Events, Domestic, and Covers, Abroad

It's been approximately a million years since I've been home and so I am really behind on basic housekeeping. And by housekeeping, I mean mopping the kitchen floor, posting about U.S. events coming up, and sharing foreign covers that shock and awe me. So here it is.

I just checked into my flight for tomorrow morning, because I am heading off to Minneapolis, Minnesota for KidLitCon on Saturday, an conference about children's authors and the blogging world. That I've already announced, I think. But I don't think I've mentioned that on Friday night, I will be holding a roundtable discussion and signing with my two critique partners, Brenna Yovanoff & Tessa Gratton. We'll be talking about what makes a critique group work, how we met, and taking audience questions. (And of course Brenna will be signing copies of THE REPLACEMENT and I'll be happy to sign any of my books).

So, details of that: Friday, October 22nd, 7 p.m. Merry Sisters of Fate at the Loft. Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415 (612-215-2575)

And the other event I need to mention is the Halloween bash with the hilarious Jackson Pearce (SISTERS RED). We'll be at my favorite indie bookstore, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, on Halloween, having a werewolf extravaganza. Not only will we be talking books, we'll be hosting a costume party. Winner gets a werewolf goodie bag which may or may not involve stuffed animals, werewolf books, Rilke, hand-drawn Shiver/ Linger paperdolls, or hatchets. Also, since it's Fountain Bookstore, home of Maggie-doodled books, I'll be doodling in everything I sign. And in case you needed any more convincing, there's also a ghost walk there in creepy-cool Shockoe Bottom. So you don't have to come for just us.

Details: Sunday, October 31st, 2-3 p.m. Halloween Werewolves with Maggie Stiefvater & Jackson Pearce. Fountain Bookstore/ Sam Miller's Restaurant. 1210 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219-4118. (804) 788-1594. This IS a ticketed event ($8) - but if you buy a book there, it is $8 off the price of the book, so basically it's just the store's way of ensuring that you will buy a book at the event. And space is limited, so I'd book in advance.

And then, finally, some foreign covers. Collected into one place.

Dutch Edition of Lament	Indonesian Edition of Shiver
Serbian Edition of Lament	Serbian Edition of Ballad
Bulgarian Edition of Linger	Japanese Edition of Shiver

Latvian Edition of Ballad

Spanish edition of Lament (I think I shared this before, but smaller)

Slovenian edition of Shiver

Slovakian edition of Shiver

Hungarian edition of Linger

Weird, yes? Now I'm going back to polishing my talk I'm giving at a conference on Sunday. I wrote it on the plane back from Frankfurt, and transcribing my notes is going to take me the rest of my life.