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December 2011
8 Skype Brian Kelley’s class Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA)
November 2011
8 Alys Stephens Center with Gee’s Bend quilters (Birmingham, AL)
17 kype Heather Tucker at Meek Elementary School (Arley, AL )
September 2011
22 Bismarck Public Library (Bismarck, ND)
June 2011
17 signing/book talk Yellow Book Road Bookstore (San Diego, CA)
17-19 Historical Fiction Society (San Diego, CA)
May 2011
11 Inverness Elementary School (Birmingham, AL)
17 Chelsea Intermediate School (Chelsea, AL)
19 Huntsville Library Association (Huntsville, AL)
April 2011
7 Alabama Christian School (Montogmery, AL)
7-8 Historical Fiction Society (San Diego, CA)
12, 13, 14 Mountain Brook Elementary, Cherokee Bend Elementary, Brookwood Forest Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL)
19 Gadsden Public Library (Gadsden, AL)
21 ALLA-YSPRT breakfast/ Awards Lunch Orange Beach, AL)
22 Emett O’Neal Library –poetry workshop for kids (Mountain Brook, AL)
25 Monroeville County High School, Crissy Nettles, Friends of Library at Beehive Coffee & Books (Monroeville, AL) 26 Straughn Middle School (Andalusia, AL)
March 2011
3 Brick Road Poetry Press reading (Columbus, GA)
8 judge poetry contest
12 Florence-Lauderdale County Library, Women’s History Month- poetry (Florence, AL)
15, 23, 30 Skype Terrill Middle School (Scotch Plains, NJ) Stephanie Giannacio
February 2011
2 Skype Brian Kelley’s class Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA)
8 Lafayette County – Oxford Public Library “The Story Behind the Story” (Oxford, MS)
18 ACETA – “Writing Across Culture” (Tuskegee, AL)
22 Judson College (Marion, AL)
24 University Club (Tuscaloosa, AL)
25 Write in the Middle, University of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL)
January 2011
19 OLLI program University of Alabama-Gadsden (Gadsden, AL)
25-26 Homewood Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
November 2010
3 Alabama Reading Association (Birmingham, AL)
18 Heritage Quilters of Huntsville (Huntsville, AL)
October 2010
1 Booker T. Washington School (Montgomery, AL)
8-9 Auburn Writers Conference (Auburn, AL)
15-16 Southern-Breeze, Writing and Illustrating for Kids (Birmingham, AL)
17 Auburn Public Library, 2:30-4 pm with Rachel Hawkins, R.A. Nelson & Ginger Rue
20-22 Mississippi Library Association ( Vicksburg, MS)
30 Brook's Bookstop (McCalla, AL)
September 2010
15 North Shelby Library, Homeschool Hangout, 1-2 pm
24-26 SCBWI MidSouth, Nashville, TN
29 Buckhorn High School (Huntsville, AL)
August 2010
5 Atlanta Quilt Festival, reading and signing, 2:30 pm, South Fulton Ats Center, Atlanta, GA
5 Wine and Words, reading and intimate conversation, 6:30-8:30 pm, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA
27-30 Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, MA
July 2010
12 Florence Quilters Guild, 9:30 am (Florence, AL)
13 Birmingham Arts Journal reading/release party, 6:30 pm
Emmet O'Neal Library
14 Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
2 - 3:30 pm (Myrtle Beach, SC)
15 Gadsden Public Library, 5:30 pm (Gadsden, AL)
16-18 Alabama Writers Conclave (Birmingham, AL)
19 Quilting Radio Show, 3 pm CST
June 2010
5 Book signing/quilt show, 2-4 pm, Universalist Unitarian Church, Montgomery, AL
7 UAB Creative Writing Camp, University of Alabama
Birmingham, 1-2 pm
11-12 Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscalooa, AL
19-20 The Long Weekend, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
25 Coldwater Books, 1 - 3 pm, Tuscumbia, AL
May 2010
8 Writing Workshop with author Ginger Rue, Springville Road Library, 10 -3 pm (Birmingham, AL)
15 Davis Kidd Bookseller, 3 pm (Memphis, TN)
16 Emmet O'Neal Library, 2-4 pm (Mountain Brook, AL)
21 Thompson Sixth Grade Center (Alabaster, AL)
25 Books of Wonder, with Class of 2k10, 6-8 pm (New York, NY)
26 New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch, with Class of 2k10, 10 am - 12 pm (New York, NY)
26 The Voracious Reader, with Class of 2k10, 4-6 pm (Larchmont, NY)
April 2010
2 University of Alabama
7-9 Faye B. Kaigler conference (Hattiesburg, MS)
12 Rolling Hills Elementary (Huntsville, AL)
14 Liberty Park Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
16-17 Alabama Book Festival
19 Blog Talk Radio, 11:00 am CST
20 That Bookstore in Blythesville (AR)
21 Central Elementary School (Blytheville, AR)
22 Collegeville Elementary (Bryant, AR)
22 Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library (Benton, Ar)
22 Birmingham Arts Journal reading/release party, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, 3908 Clairmont Avenue South, Bimingham, AL 35222
26 East Middle School (Tullahome, TN)
27 Calera Library (Calera, AL)
28 Berry Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
29 Reeltown School (Notasulga, AL)
March 2010
2 Pizitz Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
5 Central Elementary (Florence, AL)
6 Sherlock Books, 1-4 pm (Lebanon, TN)
9 Birmingham Public Library, 6:30 pm "Writing What You Don't Know"
11 Blackbelt Treasures, 3-5 pm (Camden, AL)
13 Historical Fiction Workshop (SCBWI - Midsouth), Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 9 am - 4 pm (Nashville, TN)
18 W.J. Carroll Intermediate School (Birmingham, AL)
20 Virginia Festival of the Book, panel: Terriffic Kids' Novels Adults Will Love Too (with Kathy Erskine, Fran Cannon Slayton, Sara Lewis Holmes, Sue Corbett)
