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Cover of How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller; artwork by Ben Hodson

Artalicious Fine Art Fair on September 21-22, 2024

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:September 16, 2024
Post category:Autographing Book Fairs Books Bullying Children's Literature Janet's Speaking Events Literature Picture Book Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

Michigan writers and illustrators will be reading and autographing their books for children at the Artalicious Fine Art Fair in downtown Adrian, Michigan 49221 on Saturday, September 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Booth 55, which is on Maumee St. between Winter St. and Main St. Writers and artists attending this event include Janet Ruth Heller, Katie Spina, Naomi V. Dunsen-White, Kim Sayers, Rhonda Accardo, Mimi Olson, Molly David, Mary Morgan, Cindy Williams Schrauben, Pria Dee, Angie Shinozaki, and Kim Bartosch. All of them are members of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Janet Ruth Heller will read from her award-winning picture book about bullying How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 7th edition 2022). She will also be autographing her middle-grade chapter book for kids The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016). Artalicious is a mixture of books, fine art, food, and entertainment. Please come to look at our great books for children of…

SORMAG Online Book Festival on December 1 through December 3 of 2023

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 10, 2023
Post category:Advice for Writers Books Chapter Book Children's Literature Conference Presentations Creative Writing Fiction Interviews Janet's Speaking Events Literature Marketing Books Multicultural Literature Nature Nonfiction Novels Picture Book Poetry Publishing Manuscripts

Janet Ruth Heller spoke at the SORMAG Online Book Festival on December 1 through December 3, 2023. On December 1, she participated in a panel discussion of authors of books for children. The topic was "Ask Us Anything about Children's/Middle-Grade/Young Adults Books." You can access the recording of that session at https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=SORMAG+Online+Book+Festival&qpvt=SORMAG+Online+Book+Festival&FORM=VDRE On Saturday, December 2, she spoke during a panel of authors entitled “Ask Us Anything about Writing” at 12 p.m. You can access the recording of that session. On Sunday, December 3, Janet answered questions about writing and publishing her work. Her answers are on the SORMAG Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/SORMAGBookFestival/posts/ There is no charge for this conference. Many authors spoke at this festival. There will be another SORMAG Book Festival in 2024. #bookfestival #writing #author #adviceforwriters

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

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American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.