E. Lockhart's Blog

Chicago

Hello from Chicago!
Pizza. That thick Chicago-style pizza.
A fancy hotel!
So tall that I had to change my room because I was scared to be up that high. Now I am on a sane floor (15). (Sarah and Lauren like being up high. They are not as neurotic as me.)

I want to write about stuff properly and post photos, but it will have to wait until morning. For now, here is a list of our upcoming events (including one new one!)

THE HOW TO BE BAD TOUR

May 13, 2008
7:00 pm Barnes & Noble 55 Old Orchard Center Skokie, IL 60077 847-676-2230

May 14th, 2008
7:00 pm Tattered Cover bookstore 9315 Dorchester St Littleton, CO 80129
(303) 470-7050 NOTE: This event is Myracle and Mlynoswki only, no Lockhart.

May 19, 2008
3:30 PM Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse 964 Foothill Blvd. La Canada, CA 91011

May 19, 2008
7:00 pm B&N Thousand Oaks 160 S. Westlake Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (805) 446-2820

May 20, 2008
6:30pm Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA 91101 626-449-5320

May 21, 2008
7:00 pm Not Your Mother's Book Club Books Inc. in Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 776-1111

May 22, 2008
3:00pm Hicklebee's Childrens Books 1378 Lincoln Ave San Jose, CA 95125 408-292-8880

May 22, 2008
7:30pm Copperfields Books 140 Kentucky St Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 762-0563

May 29, 2008
4:00 pm Borders 1499 Post Rd Fairfield, CT 06824 203-256-1619

May 30, 2008
7:00 pm Outback Teen Center, hosted by Elm Street Books, 71 Main St. New Canaan, CT 06840 (203) 966-4545

May 31, 2008
2:00 pm Barnes & Noble Country Glen Center 91 Old Country Road Carle Place, NY 11514 516-741-9850

June 1, 2008
1:00 pm Books of Wonder 18 West 18th St. New York, NY 10011 (212) 989-3270

Updated Tour dates

This May I’ll be on tour with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski for release of our book, How to Be Bad. I’ll also be signing The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks at all events, plus you’ll be able to get hot-off-the-presses paperbacks of Dramarama and The Boy Book. Also cold-off-the-presses copies of my others.
Lauren and Sarah will sign their other books too.

This is the UPDATED tour schedule. Please come out and see us!
Librarians and teachers, bring your kids!

GEORGIA

May 5th and 6th, 2008
IRA in Atlanta (Lockhart only). Speaking Tuesday morning the 6th , 9:00 am: “A Genre to Engage Every Young Adult Reader” — Coert Voorhees, Gail Giles, E. Lockhart and Jerry Spinelli. Signings and social events the 5th and 6th.

May 6, 2008
7:00 pm Barnes & Noble 2900 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta, GA 404-261-7747

FLORIDA

May 7, 2008
4:00 pm The Bookmark 299 Atlantic Blvd Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 904-241-9026

May 8, 2008
2:00 pm Goerings Book Store 1717 NW First Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32603
352-377-3703

May 8, 2008
7:00pm Borders 8285 Red Bug Lake Road Oviedo, FL 32765 407-977-3385

May 9, 2008
7:00 pm Store Event/Teen Band Night Books & Books 265 Aragon Ave Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-4408

May 10
2:00 pm Barnes and Noble Plantation, FL

ILLINOIS

May 12, 2008
7:00 pm Anderson’s Bookshops 123 W Jefferson Ave Naperville, IL 60540 630-355-2665

May 13, 2008
7:00pm Barnes & Noble 55 Old Orchard Center Skokie, IL 60077 847-676-2230

COLORADO

May 14th, 2008
7:00 pm Tattered Cover bookstore 9315 Dorchester St Littleton, CO 80129
(303) 470-7050 NOTE: This event is Myracle and Mlynoswki only, no Lockhart.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

May 19, 2008
7:00 pm B&N Thousand Oaks 160 S. Westlake Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (805) 446-2820

May 20, 2008
6:30pm Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA 91101 626-449-5320

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

May 21, 2008
7:00 pm Not Your Mother’s Book Club Books Inc. in Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 776-1111

May 22, 2008
3:00pm Hicklebee’s Childrens Books 1378 Lincoln Ave San Jose, CA 95125 408-292-8880

May 22, 2008
7:30pm Copperfields Books 140 Kentucky St Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 762-0563

CONNECTICUT

May 29, 2008
4:00 pm Borders 1499 Post Rd Fairfield, CT 06824 203-256-1619

May 30, 2008
7:00 pm Outback Teen Center, hosted by Elm Street Books, 71 Main St. New Canaan, CT 06840 (203) 966-4545

