It’s starting again! I can’t wait to hear what this year’s mentors bring to the League. We are starting off with poet and humorist extraordinaire Sue Cowing who has come all the way from Hawaii. Come see us this Saturday October 12th at 2pm at the Cedar Hills Powells 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Parking is free! There will be another event going on at the same time so come find us over by the magazines. Can’t wait to see all of my awesome League members and hear about their writing and drawing.
I’m so excited to be coming to the Bay Area for a whirlwind weekend of bookstore visits. All you adventurers, explorers, and wildlife trackers, come to your local bookstore and we will talk wolves and tracking and wilderness adventure. Every explorer who comes to my book events will get a small tracking journal of their own! Can’t wait to meet all you wolf fans. Here’s the schedule
Friday July 12th at BOOK PASSAGE in Corte Madera, CA at 7pm
Saturday July 13th at TOWNE CENTER BOOKS in Pleasanton, CA at 11am
also Saturday July 13th at FLASHLIGHT BOOKS in Walnut Creek, CA at 3pm
And Sunay July 14th at THE BOOK MINE in Napa, CA at 2pm.
To be honest, so long as my books do well enough that I get to write another, I’m content. And then, today, I got the news from my editor A Wolf Called Wander debuted at #11 on the Indie Best Seller List! I’m over the moon! I never imagined I would write a best seller.
But I was forgetting to take into account the awesomeness of indie booksellers. Hundreds of them across the country have taken my Wander under their wing just as his raven does in the story. They have read it open-heartedly and given it pride of place in their shops. Thank you, a thousand times!
And if that wasn’t exciting enough, I’ve also just learned that our Wolf will be featured in the top 10 books for Summer of 2019 on the Indie Next flyer that comes out today. Many thanks to Virginia Duncan and the team at Greenwillow who positioned the book quite brilliantly and to Mónica Armiño for her gorgeous illustrations.
At last! The American edition of A WOLF CALLED WANDER is out in the world. It’s my first book with a signed first edition and my first book to be translated. Thanks to Virginia Duncan and the team at Greenwillow for a beautiful project from start to finish. Breathtaking art from Mónica Armiño graces nearly every page. There are blog interviews with Janet Lee Carey here and with Brazos Bookstore here. And my hometown bookstore Powells has made it a Pick of the Month for May. I’m going to be celebrating the launch at A Children’s Place Bookstore on Friday May 10th at 7pm 4807 NE Fremont St, Portland OR.
With excitement, humor, sweetness, and a beautiful, imaginative voice full of innocence, exuberance, and downright wolfiness, A Wolf Called Wander is the incredible tale, based on a true story, of one young wolf’s coming-of-age during his adventurous 1,000-mile trip in search of a new home. Recommended By Gigi L., Powells.com
Journey of the Pale Bear and my new book which is just out this week is called A Wolf Called Wander.
The League of Exceptional Writers is a free mentoring program sponsored by the Oregon Society of Children’s book Writers and Illustrators and hosted by the Cedar Hills Powell’s Bookstore. We meet every second Saturday at 2pm from October to May. Avid readers and writers ages 8 to 18 are welcome. Please share the poster below with your friends, your school and your library.