Robyn Hood Black - children's author

2010 Events

Feb. 18 - School Visit, Cumming Elementary School, Forsyth County, Ga.

March 2 - School Visit, Cleveland Road Elementary School, Athens, Ga.

March 9 - Speaker, Carrollton Writers' Club, Cultural Arts Center,
10 a.m. - 12 noon, Carrollton, Ga.

March 26 - Volunteer with Chestatee Wildlife Preserve visit to
Blackburn Elementary School, Dawsonville, Ga.

March 27 - attending "Writing Nonfiction for Kids" workshop,
NE Spruill Oaks Library, Johns Creek, Ga.

April - Poetry Judge, Hall County Middle School Writing Contest, Ga.

April 13, 14 - School Visit, Writing Celebration, Lakeview Academy,
Gainesville, Ga.

August 7 - attending "Page 2" - Writers and Illustrators Conference,
AnAuthor World, Greenville, SC. www.anauthorworld.com

Sept. 3 - attending SCBWI Southern Breeze Illustrators Day workshop,
Decatur, Ga.

Sept. 4-6 - SCBWI PAL booth, Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Ga.

Oct. 15 - Co-presenting two workshops (magazines and school visits) with
Sharon Wright Mitchell, SCBWI Southern Breeze Fall Conference,
Birmingham, AL

more in works... details to come!

2009 Events

Feb. 7 - attending SCBWI conference, Hattiesburg, Miss.: "Researching, Writing, Editing, School Presentations" featuring Debbie S. Miller, Alaskan author of nature books (www.debbiemilleralaska.com)
...and guided Tour of the De Grummond Collection of Children’s Literature!

Feb. 27-Mar. 1 - Coordinator, SCBWI Southern Breeze SpringMingle, Atlanta, Ga. (www.southern-breeze.org)

Mar. 6-7 - attending UGA Children's Literature Conference, Athens, Ga.

Mar. 12-13 - School Visit, Mt. Vernon Elementary School, Gainesville, Ga.

Mar. 20 - Dropping in to say howdy and sign books at Benton Elementary School, Jackson County, Ga.

Mar. 31 - Speaker, Children's Author Program, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Ga:
"A Walk on the Wild Side: Authors, Children's Literature, and Research."

April 2 - School Visit, North Jackson Elementary School, Talmo, Ga.

April 11 - Easter Egg Hunt at Chestatee Wildlife Preserve (I might be painting faces?!)

April 14 - Fine Arts Study Club speaker, Gainesville, Ga.

April 22 - Fourth grade classroom visit, Friendship Elementary School, Buford, Ga.

April 25 (Saturday) - Cedar Valley Arts Festival, Cedartown, Ga. Author Presentation for children 11:30 - 12:15.

April 30 - School Visit, South Hall Middle School, Gainesville, Ga.

May 6 - School Visit, Maysville Elementary School, Maysville, Ga.

June 19, 20 - attending Magnolia Storytelling Festival and workshops, Roswell, Ga.

July 28 - Elementary School Day Camp visit, Primrose Suwanee West, Suwanee, Ga.

Sept. 4-6 - Decatur Book Festival, Children's Area: with Donna Bowman, 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 6 (and hanging around the SCBWI Southern Breeze PAL members booth all weekend...)

Sept. 8 - Speaker, Exemplary School of Writing luncheon, Macon, Ga., sponsored by Writing to Win. www.writingtowin.com

Sept. 18 - School Visit, South Hall Middle School, Flowery Branch, Ga.

Sept. 24- 27 - attending Highlights Founders Workshop in poetry, "Wordplay" with Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Honesdale, Pa.

Oct. 4 - Children's Authors and Illustrators Panel, 1 - 2:30 p.m., Borders Books, Athens, Ga.

Oct. 23 - Hall Book Exchange Literacy Read-a-thon, 7 - 7:30 p.m. during children's story time, Gainesville, Ga.

Nov. 4 - Blog Radio interview with Jen Schneider, host of Teacher Talk Radio - 8 p.m. EST

Nov. 13 - School Visit, The Paideia School, Atlanta, Ga.

PAST EVENTS
2008 Events

Jan. 15 - Autographing for "Walk of Fame," Multiple Intelligences Fair, Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy, Gainesville, Ga.

Feb. 22-24 - Coordinator, SCBWI Southern Breeze SpringMingle, Atlanta, Ga.
Click Southern Breeze link on right to learn more about our conferences!