22 Fairview Elementary (Heiskell, TN)
25 Square Books (Oxford, MS)
27 Carpe Librum Books, 2 pm (Knoxville, TN)
30 Blog Talk Radio, 5:30 pm CST
31 Trussvile High School
February 2010
3 Underwood Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
4 Brooks Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
4 Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 5 pm
5 Riverhill Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
5 Hibbett Middle School (Florence, Alabama)
6 Books-A-Million, Florence, 1 pm
10 Wesley Lakes Elementary (McDonough, Georgia)
13 The Bookstore, 1-3 pm (Huntsville) - with quilter from the Freedom Quilting Bee - handmade quilts will be on display
16 Barrett Elementary
18 Springville Road Regional Library, writing workshop for homeschoolers, 10 am - 2 pm
19 Write Connection, University of Montevallo
20 Leeds Public Library, 10 am
20 Reading for newest issue of PoemMemoirStory, Bottletree, 3-5 pm
21 Page and Palette Bookstore (Fairhope, Alabama), 2 - 4 pm
22 The Diva Club, Dauphin Island Parkway Library, 3 pm
22 Salon (Mobile, Alabama)
23 Lemuria Books, 5 pm (Jackson, MS)
January 2010
7 Official release of Leaving Gees Bend
7 Evening Star Quilters Guild, North Shelby Library, 6:30 pm
10 Launch Party with quilters from Gee's Bend, North Shelby Library,
2 pm
16 It's a Book Birthday Party!, Hoover Public Library, 2 pm, yes, there will be cake!
23-25 Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond,
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
28 Milestone Books, 4-6 pm
30 Girl Scouts of America, Birmingham, with freelance writer Lori Ditoro
December 2009
12 SCBWI Southern-Breeze Schmooze, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, noon, "Writing What You Don't Know"
8 Skype Brian Kelley’s class Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA)
November 2011
8 Alys Stephens Center with Gee’s Bend quilters (Birmingham, AL)
17 kype Heather Tucker at Meek Elementary School (Arley, AL )
September 2011
22 Bismarck Public Library (Bismarck, ND)
June 2011
17 signing/book talk Yellow Book Road Bookstore (San Diego, CA)
17-19 Historical Fiction Society (San Diego, CA)
May 2011
11 Inverness Elementary School (Birmingham, AL)
17 Chelsea Intermediate School (Chelsea, AL)
19 Huntsville Library Association (Huntsville, AL)
April 2011
7 Alabama Christian School (Montogmery, AL)
7-8 Historical Fiction Society (San Diego, CA)
12, 13, 14 Mountain Brook Elementary, Cherokee Bend Elementary, Brookwood Forest Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL)
19 Gadsden Public Library (Gadsden, AL)
21 ALLA-YSPRT breakfast/ Awards Lunch Orange Beach, AL)
22 Emett O’Neal Library –poetry workshop for kids (Mountain Brook, AL)
25 Monroeville County High School, Crissy Nettles, Friends of Library at Beehive Coffee & Books (Monroeville, AL) 26 Straughn Middle School (Andalusia, AL)
March 2011
3 Brick Road Poetry Press reading (Columbus, GA)
8 judge poetry contest
12 Florence-Lauderdale County Library, Women’s History Month- poetry (Florence, AL)
