that I explain why I am so keen on silencing authors.
I’ll …
- Pontificating About How Writers Get Paid
- Kendra
- Some More Incoherent Thoughts on the Author/Reviewer Relationship
- Some Incoherent Thoughts on the Author/Reviewer Relationship
- more...
Archives
Newsletter
Appearances
Melbourne Writers Festival
21-30 August 2009
USA Liar Tour
Dates and places to come
19-24 November 2009
NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
Philadelphia, PA
Interviews
In which I am IMterviewed by my husband and silliness ensues (December 2008).
Cynthia Leitich Smith updates her 2006 interview with me (October 2008).
Bookpage interview (September 2008).
Mini Bio
I’m a Sydney girl what writes novels, is obsessed with cricket, and travels way too much.
My next novel, How To Ditch Your Fairy, will be out from Bloomsbury Books in September 2008.
For more info about me there’s a whole bunch of interviews here plus my FAQ.
