Event photos & endorsements Ms. Marzoni's Class has fun with dinosaurs (Laura didn't do a school visit with them, but she wishes she could have!) 2010 EVENTS 4th Annual Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference July 8-11 www.bookpassage.com Pacific Northwest Writers Conference July 22-25 www.pnwa.org Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers annual Colorado Gold Conference September 10 - 12 www.rmfw.org PREVIOUS EVENTS 2 0 0 9 Kidquake, part of the Litquake San Francisco Book Festival Wednesday, Oct. 14th, 10:00 am SF Main Library 100 Larkin Street, Lower Level Koret Auditorium San Francisco www.litquake.org Kepler's Books Story Time Laura will be joining us at Story Time to share tips and tricks for dinosaur care. This may be your only chance to make a "Dino Care Kit." Sunday, Oct. 18, 11:30 am 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park www.keplers.com Books, Inc., San Francisco in the Marina Saturday, Oct. 24th, 11:00 am Books Inc., in the Marina 2251 Chestnut Street San Francisco www.booksinc.net NY Metropolitan Museum of Natural History More details to come Friday, November 6th, sleepover with Laura and the dinosaurs Saturday, November 7th, book signing with Laura in the museum bookstore Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY (212) 769-5100 www.amnh.org JCC Book Fair Wednesday, November 11th, 11:30 am 3921 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA Marin Primary Book Fair Friday, November 13th, 10:30 am 20 Magnolia Avenue Larkspur, CA PJCC Book Fair Wednesday, December 2nd, 11:30 am 800 Foster City Blvd Foster City, CA Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, Book Fair December 10th, 1:30 pm 450 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 2 0 1 0 San Diego State University Writers Conference January 29 - 31 Doubletree Hotel, Mission Bay 9:30 am, Ballroom It's Just Bunny Eat Bunny Out There: How To Succeed in the Competitive Picture Book Market 2:00 pm, Brickstones Agent's Panel San Diego, CA San Francisco Writers Conference Friday, February 12th, 3:00 pm PICTURE BOOKS: How to Write, Illustrate, and Sell Literary agent Laura Rennert, Buying, Training, and Caring for Your Dinosaur; Robert San Souci, Sister Tricksters www.sfwriters.org The Historic Mark Hopkins Hotel San Francisco, CA Laura's Picture Book Class March 6th, 10 am - 1 pm Bunny Eat Bunny: How to Succeed in the Competitive Picture Book Market Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera, CA Breakfast with Author Laura Rennert March 19th, 7:00 am Pre-K, Kindergarden, and 1st grade students enjoy breakfast and discuss writing with Laura Rennert, author of Buying, Training and Caring for Your Dinosaur. Open only to the Charlottesville Catholic School community. Charlottesville Catholic School 1205 Pen Park Rd. (434) 964-040 Charlottesville, VA READ ENDORSEMENT! School Visit March 19th, 8:30 am Charlottesville Catholic School 1205 Pen Park Rd. DINO Presentation by Laura Rennert to Pre K, Kindergarten and 1st grade students and parents Charlottesville, VA READ ENDORSEMENT! Virginia Festival of the Book March 20th 12:00 pm Pub Day: Getting Published—Picture Books to Young Adult Laura Rennert (Buying, Training and Caring for Your Dinosaur), Deborah Heiligman (Charles and Emma), Bonnie Doerr (Island Sting), Emily Ecton (Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments), and Ruth Spiro (Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist) share their stories. Moderated by: Fran Cannon Slayton 4:00 pm Pub Day: Agents Roundtable Join agents Jenny Bent, Erin Cox, Laura Rennert, and Simon Lipskar for a discussion of what they look for in writers and insight into the author-agent relationship. Featuring: Jenny Bent, Erin Cox, Simon Lipskar, Laura Joy Rennert Omni Hotel 235 West Main Street (434) 971-5500 Charlottesville, VA School visit March Bells Mill Elementary School 8225 Bells Mill Rd. Potomac, MD READ ENDORSEMENT! Writers Conference April 22 - 24 LDS Storyteller Conference Provo, UT Kid's Otter Read Day Around the Bay May 1st, 1:00 to 3:00 pm San Francisco, CA Laura will be appearing at this celebration of children's booksellers, children's books authors, children's book illustrators, and, most importantly, children's book lovers. It is sponsored by the Northern California Children's Bookseller's Association (NCCBA), is open to readers of all ages, and will feature appearances by local children's authors and illustrators from 1pm to 3pm at more than 10 independent bookstores around the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more about it here.