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March 29, 1996
Keynote Address: "Her Stories: My Stories, Your Stories
and Other Stories," Conference on Children's Literature,
Broward County Library Presents The 1996 Children's Reading
Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. |
April 12, l996
Twelfth Annual Virginia
Hamilton Conference on Multicultural
Literary Experiences for Youth - Address: "Reflections."
Kent State University, Ohio. |
April 25, l996
Texas Library Association: Keynote Address: "The Book On the
Word, Libraries and Tradition." Houston, Texas. |
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April 27, 1996
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Maple St. Children's Book Shop, 7529 Maple
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana |
April 27, 1996
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Afro-Am Book Shop, 5700 Reed Boulevard,
#275 New Orleans, Louisiana |
April 27, l996
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Booksellers, Inc., 3308 Magazine Street,
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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April 30, 1996
Autographing: Random House Booth 1128, 11:00 a.m.- noon, New
Orleans, Louisiana |
May 1, 1996
International Reading Association Conference. Keynote Address:
"Bringing Books to Kids Who Need them - The Uphill
Battle." National Reading is Fundamental (RIF) - IRA
Coordinator Lunch, Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana |
May 1, 1996
Autographing: Scholastic Booth 3602, 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.,
Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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May 1, 1996
Autographing: Scholastic Booth 3602, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Hilton
Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana |
May 1, 1996
Autographing: Simon and Schuster Booth 1339, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m., Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana |
May 1, 1996
Author presentation on the Theme of "Home" 6:00 p.m. -
8:00 p.m., Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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May 10, 1996
"Around The Fringe" with Vick Mickunas. 2:00 p.m., YSO-FM
Arnold Adoff and Virginia Hamilton Interview. |
May 11, 1996
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff
Autographing at "Dark Star Bookstore", Yellow Springs .
Adoff/Hamilton signing their new books (among others), Adoff's, Slow
Dance Heartbreak Blues and Hamilton's When
Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing. |
June 15, 1996
Bell Atlantic Dallas Black Family Reunion Pavilion, Dallas Texas.
In conjunction with the Black Family Reunion in Dallas, June
14th"-1"6th. Bell Atlantic opens its "You are the
Communication" Pavilion with Virginia Hamilton as special
guest and storytelling as theme. The Virginia Hamilton
performances will be 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., & 5:00 p.m. on June
15 and June 16. |
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June 16, l996
Autographing at Borders Books in Fort Worth, TX (after 6:00 p.m.) |
July 5 - July 10, 1996
American Library Association Convention, Javits Center, New York
City. |
July 9, 1996
Virginia Hamilton accepts Coretta
Scott King Award at The C.S.King
Breakfast. |
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July 20, l996
7:00 - 8:30 P.M. - Keynote and Reception Antioch Writers' Workshop
of Yellow Springs, OH July 20 -27, 1996 |
August 8, l996
Thursday, Borders Bookstore, School Street, Boston, Mass. Joint
Reading and Booksigning by Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff.
Reception to follow. |
August 9, 1996
Children's Literature New England, Inc. The 10th Annual Summer
Institute, August 4"-1"0, 1996. Presented at Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts by Children's Literature New
England - "Endings and Beginnings: The Shape of Story."
