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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

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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



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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
Virginia Festival of the Book

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.


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