Launch Party

	Location:	Portland Public Library
	Date:	June 19, 2010
	Details:	We'll be celebrating the release of Moon Watchers: Shirin's Ramadan Miracle (Tilbury House), by Reza Jalali, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien, in the library's brand new Children's Room. More details soon.

Maine Comic Arts Festival

	Location:	Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine
	Date:	May 23, 2010
	Details:	see the Festival website

Civil Rights Team Project Statewide Conference

	Location:	Augusta Civic Center, Maine
	Date:	May 03, 2010
	Details:	Annie will present "The Colors of My World" for the elementary school participants (3rd-5th grade) at the conference. Description: Being an ally to others includes understanding yourself. In this workshop, you'll get to explore your own world, how your identity around race and culture is forming, and how you can shape it. See a description of this workshop at my blog, "Coloring Between the Lines."

Barbieri Elementary Scool

	Location:	Framingham, MA
	Date:	April 30, 2010
	Details:	Author Day at a bilingual English/Spanish school, 4 presentations on the Jamaica books, grades K-1.

Kids Comic Con

	Location:	Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
	Date:	April 10, 2010
	Details:	Annie will have a table at the Kids Comic Con, handing out free activities related to The Legend of Hong Kil Dong.

Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church

	Location:	Portland, Maine
	Date:	March 28, 2010
	Details:	Program on Moral Courage to the middle school and high school youth of A2U2, in conjunction with the gift of copies of After Gandhi, purchased by the church's education committee.

Fayerweather Street School

	Location:	Cambridge, MA
	Date:	March 26, 2010
	Details:	Presentations to students at this independent day school on the Jamaica books (preK-2), The Legend of Hong Kil Dong (3/4), and After Gandhi (5/6).

Bowdoin Central School

	Location:	Bowdoin, ME
	Date:	March 04, 2010
	Details:	Presentations with Margy Burns Knight on their Talking Walls books, with students K-5. Each class will do a wall study with one of the framed original illustrations.

Peaks Island School and Library

	Location:	Peaks Island, Maine
	Date:	February 01—02, 2010
	Time:	Presentation on After Gandhi to grades 4/5 on February 1, connected to their study of the figures profiled in the book. On February 2, Annie and the students will lead a community discussion on nonviolent resistance at the library.

Martin Luther King Breakfast

	Location:	Portland, Maine
	Date:	January 18, 2010
	Details:	"After Martin Luther King: Finding the Moral Courage for Social Change" Annie will lead this workshop for young people 9-15 years old about the meaning of nonviolence resistance as laid down by the words and actions of Mahatma Gandhi and his followers. Using the book After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance as their guide, young people will explore together the profiles of the leaders and movements that are Gandhi’s legacy, those who found the moral courage to stand against corruption and abuse and work towards nonviolent social change. They will each create a "Wanted: For Moral Courage" poster of one of the figures profiled in the book. From this study and discussion of individuals and movements, young people will explore the links between these and community service projects to take place in Portland in 2010. Contact: Pious Ali, Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, pious@meiya.org

Fay School

	Location:	Southborough, MA
	Date:	December 07—11, 2009
	Details:	A week-long residency with programs on The Legend of Hong Kil Dong, After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance and Jamaica Is Thankful by Juanita Havill.

Kids Comic Con & "Color of Comics"

	Location:	Miami, Florida
	Date:	November 12—15, 2009
	Details:	Annie will be presenting workshops and signing books for Kids Comic Con, part of the Miami Book Fair International. She'll have original art from The Legend of Hong Kil Dong in the Color of Comics Exhibition.

Longfellow School

	Location:	Portland, Maine
	Date:	November 04—05, 2009
	Details:	Annie will be presenting book workshops to grades K-5.

King Middle School

	Location:	Portland, Maine
	Date:	October 29, 2009
	Details:	Annie will present a workshop on drawing a comic strip to seventh graders working on a unit about bacteria.

The Meadowbrook School

	Location:	Weston, MA
	Date:	October 09, 2009
	Details:	K-5 presentations on Jamaica Is Thankful and The Legend of Hong Kil Dong.

