Kit Grindstaff

EVENTS 2014!

A new year is here…and so are new events! The first two months are already looking busy. And here was I, thinking that 2014 was going to be easier on my tires. Apparently not!

Any questions about any of these events, please leave a comment below.

Teachers and Librarians, if you’re interested in a booking, please visit the Teachers page of my website for more info.

Or, you can simply email me!

To download a FREE copy of the Common Core Annotated Educational Guide for The Flame in the Mist, click HERE. (It's currently being featured on the educator resource pages of the Random House website, where you can also download it, here.)

JANUARY

Tuesday Jan. 14^th,  4:00 – 6:00 pm: Special Educator Event    

Barnes & Noble, Clifton, NJ 

With Alison AshleyFormento and Ann Malaspina, on the use of our books in the classroom with reference to Common Core State Standards.

Wednesday Jan. 15^th, 1:30 – 2:30: Assembly Presentation, grades 3-7

Wiggins College Prep Lab School, Camden, PA.

Wednesday Jan. 22^nd, 1:15 – 2:15 pm: Assembly Presentation, grades 4-6

Pen Ryn School, Fairless Hills PA.

Friday Jan. 24^th – Sunday, Jan. 26^th: ALA Midwinter

Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Look out for me at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) table. Time of book signing TBA!

           

Tuesday Jan. 28^th, 6 – 8 pm: Presentation and discussion grades 4 & 5

Jefferson School, North Arlington, NJ

FEBRUARY 

Thursday, Feb. 6^th: Presentation and discussion with 5^th-7^th grade students 

Brittingham Elementary School,  Milton, DE.

Saturday, Feb. 22^nd, 1 – 3 pm: “Once Upon a Time” event 

Barnes & Noble, Neshaminy Mall, Bensalem, PA 

Fantasy and fairytales with a bunch of local authors!

Tuesday, Feb. 25^th: 2 school visits! (Times tba)

Morning - Assembly presentation at Kutz Elementary, Doylestown, PA

Afternoon - Assembly presentation at Cold Spring Elementary, Cold Spring, PA

MARCH

Saturday, March 8^th, (time tba): Authors Breakfast, Cumberland, PA

Location tba

Books on sale/signing

Late March...probable trip to the UK to see family, and to Europe to write songs.

APRIL

Saturday, April 19^th: YAFEST, Easton, PA 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Easton Area public library, Palmer branch, 1 Weller Place, 18045

A ton of YA and Middle Grade authors will be there, signing our books!

Saturday, April 26^th, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm: Little Flower Teen Festival,  

Little Flower High School, Philadelhia PA

I'll be teaching 2 workshops on The Dark Underbelly of Character

OCTOBER 

26^th – 29^th (specific date/time tba) Keystone State Reading Conference, State College, PA

Address TBA

Presentation (title tba) and book signing. Lots TBA with this one...

DECEMBER

Tuesday, Dec. 2nd (time tba) Assembly Presentation and bookfair

School TBA