The blog of author Matthew J. Kirby

Category: Travel

  • SCIBA – 2010

    This past weekend, Scholastic sent me to Hollywood for the annual trade show of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association, where I got to meet lots of book-loving people, and had a wonderful time. The night before the trade show, I went out to eat with my publicist, Lauren, and Roz, the Scholastic sales rep for the…

  • ALA 2010

    I’ve been meaning to post about my first conference of the American Library Association for a while now.  I had an amazing time. Scholastic brought me in to promote The Clockwork Three.  It was the first real publicity for the book, with a reading and signing, and ARCs handed out.  But the weekend was also…

  • Some upcoming events

    Just a little update about where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing this summer, writer-wise. First, next week is the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Workshop. I’ve written about it before, about what a great event this conference has been for me, and will continue to be for other writers. I’ll be speaking…

  • Curse you, Doctor Who!

    More on the title of this entry in a moment.  First things first. I had one more entry I’d planned to write on my trip to NYC.  But that series of posts has already gone on longer than I’d planned, and anyway, the final day was mostly comprised of waiting in lines and passing through…

  • NYC – Part 4

    Part 1, here.  Part 2, here.  Part 3, here. So, after a long day of filming and a good night’s sleep, the next morning we rode the subway down to a recording studio.  There I met Mary Gruetzke, the audiobook editor for The Clockwork Three, and Cheryl Smith, the audiobook producer.  Both women were very…

  • NYC – Part 3

    For part 1, click here, and for part 2, click here. After putting in a day-and-a-half of sightseeing, it was time to get down to the business that brought me to NYC in the first place.  So Thursday morning the Scholastic Book Fairs film crew came to pick us up at our hotel.  The members…

  • NYC – Part 2 of… maybe 4?

    For part 1, click here. On the first day of sightseeing, we decided to ride the ferry out to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.  As a history buff, I was most excited about Ellis Island.  The problem was, there were a lot of other people who had the same idea.  The line to get tickets…

  • NYC – Part 1 of… not sure yet

    Last week, I went to New York City.  I did a lot and saw a lot, so it’ll likely take a few posts to share it all with you.  As I mentioned, my publisher flew me in for business, but I tacked on a couple of extra days to do some sightseeing.  It was the…