Tony DiTerlizzi, Never Abandon Imagination

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August 6, 2009 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Musings, Spiderwick Stuff

Spiderwick Tour Dates

This is it! The last Spiderwick tour Holly and I will likely do for a looong time! I hope we see you there!

SPIDERWICK FINAL TOUR

Wednesday, September 9 @ 7:00 PM

MYSTERIOUS GALAXY BOOKS 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #302 San Diego, CA 92111

Thursday, September 10 @ 7:00 PM

BARNES & NOBLE 7881 Edinger Avenue Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Saturday, September 12 @ 2:00 PM

POWELL’S BOOKS AT CEDAR HILLS CROSSING 3415 SW Cedar Hills Crossing Beaverton, OR 97005

Saturday, September 12 @ 7:00 PM

BARNES & NOBLE 12000 SE 82nd Ave. Portland, OR 97266

Sunday, September 13 @ 12:30 PM

A Children’s Place 4807 NE Fremont St. Portland, OR 97213

Monday, September 14 @ 7:00 PM

Third Place Books 17171 Bothell Way NE Seattle, WA 98155

Tuesday, September 15 @ 7:00 PM

BORDERS 16549 NE 74th St. Redmond, WA 98052

Wednesday, September 16 @ 6:30 PM

WILD RUMPUS 2720 W. 43rd Minneapolis, MN 55410

Saturday, September 26

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON, DC
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/

Sunday, September 27 @ 1:00 PM

Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008

Monday, September 28 @ 6:00 PM

BLUE MANATEE CHILDREN’S BOOKSTORE 3054 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45208

Tuesday, September 29 @ 7:00 PM

JOSEPH-BETH BOOKSELLERS CINCINNATI Rockwood Pavilion 2692 Madison Road Cincinnati, OH 45208

Wednesday, September 30 @ 6:30 PM

ANDERSON’S EVENT AT TIVOLI THEATER 5021 Highland Ave. Downers Grove, IL 60515

Thursday, October 1 @ 4:00 PM

THE BOOKSTALL AT CHESTNUT COURT 811 Elm St. Winnetka, IL 60093

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July 22, 2009 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Meno!, Musings

San Diego Comic Con this weekend!

I hope everyone attending Comic Con International this weekend is as excited as Angela and I. It is such an overwhelming representation of art, books, films, games and other fun stuff, that my head is spinning for days afterwards!

I’ve mentioned my schedule already, but here is a quick link to it again in case you missed it.

Also, Simon & Schuster will be giving all kinds of cool MENO giveaways like this collectible pin:

So stop by their booth(#1017) and say “Please to meet Meno!”

I hope you like the new books, Ang and I are super-excited to share Meno’s silliness with the world. You can see more tonight at Planetmeno.com when we launch with a sneaky-peek of the website.

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July 8, 2009 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Musings

Comic-Con International ’09 Events!

I will be attending and signing at the Comic-Con International held in lovely San Diego. Below is my schedule:

Friday, July 24
3:30-4:30 PM
“Care and Feeding of A Series”
Room 5AB

Panelists: Brian Herbert (Paul of Dune), Eoin Colfer (And Another Thing); Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie (Wicked: Resurrection); D.J. MacHale (Pendragon: The Solders Of Halla); Holly Black (Ironside) and Tony DiTerlizzi (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles—A Giant Problem).

Moderator: James Frenkel, Senior Editor, Tor Books

Autographing to follow in the Comic-Con Autograph Area

Friday, July 24
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
AA2 (Autograph Area 2)

Limited Signing – Line Ticket Drawing to be held 10:45 am Friday in
Autograph Area.

* Please note – the limited signing means only fans who obtain tickets that morning may be allowed in line. This signing is sponsored by our friends at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (booth #1119), and they will have books available throughout the con. If you can’t make the event, I’ll try to sign whatever stock they have so you can drop by at a later time.

Saturday, July 25
11:00 AM

Holly and I will also be signing at the Every Picture Tells A Story (booth #4713) on Saturday along with James Owen, Michael Mallory and Eric Wight.

Also, come by the Simon & Schuster booth where we’ve created all kinds of fun MENO STUFF to give away! FREE! STUFF! FUN!!!

Seeya there!

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October 18, 2008 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Kenny & The Dragon, Musings

Kenny and the Dragon Tour pics

Ah, life on the road is mostly…well…road. Airplanes, taxis, trains, you name it – most of the time you are in transit going from one event to another. But once you arrive at the store (or school) and see the expecting faces, the road weariness washes away and the adrenaline takes over. Here are some of my fav moments from my recent Kenny and the Dragon tour…when I actually remembered I had a camera with me.

