News, Events & Appearances

News

May, 2009 - "Raising Bookworms" wins a silver IPPY Award for Independent Publishing in the Family & Parenting Category! The 13th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted to honor the year's best independently published books, attracted 4,090 entries from throughout the U.S. and Canada, plus most English-speaking countries worldwide.

Click here to read the IPPY Awards press release.

May, 2009 - "Raising Bookworms" receives Honorable Mention in ForeWord Magazines Best Book of the Year Awards!

Click here to see list of winners

April, 2009 - "Raising Bookworms" wins a Living Now Book Award silver medal in the Parenting Activities Category! The Living Now Book Awards recognize books that help readers help themselves, to learn about enriching their lives in wholesome, Earth-friendly ways. Lifestyle publishing categories such as home, health, family and personal development are the fastest-growing segments of book publishing today, and the Living Now Book Awards help demonstrate the importance of these books to readers and their vitalityin the marketplace.

Click here to read the Living Now Book Awards press release

Book Signings / Appearances

2009

07/11/09 - A Celebration of Poetry for the Whol Family - Readings from Julie Andrews Collection of Poems, Songs & Lullabies, 7:30 PM Avram Theatre, Stony Brook Southampton, NY

08/10/09 - East Hampton Library Book Fair, East Hampton, NY

08/14/09 - Bridgehampton Library's Fridays at Five series, Bridgehampton NY

05/29/09 - Book Expo America, Javits Center, NYC - Book signing

04/20/09 - Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews Edwards receive award from "Reach Out and Read", Greater New York Chapter

03/18/09 - Emma speaking, with husband Steve Hamilton, at Stony Brook Southampton's "Writers Speak" series, 7 PM, Duke Lecture Hall, Chancellors Hall, 239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY.

03/24/09 - Southampton Intermediate School, "Authors and Illustrators Day"

2/28/09 - Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, NY

Radio Interviews

Hear Emma Walton Hamilton talk about Raising Bookworms on the air!

2009

TBA - Home School Radio

01/17 - WBZ-AM/"THE JORDAN RICH SHOW", Boston & Canada

2008

12/08 - The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU 88.5 American University Radio (NPR) Click here to listen

12/2 - The Joan Hamburg Show - WOR, 710 HD New York Click here to listen

12/2 - Bonnie Grice, In the Morning, WLIU, 88.3 FM Long Island & Connecticut

11/28 - Mid-Morning Magazine, Mike Buchanan - 1240 KBIZ, Iowa Click here to listen

11/21 - Countdown to College Radio, Beth Pickett, WNSH AM 1570, Boston Click here to listen

11/11 - Jennifer Keitt, Today's Black Woman Radio

11/7 - Sirius Satellite Radio/Doctor Radio/"About Our Kids" show, with hosts Dr. Jess Shatkin, Dr. Alexandra Barzvi and Dr. Lori Evans of NYU's Child Study Center at 8:30-9:00 LIVE.

11/5 - Mary McGuire, K107.1/WFON, Jon and Mary in the Morning (FM)

11/04 - Brian Allen, CKNX AM920 The Talk Show

11/2 - Armin Brott, (Mr. Dad) - "Positive Parenting" - Click here to listen

10/08 - David McMillian, "Strategies for Living" - Click here to listen

9/25 - Phil Blair, KPPK "The Peak" - 98.3 FM

9/22 - 9:30 EDT "Live with Greg Gack", 1360 WMOV, Ravenswood, WV

9/17 - Chris Kodiak, KFX "The Fix" 105.7 Searcy, AK

12/12 - 12/31 PLUM TV, Interview with Alison Chase

Print Media

Click to read interview with Emma in Newsweek.com (click here to download pdf version)

Click to read interview with Emma in the Sag Harbor Express (click here to download pdf version)

Electronic Media - Blogs, Web Interviews etc.