July 17 - 18, 2009 - Harriette Austin Writers Conference in Athens, Georgia. Donny's sessions will include: Writing Middle Grade Novels and Selling Your First Novel. Thanks to everyone who came to the Harriette Austin Writers Conference!
July 22, 2009 - Robin Falls KidsStory Time, Blog Talk Radio - Donny will read from GONE FROM THESE WOODS, talk about how she came up with the idea for the book and some of her inspirations for character and setting. She will also answer questions. Donny will appear at 10:00 AM, Texas time, which is 11:00 AM, Georgia time. Click here to go to a widget that plays the show.
Donny read from GONE FROM THESE WOODS on the Robin Falls Kids Time Radio Show July 22, 2009, 11:oo AM Georgia time (Eastern Daylight time), 10:00 AM, Texas time (Central). Click here to listen.
July 25, 2009 - Winterville Library Author's Day - Noon - 2 pm, Winterville, Georgia. Donny read and signed her book. For more information, contact Lizz Bernstein, Branch Manager, 706-742-7735, ebernstein@athenslibrary.org.
August 24
8:45 AM - Barbara Dooley Show, WGAU, 1340 FM, http://1340wgau.com/. Listen in as popular talk show host Barbara Dooley interviews Donny Bailey Seagraves about her debut novel, GONE FROM THESE WOODS. Note: you can listen live on the website!
4:00 PM - Mary Kay Mitchell, WUGA - Public Radio, 91.7 & 97.9 fm, http://www.uga.edu/wuga/. Listen in as Donny is interviewed about her new book and the book signing event at Borders Books.
First Athens, Georgia GFTW Bookstore Event! August 30, Sunday, 2 PM - Borders Bookstore - Book signing and reading! Come on out to Borders in Colonial Promenade Shopping Center (Beechwood) in Athens to hear Donny read from GONE FROM THESE WOODS and answer questions. Books will be available for purchase and Donny will be glad to sign your copy.
September 4 - 6, 2009 - The Fourth Annual AJC Decatur Book Festival, Labor Day Weekend, Decatur, Georgia. Donny will speak on a panel on Writing Children's Middle Grade Novels with Laurel Snyder and Katie Davis at the Target Children's Stage Sunday, Sept. 6, 3:30 PM, and will sign books afterwards. She also will be at the SCBWI Southern Breeze booth near the children's stage on Sunday from 1 - 3 PM. Copies of GONE FROM THESE WOODS will be available there and Donny will be signing.
September 25 - 26, 2009 - 11:00 - 11:50 AM - SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) Trade Show, Greenville, SC. Donny will be on a panel of authors on Friday afternoon. Our topic will be, "Writing the South." Donny will also sign books that afternoon. Here's more information on the panel: 11:00 – 11:50 AM – Writing the South. Moderator: Karen Zacharias, Will Jesus Buy Me a Doublewide? Cause I need more room for my plasma TV (Zondervan); Panel members: Batt Humphreys, Dead Weight (Joggling Board Press); Karen White, The Girl on Legare Street (NAL Trade Paperback); Donny Seagraves, Gone From These Woods (Delacorte Press); Amanda Gable, The Confederate General Rides North (Scribner). Location: The Carolina First Center - Room 104B, One Exhibition Drive, Greenville, SC. Book signing that afternoon.
Educator's Days - Borders Books - Athens - Oct. 4 - 1 PM - Come listen to a panel of children's authors & illustrators talk about children's books. Authors/illustrators include: Donny Bailey Seagraves, Gene Fehler, Elizabeth Dulemba, Robyn Hood Black, Donna Bowman & Margo Candelario.
Oconee County Middle School - 7th Graders - Oct. 5 - Author's Visit - Spoke to 140 7th Graders in 4 different sessions. Meet the author.
COMO 2009 - Oct. 8 - Columbus, GA - Author Reception & Book signing (I had to cancel due to sickness.)
October 10, 2009 - Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Tennessee. Panel "The Trouble I've Seen: Middle Grade Novels," with authors Peter Huggins and Billy Moore.
Oconee County Library Oct. 19 - 4:00 - 5:00 PM Workshop: Making Fiction From a Real Story You Heard
Barrow Elementary School - Meet the Author - Nov. 3
December 3, 8 AM - David C. Barrow Elementry School - Guest Readers Day
December 16, 6 - 8 PM - OCAF Signing and Singing: A Holiday Treat. Authors: Julie Cannon, Gail Karwoski, Terry Kay, Donny Seagraves, Grady Thrasher, Philip Lee Williams - See Flyer