News & Events
Oct 29, 2009 — Positively and My So-Called Family featured reads at middle school book clubs, Teaneck, NJ.
Oct 24, 2009 – Positively featured @ Kids for Kids annual carnival to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, New York, NY, 1-4 p.m.
Oct 12, 2009 – My So-Called Family was a weekly teen book club pick on DearReader.com.
Oct 1, 2009 – Positively is nominated for a Cybils Award (Middle Grade Fiction)
The Positively Book Release party is featured in the Sept. 17th issue of Publishers Weekly.
Here, Courtney signs copies of her book for a group of her students from the Writopia Lab, where she teaches fiction writing to aspiring authors.
Carrie Link of Fully Caffeinated interviews Courtney in this September piece. And the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation gets Courtney talking about her experiences with that organization.
Courtney headlines these Simon & Schuster "Revealed" videos:
Courtney Sheinmel: POSITIVELY and
MY SO-CALLED FAMILY
Also in September, Positively gets named a Flamingnet “Top Choice”.
Sept 18, 2009 – Courtney is featured in the Supporter Spotlight on the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation website.
Sept 15, 2009 – My So-Called Family is released in paperback.
Sept 15, 2009 – Courtney’s second novel, Positively, is released with Simon & Schuster.
Sept 13, 2009 – Release Party for Positively, Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th St., 1-3 p.m. (special performance by 14-year-old singing sensation Jessarae)
April 13, 2009 – Courtney’s fourth book, tentatively titled You Can’t Even Measure It, is acquired by Simon & Schuster, for publication in 2011:
Author of the upcoming Positively Courtney Sheinmel's You Can't Even Measure It, about a seventh-grade girl whose perfect home life evaporates when her mother is convicted of white collar crime and sent to prison, to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children's, by Alex Glass at Trident Media Group (world English).
March 22, 2009 – The biggest Teen Author book signing ever at Books of Wonder, part of the Teen Author Festival, New York, NY
Feb 13, 2009 – Courtney stops by for a video blog interview at Kepler’s Bookstore, Menlo Park, CA
Oct 20, 2008 — My So-Called Family receives a starred review from PW, calling the book “Smart, original and full of vitality.” Go to Publisher’s Weekly for the full review.
Oct 2008 — My So-Called Family is nominated for the Cybils Awards.
Oct 21, 2008 — official release date of My So-Called Family!
Oct 22, 2008 — book release party for My So-Called Family, New York, NY.
Sept 2008 — My So-Called Family is a September 2008 ALAN pick.
August, 2008 — My So-Called Family receives 5 stars and the Gold Star Award, courtesy of Tasha at Teens Read Too.
July 11, 2008 — My So-Called Family gets its first online review from Little Willow at Slayground.
Jan 2, 2008 – as reported in Publishers Marketplace, Courtney’s next book has been sold to Simon & Schuster:
Middle grade Courtney Sheinmel's POSITIVELY, the story of a twelve-year-old, HIV-positive, courageous girl who finds hope and redemption in the face of a string of unthinkable tragedies, based on the author's experiences working with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children's, by Alex Glass at Trident Media Group (World English).
Winter, Spring 2010
Jan 14, 2010 – Book reading/signing @ Housing Works Bookstore & Cafe, 126 Crosby St., New York, NY, 7-8:30 p.m. (with Regan Hofmann)
Jan 27, 2010 — Positively featured at middle school book assembly, Kingston, NY
June 8, 2010 - publication day for Sincerely, Sophie/Sincerely, Katie.
Dec 3, 2009 – book reading/signing @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd St. Promenade, 1201 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA, 7:00 p.m. (special performance by Jessarae)
Nov 19, 2009 – Book reading & discussion @ Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT, 3 p.m. (with N.A. Nelson)
Nov 18, 2009 – Book reading/signing @ RJ Julia Booksellers, 768 Post Road, Madison, CT, 4:30 p.m.
