Hitting the Road with SUPER! (Where I’ll be Fall 2012 edition!)

SUPER is finally out in stores and to make sure you all buy at least three copies a piece (one to give, one to read, and one to enclose in a hermetically-sealed case for all time) I will be hitting the road this October and November!

October 14th:  New York Comic Con - Panel Discussion and signing.

October 18th: Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL

October 19th: The Book Stall, Winnetka, IL

October 20th: Illinois School Library Media Association 2012 Conference

*October 24th: Harleysville Books, Harleysville, PA

Nov. 4th: McNally Jackson Books w/ Gotham Writers Workshop, New York, NY

Nov. 14th: Wachtung Booksellers, Montclair NJ

Nov. 15th: RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison CT

* note the date of this event has been updated

Keep checking this site because there are more appearances to come!

Things I’m Doing in 2012: Spring Addition Update! (Updated with Additions!)

Thursday, May 17th:

Birch Wathen Lenox School Book Fair

210 East 77th Street

New York, NY 10075

I’ll be signing and talking with students all day! Open to students of Birch Wathen Lenox and their families.

Sunday, May 20th at 1pm:

Thalia Kids’ Book Club: A conversation with Michael Buckley

Symphony Space Thalia Theater

2537 Broadway at 95th street

New York, NY 10025

I’ll be moderating an audience talk with Michael Buckley, author of the Sisters Grimm series. Click on the above link for tickets!

Thursday, May 24th

Park Middle School

580 Park Avenue

Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

I’ll be visiting with the students all day! Bringing my comfy shoes.

Things I’m Doing in 2012: Spring Edition (Updated! Improved!)

Here’s the updated list of Cool Things I’m Doing Soon. If you happen to be in any of these areas, please come by and say hello!

March 21-15th, Virginia Festival of the Book

Matthew Cody at Charlottesville Day School
Thu. March 22nd, 2012 – 9:00 AM

Matthew Cody visits with CDS elementary and middle school students

Powerless at Albemarle High School
Thu. March 22nd, 2012 – 12:45 PM

Matthew Cody (Powerless and The Dead Gentleman) chats about writing novels and comics with Albemarle High students. Open only to the AHS community.

Matthew Cody at Buford Middle School
Fri. March 23rd, 2012 – 9:00 AM

Matthew Cody discusses writing about books and comics with Buford students. Open only to the Buford school community.

Matthew Cody at Walton School
Fri. March 23rd, 2012 – 12:30 PM

Matthew Cody chats with Walton students about his books and comics. Open only to the Walton school community.

Sweet Reads
Fri. March 23rd, 2012 – 6:00 PM

Meet many of the young adult and children’s authors participating in the Festival. Celebrate literacy and literature at the Charlottesville Catholic School! Enjoy a dessert reception and chat with the authors. Open to the public.

Location:
Charlottesville Catholic School
1205 Pen Park Rd
(434) 964-040

Hosted by Charlottesville Catholic School.

Young Adult Fiction: Heroes, Demons & Bad Roommates
Sat. March 24th, 2012 – 2:00 PM

Jenny Hubbard (Paper Covers Rock), Matthew Cody (The Dead Gentleman), Wendy Shang (The Great Wall of Lucy Wu), and Jon Skovron (Misfit). Open to the public.

Featuring:
Matthew Cody, Jenny Hubbard, Wendy Wan-Long Shang, Jon Skovron, Bella Stander (moderator)

Location:
Village School
215 E High Street
(434)984-4404

March 25th-April 1st, 2012 NYC Teen Author Festival

The NYC Big Read (I’ll be joining a whole HOST of great authors reading all over NYC)
Thurs. March 29 10am, High School of Art and Design, at 1075 2^nd Avenue

Symposium- The Writer as Time Traveler: Writing the Past While Sitting in the Present
Fri. March 30th, 3:00-3:50 PM

Matthew Cody
Jennifer Donnelly
Leanna Renee Hieber
Suzanne Weyn

moderator: David Levithan

Location: 42nd Street NYPL

April 2-5th, Chicago Schools Tour

These visits are open only to students. Hopefully if you live in the area, I’ll be visiting your school!

April 2nd, A. Vito Martinez Middle School

April 3rd, Jane Adams Middle School

April 4th, Lukancic Middle School

April 5th, Palos Middle School

Things I’m doing in 2012: Winter/Spring Edition

The new year is here folks and it’s getting off to a busy start! I thought it’s be useful to post what bookish things I’m doing in the first few months of the glorious year of the Mayan Apocalypse. On the days not listed, just assume I’m sitting in a coffee shop and staring bleary eyed at my computer. I do live the glamorous life.

January 11th: Gotham Writer’s Open House, Academy of St. Joseph’s NYC. I’ll be doing a FREE Children’s Book Writing class from 8:15-9:15pm.

January 15th: Housing Works Bookstore, NYC. FREE One-hour Children’s Book Writing class sponsored by Gotham Writer’s Workshop. 11am – 12pm

March 21-25th: Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville VA. Schedule posted here.

