Author Appearances

If an author is appearing in your area, it may be a good opportunity to have that person visit your school to talk with your students. Some publishers will support the cost of author visits financially. An author's fee will be negotiable. Contact the publisher or author. Sites listed here may contain adult material.

Author Appearances Online Chats; Archives

Author Appearances
Author-Illustrator Source

A listing of artists and writers who visit in schools
Bookwire's Authors on the Highway

Searchable by author, city, state, title, publisher
Borders Books

See their "Upcoming Events" for programs
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Events 2003

See their "Calendar of Events"
Invite an Author

Kids' contests; FAQs; Authors who visit schools
Children's Book Guild of Washington, D. C.

Has Speaker's Bureau
PenguinPutnam Author Appearances
Addison-Wesley Author Appearances
HarperChildrens. Authors

Arrange an author visit; Can search by date, venue, etc.
HarperCollins. Authors

By date, venue, etc
Heinemann Workshops Schedule

Date, time & city for professional development workshops on

teaching reading. Presentors have written professional books.
Lee & Low Books - Author/Illustrator Appearances

Multicultural literature; active in K-12 schools
National Book Foundation

See their "Programs" calendar
Time Warner / Little Brown Books for Children: Book Lover's Community

Book an author event; send a note to an author; more
Locus Online

Click on "Author Events" Indexed by host, by date, by author;

includes conventions. Primarily adult; Science fiction
W. W. Norton: Norton Author Events

Adult; college level
Random House. Authors

Under "Authors" events, on the air, on the web
SimonSays.com: Author Appearances

From Simon & Schuster
Romance Writers of America. Author Appearances

Search by name, type of event, location and date.
Scholastic. Author Studies Homepage
Tor, Orb, and Forge. Author Appearances
Zino Press. Bring a Zino Author/Illustrator to Your School!

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Online Chats; Archives
AuthorChats.com

Live chats with authors of children's books
ACHUKA - Author Interviews

Interviews with children's authors

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