Memphis, Tennessee was the starting point, and my hotel was dow the road from SUN records(!) I was very inspired seeing the modest start of Elvis’ legendary career. It reminded me of growing up in my little scrubby beach town of Jupiter, Florida with dreams of becoming a kids-book guy. Thankyouverymuch!

Here I am drawing for the kids at St. George’s School in Germantown, Tennessee. With a school name like that, I HAD to make a stop and share Kenny with the students.

Before my event at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, I had a chat with local literary legend, William Faulkner. He didn’t say much, just stared…

A total highlight on this tour was sharing Kenny with the students of Sophie B. Wright Charter School in New Orleans. Here I am with the school librarian and local author/volunteer Whitney.

My first leg ended at the Decatur Book Festival near Atlanta, Georgia. Despite the 90+ degree weather, I still brought it fashion-wise. It may look like I am reading to the audience here, but I am actually about ready to drop from heat stroke.

Adam Rex, (one of the many fab authors attending the festival), and I battle over who will be remembered for Planescape, Magic cards and children’s books. He sucker-punched me after this photo was taken…then stole my glasses.

…Here I am doing an interpretive dance to Kenny at Ms. Nelson’s in California.

And lastly, I ended each event with requests of drawings which were then given away for all who attended. I always thought that the Spiderwick salamanders could use a little sun screen…I sure could have in Georgia.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support me, it really validates why I do what I do.

PS-fear not San Francisco friends, I will make up those dates and see you early next year.

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October 2, 2008 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Musings

KENNY San Fran Tour Dates Postponed

Due to personal reasons, I’ve had to cut the California leg of my tour short and reschedule my San Francisco/Bay Area events. No one is more disappointed in this than me, and I promise I’ll get new dates set up as soon as possible.

Thanks for your support,

-T

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September 17, 2008 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Kenny & The Dragon, Musings

Special Event in Los Angeles Added to KENNY & THE DRAGON Tour

Storyopolis has added an event to the second leg of my Kenny and the Dragon tour in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 4th at the Geffen playhouse. This will be a morning event, part of their “Saturday Scene” program, and will feature a live band as well as yours truly.

Tickets are available at Storyopolis, or you can call 310-208-5454. I hope I see you there!

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August 15, 2008 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Kenny & The Dragon, Musings

September KENNY Tour Dates added

More events for the Kenny and the Dragon tour. I was originally going to travel all the way up the west coast to Vancouver, but we just could not get all the dates in there, so I’ll be touring through California. Of course, all tour dates have been added ABOUT section of my site, so be sure to check them out. I hope to see you there!

Friday, October 3
4:00 PM
WHALE OF A TALE
4199 Campus Drive, Suite A
Irvine, CA 92612

Saturday, October 4
2:00 pm
BARNES & NOBLE
7881 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Sunday, October 5
12:30 pm
MRS. NELSON’S BOOKS
1030 Bonita Ave.
La Verne, CA 91750

Sunday, October 5
4:00 pm
VROMAN’S
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101

Monday, October 6
12:30 pm
STORYTELLER
23 Lafayette Street
Lafayette, CA 94549

Monday, October 5
7:00 pm
COPPERFIELD’S BOOKS
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA 94952

Tuesday, October 7
6:30 pm
BOOKS INC.
Laurel Village
3515 California Street

Wednesday, October 9
6:00 pm
KEPLERS BOOKS
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

…and, in case you missed it, here is a reminder for the first leg of the tour (starting next week!):

Sunday, August 24
2:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE
2774 N. Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38133

Monday, August 25
4:00 PM
DAVIS-KIDD BOOKSELLERS
387 Perkins Rd. Extended
Memphis, TN 38117

Tuesday, August 26
5:00 PM
SQUARE BOOKS
160 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655

Wednesday, August 27
3:00PM
LEMURIA BOOKS
202 Banner Hall
4465 I55 North
Jackson, MS 39206

Thursday, August 28
4:30PM
OCTAVIA BOOKS
503 Octavia St
New Orleans, LA 70115

August 29-31
DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL
Decatur, Georgia

Sunday, August 31
2:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE
7660 North Point Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30022

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July 21, 2008 Posted by Tony D in Appearances, Musings, Spiderwick Stuff

Spiderwick Event in New Jersey

Holly and I will be doing a special event on September 16th, for the release of the next Beyond the Spiderwick book, A Giant Problem. Below are the details, I hope we see you there!

Special SPIDERWICK EVENT with Holly Black!
Tuesday, September 16th
6:00 PM
BOOK WORLD
Essex Mall
895 Bloomfield Avenue
West Caldwell, NJ 07006

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