Upcoming Appearances:
2008
May 6 - Visiting Author - Methuen High School, Methuen, MA
May 21 - Visiting Author - Brighton High School, Brighton, MA
June 28 - Guest Speaker - National Stuttering Association’s 25th Annual Conference, Parsippany, NJ.
Recent Appearances:
The Meadowbrook Waldorf School Faire, Richmond, RI
One Book - One Community - One Summer - Visiting Author - Laurens District 55 High School, Laurens, SC
Summer Shoreline SCBWI Conference, Madison, CT
American Library Association 2006 annual conference, New Orleans. Tending to Grace is awarded the Schneider Family Book Award for a middle grade novel that "artistically portrays the disability experience."
41st Annual Diocesan Religious Education Workshop Day, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.
Nipmuc Regional High School, Upton, MA.
2006 Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) annual New England conference.
Putnam High School, Putnam, CT.
New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT.
Seekonk High School, Seekonk, MA.
Massachusetts School Library and Media Association’s annual (2005) conference, Sturbridge, MA.
Attleboro Children’s Literature Festival, Attleboro, MA.
St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, RI.
Pomfret Community School, Pomfret, CT.
SCBWI New England Winter Conference - Featured Speaker - W. Alton Jones Whispering Pines Conference Center, West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Annual Meeting - Foster Public Library and Tyler Free Library.
Boston College - The Foundation for Children's Books. www.thefcb.org
West Warwick High School
Johnston High School, Johnston, Rhode Island
Brooklyn Middle School, Brooklyn, Connecticut
Teen Writer's Group - Foster Public Library, Foster, Rhode Island
Guest Speaker, Women’s Initiative, Tatnuck Booksellers (Worcester, MA)
Burrillville High School, Burrillville, Rhode Island
Moses Brown Book Fair - School Workshop and Book Signing. Moses Brown School, 250 Lloyd Ave, Providence, Rhode Island.
Island Authors Book Festival - Newport Public Library 300 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island
Radio interview guest - Reading With Robin - WHJJ AM Providence
Ponagansett High School - Providence Journal Article
Rhode Island Library Association Festival of Rhode Island Authors. 1-4 p.m. , Narragansett Towers, Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Guest Speaker, "Luncheon Celebrating Rhode Island Authors," Rhode Island College .
TENDING TO GRACE is launched with a reading and book signing at Tyler Free Library Foster, Rhode Island.
Guest Speaker, “Under the Spell of Books Conference on Literature for Young People," Rhode Island College”