Past Events - 2010

Cinda signing books at the Hyperion booth

Cinda, Sarwat Chadda, and Cindy Pon

NCTE Annual Convention
(National Council of Teachers of English)
ALAN Workshop
(Assembly on Literature for Adolescents)
November 21-23, 2010
Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
Orlando, FL

Rochester Children's Bookfest
Saturday, November 6, 2010
10 am to 4 pm
Monroe Community College
Brighton Campus 1000 East Henrietta Rd.
Rochester, NY

World Fantasy Convention (left)
October 28-31, 2010, panel session
Hyatt Regency Hotel
350 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
1-800-233-1234

World Fantasy Convention Author Signing Event (below)
Barnes & Noble OSU Campus Bookstore
Sat, Oct 30th, 11am - 1pm

What is Urban Fantasy Anyway Panel
with Holly Black, Michelle Lang, Cinda Chima, Sarah Hoyt, and Linda Robertson

Midpark High School
School Visit
Berea, OH
October 22, 2010

inda and about 30 students in the library

Stark County District Library
School and Library
October 18, 2010

715 Market Ave. North Canton, OH 44702

National Author Tour for The Exiled Queen
$Cinda and 2 librarians holding gls\asses of wine$ Raising a glass with Librarians Jennifer Smith and Michelle Beebower at the Texas Bookfest Author Party Signing Table, Zombies vs Unicorns panel	Texas Book Festival Sat. Oct. 16, 2010, 8:00 - 9:30 pm, Panel: "Austin Bat Cave" and "TBF Presents Zombies vs. Unicorns: It's a Smackdown," followed by a book signing. Sun. Oct. 17, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Panel: "Portals to Imagined Worlds," followed by a book signing. State CapitolBuilding Austin, TX 512-477-4055
Me and two fans in Illinois	Anderson's Bookshop Mon. Oct. 11, 2010, 7:00 pm 5112 Main St, Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-963-2665
Cinda with the planning committee for the Michigan SCBWI fall conference	Michigan SCBWI Conference Fri. Oct. 8 - Sun. Oct. 10, 2010 Yarrow Golf and Conference Resort Augusta, MI 49012-9500 (Near Kalamazoo)
Authors Yvonne Woon, Sarah Beth Durst, and Cinda Chima at Books of Wonder	Books of Wonder Thurs. Oct. 7, 2010 18 W. 18th St. New York, NY 10011 Click here for a video of my presentation and reading Click here for a video of the Questions and Answers
My editor Abby Ranger and I toast The Exiled Queen	The Clinton Bookshop Wed. Oct. 6, 2010, 6:30 pm. In the Old Grandin Library 12 E. Main St. Clinton, NJ 08809 908-735-8811 I was visiting The Clinton Bookshop with my editor Abby Ranger when we heard that The Exiled Queen had debuted at number 4 on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Waldron Mercy Academy, Merion Station, PA Springfield Twp Middle School, Oreland, PA	Children's Book World Tues. Oct. 5, 2010, coordinating school visits 17 Haverford Station Rd. Haverford, PA 19041 610.642.6274 Barnes and Noble Tues. Oct. 5, 2010, 7:00 pm The Court at Oxford Valley 210 Commerce Blvd Fairless Hills, PA 19030 215-269-0442
Doyle Elementary School, Doylestown, PA St. Albert the Great, Huntingdon Valley, PA	Booktender's Secret Garden Mon. Oct. 4, 2010, 7:00 pm. 20 B Donaldson St. (tucked away between E. State and E. Oakland St.) Doylestown, PA 18901 215-348-7160
Cinda and author Augusten Burroughs	Books by the Banks, Cincinnati Ohio Book Festival Sat. Oct. 2, 2010, 10 am - 4 pm Duke Energy Center 525 Elm Street Cincinnati, OH 45202
With George, a fan at the Cincinnati Public Library event	Cincinnati Public Library Sun. Oct. 3, 2010, 2-3 pm Main Library - Teen Spot 800 Vine St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-369-6900
McKinley Classical Leadership Academy, St. Louis, MO	Pudd'nHead Books Fri. Oct. 1, 2010 School visits St. Louis, MO
	St. Louis County Library Auditorium Thu. Sept. 30, 2010, 7:00 pm Headquarters Branch 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63131 314-994-3300 St. Louis, MO
Drew, Cinda, and Bookstore Chicken at Wild Rumpus	Wild Rumpus Wed. Sept. 29, 2010, coordinating school visits 2720 West 43rd Street Minneapolis, MN 55410 612-920-5005
Some of my fans in Hudson, OH	The Learned Owl Bookstore The Exiled Queen book release event! Tue. Sept. 28, 2010, 6-8 pm, + school visits 204 N. Main Street Hudson OH 44236 330-653-2252 / 800-968-2685