NEW YORK

May 31, 2008
2:00 pm Barnes & Noble Country Glen Center 91 Old Country Road Carle Place, NY 11514 516-741-9850

June 1, 2008
1:00 pm Books of Wonder 18 West 18th St. New York, NY 10011 (212) 989-3270

Reminder, come see me Wed March 12

Reminder:

Teen Author Reading Night (hosted by David Levithan)
6–7:30, at the Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL
425 6th Ave. at 10th Street
New York City

March 12
Wednesday

me, reading from The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Elizabeth Scott, Perfect You
Siobhan Vivian, A Little Friendly Advice
Melissa Walker, Violet by Design
Maryrose Wood, My Life: The Musical

Come hear me read, March 12

Teen Author Reading Night (hosted by David Levithan)
6–7:30, at the Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL
425 6th Ave. at 10th Street
New York City

March 12
me, reading from The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Elizabeth Scott, Perfect You
Siobhan Vivian, A Little Friendly Advice
Melissa Walker, Violet by Design
Maryrose Wood, My Life: The Musical

I have met all these women and they are charismatic and charming and excellent writers. Maryrose is possibly the funniest person on the planet.
Also, this is the only time that I know about that I will ever read from Disreputable History in a public event! And it's not even out yet!
Yes, I am touring in March, and I will sign that thing from Atlanta to San Francisco, but not read.
So please come out and see me!

Tour Dates in May

Tour dates!
This May I'll be on tour with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski for release of our book, How to Be Bad. I'll also be signing The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks at all events, plus you'll be able to get hot-off-the-presses paperbacks of Dramarama and The Boy Book. Also cold-off-the-presses copies of my others.
Lauren and Sarah will sign their other books too!

Here's the schedule. Mark your schedules.
Librarians and teachers, bring your kids!

May 6, 2008
Barnes & Noble 7:00pm 2900 Peachtree Rd Atlanta, GA 404-261-7747

May 7, 2008
The Bookmark 4:00pm 299 Atlantic Blvd Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 904-241-9026

May 8, 2008
7:00pm Borders 8285 Red Bug Lake Road Oviedo, FL 32765 _407-977-3385

May 9, 2008
Store Event/Teen Band Night 7:00pm_Books & Books _265 Aragon Ave _Coral Gables, FL 33134 _305-442-4408

May 12, 2008
7 PM_Anderson's Bookshops _123 W Jefferson Ave _Naperville, IL 60540 _630-355-2665

May 13, 2008
7:00pm _Barnes & Noble _55 Old Orchard Center _Skokie, IL 60077 _847-676-2230

May 20, 2008_
6:30pm_Vroman's Bookstore _695 E. Colorado Blvd _Pasadena, CA 91101 _626-449-5320

May 21, 2008
Not Your Mother_s Book Club event _7:00pm_Books Inc._San Francisco, CA

May 22, 2008
Hicklebee's Childrens Books _3:00pm_1378 Lincoln Ave _San Jose, CA 95125 _408-292-8880

May 29, 2008
Time: TK_ Fairfield Public Library _1080 Old Post Road _Fairfield, CT 06824 _203-256-3155

May 31, 2008
Barnes & Noble _2:00pm_Country Glen Center _91 Old Country Road_Carle Place, NY 11514_516-741-9850

NCTE/ALAN

Reminder: If you're going to the NCTE conference please come see me!

FRIDAY the 16th
Panel 9:30 -10:45 "Adolescent Literacy at the Crossroads: Redefining Sex and Sexuality in YA Fiction"
me, Laurie Halse-Anderson, Lara Zeises, Laura Ruby, Tanya Lee Stone, and Brent Hartinger -- moderated by Teri Lesesne.

1-2pm Autographing Random House booth #529
The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, Fly on the Wall

4-5PM Autographing at Scholastic Booth#510
Together with a whole BEVY of other YA authors, signing 21 Proms
Holly Black • Libba Bray • Rachel Cohn • Daniel Ehrenhaft • Aimee Friedman • E. Lockhart
David Levithan • Leslie Margolis • Sarah Mlynowski • Lisa Sandell • Adrienne Vrettos

SATURDAY, the 17th

10:00-11:00AM Autograph in HarperCollins Booth #571
With Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski -- first ever signing of How to Be Bad

11AM-noon Autographing at Hyperion Booth #243
Dramarama and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

I'll be at the ALAN cocktail thingee on Sunday evening, too. Please come say hello!

