From: Shutta Crum <shutta>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 13:54:39 -0400

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|For those in Michigan/Ohio area who may be interested in hearing Newbery
|winner, Lynne Rae Perkins and National Book Award winner, Jeanne Birdsall
|during the Ann Arbor Book Festival on Sat. May 13th on a CELEBRATED AUTHORS
|PANEL: This panel will meet at noon on the Michigan Stage (Lecture Room 1,
|Modern Languages Building). Lynne, Jeanne, and I will be signing books
|immediately following in the Soc. for Children's Book Authors and
|Illustrator's tent. For more information go to the website of the Society
|of Children's Book Authors and Illustrators--Michigan Chapter, at
|kidsbooklink.org <http://www.kidsbooklink.org/> . (This is a great site
|for teachers/librarians, as well--on the left are links to authors and
|illustrators [speakers] many of whom may be local for Michigan schools and
|libraries.) |
|
|Additionally:
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|Many Michigan authors will be taking part in various activities during the
|week before, and at the Street Festival itself. These include:
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|SCHEDULE
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|9:00-10:00
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|Jeanne Birdsall - Breakfast with an Author (Place: TBA)
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|10:00-11:00
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|Sue Stauffacher - Books that Changed Lives Main Stage West, c/o Borders
|(Aud. 3)
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|11:00-12:00
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|Sue Stauffacher, Jennifer Allison - MG/YA Novelist Panel Main Stage West,
|c/o Borders (Aud. 3)
|

|Sherry Wells - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Janet Heller - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Debbie Taylor - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Heidi Sheffield - Poster Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|12:00-1:00
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|Lynne Rae Perkins, Jeanne Birdsall - Celebrated Authors Panel Michigan
|Stage|(Lec Rm 1, Modern Languages Bldg.) and Shutta Crum (moderator)
|
|Steve Climer - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Marcy Heller Fisher - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Nancy Edwards - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|1:00-2:00
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|Leslie Helakoski - Reading Children's Pavilion
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|Lynne Rae Perkins - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Jeanne Birdsall - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Shutta Crum - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|2:00-3:00
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|Lori McElrath-Eslick, Barbara Johns, Rick Frishman - Marketing Your
|Children's Book Forum Stage (Lec Rm 2)and Monica Harris (moderator)
|
|Janet Heller - Native American Writing Michigan Stage (Lec Rm 1)
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|Leslie Helakoski - Book Signing Place: SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Hope Vestergaard - Book Signing Place: SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Sue Stauffacher - Book Signing Place: SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Jacqui Robbins - Book Signing Place: SCBWI-MI Tent
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|3:00-4:00
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|Kathie Allen - Reading Children's Pavilion
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|Jennifer Allison - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Monica Harris - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Barbara Johns - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Lori McElrath-Eslick - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|4:00-5:00
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|Hope Vestergaard - Pitch Panel Main Stage West, c/o Borders (Aud. 3)
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|Kathie Allen - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Nancy Shaw - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|Joe Novara - Book Signing at SCBWI-MI Tent
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|PLEASE NOTE: The SCBWI-MI Tent is right next to the Children's Pavilion on
|the corner of Thayer and N. University
| Also, SCBWI member Sue Stauffacher will be doing a program for the Ann
|Arbor District Library, Mallets Creek Branch on Friday, May 12th at 4:00
|p.m. See their website at: www.aadl.org <http://www.aadl.org/> . General
|information about the book festival is available at www.aabookfestival.org
|<http://www.aabookfestival.org/> .
|

Thanks! (Please forgive any cross-posting.) And feel free to pass this information on.
|
|Shutta Crum
(Spitting Image,Clarion, 2003)
|shutta at shuttacrum.com
|www.shutta.com
||http://blog.shuttacrum.com
|
Received on Thu 04 May 2006 12:54:39 PM CDT