15, 23, 30 Skype Terrill Middle School (Scotch Plains, NJ) Stephanie Giannacio
February 2011
2 Skype Brian Kelley’s class Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA)
8 Lafayette County – Oxford Public Library “The Story Behind the Story” (Oxford, MS)
18 ACETA – “Writing Across Culture” (Tuskegee, AL)
22 Judson College (Marion, AL)
24 University Club (Tuscaloosa, AL)
25 Write in the Middle, University of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL)
January 2011
19 OLLI program University of Alabama-Gadsden (Gadsden, AL)
25-26 Homewood Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
November 2010
3 Alabama Reading Association (Birmingham, AL)
18 Heritage Quilters of Huntsville (Huntsville, AL)
October 2010
1 Booker T. Washington School (Montgomery, AL)
8-9 Auburn Writers Conference (Auburn, AL)
15-16 Southern-Breeze, Writing and Illustrating for Kids (Birmingham, AL)
17 Auburn Public Library, 2:30-4 pm with Rachel Hawkins, R.A. Nelson & Ginger Rue
20-22 Mississippi Library Association ( Vicksburg, MS)
30 Brook's Bookstop (McCalla, AL)
September 2010
15 North Shelby Library, Homeschool Hangout, 1-2 pm
24-26 SCBWI MidSouth, Nashville, TN
29 Buckhorn High School (Huntsville, AL)
August 2010
5 Atlanta Quilt Festival, reading and signing, 2:30 pm, South Fulton Ats Center, Atlanta, GA
5 Wine and Words, reading and intimate conversation, 6:30-8:30 pm, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA
27-30 Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, MA
July 2010
12 Florence Quilters Guild, 9:30 am (Florence, AL)
13 Birmingham Arts Journal reading/release party, 6:30 pm
Emmet O'Neal Library
14 Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
2 - 3:30 pm (Myrtle Beach, SC)
15 Gadsden Public Library, 5:30 pm (Gadsden, AL)
16-18 Alabama Writers Conclave (Birmingham, AL)
19 Quilting Radio Show, 3 pm CST
June 2010
5 Book signing/quilt show, 2-4 pm, Universalist Unitarian Church, Montgomery, AL
7 UAB Creative Writing Camp, University of Alabama
Birmingham, 1-2 pm
11-12 Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscalooa, AL
19-20 The Long Weekend, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
25 Coldwater Books, 1 - 3 pm, Tuscumbia, AL
May 2010
8 Writing Workshop with author Ginger Rue, Springville Road Library, 10 -3 pm (Birmingham, AL)
15 Davis Kidd Bookseller, 3 pm (Memphis, TN)
16 Emmet O'Neal Library, 2-4 pm (Mountain Brook, AL)
21 Thompson Sixth Grade Center (Alabaster, AL)
25 Books of Wonder, with Class of 2k10, 6-8 pm (New York, NY)
26 New York Public Library, Mulberry Street Branch, with Class of 2k10, 10 am - 12 pm (New York, NY)
26 The Voracious Reader, with Class of 2k10, 4-6 pm (Larchmont, NY)
April 2010
2 University of Alabama
7-9 Faye B. Kaigler conference (Hattiesburg, MS)
12 Rolling Hills Elementary (Huntsville, AL)
14 Liberty Park Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
16-17 Alabama Book Festival
19 Blog Talk Radio, 11:00 am CST
20 That Bookstore in Blythesville (AR)
21 Central Elementary School (Blytheville, AR)
22 Collegeville Elementary (Bryant, AR)
