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Readergirlz, Etc.

1. I am the featured author over at Readergirlz this month, where a month-long conversation is going on about Paper Towns. Head over to their blog and participate (plus check out the Paper Towns Playlist I made).

2. I've been working a lot of my new book, which has slowed down progress on this web site. I am aware that the FAQ needs finishing and updating. I will get to it after VidCon and ALA and the World Cup.

3. As some of you know, I am a fan of the World Cup. (I have seen at least part of ...

The New Web Site

Hi so the reason I haven't updated my blog in forever is that I have been patiently waiting to unveil my fancy new web site, which has many improvements over the old web site, including that I am able to edit all the pages whenever I want, which is good, because the bio page on my old web site strongly implied that I was 27 years old, and my foreign publishers would always just copy the bio from my web site, which had the weird effect of several years passing without me getting any older in P...

Will Grayson, Will Grason Tour: The West Coast Swing

Thanks to everyone who has come out on tour and to everyone who had read Will Grayson, Will Grayson! The definitive information on the second leg of the tour:


Thursday April 22, 7PM
INDIANAPOLIS
Borders
6020 E. 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46250
Phone: 317-849-8660


Friday April 23, 6PM
LA MESA, CA
Mysterious Galaxy
Offsite event:
La Mesa Public Library
8074 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone: 619-660-6329


Sunday April 25
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
10:30AM -12:30PM
Korn Convocation Hall, Panel #2071
Joh...

Will Grayson, Will Grayson: A Rundown

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, a book David Levithan and I wrote together, officially comes out today, April 6th. I'm about to leave for the tour (scroll down a bit for information about that), but I wanted to share some reviews and stuff:

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Green and Levithan craft an intellectually existential, electrically ebullient love story that brilliantly melds the ridiculous with the realistic. In alternating chapters from Will and will, each character comes lovi...

The Real, Official Guide to the Will Grayson, Will Grayson Tour with David Levithan and John Green

So in the last couple weeks, I have repeatedly released incorrect information about the tour David Levithan and I will be doing in April to support the release of our collaboratively written novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

The information below is guaranteed to be accurate, unless of course it later turns out to be inaccurate. Right, but anyway, here is the tour schedule...NOW WITH FOOTNOTES:


Tuesday April 6
7PM
Naperville North High School
899 N. Mill Street, Naperville IL 60563
Phone: 630-355-2...

Will Grayson, Will Grayson: Your Book (And Tour) Questions Answered

Reminder: On Monday, March 15th, I'll be talking about vlogging and books in Indianapolis at 7 PM: Indianapolis Public Library 40 E St. Clair St Indianapolis, IN

On Wednesday, I'll be in New York City with David Levithan, Libba Bray, and E. Lockhart doing crazy readers theater at the South Court Room of the New York Public Library's 42nd Street Central Library branch.

Then in April, I'll be on tour a lot. For more info, scroll down. Now then: I have promised to answer your questions and comment...

Will Grayson, Will Grayson: The Book. The Tour

Right, so for the last five years, I've been working on this book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson. The novel is about two different people, both named Will Grayson. (One WG is written by me, the other by David.)

It has recently come to my attention that this book comes out in 28 days. So you should preorder it here! Or here! Or here! Or here!

Also David and going on TOUR! I hope you will come see us.

First, NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 15, I will be talking about vlogging and books ...

Indianapolis Next Monday: More Info

Several commenters have pointed out that the UIndy web site seems to disagree with me about the scheduled time of my writing workshop next Monday.

This is because there are, in fact, two events.

There will be a free writing workshop at 4 PM on Monday Feb. 8th at the Wheeler Art Center (1035 Sanders Street # 111 Indianapolis, IN). I will talk about writing and we will do writing exercises and have fun. (Hopefully.) To attend that, rsvp to Bryan Furuness: furuness--at--gmail.com

That evening, I wi...

A Free Writing Workshop with Me

Sorry for not blogging much. In case you don't follow me on twitter, I had a baby, which can really slow down your blogging. BUT:

If you live in or near Indianapolis and you are a high school student (or can convincingly pretend to be one), I'll be teaching a free writing workshop next Monday, February 8th, at the University of Indianapolis. The workshop will be from 4 PM to 5:30 PM at the Wheeler Art Center (1035 Sanders Street # 111 Indianapolis, IN).

If you'd like to come, RSVP to Bryan Furu...

More Questions Answered about The Future of Books

Thanks to everyone who has responded to the essay I wrote for SLJ about the future of reading and publishing in the US. To answer a few more questions:

1. I am not in any way proposing that physical books are dying as a medium, nor do I imagine some all-digital future for text.

I do believe, however, that the survival of printed text won't matter very much from a business perspective, because the big issue is not the medium but the distribution network.

The distribution network--insofar as it st...