With all book tours going remote last year, VCFA’s MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults program began a series of celebrations, Book Birthday Parties! Join program staff in celebrating these incredible books and amazing achievements of our beloved community.

Click the button below to register for an individual event or all four at once. All events start at 8 pm ET. We’ll see you on Zoom!

September 15

• Beth Bacon ’16 – The Book No One Wants to Read
• Kristy Everington ’17 – Isobel Adds it Up
• Laura Sibson ’12 – Edie In Between
• Caroline Pritchard (current student) – Gitty and Kvetch
• Leda Schubert ’04 – Dogs Love Cars
• Dana Rau ’15 – Who was Juliette Gordon

October 20

• Mindy Hardwick ’05 – Some Stories are Not Seen
• Karen Krossing ’20 – Sour Cakes
• Diane Telgen ’17 – The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses
• Jenn Bailey ’17 – The Ghostly Tales of Newport
• Jules Heller ’17 – The Ghostly Tales of the Finger Lakes
• Jay Whistler ’17 – The Ghostly Tales of San Antonio

November 17

• Jen White ’07 – A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight
• Donna Janell Bowman ’17 – King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara
• Suma Subramaniam ’17 – Centaurs and Fairies
• Laura Ojeda Melchor ’17 – Missing Okalee

December 15

• Lakita Wilson ’20 – What Is Black Lives Matter?
• Rene Colato Lainez ’05 – Let’s Be Friends/Seamos Amigos
  
• Janet Fox ’10 – Carry Me Home
• Beth Bacon ’16 – COVID Vaccines
• Ginger Johnson ’09 – The Other Side of Luck

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