Center for Cartoon Studies

	Location:	White River Junction, VT
	Date:	October 07—08, 2009
	Time:	10:00-2:00 Wednesday; 3:00-5:00 Thursday
	Details:	Annie returns to CCS as a guest in Steve Bissette's Wednesday Drawing Workshop, leading a session on drawing race & ethnicity; then presents the Visiting Artist Seminar lecture on Thursday, focusing on the children's book field. For more info:http://www.cartoonstudies.org/

Winter Harbor Library

	Location:	Winter Harbor, Maine
	Date:	September 19, 2009
	Time:	1:00-4:00
	Details:	Annie will present a "Composing Comics" workshop for adults and teens as part of Winter Harbor Library's "Children's Authors and Illustrators: How We Do It" series. A companion art exhibit, the "Children's Book Illustrators Show," will be on display through September 12. Contact Mary Lou Weaver (207)963-2640

Kennedy Center Multicultural Book Festival

	Location:	Washington, D.C.
	Date:	September 12, 2009
	Time:	12:00-6:00
	Details:	Annie will be signing with other authors and illustrators at this celebration of books, part of the Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

	Location:	Bethesda, MD
	Date:	September 11, 2009
	Time:	7:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m.
	Details:	Guest in Colman McCarthy's Peace Studies classes, presenting After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance.

Korean Culture Camp

	Location:	Sussex, NJ
	Date:	August 09—15, 2009
	Time:	A week of creative writing sessions with campers at Camp Sejong

American Library Association Annual Conference

	Location:	Chicago, IL
	Date:	July 11, 2009
	Details:	"Inspiring Young Citizens: The Library As a Forum for Engagement," panel discussion with book creators Phil Hoose and Lita Judge and school librarian Kelley McDaniel, moderated by Kirsten Cappy of Curious City

Seoul Foreign School

	Location:	Seoul, Korea
	Date:	June 09—10, 2009
	Details:	Annie returns as Alumna of the Year for her high school, presents workshops on her books for students K-6

Kittery area schools

	Location:	Kittery, ME
	Date:	May 19—21, 2009

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - New England Annual Conference

	Location:	Nashua, NH
	Date:	April 24—26, 2009
	Details:	Annie will present a Saturday workshop, "Being White in a World of Color," and be one of four facilitators for the Sunday Illustrators Academy on Graphic Novels

Delta Block Schools

	Location:	Philadelphia area, PA
	Date:	April 15—24, 2009
	Details:	Annie will present with Margy Burns Knight on their five books, in six area schools

Lithgow Library

	Location:	Augusta, Maine
	Date:	April 02, 2009
	Time:	6:30-7:30 p.m.
	Details:	Community presentation on The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, as part of "Augusta Reads." Open to the public.

Augusta Reads

	Location:	Augusta, Maine
	Date:	April 02—03, 2009
	Details:	Four school visits with Augusta 5th and 6th graders, each of whom will receive a copy of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, as part of "Augusta Reads," the city's annual literacy project.

Desert Trails Elementary School

	Location:	Phoenix, AZ
	Date:	February 26, 2009
	Details:	Presentations with Juanita Havill

Sandpiper Elementary School

	Location:	Phoenix, AZ
	Date:	February 25, 2009
	Details:	Presentations with Juanita Havill

International Reading Association

	Location:	Phoenix, AZ
	Date:	February 24, 2009
	Time:	9:00-10:00 a.m. workshop 10:30-12:30 a.m. BOOK SIGNING at Charlesbridge booth
	Details:	Annie will present a workshop, "Be the Change: Compelling Biography as Civic Responsibility Curriculum," with middle school librarian, Kelley McDaniel, on AFTER GANDHI: 100 YEARS OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE.

