2011 Events
Life in Me Like Grass on Fire
Event Calendar
4/2/11 1:30-2:30 MWA Conference M. Tims PANELISTS: L. Shovan, G. Lester, S. Brewer READERS: D. Kosk-Kosicka, M. Tims, S. Thompson, S. Brewer, L. Shovan, A. Bracken, S. Linebaugh, M. Wescott Panel, followed by Reading
4/13/11 7-9 PM Village Learning Place 2521 St. Paul Street Baltimore S. Brewer M. Mullins, A. Brown, F. Quijano, J. Schuster, D. Kosk-Kosicka, M. White, F. Joseph, L. Noronha, B. Diehl, S. Brewer Please consider donating a book.
4/16/11 10:45 AM – 12 PM CityLit Festival L. Shovan A. Bracken, S. Brewer, B. Diehl, K. Hellen, D. Kirschbaum, H. Mordhorst, F. Quijano, L. Shovan Panel discussion – section intro authors A. Peltier moderating.
4/25/11 Towson Arts Center/Cruelest Month LAUNCH PARTY! L. Shovan N. Schultheis, E. Goodman, J.Elkin, L. Noronha, A. Bracken, R. Sokas, F. Quijano, J. Schuster, C. Casamassima, J. Goedke, B. Smith, T. Basu L. Shovan moderating
4/28/11 DAYTIME EVENT Blackbird Festival/ HCC P. VanAmburg No reading
5/6/11 7-9 PM Annapolis Bookstore J. Elkin J. Elkin, S. Linebaugh, D. Doherty, K. Lenehan, A. Bracken, S. Brewer, J. Schuster, A. Andrews L. Shovan to MC *
5/26 6:30 PM Westminster Poetry Series D. Kosk-Kosicka D. Kosk-Kosicka Small Venue
6/11/11 Hyattstown Mill M. Tims M. Tims *
6/15/11 7 PM http://members.verizon.net/~vze4nbyt/ Kensington Book Store C. Hallman C. Hallman, A. Philips, Small Venue -- L. Shovan to MC
9/23-25/11 Baltimore Book Festival L. Shovan N. Noronha, L. Shovan
2010
Appearances, Residencies & Events for Writers
June 22 in Canton to celebrate CityLit Press's first two books. Laura will be reading her poems. Check out the invitation.
July 12 is LakeFest -- Part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts. Laura will be at the HoCoPoLitSo and Maryland Writers Association tent -- selling and signing books, but also running a family poetry activity.
Poetry Pops with Laura Shovan
Activate your kids' taste buds and your family's creative juices. Join Laura in a poetry craft as we make Poetry Pops -- giant lollipop-shaped poems that you can color and take home.
Appearances, Writers Conferences, Literary Festivals and Education Events
“Something Else is Alive”:
The Power of Animal Metaphors
A Little Patuxent Review/Columbia Association Arts Center Salon
Led by Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Education Laura Shovan
May 10, 7:30-8:30 PM
C/A Arts Center
6100 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD 21045
May 1 Maryland Young Writers Winners' Celebration at Baltimore's Power Point Barnes & Noble
Laura is a poetry judge for the contest
http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=39
May 10 Little Patuxent Review Salon, "Animal Metaphors," led by Laura. Includes book signing for Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone
http://littlepatuxentreview.org/
May 15 Gaithersburg Book Festival -- stop by the children's tent
http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi/default.asp?POI_ID=1766&TOC=107;84;99;1766;
May 28-31 Balticon -- The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Great writers' workshops for science fiction and fantasy authors -- a value at $50!
http://www.balticon.org/index.html
June 24-30 American Library Association in Washington, DC
Buy a pass to the exhibit floor to check out what's hot in the publishing industry
http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm
Past Events
March 12 Northfield Elementary School, Third Grade Poets' Tea with Laura
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/nes/AboutNES.html
March 18 Howard County Gifted and Talented Program Elementary Showcase
Burleigh Manor Middle School, 6:30-8 PM
http://hcpssgtac.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/212/
March 25 Plum Point Elementary School Poets' Tea, Laura is the keynote speaker for 5th grade and conducting 4th grade writing workshops
http://ppesweb.calvertnet.k12.md.us/
March 25 Word Up! Miller Library
Laura is one of the judges for Howard County Library's youth poetry competition
http://www.hclibrary.org/index.php?page=337
April 17 Baltimore's CityLit Festival (Full line up is at: http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=49 )
Laura is reading from her award-winning chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone, at 1:30 PM. She will be reading with Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly, hosted by poet Michael Salcman.
Laura's chapbook will be on sale and available for autographs at the festival.