Nov 13, 2009 – Book discussion at Burlingame Intermediate School, Burlingame, CA.
Nov 12, 2009 – Book reading/signing @ Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA, 6:30 p.m. (special performance by Jessarae)
Nov 5, 2009 – Book reading/signing @ Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 West Jefferson, Naperville, IL, 7 p.m. (with Wendy Mass)
Nov 3, 2009 – Panel reading/signing @ Barnes & Noble, 3535 US Route 1, Princeton, NJ, 7 p.m.
Oct 21, 2009 – KOPN radio interview, 11 a.m.
Oct 12, 2009 – Book discussion @ Elaine’s book club, New York, NY, 7 p.m.
Oct 7, 2009 – Positively @ Teen Author Reading Night, Jefferson Market Branch of NYPL, 425 6th Ave (10th St), New York, NY, 6-7:30 p.m. (with Libba Bray, Sarah Beth Durst, Melissa Kantor, Shani Petroff, Jeff Rivera, and Natalie Standiford)
Oct 3, 2009 – Book signing at the Collingswood Book Festival, Outdoor Street Festival Along Haddon Avenue, Downtown Collingswood, NJ
May 9, 2009 – Fairfield Library Workshop and book signing, 2-4 p.m., Fairfield, CT (with Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Amanda Marrone and N.A. Nelson)
April 2009 – My So-Called Family is part of the ongoing Great Scavenger Hunt Contest run by Kay Cassidy
March 26, 2009 – Book signing at The Alphabet Garden, Cheshire, CT (with N.A. Nelson)
March 19, 2009 – Teen Author Festival Five Borough Read, reading from My So-Called Family at the 67th Street Branch of the New York Public Library, New York, NY (with Lisa Ann Sandell, Rachel Vail, Martin Wilson and Cecily Von Ziegesar)
Jan 24, 2009 — Discussion of My So-Called Family at Nicki’s book club, Lancaster County, PA
Jan 21, 2009 – Discussion of My So-Called Family at Sophie’s book club, Merion, PA
Jan 14, 2009 – Book signing at Barnes & Noble, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Jan 6, 2009 – Book discussion and signing at The Summit School, Queens, NY
Dec 6, 2008 – Book signing at Barnes & Noble, Enfield, CT
Nov 29, 2008 — Book club, Merrick, NY
Nov 19, 2008 – Book discussion at North Star Academy Middle School, Redwood City, CA
Nov 18, 2008 — Book discussion for middle schoolers, Burlingame, CA
Nov 17, 2008 — Class of 2k8 panel at the California Library Association, San Jose, CA
November 14-16, 2008 — Class of 2k8 panel at the California Library Conference, San Jose, CA.
Nov 10, 2008 — Spence School Book Fair, New York, NY, 6 p.m.
Nov 9, 2008 – Book signing at Books of Wonder, New York, NY (with Jack Ferraiolo, Wendy Mass and Nancy Viau)
Oct 29, 2008 — My So-Called Family reading at Teen Author Reading Night, New York, NY.
Oct 26, 2008 — 4Gs Book Club, Teaneck, NJ, 2 p.m.
October 18, 2008 — Class of 2k8 panel, Barnes & Noble, Worcester, MA.
Oct 16, 2008 — Class of 2k8 panel, Barnes & Noble, Enfield, CT.
Oct 17, 2008 — Class of 2k8 panel, Barnes & Noble, Holyoke, MA.
Sept 22, 2008 — Signing for My So-Called Family at the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ.
August 21, 2008 — Writing workshop at Camp TLC, Port Jervis, NY.
May 30, 2008 — First book signing for My So-Called Family, at Book Expo America, Los Angeles, CA.
Feb 20, 2008 — CourtneySheinmel.com, designed by Lisa Firke, has launched. Check back often for more news on the release of MY SO-CALLED FAMILY and Courtney’s other upcoming titles.
Jan 1, 2008 — the Class of 2k8 has launched! Visit us on the web or read our blog.
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