Living the Dream http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog Shadra Strickland's Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:30:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Atlanta Signing http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1057 http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1057#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:30:21 +0000 Shadra http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1057 On Sept. 8th and 9th Renée Watson and I will be conducting a two day workshop on Poetry Writing and Art at Frederick Douglass High School (c/o 95). On the evening of Sept. 8th we will have a meet-and-greet and signing at the Shrine of the Black Madonna located in Atlanta’s historic West End. Come join us for an evening of poetry and art! You can also see Renée this Sunday at the Decatur Book Festival! Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!

D-loadable ShrinePoster

]]> http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1057 0 NBC Nightly News Segment http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1047 http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1047#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:56:02 +0000 Shadra http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1047 Wow!!!!!!! My mind is officially blown. A huge round of applause for Renée Watson and the Random House team for pulling this all together! For all of you who missed our segment on NBC Nightly News, here it is for your viewing pleasure! I’m so thrilled and honored to be a part of this project.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported this venture at Random House, the producers at NBC Nightly News, Cindy and the gang at Maple Street Book Shop, and everyone who has supported and championed this book~

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Thursday August 26, 2010

NBC Nightly News Date Change

Author Renée Watson & Illustrator Shadra
Strickland

are back from New Orleans!

The segment on A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN

has changed and will now air on

SATURDAY, August 28th on NBC Nightly News

Check your local listing for time and channel

]]> http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1032 3 Same book, new time http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1024 http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1024#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:20:48 +0000 Shadra http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1024
I just returned from an AMAZING trip to New Orleans where I met Renée Watson and a whole host of other cool people for the first time. Unfortunately I forgot to take out my camera during most of the days there (my fork kept getting in the way). The NBC segment on A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN is slotted to air on NBC Nightly News, this

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

instead of Thursday, August 26. Please tune in and/or set your dvrs. Hopefully the time won’t change again, but I will confirm this date and time again tomorrow. I will post more on the trip and activity tomorrow. My bed is calling.

If there’s anyone from NOLA who grabbed a few pics of the events and would like to e-mail me at news at shadrastrickland dot com, my world would be rocked~

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Next Tuesday (August 24) at 4PM, Renée Watson and I will be speaking and signing books in New Orlean’s Maple Street Book Shop! A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN will also be highlighted in a news segment with NBC as they talk about the fifth year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A huge round of applause also goes to Renée and Random House for making this happen.

If you are in New Orleans that day, come on by and get your book signed! I can’t wait to visit Café du Monde again…beignets…yuuummmm~

]]> http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=997 0 Blogosphere Buzz http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1015 http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1015#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:39:39 +0000 Shadra http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=1015 What a way to start a Sunday. There are a few things to check out today. First, head on over to Color Online to see a nice shout out for APWHH.

After you’re done there, stop by 7-Imp to see a wonderful feature of APWHH along with the latest from Sean Qualls (the amazing and talented).


Our signing is listed in the “Special Events section of NOLA.com via the Times-Picayune. You can find other Katrina Anniversary listings there as well.

Lastly, and not entirely related, check out my new dress that I bought last night for the trip.  :-)

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In a special segment on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,
NBC-TV’s Nightly News with Brian Williams will feature

A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN

By Renée Watson; Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
(Random House / On sale June 22, 2010 /
ISBN: 978-0-375-85609-9 / GLB: 978-0-375-95609-6)

The segment is slated to run on
Thursday, August 26th (6:00-6:30 p.m. EST).

NBC will film at Renée and Shadra’s August 24th event
at Maple Street Book Shop in New Orleans, LA.

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If you are in Decatur, stop by the Decatur Public Library to see some great original art by member of the Southern Breeze Chapter of SCBWI. The show is free and open to the public~

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Gallery Show
August 17-September 17
Decatur Public Library
The gallery exhibit at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library will feature the artwork of eight Georgia Illustrators: Elizabeth O. Dulemba, Daniel Powers, Rick Anderson, Ami Blackford, Mark Braught, Laura Knorr, Shadra Strickland, and Michael Austin. The show will run August 17-September 15, 2010. So come to the library to enjoy the amazing and award-winning art!

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This October 8-10 is the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN (my birthplace). During that weekend I will be speaking on a panel with Jewel Parker Rhodes, author of NINTH WARD. If you’re in Nashville that weekend, come on by!

]]> http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=988 0 Jonas Sickler Illustration http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=981 http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=981#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:37:44 +0000 Shadra http://www.shadrastrickland.com/blog/?p=981 Check out the work of Jonas Sickler! Jonas went to Syracuse Univ. with me and I was so glad to see his new web site with shiny new books for all of the babies to enjoy! Check him out here.

As for me, I’m wrapping up a cover and working on final art for two picturebooks…plus planning a move overseas. Ah, and my baby cousin weds this weekend! It’s a mad, mad art life, and I love it! Look for appearance dates soon in New Orleans and NYC!

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