Tag: sign
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February 21, 2010
Sign of spring in Como Park. Reactions: Caren Gentry Whitehouse, John Faughnan and 2 others Comments: 2 Original Post
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October 4, 2022
Last Monday evening, and then again on Saturday afternoon, I got to meet readers at in-person events. If you are tired of bad news, I have some good news for you: The kids who came through the signing line were kind and thoughtful and made very good eye contact. Each face I saw cheered me…
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May 22, 2019
I’ve been under the weather here in England—battling a nasty cold and right on the verge of losing my voice. Yesterday—at Haslingden Primary Sschool—a young girl stood in front of me with a copy of Raymie Nightingale. “Should I sign it for you?” I said. “I’m thinking very carefully,” she responded. “Okay,” I said. “I’ll…
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October 16, 2018
At the Boston Book Festival last weekend, a small boy holding a copy of Because of Winn-Dixie came up to me and said, “Can you hold my hand and sign this book, too? Both things at the same time?” I said, “I think I can do that.” I held out my left hand to the…
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September 8, 2015
I was at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. I had finished my book signing session, and I was just getting up to leave the table when a boy came running over with his copy of Flora and Ulysses. “I need you to sign this because I loved Incandesto and the…
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February 24, 2015
I was at dinner with a friend the other night. It was after the main course and before dessert when I felt a presence to my right. I looked up and saw a small blonde boy standing there, holding a piece of paper. There was an “x” on the paper and a line next to…