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Karen Romano Young
writer • artist • deep-sea diver • polar explorer •comics creator
My next book,
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS: THE WORLD'S LIVING LABORATORY
just came out!!
With illustrations by Amy Grimes and published by What On Earth!
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Watch the Galápagos trailer!
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calendar
2024
Connecticut Science Teaching Association, October 19
Glastonbury, Conn.
New England Independent Booksellers Association, September 11-12
Author's breakfast
Mystic Aquarium Women in Science Day, July 31
National Marine Educators Association, July 29
RIDING THE WAVE FROM OCEAN SCIENCE TO OUTREACH, with Michelle Cusolito, 1:30-2:30
POSTER SESSION, 2:30-3:30
I WAS A KID, 3:30-4:30
From the Mixed-Up Files blogpost, June 26
Cape Cod Children's Museum, June 8
Mashpee, Mass.
BOOK LAUNCH:
Galápagos Islands: The World's Living Laboratory, June 4
Byrds Books, Bethel, Conn.
Texas Library Association
April 17
San Antonio Courtney
THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF NONFICTION CHILDREN'S BOOKS, with Pamela Courtney, M.O. Yuksel, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Susannah Richards 11:30-12:30
April 18
THEY INSPIRED: HOW TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION THROUGH WOMEN IN STEM,
with Jennifer Swanson and Christine Taylor-Butler 1:30 -2:30
NErDcampCT
March 2
Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford, Connecticut, 8-4
More here.
Preorder books here.
American Geophysical Union Ocean Science Meeting, February 19
Loyola University, New Orleans
poster session, 2-4
Darwin Festival, February 12
Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts
SCIENCE SUPERPOWERS (webinar, 2-3)
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY, February 7
Contact me for your class's appointment! wrenyoung@gmail.com
Western Connecticut State University MFA residency, January 2
Hotel Zero, Danbury, Connecticut
STARTING SOMETHING (workshop 9-11:30)
2023
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December,
San Francisco
National Science Teachers Association, October
Kansas City, MO
Women's Environmental Justice Leadership Summit, September
Washington, DC
Mystic Aquarium, August
Women In Science Day
Cape Cod Children's Museum, autumn
I Was A Kid exhibit in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution and the National Deep Submergence Facility
Society for Women in Marine Science, Feb. 16, 12 EST
Visual Storytelling for Sharing Science
Bring both sides of your brain! Register here.
Sandy Hook Elementary School, Feb. 8
School visit to grades 2 -4. Volcanoes, polar exploration, the deep sea, Reading Raccoons, and more.
Byrd's Books, Bethel, CT Feb. 4, 4 pm
A conversation with Jennifer Thermes, author of The Indestructible Tom Crean, a brand-new gorgeous book about an incredible Antarctic adventurer. Click here.
World Read Aloud Day Feb. 1
The Windward School, Mamaroneck, NY
Prairie Crest Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2022
STEPPING STONES KC 2022 KIDS' CONVENTION, October 14-15, 2022, time to come
NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT/WRITEOUT BROADCAST, October 11, 2022, time to come.
WEIR FARM, NATIONAL PARKS/WRITEOUT, October 8, 2022, 11 am - noon. Click here.
CYRENIUS H. BOOTH LIBRARY, September 17, 2022,1-2:30 pm
Summer Reading Program: comics workshop for tweens and teens
Newtown, Connecticut
JOHN MUIR LAWS WILD WONDER NATURE JOURNALING CONFERENCE, September 15, 2022
11:30-1 ET Sign up here.
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Anacostia Community Museum,
Women's Environmental Leadership Lecture: I WAS A KID: Mapping Paths to STEM/STEAM
Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Education Center, SNMNH, Washington, DC,
September 10, 2022, 11-1pm. Sign up here.
