Author appearances!

Don't forget that Neil Gaiman is being hosted by The Red Balloon in Saint Paul tomorrow at 7:00 (See many posts down).

Also! Coming to The Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis:

October 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:00 p.m.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Location: Wild Rumpus
Description: Laurie Halse Anderson is author the award winning book Speak, Fever 1793, the Vet Volunteers serie... More info on this event

November 2008

Saturday, November 1, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Kate DiCamillo
Location: Wild Rumpus
Description: How could we NOT bring local super-star Kate Dicamillo back to Wild Rumpus when her newest book is... More info on this event

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 4:00 p.m.
The Whomping Willows!
Location: Wild Rumpus
Description: Wizard Rock! If you've heard of it, you've heard of the Whomping Willows! If you've at least read ... More info on this event

Fantastic Fall Author Schedule!

I was just looking at the amazing lineup of children's and teen authors at the Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul.

Here are some highlights:

September 10, Wednesday, 7:00pm Erin Hunter, author of Warriors: Power of 3 #4 Eclipse

October 4, Saturday, 2:00pm Kate DiCamillo, author of Louise.

October 8, Wednesday, 7:00pm Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book Event to be held at St. Paul's United Church of Christ (too exciting!)

October 23, Thursday, 7:00pm Louis Sachar, author of Holes - 10th Anniversary edition.

November 15, Saturday, 10:30am Tomie DePaola, author/illustrator of Brava, Strega Nona

and you can find the entire list here: http://www.redballoonbookshop.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=newsletter&page=272473

In what I'm sure is a shocking oversight, I've not yet been to the Red Balloon. But, you can bet that I'm going to try to make it to one of these appearances.