For those in the Boston area, this looks fantastic!
The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, along with the Cambridge Public Library and MIT, are sponsoring The Exquisite Conversation: An Adventure in Creating Books! with Katherine Paterson, MT Anderson, Natalie Babbitt, Susan Cooper, Timothy Basil Ering, Steven Kellogg, Patricia MacLachlan and James Ransome at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, Dec 3, at 1 p.m. After the presentation, NCBLA is hosting a fundraiser at the Student Center–tickets are available at thencbla.org.