Appearances

Betsy and Jules will be talking about the book in the following locations, both cyber- and in-person, though we promise not to breathe fire on anyone:

Jules — Nashville Public Library; Presentation to Children’s Staff; July 16, 2014.

Jules — Book launch at Parnassus Books; Nashville, Tennessee; August 7, 2014; 6:30 p.m.

Betsy — Saturday, August 16th; 3 to 4:30 p.m. — The Book Beat was Peter’s favorite bookstore. They are located at: 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park, Michigan. (Telephone: 248-968-1190) — Betsy will be in attendance, and Jules will Skype in. Here’s more information.

Betsy — Reading and signing at Bank Street Bookstore; New York, NY; September 27, 2014.

Betsy and Jules — Southern Festival of Books; Nashville, TN; October 10 to 12, 2014; Betsy & Jules will speak about Wild Things! on Saturday, October 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. (They will also attend the Authors in the Round dinner on Friday night, October 10.)

Betsy — Reading and signing at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Amherst, MA; October 18, 2014.

Jules — “A Novel Conversation”; Tennessee Association of School Librarians; Murfreesboro, TN; 4 to 5 p.m.; October 23, 2014.

Jules —  Meet and Greet & book signing at Union Avenue Books; Knoxville, TN; 5:00 p.m.; November 11, 2014. This will be followed by a talk about the book at The University of Tennessee’s Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature at 7 p.m. in the Patrick Auditorium (Room 321 in the Communications Building, 1345 Circle Park).

Betsy — Politics & Prose; Washington, D.C.; February 19, 2015; 7 p.m. — More details to come.

Jules — Malaprop’s Bookstore; Asheville, NC; March 7, 2015; 7 p.m.

This list will be updated as presentations are planned.

Wild Things! Blog Tour and Cyber-Stops:

• The Huffington Post — “Startling Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature”; July 30, 2014.
• Let’s Get Busy Podcast — Our interview (ep. 69) with Matthew Winner; August 4, 2014.
• 100 Scope Notes — “Children’s Lit Questions From Beyond the Grave …”; August 5, 2014.
• Born Reading — “Betsy Bird & Julie Danielson Share Reading Advice,” a visit with Jason Boog; August 6, 2014.
• The Nonfiction Detectives — A guest post on August 7, 2014.
• “The Legacy of Ursula Nordstrom” at GalleyCat; August 8, 2014.
• Guys Lit Wire — A guest post on August 8, 2014.
• GreenBeanTeenQueen — A guest post on Monday, August 11, 2014.
• There’s a Book — A guest post on August 13, 2014.
• Wendy on the Web — “Lacy Underpinnings and the Children’s Author”; August 14, 2014.
• The website of Elizabeth O. Dulemba — A guest post on Saturday, August 16, 2014.
• Into the Wardrobe — A guest post on Monday, August 18, 2014.
• Books 4 Your Kids — A guest post on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
• The Book Nest — A guest post on Wednesday, August 20, 2014.
• Bildungsroman — A Q&A with Little Willow on Saturday, August 23, 2014.  
• Book Riot — Chatting with Minh Le on August 24, 2014.
• Random Chalk Talk — A guest post; August 2014.
• Children’s Corner — A Q&A with Karen MacPherson on October 1, 2014.
• Cynsations — A Q&A with Cynthia Leitich Smith on October 7, 2014.
• “A Victorian Wild Thing, Lewis Carroll” — Monica Edinger talks with us about Lewis Carroll; October 14, 2014.