At Fenway Park, 2000
Easter at the
White House, 2002
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2012
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There Goes Ted
Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived Events
Some events are still in the works, so check back.
Here's what is booked so far:
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January
14
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11:00-2:00
New
Stars for Young Stars VII, at Jillian's on Lansdowne Street in
Boston.
Presented by the
Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston, this Boston Red Sox autograph-signing event provides a
unique and memorable opportunity to meet and greet Red Sox players,
including the Greatest Red Sox Pitcher of All Time, Pedro Martinez!
Tickets start at $150 and VIP tickets are $250. All proceeds from the
2012 event will benefit the Jimmy Fund and Pedro Martinez and Brothers
Foundation.
Ted Williams was the single most influential person in helping
to
raise
money for The Jimmy Fund in its early days. So I am
thrilled for this event to be my very frst book signing for There Goes Ted
Williams. The book doesn't actually come out until Fenruary 14, but
Candlewick Press is donating books so every kid from the Jimmy Fund
Clinic gets a free copy.
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Febraury
3-
May 6
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Exhibit: "Picture This: 90
Years of Storybook Art"
Art exhibit at The Wenham
Museum in Wenham, MA, featuring original artwork from
nearly
a
century of classic books including work by Leo Leonni, Tasha
Tudor, and illustrations from my books Zachary's Ball and The Gingerbread
Pirates.
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February
14
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Release
date
for
There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, Zachary's Ball: Fenway
Centennial Edition (to be
released simultaneously in hardcover and
paperback), and Henry
Aaron's Dream (now available in paperback!)
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February 25
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10:30 am, Book Launch Celebration with Chris Van
Dusen and Matt Tavares, at Kennebooks
in Kennebunk, Maine. Join me and my friend, author-illustrator Chris Van Dusen, to celebrate
the release of our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris).
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March 3
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(time tbd) book signing for There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived at Blackstones
of Beacon Hill in Boston, MA.
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March 10
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Tucson Festival of Books,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1:00-2:00
pm, "Bats, Balls and Gloves: Great Sports Heroes" panel discussion with
Phil Bildner, Kadir Nelson, and Matt Tavares,
followed by autograph session.
3:00-3:30- reading
of There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived in the "Storyblanket" area, followed
by autograph session.
4:00-5:00, "She
Writes, We Drew: A Story of Two Illustrators and One Author" panel
discussion with Doreen Rappaort,
Kadir Nelson, and
Matt Tavares, followed by autograph session.
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March 11
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Tucson Festival of Books,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
10:30 am, book signing for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived at the Candlewick/Kids Center booth
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March 17
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Barnes and Noble, Newington,
NH, book signing for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived
, part of book fair for Wells Elementary School. Time TBD
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| March 24 |
(time tbd) book signing at Children's
Book Cellar in Waterville, Maine. My friend Chris Van Dusen and I will be
signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris).
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April
5-
May
27
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Exhibit:
"There
Goes
Ted Williams: Matt Tavares and Arthur Griffin"
Come see the original artwork from my book, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived,
at
the
Griffin
Museum of
Photography in Winchester, MA. This exhibit will feature the
original illustrations from my book, alongside spectacular historic
photographs of Ted Williams, taken by Arthur Griffin during Ted
Williams's rookie season in 1939. I'm really excited for this! Come to
the launch party and opening reception on April 12 (details below)!
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| April
7 |
11:00 am, book signing at Maine Coast Book Shop in
Damariscotta, Maine. Chris Van
Dusen and I will be signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
| April
12 |
3:00-5:00 pm, Winchester
Authorfest, signing There Goes Ted
Williams at the Winchester Town Hall, Wincehster, MA
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| April
12 |
7:00-8:30 pm, BOOK
LAUNCH
PARTY! for my book, There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, and opening reception for the
"There Goes Ted WIlliams: Matt Tavares and Arthur Griffin" exhibit, at
the Griffin Museum of
Photography in Winchester, MA. Free admission, everyone welcome!
Book sales handled by my hometown independent bookseller, Book Ends
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April
21
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2:00
pm,
book
signing at Wenham
Museum in Wenham, MA, part of the Picture This: 90 Years of
Storybook Art exhibit
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April
22
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3:00
pm,
book
signing and artist talk at the Griffin
Museum in Winchester,
MA, part of the exhibit, "There Goes Ted Williams: Matt Tavares and
Arthur Griffin". I'll sign books, and do a presentation about the
making of There
Goes Ted Williams.
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May
20
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2:00
pm,
presentation
and book signing for There Goes Ted
Williams at the Louis T.
Graves Memorial Library in Kennebunkport, Maine, part of the Pasco
Lecture Series.
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June
5-6
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Georgia Conference on
Teaching Writing and Reading, Perry, Georgia
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