Friday Banquet speaker: Virginia Hamilton |
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September 28, 1996
Hueman Experience (Bookstore) 911 Park Ave., West, Denver, CO
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Booksigning Contact: Clara Villarosa @
303-293-2665 |
September 28, 1996
The Bookies (Bookstore) 4315 East Mississippi, Denver, CO
2:00-4:00 PM Booksigning Contact: Linda Wright @
303-759"-1"117 |
September 29, 1996
Mountains & Plains Booksellers Assoc. M&P Bookseller's
Breakfast - Virginia Hamilton - Guest Speaker 8:00-9:30 AM Open to
Public Denver Technical Center |
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September 29, 1996
Tattered Cover (Bookstore) 1628 16th Street, Denver, CO 2:00 -
4:00 PM Book Autographing Contact: Christine Jackson @
303-322-7727 |
October 4, 1996
Hicklebee's (Bookstore) 1378 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, CA 3:00 -
5:00 PM Book Autographing Contact: Valerie Lewis @ 408-292-8880
RECEPTION: 5:00 - 6:00PM; Call V Lewis for reservations |
October 5, 1996
Border's (Bookstore) 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 12:00 -
2:00 PM Book Autographing Contact: Jef Friedel @ 415-326-3670 |
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October 6, 1996
No. California Independent Booksellers Assoc. NCIBA Breakfast -
VIRGINIA HAMILTON - SPEAKER Oakland, California
Booksigning |
October 6, 1996
Cover to Cover (Bookstore) 3910 24th Street San Francisco, CA 2:00
- 4:00 PM Booksigning Contact: Wendy Heye @ 415-282-8080 |
October 6, 1996
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books (Bookstore) 2417 Larkspur
Landing Circle Larkspur, CA 6:00 - 8:00 PM Booksigning Contact:
Rosa Harrington @ 415-461-9506 |
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October 20, 1996
Children's Literature Conference Sponsored by the Center for
Children's Literature & USSBY (US Board of Books for Youth)
Hunter College, New York - Afternoon, Guest Speaker - Virginia
Hamilton |
November 1, 1996
Luncheon - Westchester County (New York) Country Club Sponsored by
the Rye Country Day School Joint Presentation "A Literary
Couple" - Arnold Adoff, Virginia Hamilton |
November 2 -16, 1996
Citizen Ambassador Program Children's Literature Delegation to
South Africa Johannesburg/Pretoria, Soweto, Capetown, Kruger
National Park. Virginia Hamilton, delegate. Visits to Professional
Organizations and Institutes; roundtable discussions, exploring
all aspects of learning and literature for children. Excursion to
the great animal park to photograph the "African free animal
range." |
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February 12, l997
New York: Wednesday, WBIS-TV (Dow Jones) Virginia Hamilton on
"Wake up" , live, at 8:30 A.M. Interview with Mercedes
Wood. |
February 13, l997
New York: Thursday, Fox News Channel - Virginia Hamilton on
"Fox on Family", live with Rebecca Gomez - 1:30 - 2:00
P.M. |
March 12, 1997
Virginia Hamilton's Birthday!!! |
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March 17-28, 1997
Monday thru Friday. Virginia Hamilton on Scholastic Network on the
Internet. |
April 11, 1997
Monday, 13th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural
Experiences Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Contact: College of
Continuing Studies at (330) 672-3237 or 1-800-672-KSU2. |
April 14, 1997
Monday, National Assoc. of College Stores. Baltimore, Maryland. V.
Hamilton, 7:30 AM Breakfast Speaker with 1,100 College Store
Managers & Trade Dept. Booksellers Author Book Autographing -
12:00 PM. |
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April 19, 1997
Saturday, Lorain, OH, City Schools Young Authors Event 10:30 AM -
Keynote Speech to Students and Parents 11:00 AM - Author Book
Autographing. |
April 25, 1997
Friday, Marygrove College - 8:00 PM Contemporary American Authors
Lecture Series Featuring Virginia Hamilton. Alumni Hall, Madame
Cadillac Building. Free and Open to the Public. |
April 26, 1997
Saturday, 2:00 PM - Borders Books & Music, 5601 Mercury Drive,
Dearborn, MI 48126 Virginia Hamilton Book Autographing. |
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May 5 - 8, 1997
Monday thru Thursday, International Reading Assn. Convention -
Atlanta, Georgia. |
May 8, 1997
Thursday, Virginia Hamilton, Featured Author 9:00 to 10:00 AM -
Strand Auditorium, Convention Center 10:30 to 11:30 AM - V.
Hamilton Autographing, Scholastic, Inc. Convention Booth. |
May 18, 1997
Kent State University Commencement, Kent, OH. Virginia Hamilton to
be awarded degree - Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. |
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September, 1997
A RING OF TRICKSTERS
Animal Tales from America,
the West Indies and Africa |
September 26-28, 1997
Great Lakes Independent
Booksellers Trade Show
Virginia Hamilton, Luncheon Speaker 1:00 PM
September 26
Indianapolis Convention Center
100 S. Capital Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46225 |
September 27, 1997
Ohioana Day
11:30 AM Luncheon and Program -Presentation of
Awards: Presentation of the 1997 Ohioana Book Awards to
Recipients: Ohio Authors, Artists and Composers. Dr. Anthony
Manna, Professor, Kent State University, and founding member
of The Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literary
Experiences for Youth, will accept the award for Virginia Hamilton |
|
November 11, 1997
Annual Buckeye Bookfair - Wooster, Ohio
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Fisher Auditorium
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster, Ohio
Virginia Hamilton, autographing |
January 8 - 11, 1998
ONCE UPON A TIME...
