Author talk and book signing: James Kennedy
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Free, Open to the Public Presentation and Booksigning: The Harley School, 6:30-8:00 pm
About James:
James Kennedy is the author of the horror thriller Bride of the Tornado, which the Chicago Tribune named one of the “Top 10 Books of 2023.” James’ previous books include the sci-fi novel Dare To Know, which was named by theTimes Saturday Review as their “Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021,” and the young adult fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish. In addition, James is the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds. He also hosts the Secrets of Story podcast with Matt Bird. James lives in Chicago.
Also... the next day! 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is Saturday, April 5 at 2pm at the Dryden Theater at the George Eastman Museum:
Listen to the talk, then come to the Dryden Theater the next day (Saturday, April 5) for the FREE 90-Second Newbery film festival showing of all of this year's winners! James, along with his co-host author Bruce Coville, present the zaniest of films with the zaniest of skits in between. The event is free, but you need to pre-register to get your tickets here.
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