Eagle Ridge Elementary School

	Location:	Phoenix, AZ
	Date:	February 23, 2009
	Details:	Annie will join with Juanita Havill, author of the JAMAICA books, for their first-ever joint presentations in three schools in the Phoenix area

International Reading Association

	Location:	Phoenix, AZ
	Date:	February 22, 2009
	Details:	2:00-3:00 BOOK SIGNING at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt booth, with author Juanita Havill, for JAMAICA IS THANKFUL 3:00 -5:00 BOOK SIGNING at Charlesbridge booth for AFTER GANDHI: 100 YEARS OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE, written by Anne Sibley O'Brien and Perry O'Brien with b&w illustrations by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Family Literacy Project with Longley Elementary School Third Grade

	Location:	Lewiston, ME
	Date:	February 04, 2009
	Details:	Collaborative project with Bates College and Longley School, sharing family stories and turning them into books with Annie and Margy Burns Knight. Project will run from the kickoff in the first week of Febuary to the celebration of completed books in March. Contact: Ellen Alcorn Program Coordinator, Service-Learning Program Harward Center for Community Partnerships Bates College 161-163 Wood Street Lewiston, ME 04240 phone (207) 786-8235

Pettengill Elementary School

	Location:	Lewiston, ME
	Date:	January 16, 2009
	Details:	Creating illustrations for a book by students, with Margy Burns Knight

Freeport Teen Center

	Location:	Freeport, ME
	Date:	January 13, 2009
	Time:	3:00-5:00 p.m.
	Details:	Annie will lead a workshop on "Composing Comics," followed by three sessions (January 15, 26 and 27) creating original comics pages

King Middle School

	Location:	Portland, ME
	Date:	December 10, 2008
	Details:	Presentation on HONG KIL DONG and comics to 7th graders working on a learning expedition on Greek heroes and creating a single page comic on the hero of their choice.

King Middle School

	Location:	Portland, Maine
	Date:	November 17, 2008
	Details:	Sharing THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG with Beginning ELL students

Center for Cartoon Studies

	Location:	White River Junction, VT
	Date:	November 05, 2008
	Time:	2:00-5:00 p.m.
	Details:	Annie will be the guest artist, leading a session on Drawing Race & Ethnicity, in Stephen Bissette's Drawing Workshop Contact: http://www.cartoonstudies.org/

Maine Writing Project Effective Practices Conference

	Location:	Belfast, ME
	Date:	October 03, 2008
	Details:	Keynote on visual literacy, "Seeing Meaning," and two workshops: "Finding the Springhouse" on the creative process, and "Reading Pictures: The Power of Graphic Novels" For program details, go to http://www.umaine.edu/edhd/mwp/programs/EP2008.pdf

Camp Sejong

	Location:	YMCA Lindwood-MacDonald Environmental & Conference Center Branchville, NJ
	Date:	August 10—16, 2008
	Details:	Korean culture camp for more information, go to http://www.campsejong.org For an account of Annie's 2007 experience at Camp Sejong, go to http://charlesbridge.blogspot.com/2008/01/hong-kil-dong-goes-to-camp.html

Etna Library

	Location:	Etna, NH
	Date:	August 06, 2008
	Time:	5:00 Family picnic 6:00 Presentation
	Details:	Annie will share the six books of the Jamaica series by Juanita Havill, showing her illustration process, reading several of the books, and showing a sneak preview of illustrations for the brand new Jamaica Is Thankful (Houghton Mifflin 2010) which she will have just completed.

"The Power of the Illustrated Book"

	Location:	University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Education Dearborn, MI
	Date:	July 23—24, 2008
	Details:	Teacher Academy with Raymond Kettel, Associate Professor of Children's Literature

Okemos Library

	Location:	Okemos, MI
	Date:	June 25, 2008
	Time:	6:30 p.m.
	Details:	"Adventure! Justice! Magic! Creating A Korean Hero Tale" Annie will share her process of creating this award-winning book and the fascinating historical and cultural background of the tale, which was the first novel written in the Korean alphabet. Afterwards, she'll teach young people to draw a Korean dragon. Copies of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong and other books will be available for sale and autographing.

