Presentations & Events
Presentations
Christina loves to present her work to readers of all ages! If you are a librarian, a school media specialist, a teacher or a community events coordinator, you can arrange for an author visit. Please consult https://app.bookanauthor.com/shop/listing/ChristinaEPetrides for more information and to reserve a date. You can also email Christina (press on the “Contact” link at the top left corner of this page and follow the directions) to inquire about availability, fees, and pre-ordering books for your event. She is happy to provide specialized lessons for varying age groups, from kindergarten students (who are learning to read) to senior adults (who have always dreamed of writing).
50th Annual Down Home Days
I look forward to being a part of this festival in Chickamauga; this will be my first year attending the festival.
The Cotton Fair
This will be my first appearance at the historic Cotton Fair in Gay, Georgia. I’m a featured reader at the children’s tent, so I will get to share my books, new and old, with a local audience! I am really looking forward to this event.
Art on Southern Pines
My second appearance at this lovely event sponsored by Christ Presbyterian Church in Evans, GA.
Signing at The Book Tavern
The formal Augusta debut of my latest book: The Refrigerator Ghost. I’ll be signing copies at The Book Tavern. Hometown folks, come and support me!
Mulbery Street Art & Crafts Festival
My booth will feature my newest book, The Refrigerator Ghost. Classics, including Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine and Blueberry Man will also be available. I look forward to seeing many Middle Georgians at this two-day outdoor event!
St. Patrick's Day Arts and Crafts Festival
My first show of 2024! I am looking forward to introducing people to my books, including The Refrigerator Ghost, at this middle Georgia town which my grandparents called home for seventy years. St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, GA, is one of my happy childhood memories—watching runners in the Leprechaun Road Race, and then the annual parade are both lots of fun…and there’s the Festival, of which I will be a part.
The Book Tavern
I will be joining several other local children’s book authors at The Book Tavern (one of Georgia’s best independent bookstores) to sell and sign Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine. I HOPE that The Refrigerator Ghost will be available as well, but that depends on how fast it makes the transPacific journey from the printer in South Korea.
Morris Museum of Art
I will be joining several other Southern children’s book authors at the Morris Museum of Art to sell and sign Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine. I HOPE that The Refrigerator Ghost will be available as well, but that depends on how fast it makes the transPacific journey from the printer in South Korea.
53rd annual Holiday Fair
Come buy my books at the 53rd Annual Holiday Fair at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina. I will be there in person Thursday and Friday, and a kind volunteer will be staffing the booth on Saturday, while I am in Augusta, GA, signing books at the Morris Museum of Art.
Genuine Georgia Holiday Open House
I will be signing two of my children’s books, Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine, at Genuine Georgia as part of their Holiday Open House event on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
Art on Southern Pines
I will be selling and signing my books at Art on Southern Pines (Holiday Edition). Come get a head start on your Christmas shopping!
Event at The Spinning Jenny
Local market in a cute town outside of Greenville, SC; I’ll be selling and signing my books there!
Reading & Signing
I will be doing a reading and signing event at The Olive Branch, a Christian bookstore, of Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
Exhibitor
I am exhibiting (and selling and signing) my children’s books at the 2023 Southeast Homeschool Expo at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
2023 Seoul International Book Fair
One of two featured authors at the booth of Tchaikovsky Family Books, publisher of Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
Reading
Virtual reading and discussion (I in South Korea, the school in Thailand) of my books Blueberry Man, Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine, and On Unfirm Terrain (excerpts therefrom) with elementary, middle, and high school students. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
2023 Jeju Book Fair
Featured author signing books at the booths of publishers Kong Books and Tchaikovsky Family Books. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
Reading
Reading and presentation of Blueberry Man and Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine along with illustrator Nika Tchaikovskaya. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
2022 Seoul International Book Fair
One of several featured authors at the booth of Kong Books, publisher of 냉장고 유령 [The Refrigerator Ghost (2022)]. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]
2022 Jeju Book Fair
Featured author signing books at the booths of publishers Kong Books and Tchaikovsky Family Books. [Note: Use of the official event or business logo in the event announcement represents the location of the event, and does not imply that the Book Fair, school, or business endorses me or my work.]