Aloha, Friends,
Spooked about writing? Please join Greg Levin, Jason Neulander, Amy Tinera and I tomorrow night for:
Write Fright Night! Dealing with Spine-Tingling Writerly Anxieties
Thursday, October 15, 2015, 7 PM at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., 3rd floor*
Free and Open to the Public.
Aloha,
Anne
Aloha, Friends!
I had a fantastic time in Nashville.
I made many new friends this weekend, including Tacky the Penguin, whom I’ve been a fan of for years, and Marion and Jack, two amazing book festival volunteers, who took the time to come to our session!
I so loved panel-ing with Cynthia Lord and Gail Nall and our moderator Jane-Elise at the Nashville Public Library! What a gorgeous place. Words carved in stone in the reading room say: A city with a great library is a great city. Yes! The beautiful book sculpture outside is titled La Storia della Terra, The Story of the Earth, with stones from five continents.
Two more highlights: Seeing Nashville 27-stories up. And 2015 Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander’s inspiring talk.
Special thanks to Helen Hemphill, Rae Ann Parker, Genetta Adair, Lindsey Lane, Carmen Oliver and organizers Serenity Gerbman and Lacey Cook. Thank you, thank you Southern Festival of Books for a fantastic event!
Always,
Anne
Aloha, friends,
I’m counting the days until Nashville!
There’s an amazing lineup of authors and illustrators for adults and children this coming weekend. I’ll be attending as many sessions as possible. Click here to see the schedule.
Here’s the panel I’m on:
Change for the Better: The Struggle of Adapting in Middle Grade Fiction
Gail Nall, Cynthia Lord, Anne Bustard
Saturday, October 10, 1:00-2:30 pm
Commons Room, Nashville Public Library
Always,
Anne
Aloha Friends!
I have more exciting book festival news! I’m thrilled to be a part of the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville this Fall.
I’ll be on a panel with two incredible middle grade authors, Gail Nall (Breaking the Ice) and Cynthia Lord (A Handful of Stars)!
And I can’t wait!
If you are in the area, please come by and say hello, and check out all of the children’s and YA author events.
More details to follow 🙂
Always,
Anne
Aloha, Friends!
I hope everyone had a fantastic summer! It’s starting to feel a bit like Fall around Austin this month. Hooray for cooler temps!
I’m honored to announce that I’ll be a featured author at the 20th Texas Book Festival next month! The celebrations will take place in and around the Texas State Capitol on October 17-18. The organizers are finalizing the panels and places now. As soon as I know more, I’ll share!
To see the lineup of 300 (!) authors, check out the Texas Book Festival website.
Aloha,
Anne
Hello, Friends,
I hope you are having a fabulous summer! I had the great good fortune of returning to the Vermont College of Fine Arts last month for an Alumni Mini-Residency. It was so, so wonderful to be back on campus, reconnect with classmates and faculty, meet my agent in person, and make new friends.
I’m all filled up and ready to jump back into a new revision of a manuscript. So off I go to the writing cave.
Happy 4th of July! Happy Summer!
Always,
Anne
Aloha, Friends,
Thanks to everyone who was at BookPeople last Sunday, in person and in spirit, to celebrate Anywhere but Paradise!
Mahalo nui loa. Thank you very much.
Akiko White, cakelustrator extraordinarie, created a most fabulous cake! Vivian, an incredible hula dancer from Island Rhythms , graced the stage. My dear friend and talented author, Kathi Appelt, introduced me. And another wonderful friend and super author, Deb Gonzales, creator of the Educator Guide for the novel, led a fun activity.
I made palm tree cookies to add to the refreshment table and talked about growing up in Hawaii before signing books.
It was a dream come true day!
And I am exceedingly grateful!
Always,
Anne
Aloha, Friends,
In a little over a week, I’ll be celebrating and signing ANYWHERE BUT PARADISE at BookPeople, Austin’s amazing independent bookstore at Sixth and Lamar! I’d love to see you there, Sunday, May 3rd at 3PM.
To read about Musicality: Composing with Repetitions, a guest post I wrote this week, click on over to Cynsations. There’s also a book giveaway, so be sure to enter!
At at the VCFA (Vermont College of Fine Arts) Launch pad, the wonderful Adi Rule asked me some questions about writing. Read about the spark that ignited my novel, Google research, my favorite authors and my VCFA advisors.
Always,
Anne
Aloha, Friends,
The Texas Library Association Annual Conference last week was book heaven on earth! I met SO many amazing librarians, teachers and students from across the state. Plus a few who came from Louisiana 🙂
Here are a couple of other guest posts I wrote this month:
Always,
Anne
Aloha, Friends,
This week I’ll be at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference in Austin!
If you are attending from out of town, a special welcome to you!
Please drop by and say hello. Here’s where I’ll be:
Wednesday, April 15th
11am-noon signing in autograph area, aisle 6
4pm-5:20pm YART Texas Tea
Thursday, April 16th
9:50-11:25 TT4L with teens and tweens
3pm-4pm signing in Publishers Spotlight Booth #1757
Click here for a list of other Austin authors and their signing schedules! Thanks to Greg Leitich Smith and Christina Soontornvat for gathering the info!
Always,
Anne