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News

A Letter Worth Reading, written by a friend of Beckie

Beckie's Maine booktour is being rescheduled for October. Check out her schedule.

Read Beckie's latest Writer's Tip (June 1, 2008)

Read Beckie's op-ed about polygamy on her blog.

On April 3, Beckie spoke and facilitated a writer's workshop at the Shelter Rock Library at 3 p.m. in Albertson, NY

The New York Public Library has included Converting Kate on its annual list of recommended books for teens - Books for the Teen Age. Beckie was honored at a reception on March 22. View photos.

Read a recent book review of Converting Kate

Beckie was interviewed online February 8, 2008 with Jessica Burkhart

Read Beckie's op-ed piece "Are Mormons Christian? And Seriously, What is a Christian?" It's been published in Arizona's Tucson Citizen and New Hampshire's SeaCoast, the Pittsburg Examiner, and EIN News.

Beckie spoke at the Manhasset Public Library in NY, on Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.

Converting Kate has been chosen for the Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Books of 2008!!!

Beckie will be speaking on Jan. 17 at the Richmond Hill Library in NY at 4:30 p.m.

Read a review of converting kate on teensreadtoo.com

Find Beckie on LibraryThing, AuthorsDen, and GoodReads

Listen to Beckie's interview Nov. 3 at 8:30 p.m. EST, on KFKA in Denver, Colorado

View photos from Beckie's author engagements in Northern Virginia

Check out Beckie's new slideshow

See Beckie in Northern Virginia this weekend - on Oct. 27, she will speak at the Mid-Atlantic Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Conference in Arlington, VA and on Oct. 28, she will hold a book signing at Books a Million from 2 - 4 p.m. in Leesburg, VA

Listen to Beckie's interivew on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. EST, on Ohio's WPOS radio station (Rescheduled from Oct 19)

Beckie will give part 2 of a Writer's Workshop at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 24, at the Jefferson Market Branch Library in New York City, NY

Listen to a new recording of Beckie's interivew on Santa Fe public radio in Sept.

Oct. 17, 2007: Writer's Workshop Part 1 at 4:30 p.m., at the Jefferson Market Branch Library in New York City, NY

Oct. 13, 2007: Participant at the Roosevelt Public Library Book Festival in NY at noon.

Beckie interviewed in the Fall issue of Kite Tales (pdf, see page 10) by the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, Los Angeles

On Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. EST, Beckie will be interviewed on WVOX radio station in New Rochelle, NY

On Oct. 9 at 8:35 a.m. EST, Beckie will be interviewed on KCRS radio station in Odessa, TX.

On Oct. 8 at 7 a.m. EST, Beckie will be interviewed by Good News Broadcast in New York City.

See Beckie during her book tour in California the first week of October.

Beckie will be interviewed Oct. 3 at 7 a.m. on WPFW in Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC

Beckie will be interviewed on Oct. 2 at 9:15 a.m. on KNCO in Grass Valley, CA

Beckie was interviewed on the Mario Solis Marich Show Sept. 27 at 4:20 p.m. EST.

On Sept. 20, Beckie will be interviewed on the Rob Sherman Show in Chicago at 7:30 a.m.

On September 18, Beckie will be interviewed 11 a.m. - noon EST on Bozeman, MT's KMMS station.

Beckie will be interviewed on September 12, with Beth Kidd. It will air on Sept. 23, time TBA.

Beckie was interviewed on the Michael Dresser Show on September 11. Listen to the podcast - skip to the second half to hear Beckie.

Listen to a song called "Converting Kate,"composed and played by converting kate fan Mark Peterson.

After a short hiatus, Beckie's Weekly Writer Tip is back.

Listen to Beckie on Santa Fe Public Radio Sept. 5 at 5:35 EST

If you're in Long Island on Aug. 24, see Beckie at the Queens Library's Broadway Branch, at 1 p.m.

In the early hours of Aug. 24, Beckie will be interviewed on the Joey Reynolds Show in NY.

Aug. 3, 2007: Beckie launches a teen writer's page on her Web site for attendees of her writing workshops as well as a weekly writer tip.

Aug. 2, 2007: Hey fans, take a converting kate quiz!

Aug. 1, 2007: View photos from Beckie's book tour in Maine

July 28, 2007: Read an article about Beckie from the Mount Desert Islander.

July 20, 2007: Hear Beckie's interview that aired on Maine's Public Radio. (The clip is about 4 minutes long.)

July 19, 2007: Beckie was interviewed on Maine Public Radio. Air time is to be determined but may air July 20th at either 6:30 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. EST. Be sure to tune in online at the site above if you are not in Maine.

July 19, 2007: Read an article about Beckie in the Bar Harbor Times

July 18, 2007: Read a news article about converting kate at Maine Coast Now.

Ad for converting kate featured in the May/June 2007 issue of Hornbook. View it here.

June 17, 2007: Two teen readers give converting kate a 5 out of 5 and vote that the American Library Association should vote it as one of the best Young Adult novels for 2008. Scroll down the page to "Weinheimer" to read their comments.

June 5, 2007: Visit Beckie on her new MySpace account.

May 28, 2007: Read the first five pages of Beckie's Book converting kate here....
(Saved in Adobe Acrobat Reader, when open turn the view counterclockwise)

May 4, 2007: An interview about Beckie and converting kate was published in the Queens Tribune in New York. Read the article....

May 1, 2007: converting kate nominated by the American Library Association as one of the best Young Adult novels for 2008.

April 17, 2007: Beckie was a speaker at the New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center - See Photos!

April 12, 2007: An interview about Beckie and converting kate was published in the Times Ledger in New York. Read the article online. Or read the newspaper copy...

Converting kate given prestigious starred review from Kliatt. See Book Review section.