Here’s the flyer for the Books of Wonder event in New York City next week (Click the image to view it larger). I’ll be happy to sign whatever books, cards and games you bring! I’ll seeya there or at one of the other stops on the fall WondLaFul Tour!
With The Search for WondLa’s release fast approaching, I thought I’d leak chapter 1: “Alone” of the audiobook read by none other than the loverly Teri Hatcher. I’ve listened to the entire disc and Teri did a fantastic job with the numerous voices and characterizations – at 10 hours long, that’s some serious storytelling. Take a listen:
As with the novel, the audiobook will be available in bookstores everywhere in the US and Canada on September 21st. Enjoy!
Here at last is my complete fall itinerary for The Search for WondLa book tour 2010. I will be doing a short presentation, drawing and Q&A. I will sign ANY of my old books, cards and stuff that you bring, but please check with the store first about their signing policy. (I go into this a bit more on my site under the FAQs).
I will also have a limited supply of the limited edition WondLa sketchbook to give out FOR FREE at each event. I will likely be given them out to the first 50-100 attendees, so get there on time! I’ll see ya this fall!
Tuesday, September 21 @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
3535 US Route 1
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-897-9250
Wednesday, September 22 @ 6:00 PM
**NYC LAUNCH EVENT**
(Hosted by Uma Thurman)
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270
Thursday, September 23 @10:30 AM
Barnes & Noble
380 Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY11746
631-421-9886
Friday, September 24 @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
210 Commerce Blvd.
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
215-269-0442
Saturday, September 25 @ 11:00 AM
Chester County Books and Music Company
975 Paoli Pike
West Chester, PA 19380
610-696-1661
Monday, September 27 @ 7:00 PM
Anderson’s Bookshop
123 West Jefferson
Naperville, IL 60540
630-355-2665
Tuesday, September 28 @ 4:30 PM
Bookstall of Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
847-446-8880
Wednesday, September 29 @ 7:00 PM
Rainy Day Books
Unity Temple on the Plaza
707 West 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64114
913-384-3126
Thursday, September 30 @ 6:30 PM
Wild Rumpus Books
2720 West 43rd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55410
(612) 920-5005
Friday, October 1 (evening)
Red Balloon Bookshop
891 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-224-8320
Tuesday, October 12 @ 7:00 PM
Kepler’s
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 324 – 4321
Thursday, October 14
Copperfield’s Books
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA 94952-2994
(707) 762-0563
October 16-17
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
(Schedule to be announced)
Tuesday, October 19 @ 5:00 PM
Blue Willow Bookshop
14532 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77079
281-497-8675
November 12-13
Mazza Museum Weekend Conference
The University of Findlay
1000 North Main Street
Findlay, OH 45840
419-422-8313
November 14-21
MIAMI BOOK FESTIVAL
(Schedule to be announced)
We are still in the midst of finalizing tour dates for the launch of The Search for WondLa, but I wanted to drop a couple of confirmed events from the first leg of the tour:
Wednesday, September 22 @ 3:30 PM
Books, Bytes & Beyond
197 Rock Road
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
(201) 670-6766
Wednesday, September 22 @ 6PM
**NYC LAUNCH EVENT**
(Hosted by Uma Thurman)
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270
Wednesday, September 29 @ 7:00 PM
Rainy Day Books
2706 West 53rd Street
Fairway, KS 66205
(913) 384-3126
Thursday, September 30 @ 6:30 PM
Wild Rumpus Books
2720 West 43rd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55410
(612) 920-5005
Additional regions from the first leg (Sept. 21-Oct. 2) of the tour will be New Jersey, Long Island, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Leg two will start on October 12th and will include San Francisco (finally!), Houston and the Texas Book Festival.
I will also be speaking at the Mazza Museum in November (12-13) and am planning on an event or two in the Columbus, Ohio area. The following weekend I will be signing at the Miami Book Fair (Nov. 18-21).
For all of my friends and fans across the pond, the WondLa UK tour has been pushed to fall 2011. We just could not wedge it into my hectic fall schedule.
That’s all for now, more details as I get’em!
With a little more than a month to go before the release of The Search for WondLa, I am finally able to share some jpegs of my favorite illustrations in the book (there are 70 total). These are all 2-page spreads that open up each chapter. There will be a small block of text on each, which is basically the inverse of what you usually see in a 500-page novel (think of the art in the chapter openers in the Harry Potter books, for instance). This first one is of my heroine, Eva Nine, and it is the opening image of Chapter 1.
…Here is Eva’s first encounter with the gruff curmudgeon, Rovender Kitt…
…and this is the wicked huntsman, Besteel, with his sonic boomrod…
This was one of the first finished images that came to mind for this book. Its of the mysterious Arius in her den.
This is Queen Ojo with her royal procession.
…and this is the world they inhabit, Orbona. Its named after the goddess of orphans…
Enjoy! I’ll be posting more, plus tour dates VERY soon!
Connie Tyrrell Burns, of Mahoney Middle School in South Portland, Maine write a fabulous starred review of The Search for WondLa in the current issue of School Library Journal. Here is my fav part:
…The abundant illustrations, drawn in a flat, two-tone style, are lush and enhance readers’ understanding of this unique universe. In addition, augmented reality is used in three places. By holding up the page from the book to a webcam, an interactive map appears on the screen. Readers can watch as the landscape where Eva Nine is traveling unfolds. DiTerlizzi is pushing the envelope in his latest work, nearly creating a new format that combines a traditional novel with a graphic novel and with the interactivity of the computer. Yet, beneath this impressive package lies a theme readers will easily relate to: the need to belong, to connect, to figure out one’s place in the world. The novel’s ending is a stunning shocker that will leave kids frantically awaiting the next installment.
She got it! She really got it. Yeeessss!
If that was not enough, Debra Lau Whelan did a lengthy interview with yours truly discussing the origin of WondLa, the sequel books, and the developing movie at Paramount Pictures. Please to enjoy!
For my friends and fans who can’t wait for my U.S. fall book tour this September, Stuart Ng Books is offering a handful of signed The Search for WondLa sketchbooks for sale on his site.
As I posted before, I produced this 2-color, 34 page sketchbook in conjunction with Simon & Schuster in a limited edition of 2000. We’ve been giving them away at various conventions this summer (like San Diego Comic Con) and I’ll be handing them out on tour this fall to some lucky attendees, but if you can’t wait…well then here is your chance.