Promtastic signing

For those of you going to NCTE this coming weekend:

Ooh, I just found out that the 21 Proms signing on Friday the 16th
will involve balloons, punch & cookies, and music -- a PROM ATMOSPHERE WITH SNACKS. Plus, eleven YA authors, all in one place.

Holly Black • Libba Bray • Rachel Cohn • Daniel Ehrenhaft • Aimee Friedman • E. Lockhart
David Levithan • Leslie Margolis • Sarah Mlynowski • Lisa Sandell • Adrienne Vrettos

4-5PM Autographing at Scholastic Booth#510

(my complete appearance schedule here)

NCTE

If you're going to the NCTE conference in New York weekend of the 16th, 17th, 18th, please come see me! I am all over that thing.

FRIDAY the 16th
Panel 9:30 -10:45 "Adolescent Literacy at the Crossroads: Redefining Sex and Sexuality in YA Fiction"
me, Laurie Halse-Anderson, Lara Zeises, Laura Ruby, Tanya Lee Stone, and Brent Hartinger -- moderated by Teri Lesesne.

1-2pm Autographing Random House booth #529
The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, Fly on the Wall

4-5PM Autographing at Scholastic Booth#510
Together with a whole BEVY of other YA authors, signing 21 Proms
Holly Black • Libba Bray • Rachel Cohn • Daniel Ehrenhaft • Aimee Friedman • E. Lockhart
David Levithan • Leslie Margolis • Sarah Mlynowski • Lisa Sandell • Adrienne Vrettos

SATURDAY, the 17th

10:00-11:00AM Autograph in HarperCollins Booth #571
With Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski -- first ever signing of How to Be Bad

11AM-noon Autographing at Hyperion Booth #243
Dramarama and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

I'll be at the ALAN cocktail thingee on Sunday evening, too. Please come say hello!

Tonight! Come chat

TONIGHT! Oct 24.
I'll be chatting at the readergirlz group forum about Dramarama, The Boyfriend List, How to Be Bad, Disreputable History, whatever else! Ask me, and I'll answer.

8:00 PM eastern, 5:00 pacific -- but I may be a little late! I have a scheduling issue. So if YOU'RE running late, log on anyhow. And if you're there early, hang out -- I promise I'll be there, and will stay for a full hour.

It's all on MySpace. Just friend ReaderGirlz and their group forum (you have to do both!) -- and then every SINGLE NIGHT IN OCTOBER, you can chat with a different teen author. It's a celebration of
YALSA's Teen Read Week.

A refresher on how to do it:
Go to readergirlz group on myspace, once YOU are signed in to myspace. (remember, make sure you have followed the instructions above re: friending and joining readergirlz).

At the readergirlz group site, scroll past the Welcome and Member faces down to the forum.
Find the thread entitled “October 24th, E. Lockhart” (or the date and name of whatever other author you are checking out) and double-click it.
At 5:00 PDT / 8:00 EDT, the chat starts and I'll say hello. You can post questions and I'll answer them. To see the answers, return to the forum and refresh.

Come chat on the 24th

Reminder: I'll be chatting on October 24th at the readergirlz group forum about Dramarama, The Boyfriend List, How to Be Bad, Disreputable History, whatever else! Ask me, and I'll answer.

8:00 PM eastern, 5:00 pacific -- but I may be a little late! I have a scheduling issue. So if YOU'RE running late, log on anyhow. And if you're there early, hang out -- I promise I'll be there, and will stay for a full hour.

It's all on MySpace. Just friend ReaderGirlz and their group forum (you have to do both!) -- and then every SINGLE NIGHT IN OCTOBER, you can chat with a different teen author. It's a celebration of
YALSA's Teen Read Week.

Here's the coming line-up -- everyone at 8pm eastern.

October 21. Sonya Sones
22. Lisa Yee
23. Carolyn Mackler
24. E. Lockhart
25. Janet Lee Carey
26. Gaby Triana
27. Lauren Myracle
28. Holly Black
29. Cynthia Leitich Smith
30. Dia Calhoun
31. Stephenie Meyer

Now, it's not SUPER obvious what to do, so this is it:
Go to readergirlz group on myspace, once YOU are signed in to myspace. (remember, make sure you have followed the instructions above re: friending and joining readergirlz).

At the readergirlz group site, scroll past the Welcome and Member faces down to the forum.
Find the thread entitled “October 24th, E. Lockhart” (or the date and name of whatever other author you are checking out) and double-click it.
At 5:00 PDT / 8:00 EDT, the chat starts and I'll say hello. You can post questions and I'll answer them. To see the answers, return to the forum and refresh.