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Maggie Stiefvater’s The Dream Thieves Sigining

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A few weeks ago, Jess and I made a last minute day (well, evening really) trip down to Virginia Beach to see Maggie Steifvater on The Dream Thieves tour. 


I’d never been to the  Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library

library, where the event was held, but I was very impressed. The library had a nice auditorium for the event and even decorated the library with balloons and ravens for the visit.

We were a little late and a  crowd of about 50 people were already in the auditorium. It’s obvious Stiefvater has a pretty diverse fanbase. There were readers of all different ages and even a few male fans–which can be kind of rare at YA events….

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Skylark Release Party @ One More Page Books in Arlington, VA

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I love the details on the cake. 

Last weekend, Kat and I headed to the Northern Virginia bookstore,One More Page Books, for the release party of Skylark by Meagan Spooner. We’ve been excited for this book since BEA, so we just had to go to the release.

The party was packed with friends and family of Meagan along with readers, booksellers and of course bloggers.

Meagan made a wonderful speech to start off the night. You can tell she has great friends and family supporting her. During the signing she took her time talking with each person and writing a personal message in each book.

Meagan has such a great energy about her and towards the end of the night she took the time to talk us about her journey to publication and her writing process.

We got to see the UK cover of Skylark and learned that the genre of the novel is less Dystopian and more Magical Steampunk. Doesn’t that sound like an awesome genre ?

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Authors Talk to Teens @ Hooray For Books : Jessica Shea, Tifffany Trent and Caitlin Kitteridge

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Hooray For Books, a children’s book store in Alexandria, VA, hosted a teen author panel with Jessica Spotswood (Born Wicked), Tiffany Trent (The Unnaturalists, Corsets and Clockwork) and Caitlin Kitteridge (The Iron Codex, Corsets and Clockwork). Here are some highlights from the event :

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Author Event : Meeting Miranda Kenneally

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“Write what you know, and some will be able to relate”

– Miranda Kenneally

 



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