Kidlit Drink Night Tonight!
It’s tonight. Oh, and if you have a spare moment today, please pray with me that Local remembers to hold the room in my name. I called yesterday to confirm, but I’m a worrier. So if they don’t give us the room we’re freakin’ flooding the bar. That is the plan.
Where: Local
1004 2nd Ave.(@ 53rd St.)
New York, NY 10022, Phone: 212.755.7020
I’ve booked a room in the back. Ask for the Elizabeth Bird party. They only have one party room.
When: Friday, February 8th, 9:00 p.m. (after the SCBWI Cockatil Party) till ???
Who: Y’all. Anyone who wants to come on down. Seriously. Invite your friends.
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Betsy, How can we organize similar KidLit Drink Nights in other locations? I’d love to set one up in Nashville, but I wonder what do you do, do you have special books or publishers involved, how many people attend, how can you develop interest? Wouldn’t it be great to take your KidLit Nights on the road across the country? We bloggers of children’s titles need to organize MORE fun and not just on the coasts.
In my own personal experience the best thing to do is to time the night with some big children’s literature event. In this case, SCBWI provided the folks. Then you need to get a partner in crime. Cheryl Klein is mine because she is a brilliant editor and knows folks. Agents are a good get as well. Someone who can provide bodies, if nothing else. Then you need to let them know in a forum that a lot of them read. I use this blog, but I’m sure that listservs and Yahoo Groups also work. The number of people attending varies considerably, depending on the day. Sometimes it’s just eight people. Sometimes, like the last one, more than 60.