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Upcoming Events
2024
April 25, 2024 PWSLA Event
November 21-24, 2024 NCTE, Boston, MA
- Panel: “The Poetry of Nature: Instilling Awe, Wonder, and the Gift of Language for Sharing and Exploring Our World”
- Panel: “Finding Hope in Harsh Times: Using Verse Novels to Explore Challenging Topics in History”
Past Events
2023
September 30, 2023 “Digging Deep: Researching Your Nonfiction or Historical Fiction Project” SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Intensive 9:00am-12:00pm, Reston, Virginia
November 2, 2023 VAASL in Chantilly, Virginia with SCBWI Mid-Atlantic
November 4, 2023 “Digging Deep: Researching Your Nonfiction or Historical Fiction Project” DE/MD/WV SCBWI Intensive
2021
November 29, 2021 Keystone State Literacy Association Conference
December 4, 2021 Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Hybrid Conference
2020
February 17, 2020 School visit with West Salem Elementary School
November 7, 2020 SCBWI Nonfiction Conference with Smithsonian (virtual)
December 5, 2020 National Council for the Social Studies Conference (virtual)
2019
July 27-27, 2019 Hollinsummer
September 8, 2019 @ 2:00pm Book Launch Party at One More Page Books, Arlington, VA *
September 14, 2019 @11:00am Storytime and Signing with author Tracey Kyle at Scrawl Books, Reston, VA *
October 12, 2019 @ 1:00pm-3:00pm Local Authors Open House at Burke Centre Library, Burke, VA
October 24, 2019 @ 10:30am, Presentation and Reading at Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC
November 7, 2019 @ 2:15pm VAASL Conference, Roanoke, VA, Read Local Panel Presentation with Veronica Bartles, June Smalls, Tim Young, Kelly Anne White
November 7, 2019 @ 3:30pm VAASL Conference, Roanoke, VA SCBWI Elementary Panel Presentation
November 7, 2019 @ 5:30pm Book Event and Signing at Book No Further, Roanoke, VA*
November 8, 2019 @ 9:30am Book Signing at SCBWI Booth, VAASL Conference, Roanoke, VA
November 22, 2019 @9:30am NCTE Conference, Baltimore, MD, “Playing with Poetry: Using the Spirit of Inquiry to Take the Fear Out of the Poetry Process” Panel Presentation with Mary Lee Hahn, Carole Lindstrom, Laura Purdie Salas, Carole Boston Weatherford
December 1, 2019 @ 12:00pm Hooray for Books, Alexandria, VA, Storytime and Signing*
2018
November 29, 2018–“The Truth–and Nothing But the Truth,” FAME Conference Presenter with Moira Rose Donohue
October 12, 2018–K-2, 3-5 Workshops on Writing, West Salem Elementary School
July 15-21, 2018–Hollinsummer Writing Camp, Hollins University
June 25-26, 2018–Margaret Sue Copenhaver Institute
Keynote: “Writing Visionaries: Empowering Students to See Themselves as Writers”
Breakout Sessions for Elementary and Secondary
2017
November 2017–“The Truth–and Nothing But the Truth,” VAASL Conference Presenter with Moira Rose Donohue
2014
April 2014 “Mentor Me: Using Children’s Literature as Mentor Texts to Teach Writing,” VSRA
May 2014 Mentor Texts for Writers Workshop
January 2014 Mentor Texts for Writers Webina@9