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April 26, 2025: Earth Day Bazaar
April 26, 2025: Earth Day Bazaar
Library Green outside Case Center, 815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
This sustainability-based craft fair features a selection of student artists selling handmade items. My housemate Jordan Zickmann and I will both be selling handmade items, including crocheted earrings, painted and engraved stones, bookmarks, and stuffed animals.
Past Events:
Past Events:
December 11, 2024: Tang Bazaar
December 11, 2024: Tang Bazaar
Tang Teaching Museum, 815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
3:30-6:30 p.m.
Hosted by Skidmore College's Tang Teaching Museum, this annual holiday craft fair is full of student artisans of all kinds. This year, my housemates and tag-teamed a booth (one of 76 of them!) featuring my art and my housemate Jordan Zickmann's crocheted items.
I sold out of copies of Sweepings at this fair, but I've since restocked!
December 8, 2024: Greenwich Holiday Craft Fair
December 8, 2024: Greenwich Holiday Craft Fair
Greenwich High School Gym, 10 Gray Ave, Greenwich, NY
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Greenwich Central School's holiday craft fair was a fundraiser for the district's Classes of 2029 and 2030. I was there with copies of Sweepings, as well as painted stones, bookmarks, original paintings, pins, and crocheted coasters made by my housemate Jordan Zickmann.
October 5, 2024: Saratoga Book Festival Literary Marketplace
October 5, 2024: Saratoga Book Festival Literary Marketplace
Saratoga Springs, NY
I was one of 60+ authors, including many independent authors, selling books and bookish art at this book festival. This was my second time having a booth and my third time attending, and while it wasn't as well attended as last year, it was super fun to connect with current and future authors and artists.
August 17, 2024: Sterling Street Market
August 17, 2024: Sterling Street Market
Sterling, MA
This is a pop-up craft fair hosted on Sterling Town Common (Meetinghouse Hill Road) every Saturday over the summer. My friend Jen Amlaw and I ran a booth with bookmarks, paintings, signed copies of Sweepings of the Street, and handmade pins with art by me, Jen, and Lianna Denney.
May 25, 2024: Sterling Street Market
May 25, 2024: Sterling Street Market
Sterling, MA
This is a pop-up craft fair hosted on Sterling Town Common (Meetinghouse Hill Road) every Saturday in May and June. On May 25, I shared a booth with Susan Henry, where we sold some fun items like candles, towels, earrings, bookmarks, and original art, as well as signed copies of Sweepings of the Street.
April 20, 2024: Earth Day Bazaar
April 20, 2024: Earth Day Bazaar
Saratoga Springs, NY
This sustainability-based craft fair featured a selection of student artists selling handmade items. I premiered my upcycled music bookmarks in addition to my usual stones, paintings, and books. Wind was an issue again during setup, but it warmed up later. There was a great turnout to the day's events, and I had fun even though the Bazaar itself wasn't very well attended.
Dec 10, 2023: Celebrating 1 Year of Sweepings of the Street
Dec 10, 2023: Celebrating 1 Year of Sweepings of the Street
Sweepings was released a year ago as of December 10, 2023. So many amazing things have happened since then, and this video looks back on this first year.
December 8, 2023: Tang Bazaar
December 8, 2023: Tang Bazaar
Saratoga Springs, NY
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Hosted by Skidmore College's Tang Teaching Museum, this annual holiday craft fair is full of student artisans of all kinds. I sold copies of Sweepings of the Street, original paintings, painted stones, bookmarks, and stickers. This was my second Tang Bazaar and had an excellent turnout.
The photo of me is by Sarah Condon-Meyers, a photographer I met at the bazaar.
October 14, 2023: Saratoga Book Festival Literary Marketplace
October 14, 2023: Saratoga Book Festival Literary Marketplace
Saratoga Springs, NY
I had a booth in a room full of 60+ authors selling books and art. I was lucky to be across from Schara Reeves Press, whom I knew from last year's festival. I was a customer at SBF in October 2022, so it was so exciting to be on the authors' side this year!
This was my first official event that I ran alone, and it was a lot of fun. I met so many wonderful authors like Ira Marcks (children's graphic novels) and Kiersten Marcil (Revolutionary historical fantasy). I'm happy with the turnout and excited to connect with my new readers.
August 26-27, 2023: Kill Tide Arts & Crafts Festival
August 26-27, 2023: Kill Tide Arts & Crafts Festival
Brewster, MA
I sold various "tiny art" and copies of Sweepings of the Street at this Cape Cod craft fair. There was a solid turnout and a lot of interest in Sweepings, the painted stones, and the decorated seashells. This was my first official craft fair, and I really enjoyed it. I sold half of the Sweepings copies I brought, which are the last ones left from my original 50 author copies. This fair also helped me pass 300 books sold!
June-July 2023: Sweepings in Reader Views July Giveaway
June-July 2023: Sweepings in Reader Views July Giveaway
Sweepings of the Street and 23 other independently published books were in Reader Views' June/July giveaway! Congratulations to the four winners who received copies of Sweepings.
June 2023: Book Award Finalist
June 2023: Book Award Finalist
Sweepings of the Street was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Young Authors (written by under age 25) category! This is its second time being recognized for a book award.
Here is the full list of winners. Full award information here.
April 22, 2023: Earth Day Bazaar
April 22, 2023: Earth Day Bazaar
Saratoga Springs, NY
This sustainability-based craft fair featured a selection of student artists selling handmade items. I sold painted stones, necklaces, stickers, bookmarks, and signed copies of Sweepings of the Street. An outdoor craft fair on a windy day presented a challenge, but the fair went well.
April 2023: Little Women Essay Contest Results
April 2023: Little Women Essay Contest Results
Congratulations to the winners, Aaron and Allison!
Based in Louisa May Alcott's hometown of Concord, MA, this essay contest is open to middle and high school students. Submissions were due on January 16.
I judged the contest with several other Massachusetts authors. Learn more on Concord Players' website.
March 6, 2023: Sweepings Wins A Book Award!
March 6, 2023: Sweepings Wins A Book Award!
Sweepings of the Street received a Bronze Award in the Teens (ages 12-16) category of the Reader Views Literary Awards. This was its first book award!
Read Reader Views' 5-star review of Sweepings here. Here is the full list of winners.
Watch Local TV Interview with Amanda (Virtual)
Watch Local TV Interview with Amanda (Virtual)
Filmed on January 9, 2023, this segment shows me talking with host Ryan Malyar about my writing process and experience as a young author. I also read an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Sweepings of the Street. The excerpt can also be found here.
December 17, 2022: Sweepings Launch Party & Book Signing
December 17, 2022: Sweepings Launch Party & Book Signing
This event was planned entirely by my friends and family, and it came as a total surprise! Many of my friends and teachers came with copies of Sweepings for me to sign or bought copies there. There were also cupcakes with custom Sweepings toppers and a cake that read, "Yay, you wrote a book!"
Watch the video below for footage of the setup, my reaction, and some behind-the-scenes goofiness.
December 9, 2022: Tang Bazaar
December 9, 2022: Tang Bazaar
This Saratoga Springs event is hosted in December, featuring a selection of student artists selling handmade items. I put together an inventory of pieces made by me, my mom (bead necklaces), and my sister (string bracelets and keychains). The craft fair went smoothly and also helped with publicity for the Sweepings book launch the next day.
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