Korean Culture Camp

	Location:	Flushing, MI
	Date:	June 23—27, 2008

Madison Junior High School Celebration of Reading

	Location:	Madison, ME
	Date:	June 04, 2008
	Details:	Comics workshops

Sedgwick School

	Location:	Sedgwick, ME
	Date:	May 09, 2008
	Details:	Presentations on AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY with Margy Burns Knight

Mascoma Valley Regional High School

	Location:	Canaan, NH
	Date:	April 21—26, 2008
	Details:	Week-long comics residency with high school comics classes, culminating in arts festival

SCBWI New England Conference

	Location:	Nashua, NH
	Date:	April 11—13, 2008
	Details:	Annie will present a writing workshop with Emily Herman and once again perform cabaret with Yolanda LeRoy

Martel Elementary School

	Location:	Lewiston, ME
	Date:	April 04, 2008
	Details:	Author/illustrator presentations with Margy Burns Knight

Memorial Middle Scool

	Location:	South Portland, ME
	Date:	April 02, 2008
	Details:	Workshop on Composing Comics

Pocopson Elmentary School

	Location:	West Chester, PA
	Date:	March 27, 2008
	Details:	Assemblies for grades 3-5 and K-2 on THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG, with workshops for grades 3-5 on illustration and comics and how to draw a Korean dragon

Unionville Elementary School

	Location:	Kennett Square, PA
	Date:	March 26, 2008
	Details:	Author-illustrator presentations on creating THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA

Parkway School District Middle School Young Author's Conference

	Location:	St. Louis, MO
	Date:	March 06, 2008

St. Louis schools

	Location:	St. Louis, MO
	Date:	March 05—07, 2008

Primary Source: Teaching East Asia

	Location:	Colby College, Waterville, ME
	Date:	February 29, 2008
	Details:	Workshops on Hong Kil Dong and Korea's writing system Contact: Ryan Bradeen, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia

Hall-Dale Elementary School

	Location:	Hallowell, ME
	Date:	February 11—12, 2008
	Details:	With Margy Burns Knight, creating a book with 2nd and 3rd graders, "Life in Our Colorful Towns"

Vine Street School

	Location:	Bangor, Maine
	Date:	November 07—08, 2007
	Details:	Anne will work with K-3 classes, illustrating the pieces students have written with author Margy Burns Knight, to create a school book on GAMES.

Kennedy Center Multicultural Book Festival

	Location:	Washington, D.C.
	Date:	November 03, 2007
	Time:	12:00-5:00 p.m.
	Details:	http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/bookfestival/

Cazenovia College

	Location:	Cazenovia, NY
	Date:	October 22—24, 2007
	Details:	Anne will present to a freshman seminar on comics. Contact Dr. Warren Olin-Ammentorp 315-655-7102

Korean American Family Event

	Location:	Korean American Culture Center 24666 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield, MI 48075
	Date:	September 30, 2007
	Time:	1:30-3:30 p.m.
	Details:	Readers Theatre presentation of THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG, dragon drawing, writing your name in Hangul. Contact: Jen Hilzinger (248)649-4310

GLOBAL KOREA AWARDS CEREMONY

	Location:	Library of International Academic Center Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
	Date:	September 29, 2007
	Time:	10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
	Details:	http://www.events.msu.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1187708166579 http://globalkorea.org/

30TH Annual Sae Jong Concert & Fundraising Dinner

	Location:	Sae Jong Society of Detroit Detroit Country Day Schools Upper School Auditorium 22305 West Thirteen Mile Road Beverly Hills, MI
	Date:	September 28, 2007
	Time:	6:00 p.m.
	Details:	In-Soo Suh (248)515-0901 insoo@alum.mit.edu

Our Lady Star of the Sea School

	Location:	467 Fairford St. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
	Date:	September 28, 2007
	Time:	11:00-11:50 a.m.
	Details:	Joan Kettel, Librarian (313) 884-1070

University of Michigan at Dearborn

	Location:	School of Education Fairlane Center, 19000 Hubbard Drive Dearborn, MI 48126-2683
	Date:	September 27, 2007
	Time:	1:05-2:05 and 6:10-7:30
	Details:	Anne will do two presentations for teachers in training, "From the Heart: Illustrating Across Cultures in Children's Books" and "A World of Difference: Reflections on Multicultural Literature in the Classroom." Contact Dr. Raymond Kettel (313) 593-5092

