auction

Author Jean Rei­dy’s new pic­ture book, LIGHT UP THE NIGHT (Hype­r­i­on, Octo­ber 2011) was inspired by her con­nec­tions to Ugan­da and its chil­dren, many of whom have been dis­place due to past civ­il war or orphaned by AIDS. To cel­e­brate the release of the book and hon­or those chil­dren, she is hold­ing an online auc­tion to ben­e­fit lit­er­a­cy in Africa and a library at Musana Chil­dren’s Home in Igan­ga, Uganda.

There are all kinds of great items avail­able including:

• signed books,
• man­u­script cri­tiques (includ­ing one by yours tru­ly and oth­er fab­u­lous clients of Erin Mur­phy Lit­er­ary Agency; anoth­er by my thor­ough­ly won­der­ful agent, Ammi-Joan Paque­tte; and anoth­er from fab kidlit agent Erin Murphy),
• a chance to sub­mit your man­u­script to an edi­tor at Bloomsbury,
• a one-hour author mar­ket­ing con­sul­ta­tion,
• per­son­al social media strat­e­gy con­sul­ta­tion,
• author vis­its,
• orig­i­nal art,
• hand­made jew­el­ry and oth­er items, etc.

Find out how it all works and start plac­ing your bids here. But hur­ry! The auc­tion ends Novem­ber 18, 2011.