News and Events — Laura Parnum

What’s Happening:

News:

Peril at Price Manor was one of 15 books selected for the Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award list for grades 3-5 for the 2025-26 school year. Readers in grades 3-5 whose schools are participating in the reading challenge (and homeschool programs) will read the books on the list and vote for their faves in the spring (next year). As one of the authors on the list, I'll be invited to visit classrooms virtually to talk about reading, my books, and being an author. The full list of books and more information about the program can be found here: https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra.html I'm excited to connect with these readers!
The Haunting of Bellington Cottage has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild gold standard selection. This curated list helps librarians all across the country choose high-quality books for their children’s book collections.

Upcoming Appearances:

10/4/25

Collingswood Book Festival

Stay tuned for details about the event.

10/24/25

Haddonfield’s Night Market

Inkwood Books, Haddonfield, NJ

Book signing at Inkwood Books in Haddonfield, NJ during Haddonfield’s popular Night Market event.

10/25/25

10:00-4:00

Yo Book Fest

Black Rock Middle School, Villanova, PA

Introducing the YOung People’s Book Festival, Saturday, October 25. Celebrate all things books with amazing authors and illustrators from around the country. Cheer during our book character parade, engage in writing and drawing workshops, meet your favorite authors and illustrators, purchase their books and have them signed, get some cool swag and merch, and so much more! Registration is FREE! Please click here to register.

10/26/25

2:00 pm

Craft and Storytime at Celia Bookshop

I’ll be appearing with Heather Stigall at this brand-new bookshop in Swarthmore. Heather and I will be doing ghostly crafts with youngsters and reading from our books, Gilbert and the Ghost and The Haunting of Bellington Cottage. Signed books will be available for purchase.

10/29-10/31

52nd Annual FAME Converence

Orlando, FL

This year I’m thrilled to be a participating author at Florida’s FAME conference for librarians, technology specialists, and school administrators looking for ways to reinvent their libraries, classrooms, and schools. I’ll be presenting a workshop on why young readers love and NEED spooky stories as well as signing books in the exhibit hall and mingling with librarians and educators.