October is the most BOO-kish month. Look at all the upcoming events for October in the book world...
Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon is coming next weekend!
Have you signed up?
It's not too late.
Contests and special fun events every hour.
Lots of opportunities to meet other bloggers.
And time to read those books you've been wanting to read!
I'll be hosting a shift once again this read-a-thon,
so I hope to see you there!
Don't think you have time to read for twenty-four hours?
Check out my tips for Read-a-Thon Lite!
Don't think you have time to read for twenty-four hours?
Check out my tips for Read-a-Thon Lite!
October is Cybils Nomination Time!
Do you have favorite children's and young adult books published this year?
You can nominate your favorites for the Cybils Award!
From now until October 15, you can nominate your favorite children's
and young adult books published this year in these categories:
- Book Apps
- Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books
- Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
- Young Adult Speculative Fiction
- Fiction Picture Books
- Graphics
- Middle Grade Fiction
- Elementary & Middle-Grade Nonfiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Young Adult Fiction
- Happily, I'll be serving as a judge again this year.
I've already nominated some of my favorites.
October is the Scholastic Book Fair!
Look what arrived in the mail today!
Yes, it's a Cleopatra costume.
I'll be Cleopatra during our library book fair in October.
Watch for photos to come!
October is the Texas Book Festival!
The Texas Book Festival is held October 26-27
on the grounds of and inside the Texas State Capitol.
I'm especially looking forward to hearing authors Mac Barnett,
Jon Scieszka, Bob Shea, Sherman Alexie, Gordon Korman,
Katherine Applegate, Jonathan Lethem, and Bob Staake this year.
I'll be serving as an author escort again this year.
Last year, I had the privilege to escort
And, once again, I'll be bookcrossing lots and lots of great books
all around and inside the capitol building.
Hope to see you there!
For more information about the 2013 festival,
including a list of authors speaking
and a schedule,
click here.
For photos and little videos from past Texas Book Festivals...
What a fantastic month you have planned! I can't wait to see you as Cleopatra. I'm thinking about the readathon this time round (if plans come though and I become childless that day, if not it may have to be shelved...). Does it start at any particular time?
ReplyDeleteI hope you can join in, Louise! It looks like it will start for you in Australia somewhere around 10 pm or 11 pm on Saturday, October 12. Here's a link for the start times around the world.
ReplyDeleteOctober is ... busy! I love all the online "boo-kish" events that take place in October, and now I see there's plenty of offline stuff happening too.
ReplyDeleteTanya Patrice
Girlxoxo.com
Wow, what a great month ahead for you! I always seem to miss the Read-A-Thon...boo. Thanks for sharing about these events, and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for visiting my blog.
We almost missed the Readathon. I have a family reunion next weekend, too, but my husband has to do a rock presentation here that weekend...so, can't go to the reunion.
ReplyDeleteSounds simply wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI had so hoped to participate in the read-athon (I have missed the last three...) but we are going to Des Moines to a huge book fair and I will not be back in town until Saturday night. Hopefully I will participate in the spring event.
Yeah, I'd really like to participate in next weekend's readathon, but I'm away at my wife's 25th high school reunion. So there's that. :) Otherwise, I would be.
ReplyDeleteWhy in the world would someone schedule a high school reunion the same weekend as the readathon?! Lol.
ReplyDeleteMolly, your excuse is acceptable. Book fair = readathon. Both are valuable activities.
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