Join in on School Library Journal’s Day of Dialogue from 1:05 pm EST to 1:55 pm EST on October 7, 2021 to catch the Action, Adventure, Intrigue panel. We’ll be discussing adventures and mysteries in middle grade novels. Sessions have attendance limits, but if you can’t catch the panel live, it will be able to watch on demand for three months, along with the rest of the day’s programming.

Register here for access to the day’s lineup. The full panel blurb is here:

1:05 PM – 1:55 PM ET | Action, Adventure, Intrigue!
Wild adventures and mysterious happenings greet middle grade readers in these exhilarating new novels.
E. Latimer,Escape to Witch City (Tundra Books)
Rex Ogle, The Supernatural Society (Inkyard Press)
Jamar J. Perry, Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Bloomsbury)
Julian Randall,Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa (Macmillan)
Ronald Smith, The Black Panther: Spellbound (Disney Publishing Worldwide)
Moderator: Monisha Blair, Librarian, Glasgow Middle School (VA)

I’ll be teaching a class on traditional publishing this month, over at the Vancouver Public Library. This is part of the “Write On” event going on, which is an all day event, full of classes and workshops.

Here’s the write-up:

How to Get a Book Deal: The Path to Traditional Publishing 

The publishing process can be overwhelming. Local fantasy author, E. Latimer, goes over some of the more complicated terminology, and the ins and outs of the publishing industry. Get a behind-the-scenes look at everything from querying and getting an agent, to the process of submitting to the ‘big five’ publishing houses and finally signing on the dotted line.

The class runs from 10:30-12:00,  in the Peter Kaye room, on the lower level.