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

Aloha, Friends!

I’ve been honored to be a guest on a number of blogs the past couple of weeks! Feel free to click on over and read more about my publishing journey, thoughts on writing and more:

When It’s Too Close to Home: Writing Q&A with Anne Bustard

The Helpful Delete Key

Anywhere but Paradise, Inspiring Debut with Anne Bustard

Next week, the Texas Library Association Annual Conference is in my hometown of Austin! I’ll be meeting librarians, authors, teen and tween readers and signing books! I can’t wait!

Always,

Anne

Aloha!

Today is a dream come true day! ANYWHERE BUT PARADISE is now available. Mahalo, thank you, to everyone who has encouraged me along the way! I am deeply grateful.

Anne

Aloha!

The wonderful Debbie Gonzales has created a fantastic Common Core Educator Guide for Anywhere but Paradise!

From the Home page>Books>Anywhere but Paradise>Links

Or click here: Common Core Educator Guide 

Enjoy! And please tell you educator friends all about it.

Mahalo,

Anne

Hello Friends!

The trees in Austin are bursting with showy yellow, white and pink buds. It’s SXSW time this week as well as spring break. So  the city is in an ultra music-happy mood.

I was honored to be a guest for two more posts this month. Thank you School Library Journal Teen Librarian Toolbox and Examiner.com!

Bree Despain and Anne Bustard are “Fish Out of Water”

One Children’s Book Writer’s Road to Publication

Aloha,

Anne

Hello Everyone!

Today the amazing Kat Kennedy of www.cuddlebuggery.com organized a Blog Hop for the authors of Egmont’s spring titles a.k.a. Egmont’s Last List! Over 60 bloggers are participating!

Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much!

Special thanks to Katherine, Kara and Shala for inviting me to chat! I loved it!

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With aloha,

Anne

Hi everyone!

I had a fantastic time in Asheville, NC this week at the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute 10! Thank you Egmont, for sending me! Thank you booksellers, for such a warm welcome! Thank you all for championing my soon-to-be-released Anywhere but Paradise!

Talking with booksellers, publishers and authors, all of whom are passionate about reading and writing was an amazing experience. I made new friends and reconnected with others I knew from my own bookselling days 🙂

As a bonus, I’ve added more must-reads to my book stack, including these new or forthcoming middle-grade novels:

      Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

      The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

      Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 by N. Griffin

Happy reading,

Anne

Open your calendars and save this date.

Please join me on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 at 3pm at BookPeople for Anywhere but Paradise’s book launch party.

I can’t wait to share this book birthday with you!

Happy New Year!

I hope your year is off to a grand start.

My amazing editor and I took one last look at the Glossary of Hawaiian Words and A Note from the Author this month. Now, the manuscript is off to the printer.

I am getting really EXCITED, y’all!

ANYWHERE BUT PARADISE will be in bookstores on April 14th.

Can’t wait!

Always,

Anne

Birthdayographies, a blog that celebrates picture book biographies, one birthday at a time, is a year old! Happy, happy Birthday to you!

The wonderful host, Donna Janell Bowman asked me to drop by to talk about books, so of course I said yes 🙂

You can find the interview here.