Author Visits

Terry Davis is available to conferences, libraries, schools and special events for author visits. Though he has an experiential base as an award winning novelist and educator that merits a substantial speaking fee, his love of outreach allows him to consider nearly any offer that includes travel expenses -- airfare and hotel. So please keep Davis in mind.

Coming Events

July 11-24, 2004
CSU Summer Arts Education Celebration
CSU at San Bernadino, CA
http://www.csusummerarts.org/ww.html

June 7, 2004
Salk Middle School
w/ Crutcher, Trueman and Halls.

April 17, 2004
Get Lit!  Literary Festival
Spokane, WA
http://www.ewu.edu/getlit/author16.html

Past Events

January 26, 2004
Writers Readers Series of Eastern North Carolina
http://www.ecu.edu/writersreading/.

December 13, 2003
"from the hip"
St. Paul, MN.

May 30, 2003
Couer d'Alene High School
Couer d'Alene, ID

April 25 & 26, 2003
SCBWI Conference
Seattle, WA

Cedar Falls, Iowa
Location and date TBA

April 4 & 5, 2003
15th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference
Denver, CO

February 24-27, 2003
Eastside High School
Greenville, SC

Junction City High School
February 12, 2003
Junction City, Kansas
with Chris Crutcher.

IRA WORD Conference
October 11 & 12, 2002
Spokane, WA

SCBWI Oregon Spring Conference
May 18, 2002
Portland, Oregon
Contact: Judi Gardner

Burlington-Edison High School
May 31, 2002
Burlington, Washington
Contact: Cathy Belben

DAVIS VISITS COUER D'ALENE HIGH SCHOOL

   Noted novelist and teacher Terry Davis made a visit to CHS on May 30, 2003.  High school English teacher Bruce Pemberton, a former Davis student from the University of Idaho, arranged visits to four rooms, including two weight-training classes taught by wrestling coach and CHS coach of the year, Jeff Moffat. "He told my students that possibly our national obsession with winning and losing might need some examination. He gave the example of a cancer patient losing a valiant struggle with the disease. Since the person lost the battle, are they a loser? He then related it to the kids themselves and reminding them that the important part was the struggle and the effort, and not necessarily, who won. The kids thought he kicked ass."

   Davis also spoke to a junior English class, as well as Pemberton's fourth hour seniors, who were the most familiar with Davis' work. Unfortunately, Davis' visit coincided with Senior Skip Day activities. Pemberton introduced Davis to one senior who clearly was still feeling the effects of inebriation, and in fact, fell asleep during Davis' reading by pulling his weather-beaten ball cap low over his eyes. The rest of the class remained receptive, however.

   One student, who had written a book report on VQ, was not so easily won over. "I had a bone to pick with him," said senior wrestler Zach Zabel. "I was mad about the ending of VISION QUEST. I wanted to know what happened. I liked what he said, though. It's the journey, not the destination. I can accept that."

After the reading, Davis accompanied a large group of students to the local Chinese buffet, where they overindulged themselves until they were asked to leave by the manager. Wearied by his long trip west, Davis returned to his Loon Lake cabin northwest of Spokane to begin a much-deserved summer break.

	Davis, teacher-host Tate Thompson and fellow author Chris Crutcher in Junction City, Kansas on February 12, 2003.

Thank you, Kansas!

...Davis and Crutcher had fun talking with students at Junction City High School on Feb.12, 2003. For information about Davis's speaking plans, click HERE.

On Jan. 26, 2004

Terry Davis was a guest lecturer for this acclaimed series on the ECU campus (http://www.ecu.edu/). Read a feature article from the January 23, 2004 edition of the East Carolinian HERE. Davis was also one of four featured Minnesota authors to read at "from the hip," on December 13, 2003. Click HERE for more details.

Davis will be at the PLA conference in Seattle, Washington in late February. For more information on the conference, click HERE.

To see more Gonzaga photos, click HERE.