3rd Annual Thousand Islands Book Festival 2015
Author Program
Schedule
9:30 A.M. Gym: Introductions, Acknowledgements, Beauty and the Beast
10:00-10:45
Charles R. Smith, Jr. Room 205
Rachel Guido deVries Room 102
Kate Messner Room 207
James Preller Room 205
Beauty and the Beast Room 211 (library)
Book signings in gym- J.Bruchac, M.Hayles, , R.Pulver, A Starmer,
V.VandeVelde)
11:00-11:45
Marsha Hayles Room 107
Aaron Starmer Room 214
Joe Bruchac Room 203
Robin Pulver Room 104
Vivian Vande Velde Room 105
Book signings in gym:, J. Preller, R. deVries, C. Smith, K. Messner, Beauty & Beast
12:00-12:45
Kate Messner Room 207
Charles R. Smith, Jr. Room 205
Beauty & the Beast Room 211 (Library)
Book Signings in gym: Joe Bruchac, Vivian Vande Velde
(Lunch : R. Pulver, A.Starmer,, J. Preller, M. Hayles, R. deVries
1:00-1:45
James Preller Room 205
Aaron Starmer Room 214
Rachel Guido deVries Room 102
Book signings in gym : Robin Pulver , Marsha Hayles
(Lunch : V VandeVelde, C. Smith, K. Messner, Beauty & Beast, J. Bruchac
2:00-2:45
Robin Pulver Room 104
Marsha Hayles Room 107
Vivian Vende Velde Room 105
Joe Bruchac Room 203
Book signings in gym : C. Smtih, , J. Preller, R. DeVries, Beauty and the Beast,
A. Starmer, K. Messner
2:45- 3:30 Book signings by all authors.
We are excited to announce the following authors will be coming to this year’s book festival!
Kate Messner, children’s and middle grade author of Capture the Flag, Wake Up Missing, and the Marty Maguire books.
Vivian Vande Velde, Rochester middle grade and young adult author of fantasy and horror novels, including Never Trust a Dead Man and Heir Apparent.
James Preller, author of the Jigsaw Jones mystery series and the middle grade novel, Bystander.
Aaron Starmer, middle grade author of The Riverman and its upcoming sequel, The Whisper.
Rachel Guido deVries, children’s picture book author and poet, whose book The Purple Potato and Other Poems for Children includes illustrations from children at York Central School.
Joseph Bruchac, back for his third year! Joe is the author of both picture books and novels, many related to his Abenaki heritage. His newest novels are books 1 and 2 of the Killer of Enemies series.
Charles R. Smith, poet extraordinaire. His books for elementary and middle school include Rimshots, Pick-Up Game, and The Mighty 12.
Marsha Hayles, author of The Breathing Room, a historical fiction novel about a tuburculosis in the 1940s.
Beauty and the Beast Storytellers, AKA Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, award winning authors and recording artists who have been delighting audiences of all ages since 1980.