Upcoming workshops, booksignings and the like.
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World Read Aloud Day!
Kerry shares the stories of the two main characters of her latest two books, five-year-old Ernestine from Ernestine’s Milky Way and ten-year-old Angus from Werewolf Hamlet. She brings Maggie Valley, NC and Los Angeles, CA to Lewisville, TX and Copperas Cove, TX, and tells of the worries and bravery of two young people dealing resourcefully with some difficult days.
Werewolf Hamlet Book Launch
“I want my brother back!”
“Is it possible to miss somebody who still lives in the same house with you?’
This is it! The very first opportunity to get Kerry’s new children’s novel Werewolf Hamlet.
Kerry comes to Union Ave Books, Knoxville TN
“Humor, heart, and Shakespeare abound in this middle-grade novel about Angus, a 10-year-old theater fanatic, his struggling family, and his changing relationship with big brother Liam.” Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
Diesel Bookstore, Westwood
Kerry will be in conversation with author, Susan Kaiser Greenland. She will read from her new middle grade novel, Werewolf Hamlet, and discuss with Susan writing for children and how to represent the full array of personal and family dynamics.
Once Upon a Time, Los Angeles
“To be or not to be - A WEREWOLF”
Werewolf Hamlet comes to California! The story of Angus Gettlefinger, a fifth-grade boy minding his own business (mostly) and living his fifth-grade life, who would like his big brother, Liam, to start acting like a normal brother again-preferably by Friday.
Angus to Visit SoCal Students
The wonderful Warwick’s Bookstore hosts a school visit at The Children’s School in La Jolla, CA. Kerry is excited to return to talk to the students who first met her when she brought them Ernestine’s Milky Way with illustrator Emily Sutton just a few years ago. Those readers will now be the perfect age for Werewolf Hamlet and Angus as he navigates an important fifth grade year.
Thank You Books
Angus comes to Crestwood!
Kerry reads and signs her newest children’s novel, Werewolf Hamlet. Set in Los Angeles and steeped in Shakespeare and old movies, Werewolf Hamlet tells the story of fifth grader Angus Gettlefinger, who is desperate to get his beloved older brother to stop his increasingly erratic ways.
Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema
Who wouldn’t love a round of silent movie shorts from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and the magician Harry Houdini? Well, Angus, from Kerry’s Werewolf Hamlet, had a steady diet of these growing up. We can talk old Hollywood and silent movie stars and their influence on Kerry’s storytelling and then watch a few together.
Parnassus Books
“To be or not to be -A WEREWOLF.”
“Is it possible to miss somebody who still lives in the same house with you?’
Join Kerry in conversation with Adam Rosenbaum as she reads, discusses and signs Werewolf Hamlet
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, Tuscaloosa, AL
Kerry brings Werewolf Hamlet to Tuscaloosa, a city whose rich literary heritage is captured so beautifully in the amazing Ernest and Hadley Booksellers.
University of Montevallo
Kerry will be in conversation with the creative writing students at the University of Montevallo. She discusses her new middle-grade novel, Werewolf Hamlet, and how important it is to bring the full spectrum of life’s experiences into books for younger readers.
Curb Scholars Workshop
“Elevating art as a mode of inquiry, a way of understanding, and a celebration of the human spirit.”
Kerry is excited to spend time with these young scholars from The Curb Center at Vanderbilt University. She will work with them on expanding and honing their spirited, creative voices.
Writing and Illustrating for Kids with Lori Nichols and Kerry Madden
From idea, to, researching, sketching, writing, the pitch to publishers and then to the page, Kerry and Lori share their experiences publishing children’s literature. The participants get to see the creative process in action. Open to the public!
Rock Bottom: Book Arts and Memoir with Doug Baulos at Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Kerry and Doug have collaborated on several projects over the years. Here, participants handcraft journals using handmade paper, natural dyes and a variety of image transfer techniques, then write sensory-filled and place-detailed memoir, entries reflecting significant turning points of their past.
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
STORYCATCHING THROUGH SETTING
Eudora Welty said, “Place is one of the lesser angels that watch over the racing hand of fiction.” With theses words from Eudora in mind, this workshop with Kerry Madden-Lunsford will focus on discovering place as character and how a strong sense of setting breathes both life and voice into our writing. Kerry will present the tools she used when storycatching in the South for her novels, including research, excavated old pictures and documents from the Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama, as well as film clips from recent documentaries and feature films. In this part lecture, part creative workshop, you’ll explore your own sense of place to catch stories and writing ideas.
Southern Kentucky Book Festival
Every morning, Ernestine shouts out her window to the Great Smoky Mountains, “I’m five years old and a big girl!” When Mama asks Ernestine–who helps with chores around the farm while Papa is away at war–to carry two mason jars filled with milk to their neighbor, Ernestine isn’t sure she can do it. After all, she’d need to walk through thickets of crabapple and blackberry by the creek, not to mention past vines of climbing bittersweet. But Ernestine is five years old and a big girl, so off she sets. Along the way, one mason jar slips from her arms and rolls down the mountainside into the river, and Ernestine is sure it’s lost forever . . . until her neighbor’s son shows up with a muddy jar–and there’s a surprise inside! With tons of flavor and a can-do spirit, here is a celebration of American history and a plucky girl who knows that helping a family in need is worth the trouble - SOKY