So, what are you doing on Saturday?
I know what you're thinking--"I like going to book events, I enjoy a quality local signing, but there generally just aren't enough carnival games or live music."
Well, mourn no longer, my toe-tapping friend! The rapunzel's revenge launch on August 23 will be a party like no other--games for the kids, live bluegrass band, and yes, a book signing to boot (cowboy boot, that is).
Still not enough to intrigue you? Add to that Dean, Shannon, and Nate Hale will be speaking about collaboration, wicked-cool cowgirls, and why Rapunzel is the most irritating fairy tale of all time, performing a brief but hugely entertaining readers theater from the book, and then staying as long as it takes to sign your goods. Still not enough? Well, how's about we throw in six additional award-winning and critically acclaimed young adult authors who will also sign their books as well as cool, collectible autograph keepers for the kids, turning it all into a bona-fide Authorpalooza? Keep your fingers crossed, and said authors might show up dressed awkwardly in cowboy attire solely for your amusement.
Let me sum up:
- games
- live bluegrass band concert by The Stormy Mountain Boys
- authorpalooza mass signing
- Hale (3) talk and answer your most burning questions
- signed copies of the hottest graphic novel of the year
- fabulous prizes
- admission and entertainment FREE FREE FREE!
Still not enough? You are one tough customer. But I think I have something that will tip this over the edge: Dean will be awarding one lucky winner a free piggy-back ride. Yes, you heard right.
See you on the 23rd.
Details:
1 pm at Anderson-Foothill Branch Library, 1135 South 2100 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
Most activities will be indoors, but the band will be outside. If you want to sit and listen, don't forget your sun hat, sunscreen, beach umbrella, or whatever you like to stay cool, though perhaps toting along a portable swimming pool might be a tad awkward.
Authorpalooza authors include: Ann Cannon (The Loser's Guide to Life and Love), James Dashner (The 13th Reality), Jessica Day George (Dragon Flight), Mette Ivie Harrison (The Princess and the Hound), Kimberly Heuston (The Book of Jude), and Sara Zarr (Sweethearts).