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Tag Archives: authors
I Met Some Published Irish Authors & Here Is What I Learned (The Non-Derek Landy Edition)
As you guys know by now, I met Derek Landy (!) on his book tour in Dublin, got my picture taken with him (!!), and asked him to sign three of my Skulduggery Pleasant books (!!!). Definitely an experience I’ll … Continue reading
Derek Landy’s Resurrection Tour 2017 | I Attended A Book Signing @ Easons Dublin On 6.08.17!
Hello hello hello! Throughout my time in Ireland, my classmates and I wrote and workshopped a number of short creative nonfiction pieces about what we did there. When given the prompt of “arrival,” I spun it into an essay about … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading!, Nevillegirl's Adventures!, Nevillegirl's Travels, Non-Neville Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged authors, book signing, books, college, Derek Landy, friendship, Ireland, my life, reading, Skulduggery Pleasant, Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection, study abroad, traveling, writing
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Meeting Roxane Gay & Rick Riordan At The Iowa City Book Festival
October is one of my favorite times because the Iowa City Book Festival is held at the beginning of the month! I’d never even heard of it until I moved here last year, but now I’m all about it. I’ve been saying … Continue reading
“Boy Erased” By Gerrard Conley | A Memoir About Conversion Therapy & I Should Go To More Bookstore Readings
This afternoon I went to a reading at Prairie Lights, one of my favorite bookstores here in Iowa City. I’ve been keeping an eye out for LGBTQ+-themed readings because I thought that would be a fun way to celebrate Pride, … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading!, LGBTQ+, Nevillegirl's Adventures!, Non-Neville Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged authors, autobiography, books, Boy Erased, conversion therapy, Garrard Conley, gay, LGBTQ+, memoir, my life, Prairie Lights, Pride, Pride 2016, reading, teen
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Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary turned one hundred years old today. It’s hard to wrap my head around that idea. She was born into a completely different era. Literature and technology and medicine were worlds away from what they are now. Women were … Continue reading
Alison Bechdel Book Signing + Lecture
I met Alison Bechdel the other day. I MET ALISON BECHDEL THE OTHER DAY. I feel like most of my readers probably already know who she is because I post a lot of super gay stuff and most of my … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading!, LGBTQ+, Nevillegirl's Adventures!, Non-Neville Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother?, art, authors, autobiography, books, college, creativity, Dykes To Watch Out For, feminism, Fun Home, gay, graphic novels, lesbian, LGBTQ+, memoir, my life, queer, reading, teen, writing
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We Should Prioritize #OwnVoices Books | Here’s Why
#OwnVoices was created by the author Corinne Duyvis – who is fabulous, and who you should be following on social media if you aren’t already – last September. Why am I writing about it now? Well, because A) I was looking … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading!, LGBTQ+, Nevillegirl's Adventures!, Non-Neville Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged #OwnVoices, African-American, authors, Between the World and Me, bisexual, black, books, characters, diversity, gay, lesbian, movies, queer, race, reading, representation, Ta-Nehisi Coates, transgender, TV shows, writing
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