April 24 Maryland Engineering Challenges at the Baltimore Museum of Industry
http://www.thebmi.org/index.cfm/cID/630
May 1 Maryland Young Writers Winners' Celebration at Baltimore's Power Point Barnes & Noble
Laura is a poetry judge for the contest
http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=39
March 3, 2009 Poetry Workshop
CityLit, Write Here, Write Now
An 8-session workshop for beginning & reluctant poets. At the Howard County Arts Council. Look for a class reading during National Poetry Month.
March 7, 2009 Spring SCBWI Conference
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD. Sponsored by MD/DE/WV SCBWI.
March 21, 2009
Laura will be reading at the Roland Park Library 3/21/09 at 2 PM. This is another group reading for the MWA Anthology. Meet Maryland Writer's Association authors who will read from and deliver riveting introductions to their works in a debut anthology, New Lines From The Old Line State: An Anthology of Maryland Writers, that features thirty-six pieces of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Book is available for sale and signing. Laura is a contributor and will be part of the reading and panel.
March 31, 2009 Reading & Author Panel
“New Lines from the Old Line State” at Howard County Central Library, 7 PM
Meet Maryland Writer's Association authors who will read from and deliver riveting introductions to their works in a debut anthology, New Lines From The Old Line State: An Anthology of Maryland Writers, that features thirty-six pieces of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Book is available for sale and signing. Laura is a contributor and will be part of the reading and panel.
March/April, 2009
First Grade Poetry Residency
Laura is in residence at Centennial Lane Elementary School in Ellicott City, MD
April, 2009
It’s National Poetry Month!
Tentative Events:
Laura’s WHWN Class will hold a group reading at the Creative Alliance or the Howard County Arts Council.
Laura & Rev. Beth O’Malley will be hosting a session on “Poetry and the Sacred” at Hood College, Frederick, MD.
May, 2009
3rd Grade Poetry Residency
Laura is in residence at Northfield Elementary School in Ellicott City, MD.
May 2008 MSAC Artist-in-Education Residency -- Poetry
Northfield Elementary, Ellicott City, MD
Laura leads a poety workshop at Northfield Elementary
June 23, 2008 Writer’s Workshop led by Laura
Maryland Writers’ Association, Baltimore Monthly Meeting
“Working the (School) System”
Have you got the “My Advance Don’t Pay the Bills” Blues? Many writers supplement their incomes by marketing themselves to schools. Schools are a lucrative market, and you don’t have to be an educator to set up a visit.
Learn how to translate your writing strengths into a hand-on classroom workshop. Get tips from Laura Shovan, Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Education for poetry, on making your author visit a success.
7 PM Location TBA
July 19-20, 2008 MD/DE/WV Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Summer Conference
Information & registration at http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/scbwi/
Laura led a fiction-writing workshop for children’s authors.
“Animagi and Daemons and Turtles! Oh my! – Using animals to make your characters jump off the page.”
Does your villain slither like a snake or prowl like a wolf? Do conflicts make your hero retreat into her shell like a turtle? From fantasy series like Harry Potter & His Dark Materials, to fiction as realistic as Because of Winn Dixie, children’s authors often build character through animal metaphors. Laura Shovan is a Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Education for poetry. She will help you find your character’s inner animal. Be prepared to write.
January 20 Poetry Reading
Little Patuxent Review Spring 2008 Issue Launch
Howard County Nature Conservancy, Woodstock, MD
www.littlepatuxentreview.org
Photos from the reading http://www.mfrostwords.com/lpr.html
February 2 Television Taping, “Ideas in Writing”
University of Baltimore
Ideas in Writing will be aired on public access TV, in schools, and on the internet. This is an ongoing series with University of Baltimore writing instructor & freelance TV producer, Pat Patten. Laura was one of the writers from a variety of genres being featured. For a schedule, or to find out more about the show, visit www.ideasinwriting.com. The program begins airing March 2008 on PBS (Comcast Channel 19 in central Maryland).
February 21 Guest Teacher – Poetry of the American Revolution
Waterloo Elementary, Columbia, MD
Fifth Grade GT Class Read more about this workshop. | Student poems from worshop.
March 8 MD/DE/WV Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Spring Workshop: Publishing Books, Graphic Novels & Newbery Honors
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Visit our local SCBWI, or register at http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/scbwi/
April 23 6-8 PM Poetry Reading
Laura read at "A Reason for Rhyme" at the Canton Branch Library, 1030 S. Ellwood Avenue in Baltimore. It is co- sponsored by CityLit Project and the Write Here, Write Now workshops, and by the Friends of the Canton Library who will be providing refreshments. This event is a poetry reading for National Poetry Month. Readers will be members of the Maryland Writers Alliance, Baltimore chapter.
Friday, April 25, 2008 Poetry Friday online
Visit www.threeleggeddragon.com. Children’s author and illustrator Tabatha Yeatts posted my poem, “Stanley Cat” with a funky illustration for kids.