The October 11th release of Around the World is almost upon us! I'm getting ready for a bunch of events at schools, libraries, bookstores, and festivals. Here's the schedule thus far:
10/4 Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown, PA. Presenting alongside my pals Eric Wight and Brian Biggs at 4 pm. Directions here.
10/15 & 10/16 Southern Festival of the Book, Nashville, TN. On Saturday, I'll be talking about my illustration process at 3pm. On Sunday, I'll be talking about picture books and graphic novels with Bob Shea and Jules Danielson from Seven Impossible Things at 1 pm. Here's the complete event schedule!
10/22 Book Release Signing at Children's Book World, Haverford, PA!
10/27 Keystone State Reading Association Conference, Lancaster, PA. I'll be speaking about graphic novels and signing books. Registration required. Here are the details.
11/4 Annual Author & Illustrator Night at Children's Book World. The most star-studded event of the year!
11/5 Family Reading Festival, Pottsville, PA. Some details are here.
11/11 & 11/12 Lititz Kid-Lit Festival, Aaron's Books, Lititz, PA. On Saturday, I'll be doing a drawing workshop with Eric Wight and signing books with the rest of the gang. Expect a good time, chocolate, pretzels, and possibly exotic meat. It's Lititz, after all. Details here!
11/25 Clinton Book Shop, Clinton, NJ. Signing from 12-2.
All events are free and open to the public except for the one that isn't! I'll be adding more events in the coming weeks. Hope to see you!
Interested in having me visit your school or library? How about a special free SKYPE visit?
Send me an email:
matt@mattphelan.com
* Events are for the book Around the World, not a tour "around the world". However, I am leaving the state of PA, to head to Nashville. That's something, right? It's Nashville!
