Lit Bit: Flightless Goose Featured at BookExpo America

The 2009 BookExpo America hits New York City this weekend - the largest and most important book event in North America.  And Flightless Goose will be there!

Flightless Goose author and illustrator Eric & Nataliya Goodman will be giving away copies of their new hardcover, full-color story book for children at the big event.  Other authors doing the same at BookExpo America include Julie Andrews, Joyce Carol Oates, Nicholas Sparks, Omar Tyree, Dave Barry, R. L. Stine, Craig Ferguson, Jan Brett, Berkeley Breathed, Julianne Moore, Kathy Lee Gifford, Emeril Lagasse, Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Ridley Pearson, George Pelecanos, Robert McNeely, Paul F. Wilson, Tim Wendell, Kwame Alexander, M. J. Rose, Lizzie Skurnick, Meg Cabot, Lev Grossman and Chuck Klosterman.

Join these authors and thousands of attendees at the new and reformatted BookExpo America - the premier event for the North American publishing industry.

This year, you'll benefit from quality over quantity, seeing and learning exactly what you need to survive today's changing industry and challenging economy. Meet 500+ authors and discover hundreds of new titles on a Show floor bristling with 1,500 exhibitors (check out BEA Exhibitor Show Specials) and featuring the NEW Downtown Stage and Uptown Stage and the ever popular BEA Autographing Area. Learn the trends during 60+ focused sessions at the NEW "Big Ideas at BEA" Conference and don't miss this year's Global Market Forum: Books & Publishing in the Arab World. Experience the buzz of the book business at dynamic Special Events (buy your Special Events Tickets now). Conduct rights business at the largest North American International Rights Center. And enjoy NEW Show floor amenities such as more seating and places to eat. All of this, plus all of New York City - the publishing capital of the world.

Flightless Goose will be featured in the autographing area on Friday.  See the full schedule of Friday's autographing authors at the following link.

www.bookexpoamerica.com/RNA/RNA_BookExpoUS/PDFs/Autographing_Grid_Friday.pdf

And learn more about Book Expo America - including how to register and attend - at the BEA website.

www.bookexpoamerica.com/en

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Eric D. Goodman, Weekly Lit Bit

Eric's column, Lit Bit, is published every week at www.edgewriter.gather.com and at www.Writeful.blogspot.com.  Featuring bits on writing, writers, books, and literature, and literary events, Lit Bit will fulfill your literary longings.

Eric is a full-time writer and editor.  Eric and his work have been featured in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Review, Writers Weekly, The Arabesques Review, The Potomac, The Baltimore Messenger, The Twoson Times, JMWW, Freshly Squeezed, Scribble, Slow Trains, New Lines from the Old Line State: An Anthology of Maryland Writers, On Stage Magazine, Whatever, Coloquio, To Be Read Aloud, Neck of My Guitar, and Travel Insights.

Learn about Eric's new childrens' book, Flightless Goose, at the online pond.

www.RunGoose.com

Listen to Eric read an excerpt from his fiction on National Public Radio on the WYPR website.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-587318.mp3

If you liked what you heard, here is another excerpt of Eric reading his fiction on NPR.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-754738.mp3

And here's Eric's most recent NPR reading, which aired on the Valentine's Day edition of The Signal.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=1469301

You can find all of Eric's Lit Bit articles at www.gather.com/litbit. Keep up with Eric's other postings and Gather activity by joining his Gather network -- just visit www.edgewriter.gather.com and select the orange "Connect" button on the left-hand side of the page.