Camp Sejong

	Location:	Blairstown, NJ
	Date:	August 12—18, 2007
	Details:	Anne will be in residence as an author-illustrator for this week-long Korean culture camp for Korean adopted and Korean American children. http://www.campsejong.org

KAAN Conference

	Location:	Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston Boston, MA
	Date:	July 21—22, 2007
	Details:	Saturday at 2:15, Anne will lead a workshop with her grown daughter Yunhee, "'I'm not Chinese, I'm KOREAN!': Nurturing Your Child's Racial and Cultural Identity." On Sunday she will present THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG in the children's program. (KAAN is the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network.) For details, go to http://www.kaanconference.com

Jewish Coalition Literacy Festival

	Location:	Boston Public Library Boston, MA
	Date:	June 03, 2007
	Time:	3:00-5:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON FESTIVAL OF KOREA 2

	Location:	NMNH Baird Auditorium Museum of Natural History (Ground Floor) Washington, DC
	Date:	May 20, 2007
	Time:	1:30 p.m.
	Details:	Info, (202) 633-1000 For School-Age Children, Free with Admission In a Reader's Theatre performance, DC area Korean-American children will give voice to the characters of THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA, while the book’s illustrations of 15th Century Korea are viewed. Author-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien will share the rich historical context of the hero tale and the invention of the Korean alphabet. A book-signing will follow.

SCBWI New England Regional Conference

	Location:	Nashua, NH
	Date:	May 18—19, 2007
	Details:	Friday night at 8:00, Anne will perform with editor Yolanda LeRoy as "special guests" in the SCBWI "Cabaret Night." On Saturday she will present a workshop, "What I Learned from Comics," on writing and illustrating graphic novels. Details at scbwi.org

WASHINGTON FESTIVAL OF KOREA 1

	Location:	George Mason Regional Library 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA Info, 703-256-3800
	Date:	May 12, 2007
	Time:	11:00 a.m.
	Details:	Info, 703-256-3800 For School-Age Children, Free Come discover the classic hero tale, THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA, retold in graphic novel form. Author-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien, who was raised in South Korea, will take children on a journey to 15th-Century Korea to explore the world of Hong Kil Dong, the invention of the Korean alphabet, and the majesty of Korean dragons. A book-signing will follow.

Saint Joseph's College

	Location:	Standish, ME
	Date:	May 01, 2007

King Middle School

	Location:	Portland, ME
	Date:	April 26, 2007
	Details:	7th grade

Coastal Ridge Elementary School

	Location:	York, ME
	Date:	April 24—25, 2007
	Details:	3rd-4th grades

Riverton Elementary School

	Location:	Portland, ME
	Date:	April 10, 2007
	Details:	5th grade

Winthrop Middle School

	Location:	Winthrop, ME
	Date:	April 04—10, 2007
	Details:	With author Margy Burns Knight, in conjunction with Winthrop's mural project. For details, go to LearnAboutYourWorld.org

Bancroft Elementary School

	Location:	Andover, MA
	Date:	March 16, 2007

Primary Source teachers’ workshop on Africa is Not a Country

	Location:	Trenton Elementary School, Trenton, Maine
	Date:	November 15, 2006

Multicultural Book Festival

	Location:	Kennedy Center, Washington DC
	Date:	November 04, 2006

“Martial Arts, Magic & Comics: A Celebration of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong”

	Location:	Aikido of Maine, 226 Anderson St, Portland ME
	Date:	October 01, 2006
	Time:	2:00-5:00 pm
	Details:	Launch party for young readers Free and open to the public

Maine Librarians Association Conference

	Location:	Augusta, Maine
	Date:	September 17, 2006

Reading Rumpus: A Maine Children’s Book Festival

	Location:	Gardiner, Maine
	Date:	September 16, 2006
	Time:	10:00-4:00 p.m.