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Updated New Book UNHAPPY CAMPER Évents

Published 10 days ago • 1 min read

Hi, Reader,

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Huge thanks to readers who came to my book release at Third Place Books on Tuesday. It was joyful to see so many faces and then hang out afterwards. Diana Ma is a wonderful conversation partner asking such good questions and bringing her own experiences to the dialogue.

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Now, I’m on my way to South Bay for my book events on Saturday with Hicklebee’s in San Jose, CA and then to Linden Tree in Los Altos, CA.

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Here’s the updated book events list with one correction and one add:

  • Indie Book Store Day this Saturday with Ann Xu and Nicole Chen for LILY XIAO SPEAKS OUT
    • Hicklebee’s in San Jose, CA from 2:30-3:30 pm
    • Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, CA at 4:30 pm
  • Mother’s Day in a dual book event with Suma Subramaniam for A BINDI CAN BE at Brick and Mortar Books in Redmond, WA at 2:30 pm
  • June 20 at 5 pm at the Port Townsend Library with Faith Pray for her picture book FINDING GRATEFUL and Dori Hillestad Butler for her newest award winning KING AND KAYLA chapter book series
  • July 25 & 26 at LITapalooza and KIDLITapalooza with Anderson’s Bookshop in Napierville, IL. Registration is now OPEN!
  • September 7 at Bigfoot Book Festival at Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond, WA

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Thanks so much for all the wonderful emails I received from my newsletter subscribers. It was so heartwarming to read your replies to Tuesday’s newsletter announcement!!

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~~Lily
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