Feb. 29-Mar. 1 - attending UGA Children's Literature Conference, Athens, Ga.

March 3 - Guest Reader, Pajama Storytime, Hall County Public Library, Main Branch, Gainesville, Ga.

March 6 - PICTURE THIS! An Introduction to Illustration (workshop for kids) -- 4 - 5:30 p.m., Dawson County Library, Dawsonville, Ga.

April 4 - School Visit, Wauka Mountain Elementary School, Hall County, Ga.

May 6-7 - School Visit, Fair Street International Baccalaureate World School, Gainesville, Ga.

May 27 - Radio interview with Bernard Kearse, "Following Your Passions." Airs 8 p.m., or listen later to the archive. http:/​/​www.radiosandysprings.com/​passions.php

June 6-8 - attending retreat, "Make History Come Alive" with Caroline Yoder, Calkins Creek Press, Jackson, Miss.

June 27-28 - attending Magnolia Storytelling Festival and workshops, Roswell, Ga.

August 13 - MOMS Club of Gainesville, Author Talk and Storytime, Gainesville, Ga.

August 29-30 - Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Ga. CBAIS Booth (Children's Book Authors and Illustrators of the South - see link at right)

Sept. 8 - Classroom Visit, AP American History class,
Lakeview Academy, Gainesville, Ga.

Sept. 30-Oct. 2 - Writer in Residence, Benton Elementary School, Jackson County, Ga.

Oct. 17-18 - attending SCBWI Southern Breeze fall conference, Birmingham, Ala.

Nov. 13 - Science Classroom visits, 8th grade, Lakeview Academy, Gainesville, Ga.
(Research and Story)

Dec. 3 - Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Radio interview on the Martha Zoller Show, WDUN 550 in Gainesville, Ga.

Dec. 6 - Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. - WOLVES author presentation (1 p.m.) and signing at Hall Book Exchange, Gainesville, Ga.

Dec. 7 - Sunday at 3 p.m. - storytime and book signing for WOLVES at Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, Ga., with other Intervisual Books Animal Vault creators Matt Jeffirs (art director for the series and illustrator of SHARKS) and Donna H. Bowman (author of BIG CATS).

2007

November 2-3 - attendee, Voices in Children's Literature and Wordworks conference, Unicoi State Park, GA

October 20 - volunteer/​attendee, SCBWI Southern Breeze Writing and Illustrating for Kids conference, Birmingham, AL

October 6 - Authors Day booksigning for Family Weekend at Furman University, Greenville, SC

Aug. 3-6 - attendee, 36th Annual Summer Conference, SCBWI, Los Angeles, CA

April 30 - Classroom Visit, Lakeview Academy, Gainesville, Georgia

March 2-4 - Coordinator, SCBWI Southern Breeze SpringMingle, Atlanta, Georgia
Click Southern Breeze link on right to learn more about our conferences!

February 17-18 - Children's author, Dahlonega Literary Festival, Dahlonega, Georgia
http:/​/​www.literaryfestival.org/​

Feb. 6 - Radio Guest, 11:20 - 11:40 a.m., The Martha Zoller Show, WDUN News-Talk 550, Gainesville, Georgia


2006

November 16 - Book Signing, Scholastic Book Fair Parent Night, Daves Creek Elementary, Cumming, Georgia

October 7 - Local Authors Book Signing, Hall Book Exchange, 1854 Thompson Bridge Road, 1 - 3 p.m.
www.hallbookexchange.com

May 9 - Lanier Elementary School, first grade classroom visit, Gainesville, Georgia

March 10 - Essay Judge, Regional Literary Meet, Lakeview Academy, Gainesville, Georgia

February 24 - Gulf Shores Elementary School, first grade classroom visit, Gulf Shores, Alabama

January 26 - Career Day classroom speaker, 7th grade, Gainesville Middle School, Gainesville, Georgia

January 19 - Autograph event, Multiple Intelligences Fair, Enota Elementary School, Gainesville, Georgia


2005

November 17 - Assembly for grades 3 - 5,
Mt. Vernon Elementary School, Hall County, Georgia

November 15 - Media Center presentations for
grades K - 2, Mt. Vernon Elementary School,
Hall County, Georgia

November 11 - Book Fair Kickoff Party and Signing, Lakeview Academy, Gainesville, Georgia