April 2-5: Chicago School Tour: Four schools in four days! Not open to the public, but I am considering doing a Chicago bookstore visit at the end of the tour so stay tuned!

One other very cool thing I’m doing this winter is a creative writing workshop with the excellent students at Holland Brook Elementary. Over the course of this four week residency, I’ll be running a writing workshop with the fifth graders and while it’s not a public event, I’ll certainly be posting some highlights from the experience here on the ever-popular news page!

Have a happy winter everyone!

The Once and Future Podcast

Anton Strout is an old friend of mine,as well as being “America’s favorite lower mid-list urban fantasy author” (his words), AND the host of The Once and Future Podcast.

Anton invited on this week’s podcast episode to talk about my new book, comics and geekdom in general (and how roleplaying games can lead to a career in publishing!) It was a fun talk!

Follow the link and give a listen or subscribe on iTunes!

Books of Wonder NYC Appearance this Sunday!

I am remiss! But with all the traveling this week for THE DEAD GENTLEMAN’S book launch I almost forgot to post this very cool event I am doing at Books of Wonder this weekend.

Here’s the (impressive) skinny:

FANTASTIC FICTION FOR TEENS
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Sunday November 13th, 2011 1- 3PM

On Sunday, November 13th, Books of Wonder is thrilled to welcome a spellbinding cast of authors of fantastic new fiction for teens & tweens. Join us for this chance to meet these talented authors, hear their new stories, and find great gifts for all the teens on your holiday gift lists. Starting at 1pm, debut author RAE CARSON will introduce The Girl of Fire and Thorns, a breathtaking adventure; author MATTHEW CODY will present The Dead Gentleman, a wild ride between parallel New York City time-streams; New York Times bestselling author JOHN CONNOLLY returns to NYC from his native Ireland to shareThe Infernals, a not-so-typical story about a boy and his dog — and their struggle to escape the wrath of demons; author LEANNA RENNEE HIEBER will strike suspense with her new book Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul; author LAUREN McLAUGHLIN will take us to a dystopian future where everyone gets Scored; New York Times bestseller, author of over 25 novels, and fantasy genre icon TAMORA PIERCE will thrill us with Mastiff, the final volume of her hit The Legend of Becka Cooper trilogy; and author DELIA SHERMAN will share The Freedom Maze, a riveting story about an impulsive wish and a dark period in American history. Be sure to clear your calendars and make time to join us for this event full of great new books. Beginning at 1pm the authors will present their works, take questions from the audience, and then sign copies of all their wonderful novels. Ages 10 and up. Sunday, November 13th, 1-3pm

St. Louis Launch of THE DEAD GENTLEMAN

A wonderful, warm welcome from Woerther Elementary!

 

Showing off the new book trailer to students at Oakville Middle School

 

Outnumbered!

 

Quite a few POWERLESS fans showed up, too!

 

Reading and looking "authorly" at the Pudd'nhead Launch Party

 

Signing at Pudd'nhead for an adorable fan.

 

It's tradition for authors to sign the bathroom wall and draw a picture. My 3 yr-old son helped me with the artwork.

 

 

The Dead Gentleman is coming . . . to a party!

This November The Dead Gentleman finally hits the shelves, and I’ll be heading back to my hometown to do the book launch! Pudd’nhead Books in St. Louis has been kind enough to host this launch party on November 9th at 7pm! I’ll be there signing, reading from the book and hopefully sharing some cool multi-media stuff that we’ve got brewing . . . intrigued? Then come out and see me!

Click for details!

 

 

Free Writing for Children Class!

I’m teaching a FREE (yes, that’s right) class on Writing for Children at the wonderful McNally Jackson Bookstore here in NYC this Sunday October 2, at 6pm! This event is sponsored by Gotham Writer’s Workshop and, did I mention, FREE?

Of course, you could bring a few bucks for book. Say, Powerless? Or I’m sure the good folks at McNally Jackson would be happy to pre-order a shiny new copy of The Dead Gentleman. Hmm?

Click here for event details!

Writing in Graveyards . . .

Yesterday I spent the day with the young readers and writers of the Thalia Kids Book Club Camp, hosted here in NYC by Symphony Space. This is a TERRIFIC camp, where the kids get to spend their days with professional authors and illustrators, while working on their own creative writing skills in the process.

And if they are spending the day with me, they will end up in a graveyard.

This was my second visit to the camp, having taken the a group of campers on a tour of the Random House offices back when Powerless came out. So I was thrilled when they asked me back to talk about The Dead Gentleman. We spent the morning at Symphony Space, then I dragged them out to Trinity Cemetery, where I told them to write something mind-blowingly terrific or I’d be leaving them behind . . . bwa-ha-ha!

Truth be told, we found a lot of inspiration among those old stones, and I witnessed some really imaginative writing going on, threats notwithstanding. Here are a few pics from the day, but check out the Thalia Camp’s Blog for more:

Talking about steampunk!

 

A poor camper made to suffer through my writing lesson.

 

The campers and I pose with some of the graveyard's residents