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Kwame regularly presents at bookstores, schools, libraries, colleges, and conferences. To schedule an appearance, reading, workshop or engagement with Kwame Alexander, contact Stephanie Stanley.

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2010/11 PROGRAMS

March 11
Nassau Reading Council
Speaker
Molley College
Long Island, NY

December 10, 2010
Featured Poet
Iota Reading Series
Arlington, VA

December 3, 2010
Missouri State University
Featured Author
Springfield, MO

November 12
Novel Night
Chesapeake Public Library
Chesapeake, VA

November 6, 2010
Capital BookFest Charleston
Downtown Charleston
Charleston, SC
10 am to 6 pm

October 2, 2010
Capital BookFest Largo
Boulevard at the Capital Centre
Largo, MD
10 am to 7 pm

September 28, 2010
Moja Arts Festival
Featured Author/Literary Corner
Charleston, SC
Avery Center/125 Bull Street
7:00 pm

September 18
Capital BookFest Harrisburg
State Museum of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA
10 am to 6 pm

June 26 to July 17, 2010
Book-in-a-Day Fellowship
Tuscany, Italy & Paris, France
GotPoetry.org

June 26 2010
American Library Association Annual Convention
Panelist & Poetry Reading
Washington, DC

May 28, 2010: Hue Man Bookstore, Harlem, NY. An evening of literature and a talk on getting published with Kwame, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Tinesha Davis. 6:30 pm. www.huemanbookstore.com

May 11: 2010, Annual LitWorld Gala (NY). With Walter Dean Myers, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kwame Alexander (LitWorld's Poet Laureate). www.litworld.org

Friday, April 30, 2010
9:00 AM to 3:45 PM Loudoun County High School, Leesburg
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM After Hours Teen Center, Cascades Library (Reading/Talk)

Thursday, April 29, 2010
11:00 AM Loudoun County Juvenile Detention Center (Reading/Talk)
4:00 PM Rust Library Program (Reading/Talk)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Loudoun County Government Center: Brown Bag Lunch for County Staff (Reading/Talk)
7:00 PM Ashburn Library Program (Reading/Talk)

April 28-30: Kwame will serve as Poet-in-Residence, Loudoun Cty, VA Libraries. http://library.loudoun.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=408