Decatur Book Festival Madness Behind the Magic Panel September 3-5, 2010, Decatur, GA http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/2010/index.php

Cinda and 3 authors at their panel discussion

Context Science Fiction
and Fantasy Conference
August 27-29, 2010
The Doubletree Hotel
175 Hutchinson
Columbus, OH, 43235

SCBWI Summer Conference
Attending and schmoozing
Los Angeles, California
July 30-August 2, 2010

Turner Memorial Library Summer Reading Program
Skype Visit
Magic on the Page: Writing and Publishing Fantasy Fiction
July 22, 2010, 12 noon
Presque Isle, ME

Barberton Public Library
Author Presentation, Book Sale and Signing
Magic on the Page: Writing and Publishing Fantasy Fiction
July 21, 2010, 6 p.m.
Cinda 602 West Park Ave.
Barberton, OH 44203
330-745-1194

Kindling Words West
June 6-12, 2010
Taos, NM

Cinda and four other authors

At lunch at the Old Mill Restaurant
Jo Knowles, Cinda, Cindy Faughnan, Tam Smith, and Mark Hughes

New England SCBWI Conference
May 14 -16, 2010

Lakewood Main Library Auditorium
Author Presentation, Book Sale and Signing
Magic on the Page: Writing and Publishing Fiction
May 10, 2010, 7:00 pm
15425 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Keith Phone: (216) 226-8275
http://www.lkwdpl.org/calendar/literary

Books for sale at the Ohioana Book Fair

My display at the Ohioana Book Fair

Cinda and Mrs. Frances Strickland

Me and Frances Strickland.

The 2010 Ohioana Book Festival
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Ohioana and the State Library of Ohio
274 E. First Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201
http://ohioanabookfestival.org/

The honorary chair of the festival was Mrs. Frances Strickland, wife of Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio. Mrs. Strickland hosted a wonderful reception for the authors at her home after the festival.

Cinda and LOTS of students seated on the floor in the gym

St. Mary's School, Berea, OH
School Visit
April 30, 2010

Lorain Admiral King High School
Lorain Public Library System
Author Visit
April 14, 2010
Lorain, OH 44052

Cinda with many students in the school library

Cinda seated with the audience in the library

South Western High School
Skype Author Visit
Hanover, PA 17331
April 13, 2010

Friends Central Middle School
School Visit
April 7, 2010
Wynnewood, PA 19096

Terri Jones, Cinda, and Penny Joines

Cinda with a dozen kids seated on the floor of the bookstore

Children’s Book World
Author Event and Signing
April 6, 2010, 7:00 pm
17 Haverford Station Rd.
Haverford, PA 19041
http://www.childrensbookworld.net

Cinda seated with 3 other authors

Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
Spring Conference 2010
March 27-28, 2010
Columbus, OH

Cinda, author Sharon Flake, story teller Kevin Cordi,
author Steven Layne

Mac's Backs Books on Coventry
Book Signing and Author Event
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 4-6 p.m.
1820 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Tel: 216-321-2665
http://www.booksite.com/