Children's Literature in the Late Twentieth Century
The Sixteenth Annual Key West Literary Seminar
VIRGINIA HAMILTON - An
Evening Conversation
"A Writer's Re-Visioning: A Metaphor for Then and
Now"
January 9, 1998, Friday, 8:00 to 9:30 PM
Saturday, l:30 - 3:30
Humanities Panel: moderated by Elizabeth Keyser |
February 14 and 15, 1998
Reading the World
Conference Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and
Young Adults.
Center for Multicultural Literature, University
of San Francisco, School of Education, San Francisco, CA.
Saturday, February 14, 1998
Key Note Speech - Arnold Adoff
10:55 - 11:45 AM
Sunday, February 15, 1998
Key Note Speech - Virginia Hamilton
8:30 - 9:30 AM |
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March 12, 1998
Virginia Hamilton's Birthday |
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April 1998
The
Trilogy
Scholastic Inc.
Point Signature Paperback Editions |
April 3, 1998
Kent
State University's 14th Annual
Virginia Hamilton Conference
on
Multicultural Literature for Youth
Featuring: Virginia Hamilton - George Ancona
Eve Bunting - Tom Feelings
Click
here for official
Virginia Hamilton Conference Website |
|
April is
National Poetry Month
April 11, 1998
1:30 p.m. - Arnold Adoff
will be autographing his books at Barnes & Noble Bookstore,
Beavercreek, OH
April 20, 1998
Arnold Adoff poetry
presentations and readings, Portsmouth (Ohio) Public Library and
Shawnee State College. Contact: Lori Tipton @ 740-353-6502 for
details. |
June 26-30, 1998
ALA
American Library Association's
Annual Conference
Washington, D.C. Convention Center
June 27-28, 1998
Virginia Hamilton Autographing
Come visit with Hamilton!
Convention Center
Scholastic, Inc.
Booth Location #2429 |
September 16, 1998 - Wednesday -
4:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore -
Celebrating Educators
Town Drive, off Fairfield
Road
Beavercreek, Ohio
VIRGINIA HAMILTON -
AUTOGRAPHING |
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October 7, 1998 - Akron Public
Schools
VIRGINIA HAMILTON - Celebrating
Creative Writing and Children’s Books |
November 7, 1998 -
Saturday – 1:00 PM
Books & Co.
Town & Country Shopping Center
Stroop Road
Kettering, Ohio
VIRGINIA HAMILTON – AUTOGRAPHING |
November 16 - 18, 1998
Tallahassee (Florida)
Public Library
VIRGINIA HAMILTON -
Lecture - Other Events |
|
November 23, 1998 - 12:00PM -
1:00PM
Online - Scholastic Network -
Scholastic.com
HAMILTON CHATS ON THE INTERNET |
December 5, 1998 -
Thursday – 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Yellow Tulip
Xenia Avenue
Yellow Springs, Ohio
VIRGINIA HAMILTON – AUTOGRAPHING |
January 18,
1999 - Monday - 7:30PM
VIRGINIA HAMILTON - Evening
Program
Wright Memorial Public Library
1776 Far Hills Avenue - Oakwood/Dayton, Ohio |
| February 28,
1999
University of California at LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
Graduate School of Education - Dept. of Library
and Information Science
VIRGINIA HAMILTON - The
1999 Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture |
March 12,
1999 – On Her Birthday!
Scholastic Authors Online
Hamilton chats with students on
the Internet
|
April 16, 1999
The 15th Annual Virginia
Hamilton Conference
Sponsered by Kent State University, Ohio
Featuring: |
| June 25, June
29 1999
Virginia Hamilton and Della
Reese to Highlight the CSK
Award 30th Anniversary Celebration at the
American
Library Association Convention in New Orleans.
Campaign Theme: Images of the Past, Promises for the Future:
30+ Years of
Coretta Scott King Award Books. |
JULY
19-22, 1999
The 4th National Conference, The Black Caucus of the
American Library Association
Las Vegas, Nevada
Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas Blvd. South
Interactive Presentation - Pre-conference with Coretta Scott
King Award
Winning Authors or Illustrators.
8:30 AM -12:00 PM
Virginia Hamilton -3rd Presenter.
Arnold Adoff Session, 10:00-11:00 AM. |
Friday,
September 24, 1999
Virginia Hamilton is speaker for Executive
Women International, the 1999 Annual Meeting/Convention,
Business/Career/Development Program (B/C/DP) Awards Luncheon.
