Hello, friends! I'm excited to be heading to Orlando this week to be on a panel at the ILA conference. And I've also got two book events set up that are free and open to the public. Especially after Skyping with so many Florida classrooms this year, I can't wait to meet young readers in Orlando and DeLand in person.

You can find info about all three appearances on my website's events page. But here as well are details for the public events:

Barnes & Noble Waterford Lakes – Orlando, FL
Saturday, July 15, 2pm*
Summer Book Bash! (with Christina Farley and Ammi-Joan Paquette)
Join us for our Summer Book Bash featuring an interactive, fun-filled afternoon with three amazing authors of books for young readers: Tara Dairman, Christina Farley, and Ammi-Joan Paquette. Activities, reading, Q&A and plenty of fun for young readers! Ideal for ages 9-15, open to the public. Proceeds benefit Orange County Library- Alafaya. Check out our Facebook event for more details!

*Note: The fun kicks off at 1pm with local broadcaster and children's book author Amy Sweezey; the middle-grade panel with me, Ammi-Joan, and Christina will begin at 2.

DeLand Regional Library – DeLand, FL
Monday, July 17, 3-4:30pm
I'm so excited to present about my writing process for All Four Stars and my journey to becoming a published author, AND to lead a fun creative writing workshop for kids, tweens, and teens! There won't be book sales at this event, but I'll be happy to sign books readers bring from home.

I'm happy to share that I'm teaming up with my local independent bookstore in Austin, TX--BookPeople--to run a preorder campaign for The Great Hibernation, starting in August. Anyone who preorders their copy from BookPeople will have it signed and personalized, get exclusive Hibernation bookmarks and stickers, AND be entered to win an awesome grand prize pack that includes:
 
-Spike, the stuffed narwhal (a key character in the book);
-a Skype visit with the author (that's me!); and 
-a classroom or book club set of The Great Hibernation, courtesy of Random House!

Details on how to preorder will go up on taradairman.com in August.

I'll also be setting out on a book tour in September and October to support The Great Hibernation. New dates are still being added, but you can find the latest details on my Events page. Hope to see you in NY, Boston, Arlington, Boulder, or Austin this fall! (And of course, anyone who gets a book at one of my in-person events will get the same personalization and fun swag as those who preorder the book from BookPeople.)