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Friday
Jul202012

Something Fierce This Way Comes: Fall 2012 Fierce Reads Tour

Are you ready to read something fierce?

After the success of our spring 2012 Fierce Reads tour (read about it here in Publisher's Weekly!), we're back this fall with six NEW Fierce Reads authors for the tour, which also features three familiar faces.

 
Featuring  Ann Aguirre, Elizabeth Fama, Lish McBride and Marissa Meyer:

  • September 18: Changing Hands Bookstore in Pheonix, AZ
  • September 19: Tattered Cover in Denver, CO
  • September 20: Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO (This stop also features author Jessica Brody!)
  • September 21: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinatti, OH
  • September 22: Next Chapter Bookshop in Milwaukee, WI
  • September 23: Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC (This stop will not feature author Marissa Meyer)

Featuring Gennifer Albin, Caragh O'Brien, Marie Rutkoski and Leigh Bardugo:


  • October 16: Lake Forest Bookstore in Lake Forest, IL
  • October 17: Politics & Prose at the Bethesda Library outside of Washington D.C.
  • October 18: Cover to Cover Bookstore in Columbus, OH
  • October 19: Square Books in Oxford, MS
  • October 20: Children's Book World in Haverford, PA
  • October 21: New York City (Exact location TBD!)

Learn more about the Fall 2012 Fierce Reads titles at MacTeenBooks.com, our sister blog and become a fan of Fierce Reads on Facebook for 

Go to our Fierce Reads Facebook page to RSVP to the stop closest to your hometown!


Fierce Reads

Fierce Reads is an online community and a brand that groups, well, fierce books together so that teens can interact with books they love and be a part of the discovery of new books.

On our Fierce Reads Facebook Page fans can talk about their favorite fierce titles, enter for a chance to win FREE books, see exclusively fierce content and download the  song featured in the Fierce Reads book trailer (among many, many other things).

This summer, four debut authors -- Anna Banks, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer Bosworth and Emmy Laybourne -- who each wrote fierce, funny and sometimes terrifying stories toured the country (literally from sea to shining sea) together for the first Fierce Reads book tour. 

 

Learn more about our spring 2012 Fierce Reads on MacTeenBooks.com! 

 

Tuesday
Jul102012

MacKidsBooks at San Diego Comic Con

 

That's right folks! We're headed to Comic Con this week for the first time this year! If you happen to be there, come by Booth #1220 to say hello and to check out these great signings and panels!

Oh, and be sure to check out our graphic novel imprint, First Seconds Books, who will also be exhibiting at SDCC and see their amazing schedule as well.

THURSDAY, July 12:

12:00-1:00 PM                      In-Booth Signing: Michael Grant, EVE AND ADAM

3:00-4:00 PM                        Gennifer Albin (Crewel) on the “Hungry for Dystopia” Panel

                                                Room: 25ABC

Hungry for Dystopia— With the skyrocketing popularity of The Hunger Games, dystopian literature has been creating major waves in the media. What attracts these authors to explore the concept of a totalitarian future that possibly awaits us all? Anna North (America Pacifica) leads the discussion with panelists Neal Shusterman (Unwind trilogy), Lissa Price (Starters), Paolo Bacigalupi (The Drowned Cities), Michael Grant (BZRK), Daniel H. Wilson (Amped), Gennifer Albin (Crewel), and Marie Lu (Legend trilogy). Room 25ABC

4:30-5:30 PM                         Post-Panel Signing: Gennifer Albin, CREWEL

                     Location: Autographing Area, Table AA09 

 

FRIDAY, July 13:

10:00-11:00 AM                     In-Booth Signing: Jennifer Bosworth, STRUCK

11:30-12:30 PM                    Marissa Meyer (Cinder) on the “Remixed Fairy Tales and Superhero   Lore” Panel Room 5AB

Remixed Fairy Tales and Superhero Lore— Between this year's Mirror Mask and Snow White and the Huntsman and forthcoming retellings of Beauty and the Beast and Hansel and Gretel -- not to mention recent reexaminations such as Soon I Shall Be Invincible and The Magicians -- the mythology of fairy tales and superheroes is embedded in our popular culture. But some of the characters aren't quite what they used to be. Discuss the enduring power of these archetypes and how they can also be reinterpreted with panelists Sarah Maas (Throne of Glass), Marissa Meyer (Cinder), Rae Carson (The Girl of Fire and Thorns), Paul Tobin (Prepare to Die), Tom King (A Once Crowded Sky), Michael Scott (The Enchantress), Tracy Hickman (Wayne of Gotham), and Cecil Castellucci (The Year of the Beasts). Moderated by David Mariotte of Mysterious Galaxy. Room 5AB

