Events: August 2008 Archives

Elizabeth Dulemba, illustrator for The Prince's Diary, will be appearing at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee October 10-12.

The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is a three-day literary Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of October. It is free and open to the public. No advance registration or tickets are required. All seating is on a first-come basis.

Southern Festival of Books
October 10-12, 2008
Friday, October 10 from Noon-6 pm
Saturday, October 11 from 9 am-6 pm
Sunday, October 12 from Noon-5 pm
Nashville's War Memorial Plaza
Nashville, TN
Elizabeth Dulemba, illustrator of The Prince's Diary, will be at the Decatur Book Festival at the end of August. She'll be presenting and signing her newest title, Paco and the Giant Chile Plant.

The Third Annual AJC Decatur Book Festival
August 29-31, 2008

"Elizabeth Dulemba's comical, perky drawings and Renee Ting's sweet text make this picture book a wonderful addition to the Cinderella tradtion."

-BookPleasures.com

Renee Ting grew up in upstate New York and studied music at Harvard. Since then, Renee has made a career selling and publishing books and is currently the president of Shen's Books. When not reading or writing, Renee sings in two choirs, tutors children in writing and math, and is constantly experimenting with new scone recipes. Renee lives near San Francisco in Walnut Creek, California. The Prince's Diary is her first picture book.

Elizabeth O. Dulemba received a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia after a lifetime of art training. She spent fifteen years in the industry, mostly with child-related businesses, before becoming a full-time author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Elizabeth lives in a log cabin in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains with her husband, two big dogs, and a tiny cat who rules them all.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.