BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hollins University - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hollins University REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230714T203000 DTSTAMP:20260418T075909 CREATED:20230609T142009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T143007Z UID:62771-1689363000-1689366600@www.ĚÇĐÄ´«Ă˝.edu SUMMARY:Author LeslĂ©a Newman DESCRIPTION:LeslĂ©a (pronounced “Lez-LEE-uh”) Newman has created 80 books for readers of all ages\, including the teen novel-in-verse October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. Recent picture books include The Babka Sisters\, The Fairest in the Land\, I Can Be….ME!\, Sparkle Boy\, and Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story. Her classic story Heather Has Two Mommies\, the first children’s book to portray lesbian families in a positive way\, was followed by more children’s books on lesbian and gay families: Felicia’s Favorite Story\, Too Far Away to Touch\, Saturday Is Pattyday\, Mommy\, Mama\, and Me\, and Daddy\, Papa\, and Me. Newman’s numerous literary accolades include the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award. Her book Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard will be published by Abrams ComicArts in the fall of 2023 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Matthew Shepard Foundation. A popular guest lecturer\, Newman has spoken on college campuses across the country and teaches in Spalding University’s low-residency M.F.A. program.\n\nhttps://lesleanewman.com/\n\nAll Children’s Literature and Book Illustration events will be held in person and simultaneously broadcast by Zoom webinar. They are free and open to the public. To receive webinar links to the series\, please email kidlit@ĚÇĐÄ´«Ă˝.edu. URL:/event/author-leslea-newman/ CATEGORIES:Graduate Programs,Lectures,Open to the Public ORGANIZER;CN="Children's Literature and Book Illustration":MAILTO:kidlit@ĚÇĐÄ´«Ă˝.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR