Tui T. Sutherland's Blog, page 5

Hello all!

As usual, I have bazillions of things to blog about and zero time (eeeeeek we leave for California in LESS THAN A WEEK!  And I have a manuscript due IMMEDIATELY!), so, just a bunch of quick highlights:

First, HOORAY for Spirit Animals making the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists!  I found out while I was on tour and had to do the happy dance in my hotel room by myself.  So exciting!  Hooray for you all for buying it!  :)

Secondly, I answered a few questions Read More [...]

Hi everyone!

I feel like I have a MILLION things to blog about and no time, because I should also be packing and working on my school presentations and making lists of what's OK to give my kids for lunch while I'm gone and figuring out what to read at bookstores and taking books back to the library and...

Well, let's just say, thank GOODNESS all this excitement is starting in a place I love with people I love.  Check out this beautiful poster!:



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Hello wonderful readers!

I cannot believe I'm going to be out on tour in just over a week.  Flying on airplanes!  Talking at schools!  Dressing nicely EVERY day (oh my GOODNESS the hardship!)!  But best of all, meeting you guys!  SUPER CRAZY EXCITING!

I'm still adding whatever I know is happening to my Events page, and I'll hopefully post another update on the tour soon, but I actually wanted to blog today to share the insanely beautiful cover for Wings of Fire Book 6: Moon Rising!



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Hello lovely readers!

What is coming soon to a bookstore near you, you ask?

Well, first of all, Spirit Animals Book Five: Against the Tide -- in just three more weeks!



Eeee, I'm so excited for you all to read it!

And what else?

Possibly ME!  I'm going to be talking about books in places other than Boston!  Very soon!  Like, October and November!  (Which is suddenly crazy-soon, I can't even handle it, because it means abandoning my little bears for a week and O THE GUILT, Read More [...]

Hello wonderful readers!

I have FINISHED BOOK 6!!!!!  It is off to copyediting!  Now it is all in Scholastic's talons to decide when YOU get it.  :-)

I've now moved on to a different crazy-making intense writing extravaganza, but I figured I'd take a quick break from that to come tell you a few things about book 6, as I promise eons ago.  Ooo, and if I manage to post this before midnight, it'll even count as a June blog post!  Very exciting.  :)

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Hello lovely everyone!

I hope you all know about the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign that's been happening online the last few days.  Click on that link to read all about it -- I think it's such a wonderful, uplifting, exciting idea!

(It almost makes me want to join Twitter so I can be part of all the tweeting about it, except I know that would be the beginning of me never getting anything done ever again!)

And in a wonderful case of serendipity, I just got a preview of the Spirit Animals Book Read More [...]

Hello hello lovely people!

I'm coming to New York City for a book event!  VERY SOON!  Like, Saturday!  THIS Saturday!  May 3rd!  Eeeeek!

It's at Books of Wonder (you know how much I adore this bookstore), on Saturday May 3 from noon to 2pm.  I'll be appearing with two other authors:  Sarwat Chadda, who wrote The Savage Fortress and its new sequel The City of Death, and Soman Chainini, author of the School for Good and Evil trilogy.  They both have very cool websites and seem extremely Read More [...]

Hello all!

Mark your calendars!  Two exciting events coming up!

First: this SUNDAY, March 23, at 4pm, my wonderful sister Kari will be appearing at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY along with Aaron Starmer -- I'm sorry I can't be there, too, but please go see her (and tell her I said hi!) and get her to sign your copy of Menagerie 2: Dragon on Trial!  (Available now!  So exciting!)



Then: on Sunday, MARCH 30, at 2pm, I'll be having a launch party for Wings of Fire 5: The Brightest Read More [...]

Oh my goodness, I love you all so much!  This contest was so much fun on my end, because I really love hearing about great books I haven't read yet -- now I can't wait to get to the library and check them all out!

But it was also torture, because you guys are all SO awesome that I wish I could make you ALL winners and send books to EVERYONE!  My publishers might be a little alarmed if I did that, though.  ;-)  So instead I let myself do one crazy thing, which is that instead of five winners, Read More [...]

Hello all!

Lots of exciting things are happening at once!  Both Menagerie 2: Dragon on Trial and Wings of Fire 5: The Brightest Night are coming out in March (woo hoo!)!  Also, I can officially announce that there is going to be MORE Wings of Fire!  I am writing book 6 right now!  With at least four more after that . . . TEN Wings of Fire books in all!  I hope you guys are excited -- I'm super-excited!

So, to celebrate all the lovely things, as promised, I'm doing a giveaway, which Read More [...]