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French, German, and Australian Tour Events

Here's the final list of these tour events* this year**: 

 *PLEASE double check with the venue to confirm all times before traveling long distances! Also, I'm happy to sign as many books as you bring, venue permitting, but I do ask that if there are books for sale there, you buy one from the hosting store as well to reimburse them for having an author event there. Thanks!



**I'm also going to be in the UK for a 10 day tour in November, but I don't have details yet. I will also have West Coast dates in October (Portland and California), so I'll post those details when I get them too.



August 29

Melbourne Writer's Festival

details "Why I Read" - 10:00-10:45 a.m.



"Meet the Author" - 12:30-1:15 p.m.



August 30

Melbourne Writer's Festival

details "Meet the Author" - 10:00-10:45 a.m..



September 1

Discussion & Signing

Dymocks, Melville

6:30 PM

Details here



September 2

Discussion & Signing

Dymocks, Melbourne

234 Collins Street

5:30 PM

Details here



September 3

10.30 am – 11.30 am

Readings Bookshop

701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Tel: 03 9819 1917



September 5

Discussion & Signing

Books Kinokuniya

Level 2: The Galleries

500 George Street

Sydney

6:00 PM



September 7

Brisbane Writers Festival

Breezeway, Mairwar – State Library of Qld

9.45 am – 10.30 am

Session: Wild Words panel

Panel with Margo Lanagan, Peter Stanley and Maggie

Details here



12.30 pm – 1.15pm

Breezeway, Mairwar – State Library of Qld

Grades 8 - 10 (400 kids)

Session: Meet Maggie Stiefvater



September 8

Brisbane Writers Festival

Breezeway, Mairwar – State Library of Qld

9.30 am – 10.30 am

Session: Meet Maggie Stiefvater



September 9

Brisbane Writers Festival

The Edge – State Library of Qld

9.45 am to 10.30 am

Session: Stories that move: book trailers



Panel with Tristan Bancks and Maggie

12.30pm to 2.15 pm

The Edge – State Library of Qld

Wordshop: Creating Characters workshop



September 10

Brisbane Writers Festival

Workshop: Writing for Young Adults

10am to 12 noon



German details here.



14. September: Hamburg

16.00 Uhr: Harbour Front Festival, Christianskirche, Klopstockplatz 2



15. September: Bamberg

20.00 Uhr: Hübscher Buch und Medienhaus, Grüner Markt 16

VVK in der Buchhandlung Tel: 0951/9822522



16. September: Freising

15.00 Uhr: Kino Camera, Obere Hauptstraße 54

VVK: Bücher Pustet, Obere Hauptstraße 45, Tel: 08161/537730



16. September: Ingolstadt

19.30 Uhr: Thalia Buchhandlung in den City Arcaden, Ludwigstraße 25

VVK in der Buchhandlung, Tel.: 0841/9938770



23 September: Paris

Event with Cate Tiernan

VIRGIN GRAND BOULEVARDS

6:30-8:00 p.m.



24 September: Bordeaux

Event with Cate Tiernan

LIBRAIRIE MOLLAT

4:00-6:00 p.m.

So Now We Come to the End (Well, Sort of)

And by "end," I mean the end of the FOREVER U.S. tour. And by "sort of," I mean that I'm heading off for my Australian, German, and French tour dates in two and a half weeks (details on that here) so that means I'm practically still on tour.



But still, it's end of the road trip part of the tour, and I first of all have to say a huge thanks to you guys. 75% of every audience was people I knew from my blog or Twitter or Facebook, and it was fantastic to be able to meet people have been with me for this entire crazy journey.



I know there were still a lot of blog readers who didn't get to see me at one of my tour stops, and I wanted to do something for folks who couldn't make it to an event. I have some leftover Fun Things from the tour. Namely, these things:





My cool keychains! Made of genuine pleather! If you want one, just take a picture of yourself holding one of my books and send it to me along with a self addressed, stamped envelope, and I'll mail a keychain back to you. I get a smiling face, you get a keychain. Send all those here: P. O. Box 1448, King George, VA 22485. I'll keep sending them out until they're all gone.



Speaking of things that were sent in the mail, I did come home to this in my mail box.







ARE YOU SURE IT'S REALLY MY CAR?







I suppose it is. FINE. But I'll have you know, I never speed.



Well.



It's finally starting to sink in that FOREVER is the end of the trilogy and the U.S. tour is all done: 17 tour stops, 2 co-pilots, 238 gallons of gas, 4,000 miles, and one air conditioning condensing coil later. Here's the last video of the tour, with music courtesy of Brad Sucks (huge thanks to Brad -- if you love the song, please find it on iTunes or wherever you buy music!)







And if you missed the other tour videos, here are the links.



1. The Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania



2. Into Every Life, a Little Construction Must Fall



3. A Day in the Life



4. Caves, Geodes, and Other Nifty Things



5. Look at that Animal!



6. Hotels with Lifeboats and Beds with Ladders



7. Nordic Style!



8. Maggie and Tessa at Wild Rumpus



9. Lions, Tigers, and . . . Binturongs?



Now, just to finish that novel and THE SCORPIO RACES book trailer before I leave for Australia.

Lions and Tigers and Binturongs, Oh My!

On the 2nd, I had the very fortunate opportunity to tour the Conservators Center outside of Raleigh, NC, before my event at Quail Ridge Books. Those of you who know me at all know that there's nothing I like better than poking fingers at animals, and rumor had it they had wolves and lions and lemurs, most of them rehabilitated from closed zoos, failed exotic pet owners, and road accidents. A huge thanks to Tom and Bonnie for making this happen, and also to Mindy and Kim for sharing their time and expertise with us.

One of the animals Mindy was proudest of was the binturong. I'd never heard of them, which amazed me because of the sheer number of hours I logged in front of National Geographic as a child. But Mindy explained to me that they were crucial for the existence of the rainforest. Here is some Binturong arithmetic.



The binturong eats the strangler fig, poops it out minus the seed casing, and up grows a rainforest. No bintorong equals no poop equals no strangler fig equals only Wal-Marts.

What a useful animal!

You can see more useful animals (and also hear one of the more impressive auditory events in my life) in the video.




And the Conservators Center is open for tours and runs on donations, so please consider one or the other! I would love to take Thing 1 & 2 back there.

Lions and Tigers and Binturongs, Oh My!

On the 2nd, I had the very fortunate opportunity to tour the Conservators Center outside of Raleigh, NC, before my event at Quail Ridge Books. Those of you who know me at all know that there's nothing I like better than poking fingers at animals, and rumor had it they had wolves and lions and lemurs, most of them rehabilitated from closed zoos, failed exotic pet owners, and road accidents. A huge thanks to Tom and Bonnie for making this happen, and also to Mindy and Kim for sharing their time and expertise with us.

One of the animals Mindy was proudest of was the binturong. I'd never heard of them, which amazed me because of the sheer number of hours I logged in front of National Geographic as a child. But Mindy explained to me that they were crucial for the existence of the rainforest. Here is some Binturong arithmetic.



The binturong eats the strangler fig, poops it out minus the seed casing, and up grows a rainforest. No bintorong equals no poop equals no strangler fig equals only Wal-Marts.

What a useful animal!

You can see more useful animals (and also hear one of the more impressive auditory events in my life) in the video.



And the Conservators Center is open for tours and runs on donations, so please consider one or the other! I would love to take Thing 1 & 2 back there.

Why Are There So Many Chickens On This Tour?

In which we have an event at Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis, MN.




And if you're in the Nashville area, I have an event at the Nashville Public Library on Sunday at 3 p.m.: details here.

Here are 10 Things I Did on My Summer Vacation

And by summer vacation, I mean, last five days.

1. Had two events in Minnesota, one in Miami, one in Kansas City, and one in St. Louis, all populated by fantastic people who knew who I was.

2. Embraced Lover for the first time in 15 days, as he flew in to Minneapolis to take over co-pilot duties from Tessa.

3. Tried to fit Tessa, Natalie, Lover, and I and Tessa, Natalie, Lover, and my luggage into Loki for the drive through Iowa.



4. Rented a car.

5. Finally bought a GPS.

6. Ignored the GPS.

7. Simmered when, 50 miles outside St. Louis, the air conditioning on Loki suddenly stopped working.

8. Discovered a giant hole in Loki's air conditioning condenser.

9. While still in St. Louis, found a place with a part to fix Loki's air conditioning.

10. In Nashville, my next tour stop. Six hours away.

It's going to be a long drive.

While I sweat, you can watch a video of Tessa and I in Wisconsin, trying to determine where all these Vikings came from.

Hotels with Lifeboats and Beds with Ladders

While in St. Paul, MN, on the FOREVER tour, Tessa and I picked up Natalie Parker and my husband Ed and then we slept on a boat. Evidence:




Also, I'll be at Rainy Day Books in Kansas City tonight, and at the St. Louis Public Library tomorrow. Remember to say hi and tell me you're a blog reader if you are!

Wythe, Corn, and Goats

So it is day 13 of my 3,700 mile road trip book tour for FOREVER, and we have been from Virginia to Philly to Syracuse to Canada to Michigan to Chicago to Wisconsin and now we're in Minnesota on a boat.

Wisconsin was gorgeous.


Driving through Pennsylvania earlier had put us in mind of the painters Wythe: 


And Wisconsin inspired us.


Also, have some goat milking. We stayed at the Rainbow Ridge Farms, where Donna, Cindy, and Maria were very happy to teach us how to milk a goat. A huge thanks to them and if you ever have the opportunity to stay with them, TAKE IT.

Caves, Geodes, and Hitting things with Hammers: Day 10 (?)

Today we're driving to Minneapolis, where I'll fly briefly to Miami tomorrow for a This is Teen! event with Meg Cabot and Libba Bray. Details on that here!

And I'm editing a video involving vikings and goats now.

A Day In the Life of A Touring Author

Tonight we're on to Madison, WI's event, but while we spend the next few hours driving there, you can watch the trials and tribulations from our drive and event in Naperville yesterday.




Also . . . I just found out that UK readers have made FOREVER #1 in the UK.

WOW.


THANK YOU GUYS, SO MUCH!!!!!

I'm sure there would be more exclamation points if I could BELIEVE IT.