News: events
  Upcoming book releases

June 2009 - the actor and the housewife, a novel for grownups
September 2009 - book of a thousand days in paperback
September 2009 - forest born, book 4 in the Books of Bayern series

Want a book signed? Or just a coveted Shannon-sighting? Look here for times and locales.

April 27, 2010
7 pm
Anderson's Bookstore
Book chat and signing
Naperville, IL

April 25-27, 2010
International Reading Association annual conference
Chicago, IL

April 15-16, 2010
Texas Library Association annual conference
San Antonio, TX

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Shannon, Dean, and Nate will be speaking about calamity jack and signing. Note that Shannon will sign all books brought, but for this event will only be personalizing copies of Rapunzel's Revenge, Calamity Jack and books purchases that evening.
Barnes & Noble
Orem, UT

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
6:30 pm
Shannon will be emceeing Brandon Mull's Fablehaven 5 release party. Warning: arrive early if you want a seat!
Cottonwood High Auditorium
Salt Lake City, UT

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
3:30-4:30 pm
Talk and book signing
Whale of a Tale
4199 Campus Dr., Suite A
Irvine, CA

Monday, February 22, 2010
10 am
St. Timothy's School
10479 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

1:15 pm
Brentwood Lower School
12001 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

4:15-5:30 pm
Talk and book signing
Westwood Branch Library
2050 Selby Ave
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, February 20, 2010
11:00 am
Talk and book signing
Mrs. Nelson's Bookshop
1030 Bonita Avenue
LaVerne, CA

2-3 pm
Informal meet and great, and stock signing
Once Upon a Story
2207 Honolulu Ave
Montrose, CA

6:00 pm
SCIBA Children's Book and Literacy Dinner

Friday, February 19, 2010
7 pm
Talk and signing
Barnes & Noble
7881 Edinger Ave, #110
Huntington Beach, CA

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Literacy Promise Conference
Shannon is the keynote speaker, 6:30 pm
Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, January 16, 2010
3 pm
Book talk and signing with Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale
Purple Cow Bookstore
Tooele, Utah

Saturday, January 9, 2010
calamity jack release party!
Anderson Foothill Library
1135 South 2100 East
Salt Lake City, UT
Book talk with Shannon, Dean, and Nathan Hale, followed by signing. Books provided for purchase by The King's English Bookshop

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Literary Luminaries with Night Flight Comics
Main Library, Downtown Salt Lake City
3:00-4:00 pm, Shannon and Dean speak in the library's auditorium
5:30 pm, Shannon and Dean sign at Night Flight Comics
Downtown, SLC, Utah

Thursday, December 3, 2009
5:30-7:00
The King's English Christmas Party
Salt Lake City, Utah

Friday, November 20, 2009
NCTE Annual Conference
Philadelphia, PA
9:30-10:45: "Fractured Classics" panel, Room 204A
12:30-1:30: signing in Bloomsbury booth
1:30-2:30: signing at Andersons booth

November 19th
10:00 am
William Penn Middle School

7 pm
Public chat and signing
Barnes & Noble
210 Commerce Blvd
Fairless Hills, PA

Barnes & Noble
210 Commerce Blvd
Fairless Hills, PA

November 18th
9 am
Bala Cynwyd Middle School
11:50 am
Baldwin School

7 pm
Public chat and signing
Children's Bookworld
17 Haverford Station Rd
Haverford, PA

November 17th
10:30 am
Presentation for school children
Politics & Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC

(time still pending) presentation for school children
Barnes & Noble
7851 Tyson's Corner Center
McLean, VA

4:30 pm
Public chat and book signing
Politics & Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC

November 16th
1:30
Presentation for school children

4:30-5:30
Public chat and signing
Children's Bookshop
109 W Melrose Ave
Baltimore, MD

November 5, 2009
6-8 pm
Chat and book signing
All Tucked In
Bountiful, Utah

October 24, 2009
4:30-5:30 pm
Shannon Hale in conversation with Sara Zarr
Utah Humanities Book Festival
Main Downtown Library Auditorium
Salt Lake City, Ut

October 2nd
4:30 pm
Chat and book signing
R. J. Julia
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT

October 1
I'll be speaking with Shaun Tan and Mo Willems at the NEBA trade show in Hartford, CT, for NEBA members.

September 30th
6 pm
Wellesley Free Library
Chat and signing, sponsored by Wellesley Booksmith
530 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA

September 29th
Porter Square Books
(call store for exact time)
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA

3:30 pm
Chat and book signing, sponsored by Brookline Children's Book Shop
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St
Brookline, MA

7 pm
Chat and signing
Barnes & Noble
99 Middlesex Pkwy
Burlington, MA

September 28th
4 pm
Chat and book signing
Flying Pig
5247 Shelburne Road
Shelburne Falls, VT

September 27th
2 pm
Talk and book signing
Northshire Books
4869 Main Street
Manchester Center, VT

September 26th
National Book Festival
10-10:50 am - Presentation in the Children's Tent
11:30-noon - Utah tent
12:20-12:50 pm - Presentation in the Teen Tent
2-3 pm - Signing/Autograph tent
National Mall
Washington DC

September 19, 2009
2 pm
forest born release party!
The King's English
1500 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah

August 29, 2009
Writing for Charity
Half day writing workshop, followed by signing, all proceeds going to charity.
The Treehouse Museum
Ogden, Utah

August 26, 2009
7 pm
Reading and signing
Barnes & Noble
Orem, Utah

July 24-25, 2009
Comic-Con
San Diego, CA

July 9, 2009
7 pm
Talk and signing for the actor and the housewife
Barnes & Noble at Jordan Landing (right off Bangerter Hwy)
West Jordan, Utah

June 13
the actor and the housewife release party
5 pm till we're done
The King's English
1500 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah

May 28-29
BookExpo America
New York City, NY
Shannon will be emceeing the ABC Dinner (Not a Dinner) on Friday night, featuring speakers Mike Lupica and Katherine Paterson

May 16, 2009
1 pm - 4 pm
Provo Children's Book Festival
Provo Library at Academy Square
Provo, Utah

April 23, 2009
7 pm
Educator's Night plus signing
Barnes & Noble at Jordan Landing
West Jordan, Utah

April 4, 2009
2-5 pm
Project Book Babe
Tempe, AZ
For this event, eleven bestselling, award-winning young adult writers get together to earn money for their friend, Faith Hochhalter, aka the Book Babe, in her fight with cancer. Your event ticket purchase goes to help her pay the bills, and you get an afternoon of comedy, art, music, and intellectual stimulation. See the site for more jaw-dropping details. There will also be an online auction of some truly great stuff.

March 12-13, 2009
UVU Forum on Children's Literature
Shannon will be the guest author for this conference
Orem, Utah