12:30-2:00 PM. Grand Ballroom, the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel,
Cleveland, Ohio.
(The B/C/D Program includes literacy as one focus; and this year,
participation in "Make a Difference Day", an invitation
to all chapters of EWI to sponsor a Reading Rally in their
city.) |
| Wednesday,
October 13
V. Hamilton Visits with Vic
Mikunis on YSO
2:00PM
|
Thursday,
October 14
Books and Company, Kettering, OH. -
Virginia H.
Afternoon and Evening Reading and Autographing |
Monday,
October 18
"Virginia Hamilton
In Person!" 'Shows and Tells' at the Norweld
Regional Library System - 9:30AM Holiday Inn French Quarter,
Perrysburg, Ohio |
| Saturday, October
23
V. Hamilton Reading and Autographing at
Wilkies in Dayton Ohio
So. Ludlow for "Make A Difference Day"
11:30AM - 12:30PM |
November 17, 1999
50th National
Book Awards
50th National Book Awards Dinner
Virginia Hamilton,
former NBA winner, Special Guest
Marriott Marquis, New York |
Friday, November 19
NCTE – National Conference of Teachers
of English Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado
Virginia Hamilton
Luncheon Speaker at Middle Level Luncheon
Convention
Theme – “Re-imagining the Possibilities” |
|
December 4 (Saturday), 1999
Virginia Hamilton and
Arnold Adoff
Autographing – 11:00 am to
1:00 PM
Glen Gardens (Yellow Tulip)
Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs,
OH |
March 2, 2000
Ohio Chairperson for Ohio Read Across America
Columbus Ohio
Cover To Cover Bookstore
Public School Read-in. |
March 16 & 17, 2000
Westminster College, Dept. of
Education, Wilmington, PA
Virginia Hamilton –
Morning Presentation at Union Elementary School, Media Center, New
Castle, PA
Evening Lecture at Westminster College and autograph signing
Morning presentation March 17
Middle School Media Center |
| April
30, 2000
International Reading
Association
Young Adult Reading Institute, Indianapolis, IN
Meet the Author IV
Virginia Hamilton, Scholastic 2:10 – 2:45 PM
Round Table Discussion –
2:50 – 3:30 PM
Virginia Hamilton & other authors |
April
14, 2000
16th Annual Virginia
Hamilton Conference
Kent
State University |
May 4, 2000
International Reading
Association
Technology Sessions
Convention Center, Rm. 208
Technology Session 12
Creating an Online Writing
Community: Connecting
Students to Authors via the New World of Technology.
Intended for classroom teachers, grades 3-8
Virginia Hamilton,
Ohio; Dana Dilger, Indiana;
Felicia Halpert, New York
Panel of Authors and Editors
(Question/Answer Format)
Virginia Hamilton,
other authors |
| 51st
Annual Governor's Awards
Thursday, February 10, 2000
Columbus, Ohio
Governor's
Award
Category of Arts to Virginia Hamilton
Click here to
read letter from Governor Taft |
Friday,
October 27, 2000
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Presents
Fall Festival of Children's Books - 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Virginia Hamilton, Speaker, The Art of The Novel
Panel, publishers, and other authors. |
Saturday,
November 4, 2000
OHIO KENTUCKY INDIANA - OKI
Children's Literature Conference
Featuring Arnold Adoff and Virginia Hamilton
Other Authors
8:30 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
Xavier University
Cintas Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Arnold Adoff and Virginia Hamilton - 8:45 - 9:45
Workshop II - Arnold Adoff - Meet The
Author
11:15 - 12-15
Workshop III - Virginia Hamilton - Meet
The Author
1:00 - 2:00
|
Friday,
November 10, 2000
The Hope S. Dean Memorial Award, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library
Presentation To Virginia Hamilton
For "A lasting contribution to the knowledge and
appreciation of children's literature"
Acceptance by Virginia Hamilton |
Thursday,
November 16, 2000
Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
Celebration - THE GIRL WHO SPUN GOLD
Virginia Hamilton Lecture and Reading
Illustrators, Leo and Diane Dillon, with slides
6:30 p.m. |
Tuesday,
December 12, 2000
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
"The Canon of Excellence: African American Literature and
Art"
Lecture by Virginia Hamilton,
In conjunction with Legends, Folklore, and Real-life Stories:
Illustrations
from Coretta Scott King Award Books, exhibition of art by 13
artists
receiving the Coretta Scott King Awards - 1996-2000 |
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