ALVIN SCIENCE VERIFICATION EXPEDITION, July 27 - August 19, 2022
NATIONAL MARINE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, July 11, 2022, 4:45 pm
Hofstra University, virtual and in person
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, June 26, 2022,
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
3 - book signing for Antarctica: The Melting Continent, What on Earth? booth
4 - book signing for Antarctica; The Melting Continent, Ingram booth
INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER for Antarctica: The Melting Continent, May 11, 2022, 11 am ET
COBRA Master Class, Education and Public Outreach, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ,
May 10, 2022 2 pm ET
CUTTYHUNK STEAM ACADEMY May 5,6,9
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY AT BYRD BOOKS May 1, 2022, 3 pm
Register here.
BOOK LAUNCH! April 19, 2022
Antarctica: The Melting Continent, with illustrations by Angela Hsieh, publishing by What on Earth books.
Cupola Academy, April 7, 2022
Virtual Visit and Science Comics Workshop
I WAS A KID, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting
February 27- March 4, 2022
Nonfiction Fest, February 2022
World Read Aloud Day
February 2, 2022. Contact me directly to sign up for a reading for your class. wrenyoung@gmailcom
I Was A Kid LAUNCH, January 15, 2022
Visit the website!
2021
Climate Change and Nature Journaling: The Nature Journaling Show
November 14, 2021
Key School, Annapolis, MD
October 28, 2021
Virtual Visit and Talk about Alvin SVE
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, International Polar Week
Science Comics for Climate Change, September 20, 10 am EDT, more here
Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) MFA residency:
Moderator: Author/illustrator talk with Adria Karlsson and Linus Curci about their new book
My Sister, Daisy, August 3
Connecticut Writing Project, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Visual storytelling for science, July 22
National Marine Educators Association
Telling Science Stories Through Comics, July 16
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Virtual Exhibit
#AntarcticLog science comics, June 28-July 1
Wild Wonder Nature Journaling
Science comic workshop, June 24
Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) MFA residency:
Dealing with Demons workshop, January 2
Adequate Earth, Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective virtual exhibit, January 28 - May 22 Opening Event, January 28, 6 pm
#AntarcticLog Science Comic Contest winners announced, February 1
World Read Aloud Day, February 3
Women Mind the Water podcast, February 8 https://womenmindthewater.com/artivist-series/karen-romano
Adequate Earth event: Tales and Pictures from Antarctica: Diving Under the Ice and Climbing Glaciers for Science Communication, SUNY Cobleskill/Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective, March 18, 12 noon
Penguins International, April 21, 2021 (Earth Day! Penguin Awareness Day!)
Facebook Live presentation and conversation
6 pm EDT
NerdCampCT June 12
11-11:45
Connecticut Authors panel with Melissa Thom, moderator
John Muir Laws Wild Wonder Natural Journaling Conference, June 24,
TITLE: Telling Your Science Stories Visually
DESCRIPTION: What good are comics? Turns out they're really excellent for learning (input) AND communicating (OUTPUT). In this workshop, you'll find out why. We'll examine science comics to demystify how they're made and experiment with stick figures, lettering, and formats. Suitable (and proven) for any age and ability.
8:30 - 10 PDT
https://johnmuirlaws.com/wildwonder/
NOAA Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Conference Virtual Gallery Walk, June 30
11:45- 12:25
#AntarcticLog Comics on Parade
National Marine Educators Association, July 16
3:15-3:45
Telling Science Stories Through Comics
Western Connecticut State University MFA Virtual Residency August 3
9-10:30
Author/illustrator talk with Adria Karlsson, author, and Linus Curci, illustrator
"My Sister Daisy" Capstone
American Geophysical Union annual conference, December :
SY023 Meet your JEDI Goals Through I Was a Kid: Opening Pathways for Young People to Science Work Through Visual Storytelling (Comics) about Careerists Representing Diversity, date/time tb
2023
Galápagos: The World's Living Laboratory (What on Earth)
2024
Diving for Deep-Sea Dragons (Chronicle)