Diana Renn

Mysteries that Matter

Author

Events and Appearances

Events in 2024 

Please check back for more event listings! Coming soon!

Friday May 10, 2024, 4:00 PM

Author talk: “Hatching a Book: How My Volunteer Work With Turtle Hatchlings Grew into a Novel”

Dickinson Memorial Library

115 Main Street

Northfield, MA

Appearing as part of Mass Kid Lit Fest, courtesy of Massachusetts Center for the Book

 

 

Past Events:

Many thanks to the organizations, stores, and schools below for hosting these events and visits!

2023:

Cottage Street School (Sharon, MA); Merriam School (Acton, MA); Franklin School (Jersey City, NJ); North Merrick School District (North Merrick, NJ); West Elementary School (Andover, MA); BookEnds Bookstore (Winchester, MA – Pangyrus Literary Magazine launch); lala books, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, and Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell, MA); GrubStreet Writers YAWP (Young Adult Writers Program); Massachusetts Book Awards; Mohawk Valley Reading Council (NY)

2022:

Silver Unicorn Bookstore (Acton, MA) – launch party for Trouble at Turtle Pond, in conversation with Dr. Loree Griffin Burns, with special guests from Zoo New England; Belmont Books (Belmont, MA); Author’s Note (Medina, NY); Grub Street’s Muse and the Marketplace conference – The Writer as Sleuth: Mystery Novel Problems and How To Solve Them; Creature Conserve Mentorship Showcase (virtual event) – Conservation in Our Own Backyards; Chenery Middle School Author Festival (Belmont, MA); Monadnock Region Natural History Conference – Harris Center for Conservation Education and Keene State College (presentation on creative conservation and community science); Westchester Country Day School (Charlotte, NC)

2019:

Grub Street Workshop: YA / MG Mysteries: Crafting the Child Detective; KidLitCon, Panel Moderator – “Solving Great Mysteries” 

2018:

Needham High School (Needham, MA – author panel, developing authentic characters); Grub Street Muse & the Marketplace (workshop: The People Pleaser’s Guide to Plot: Creating Conflict in Fiction)

2016:

Seattle Mystery Bookshop; Third Place Books (Seattle, WA); Atrium School book fair (Watertown, MA); Cambridge Public Library; Blue Bunny Books (Dedham, MA); Cary Memorial Library (Lexington, MA) / Lexington Reads 2016; New York City Teen Author Festival; Grub Street / Novel Incubator Program Literary Salon); Cape Elizabeth Author Fest (Cape Elizabeth, ME); Chenery Author Festival / Chenery Middle School (Belmont, MA); Barnes & Noble (Dartmouth MA); Arlington Author Salon / Kickstand Cafe; Barnes & Noble (Bellingham, MA); Massachusetts Book Awards

2015:

New York City Teen Author Festival/New York Public Library; Blue Bunny Books (Dedham, MA); Boston Teen Author Festival; Cambridge Public Library; The Toadstool Bookshop (Milford, NH); An Unlikely Story (Plainville, MA); Porter Square Books; Buttonwood Books (Cohasset, MA); An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe (Plainville, MA); The Loading Dock International Bistro (Belmont, MA)

2014:

Merrimack Public Library / Merrimack High School, YA for YA Book Fest / Barrington, RI Public Library; Bigelow Free Library (Clinton, MA); Annie’s Book Stop, Worcester, MA; Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA); Seattle Mystery Bookshop (Seattle, WA); Third Place Books (Seattle, WA); Odyssey Bookshop (South Hadley, MA); Buttonwood Books (Cohasset, MA); David Levithan / Teen Author Reading Series – Jefferson Market branch, New York Public Library; Saratoga Springs Barnes & Noble; Wellesley Books (Wellesley, MA); Wellesley Media Corporation; Boston Teen Author Festival / Cambridge Public Library; Boston Public Library; Belmont Public Library; The Writer’s Loft

2013:

Westborough Public Library, Seattle Mystery Bookshop; Brookline Public Library / Simmons College / The Children’s Bookshop — “New Voices” series; Grub Street Writers, Inc.; Groton Public Library/Groton Community Reads Book Club/Kids Writing Workshop; Grub Street “Muse and the Marketplace” conference; NESCBWI Conference; Brookline Booksmith; Boston Teen Author Festival/Cambridge Public Library

2012:

NESCBWI Conference, Springfield, MA; Grub Street Muse and the Marketplace Conference, Boston, MA_; Newtonville Books (Newton, MA); Tatnuck Booksellers (Westborough, MA); Where the Sidewalk Ends Bookstore (Chatham, MA); Barnes and Noble (Burlington, MA); Third Place Books (Seattle, WA); Queen Anne Books (Seattle, WA); Barnes and Noble (Northgate, MA); Edmonds Bookshop (Edmonds, WA); Barnes and Noble (Bellevue, WA); “Fight Like a Girl” YA author panel (sponsored by Boston GLOW — Girls Leadership, Organized Women); Cambridge Public Library Parent/Teen Book Club; Andover Bookstore (Andover, MA); Firefly Moon Gifts & Gallery (Arlington, MA); Belmont Public Library (Teen Read Week/One Book One Belmont); Boston Teen Author Festival (Emerson College); Blue Bunny Books (Dedham, MA); Boston Arts Academy; Boston Public Library (Teen Room, Copley Branch): Chenery Middle School Winter Book Fair; Winnacunnet High School (Hampton, NH)

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