22 Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library (Benton, Ar)
22 Birmingham Arts Journal reading/release party, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, 3908 Clairmont Avenue South, Bimingham, AL 35222
26 East Middle School (Tullahome, TN)
27 Calera Library (Calera, AL)
28 Berry Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
29 Reeltown School (Notasulga, AL)
March 2010
2 Pizitz Middle School (Birmingham, AL)
5 Central Elementary (Florence, AL)
6 Sherlock Books, 1-4 pm (Lebanon, TN)
9 Birmingham Public Library, 6:30 pm "Writing What You Don't Know"
11 Blackbelt Treasures, 3-5 pm (Camden, AL)
13 Historical Fiction Workshop (SCBWI - Midsouth), Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 9 am - 4 pm (Nashville, TN)
18 W.J. Carroll Intermediate School (Birmingham, AL)
20 Virginia Festival of the Book, panel: Terriffic Kids' Novels Adults Will Love Too (with Kathy Erskine, Fran Cannon Slayton, Sara Lewis Holmes, Sue Corbett)
22 Fairview Elementary (Heiskell, TN)
25 Square Books (Oxford, MS)
27 Carpe Librum Books, 2 pm (Knoxville, TN)
30 Blog Talk Radio, 5:30 pm CST
31 Trussvile High School
February 2010
3 Underwood Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
4 Brooks Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
4 Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 5 pm
5 Riverhill Elementary (Florence, Alabama)
5 Hibbett Middle School (Florence, Alabama)
6 Books-A-Million, Florence, 1 pm
10 Wesley Lakes Elementary (McDonough, Georgia)
13 The Bookstore, 1-3 pm (Huntsville) - with quilter from the Freedom Quilting Bee - handmade quilts will be on display
16 Barrett Elementary
18 Springville Road Regional Library, writing workshop for homeschoolers, 10 am - 2 pm
19 Write Connection, University of Montevallo
20 Leeds Public Library, 10 am
20 Reading for newest issue of PoemMemoirStory, Bottletree, 3-5 pm
21 Page and Palette Bookstore (Fairhope, Alabama), 2 - 4 pm
22 The Diva Club, Dauphin Island Parkway Library, 3 pm
22 Salon (Mobile, Alabama)
23 Lemuria Books, 5 pm (Jackson, MS)
January 2010
7 Official release of Leaving Gees Bend
7 Evening Star Quilters Guild, North Shelby Library, 6:30 pm
10 Launch Party with quilters from Gee's Bend, North Shelby Library,
2 pm
16 It's a Book Birthday Party!, Hoover Public Library, 2 pm, yes, there will be cake!
23-25 Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond,
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
28 Milestone Books, 4-6 pm
30 Girl Scouts of America, Birmingham, with freelance writer Lori Ditoro
December 2009
12 SCBWI Southern-Breeze Schmooze, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, noon, "Writing What You Don't Know"
 Irene presenting Alabama Governor Bob Riley with a copy of LEAVING GEE'S BEND (August, 2010)  Birmingham Arts Journal  Big Table Poets Co-founded by Irene Latham and Suzanne Coker in May, 2002, this group meets every three weeks to read and critique each other's poetry. Next meeting: TBA Listen to the Big Table Poets on WBHM Tapestry
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