Summer 2012 Fierce Reads Tour Recap

Fierce Reads was launched in June with a spectacular tour! Four debut authors went on the road, with special author guests joining them along the way. The Fierce Reads tour took the authors across the country to meet new fans.

The four debut author and their books were:

And they were joined at various stops by Marissa Meyer, Jessica Brody, Lish McBride, Ann Aguirre, and Caragh O'Brien.

Couldn't make it to any of the events? Well you're in luck! Lots of bloggers went to the events and wrote up some recaps!

June 5: Mrs. Nelson's in La Verne, CA

June 6: Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, CA

June 7: Books, Inc. in San Francisco, CA    

June 8: Kepler's in Menlo Park, CA

June 9: Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA

June 12: Provo City Library in Provo, UT

June 13: Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, TX

June 14: Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, IL

June 15: Schuler's Books in Lansing, MI

June 16: Barnes and Noble in Pensacola, FL

June 17: Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY

There will be a new Fierce Read Tour in the Fall, so be sure to check out the Fierce Reads Facebook Fan Page to see which authors will be coming and where/when.

And stay fierce!

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!

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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! 

Alexander Gordon Smith goes on tour!

FUGITIVES author Alexander Gordon Smith is coming to the US to tour!

Here are his upcoming events:

•    March 5, 2012: Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park, WA), event at 7 PM (with Robin Wasserman)

•    March 12 or 13, 2012: Books, Inc (San Francisco, CA) “Not Your Mother’s Book Club” event at Time TBD

•    March 15, 2012: Public Library Association Conference (Philadelphia, PA), “Young at Heart: YA with Adult Crossover Appeal” panel

•    March 17, 2012: Children’s Book World (Haverford, PA), event at time TBD

•    March 19, 2012: New York Public Library “Teen Festival”, event at 5:30 PM

Cinder on tour!

On January 3rd, debut author Marissa Meyer is kicking off a month-long book promotion extravaganza. We’ve been celebrating her book, CINDER, leading up to its publication on January 3, 2012, and we plan to continue that celebration throughout the year.

I’m lucky enough to be joining Marissa for the first week of her book tour and hope to meet those of you who live near Seattle, Cincinnati, and Raleigh. I know Marissa is eager to get to know all of her fans in all of the cities listed below. But for those who don’t see their hometown in our line-up, check out the impressive virtual tour we have planned as well. And keep your eye here for updates on Marissa’s whereabouts throughout 2012 and updates on where Marissa has dropped in to sign stock so that you can pick up an autographed copy of CINDER at a store near you!

Monday, January 2
ONLINE at http://www.intergalactic-academy.net/

Tuesday, January 3
ONLINE at http://basicallyamazing.blogspot.com/
PARTY! IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Garfield Book Company at PLU, 208 Garfield Street, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA 98444

Wednesday, January 4
ONLINE at http://www.thebookrat.com/
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, 2692 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208

Thursday, January 5
ONLINE at http://www.readingvacation.net/

Friday, January 6
ONLINE at http://www.workingforthemandroid.com/
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Saturday, January 7
ONLINE at http://apocalypsies.blogspot.com/
 
Sunday, January 8
IN PERSON at 2:00 PM: Barnes & Noble, 19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway, Lynnwood, WA 98036

Monday, January 9
ONLINE at http://www.mybookishways.com/

Tuesday, January 10
ONLINE at http://bookalicio.us

Wednesday, January 11
ONLINE at http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com/
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: King’s English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105

Thursda, January 12
ONLINE at http://bookmigik.blogspot.com/
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Provo City Library, 500 North University Avenue, Provo, UT 84601

Friday, January 13
ONLINE at www.mangamaniaccafe.com

Saturday, January 14
ONLINE at http://abackwardsstory.blogspot.com/
 
Monday, January 16
ONLINE at http://www.laurasreviewbookshelf.com/

Tuesday, January 17
ONLINE at http://thebookwurrm.wordpress.com/

Wednesday, January 18
ONLINE at http://www.thebookcellarx.com/

Monday, January 23
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 (with Megan Miranda, author of Fracture)

Tuesday, January 24
IN PERSON at 3:00 PM: Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA 94952

Thursday, January 26
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94107 (with Megan Miranda, author of Fracture)

Friday, January 27
IN PERSON at 7:00 PM: Powell’s Books, 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR 97209