Let me backtrack a little bit. For a while now, I've wished that there was one place that I could go to find out about all YA bookish events at once. I thought it would be great to have that point of reference so I didn't have to check out tons of individual author websites based on the chance that one of them would be anywhere near me. So, after a while of thinking this, I decided to do something about it.
My latest project is: the YA events calendar! I'm in the process of going through hundreds of YA author websites and adding any upcoming events to the calendar. (So far, this is U.S. only - I really want to expand it in the future, but I can't figure out how to make the calendar work for other time zones! Someday.) I also made a Twitter where I post about the day's events every morning!
My hope with this calendar is that I can help other people find bookish events near them that they might not have otherwise known about. The calendar is fully searchable, so you can search by location (by state) or by author! It doesn't have ALL events yet (and I'm never going to say that it's 100% complete, because more events will always be being announced), but I'm working on making it as thorough as possible.
So, check it out and follow the Twitter! Maybe there's something near you!
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