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May
22
BEAtwittyparty is taking shape!
2009 at 9am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
If you read the headline and thought to yourself “What the hell is a twitty party?” let me fill you in.
Book Expo America (BEA), a huge yearly gathering of authors, publishers, publicists, and members of the book-related media (now including bloggers!), is taking place next week in New York City. There will be parties, book signings, and lots of free stuff….and bunch of lucky bloggers & Twitterers (tweeters? tweeps?) are going and will get to meet each other and hang out at the BEAtweetup.
For those of us who can’t make the trip, I’m hosting the BEAtwittyparty (think pity party on Twitter) next Friday, May 29th, from 8-10pm Eastern. All are welcome—get the details and sign up here.
A few in-the-works Twitty Party events you can look forward to:
- To help us drown our sorrows, Michelle at Galley Smith will provide the virtual margaritas
- Jill at Fizzy Thoughts will provide the music and treat us to one of her famous botched re-worked songs–she’s taking requests now!
- Author Kristin Callender is giving away copies of her book The Truth Lies in the Dark,
- I’ll be hosting several giveaways here, including one for a signed copy of House and Home by Kathleen McCreary.
And that’s just a sampling of the Twitty Party fun!
This virtual gathering is all about giving bloggers, authors, publishers, publicists, and other bookish folks the opportunity to connect as we would at BEA. So get your creative juices flowing and come back to let me know what you’ll be doing to celebrate. Games, giveaways, book discussions—it’s all good! And of course, if you just want to hang out and tweet with us, that’s fine too.
Keep following The Book Lady’s Blog and @bookladysblog for more updates.
For those of us not going to BEA next week (may 28-31) I just want to let you know that I will be hosting mini giveaways through out those four days. I am going out today to see what kinds of little goodies I can gather. Hope you will check out the events on my blog and on twitter.
That is awesome! I think this is the first time I’ve actually wanted to tweet…and I’m going to BEA.
Mmmm….margaritas and music…love it!
I’d love to host a giveaway on my blog during BEA. I’ll see what I can come up with and shoot you an email.
I’d love to host a giveaway on my blog during BEA. I’ll see what I can come up with and shoot you an email.
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi
Maybe I can provide virtual snacks since we have virtual drinks.
I am crashing your party, and inviting everyone to crash mine, too. Details here: http://halseanderson.livejournal.com/248965.html
We are Twitty Partying in Boston at Porter Square Books this Sunday, 5.31 at 2 p.m. Lauren Macleod will be talking trends in YA/MG, we’ll share tips about social media, we’ll clink coffee cups, and talk books, books, and more books. Everyone who is sulking in the Boston area is invited!
As luck would have it I have a real party to attend tomorrow night. But I’ll be stopping by all the other BEA Pout-A-Thon and Twitty happenings and will be posting a “panel” over at <a href="http://www.thebrownbookshelf.com"The Brown Bookshelf