1:00-2:00 PM                         Post-panel Signing: Marissa Meyer, CINDER

                                                Location: Autographing Area, Table AA09

1:00-2:00 PM                         In-Booth Signing: Gennifer Albin, CREWEL

3:00-4:00 PM                         In-Booth Signing: Jon Chad, LEO GEO 

 

SATURDAY, July 14:

10:30-11:30 AM               Jennifer Bosworth (Struck) on the “Hot Time: Faeries in the City—Urban Fantasy” Panel Room: 5AB

Hot Town: Faeries in the City: Urban Fantasy— Imagine having to battle paranormal beings while managing work and family and a love life. Caught in the midst of love triangles, the supernatural, vampires, Celtic gods, monsters in NYC, slayers in San Diego, and more...these authors know that our world is not always what it seems and they like it that way. Moderator Benjamin Tate (Leaves of Flame) discusses the convergence of the modern and the paranormal with Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles), Kat Richardson (Seawitch), Jennifer Bosworth (Struck), Anton Strout (Simon Canderous series), Seanan McGuire (Discount Armaggedon), Jeanne Stein (Anna Strong Vampire Novels), J.F. Lewis (Burned: A Void City Novel), and S. G. Browne (Lucky Bastard). Room 5AB                                               

11:00-12:00 PM                     In-Booth Signing: Marissa Meyer, CINDER

12:00-1:00 PM                       Post-Panel Signing: Jennifer Bosworth, STRUCK

                                                Location: Autographing Area, Table AA09 

12:00-1:00 PM                       In-Booth Signing: Hope Larson, A WRINKLE IN TIME: Graphic Novel

1:00-2:00 PM                         In-Booth Signing: Leigh Bardugo, SHADOW AND BONE

3:00-4:00 PM                         In-Booth Signing: Lish McBride, HOLD ME CLOSER, NECROMANCER

3:00-4:00 PM                         Hope Larson on the “A Wrinkle in Time” Panel

                                                Room: 23ABC

A Wrinkle in Time— "To boldly go where no man has gone before" is the phrase that has greeted many of us who have looked to the heavens in awe. From the far-flung reaches of the Milky Way to the mind-bending possibilities of time travel, let the authors of speculative fiction tell you what they see when they venture to other dimensions. Board a starship to the future with David Brin (Existence), Deborah Harkness (Shadow of Night), Michael Cassutt (co-author of Heaven's Shadow trilogy), Charles Yu (Sorry Please Thank You), Phil Hornshaw (co-author of So You Created a Wormhole), Peter F. Hamilton (The Nano Flower), Orson Scott Card (Earth Unaware, Ender's Game), and Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time graphic novel), captained by Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy. Room 23ABC

4:30-5:30 PM                         Post-Panel Autographing: Hope Larson, A WRINKLE IN TIME: Graphic Novel

                                                Location: Autographing Area, Table AA09

SUNDAY, July 15:

10:00-11:00 AM                    In-Booth Signing: Cecil Castellucci & Nate Powell, THE YEAR OF THE BEASTS

12:00-1:00 PM                      Lish McBride and Leigh Bardugo on the “What’s Hot in YA” Panel

                                                Room: 25ABC

What's Hot in Young Adult Fiction— Strong protagonists, engrossing romance, humor, action, and angst! Panelists offer a Q&A session and chat about the hottest new titles and trends in YA fiction. Moderated by Nathan Bransford (Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe) and featuring Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone), James Dashner (The Maze Runner series), Kami Garcia (co-author of the Beautiful Creatures novels), Tahereh Mafi (Unravel Me), Melina Marchetta (Froi of the Exiles), Lish McBride (Hold Me Closer, Necromancer), Myra McEntire (Hourglass trilogy), and Scott Westerfeld (Uglies). Room 25ABC

1:30-2:30 PM                         Post-Panel Signing: Lish McBride, HOLD ME CLOSER, NECROMANCER and Leigh Bardugo, SHADOW AND BONE

                                                Location: Autograph Area, Table AA09