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Bibliography for Cornelia’s presentation “Women & Girls Speaking Through Time: Diary-Writing”
Here’s a list of some books which are diaries or collections of diaries
October 19, 2011: Women & Girls Speaking Through Time: Diary Writing—Program
Cornelia will once again be at the Sewall Belmont House and Museum in Washington D.C ,.offering a program on October 19th at noon.
Cornelia Visits Walnut Hills High School Classes & Reads from MISSING at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Cincinnati bound! Cornelia returned to her Alma Mater, Walnut HIlls High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, to talk about writing.
Cornelia is awarded the Bernard De Voto Fellowship in NonFiction at Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
In 1981, thirty years ago, Cornelia attended Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in Middlebury, Vermont. This August she will be returning, this time as a Fellow (What should a female Fellow be called?)
Cornelia will be at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati August 30th
Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio to host Cornelia and MISSING
Cornelia at Northwestern University Summer Writers’ Program
Cornelia will be leading a workshop on August 4th
Chicago’s Printer’s Row Literary Festival Panel, “My Family, My Memoir”
“I think that ordinary lives are the most interesting,” Cornelia responded to moderator Kathleen Rooney’s mention of a comment by a New York TImes reviewer who said most memoirs are boring. “If a memoir is boring, it is not the fault of the subject, but of the writer,” Cornelia continued. 
Cornelia and MISSING at Sewall-Belmont House
Home of the women’s suffrage movement!
Chicago Tribune Reviews MISSING
Ahead of Printer’s Row Literary Festival in Chicago June 4 &5, MISSING gets reviewed:
Cornelia at Historic HQ of National Women’s Party in D.C.
Cornelia will be reading from MISSING in Washington, D.C. on May 20th, 2011
Reading at Lorain County Community College
Visiting Non-Fiction Writing Class, Reading from MISSING 
Just in Time, “When I Feel Sad” in Japanese
Only days before the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a translation of “When I Feel Sad” was published in Japan by PHP Publishing Company.
MISSING on WGN-TV CHICAGO MARCH 7TH
An interview with Cornelia about MISSING - A MEMOIR aired today.
Cornelia Reading & Signing MISSING at The Book Stall
Monday, March 7th, 7.p.m
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, Illinoishttp://thebookstall.com
Cornelia will be reading from MISSING and signing books
ForeWord Reviews reviews MISSING
ForeWord Reviews,a print magazine and online book review service for readers, booksellers, book buyers, publishing insiders, and librarians, has reviewed MISSING:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7028/is_2010_Dec_19/ai_n56526055/?tag=content;col1
Mother/Daughter Book Clubs Reviews MISSING, and features Cornelia’s article about emotional legacies
Cindy Hudson, author of Book by Book, the Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs, hosts a useful website which reviewed MISSING, and featured Cornelia’s article about emotional legacies
Naomi Shihab Nye’s comments about Missing
Naomi Shihab Nye is the author/and or editor of more than 25 volumes, and a beloved speaker and advocate for human rights. Her 19 Varieties of Gazelles: Poems of the Middle East, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
The World’s Most Wonderful Bookstore Will Host Cornelia’s First Local Book Event for MISSING
Bookman’s Alley in Evanston is the most amazing used book store you will ever see.
Podcast Interview with Cornelia about “The Way I Feel” books, and her new memoir, MISSING
How important emotional education is, for all of us….
Cornelia’s Art part of “Art Under Glass”
October is National Arts and Humanities Month, and Evanston is celebrating by featuring art in downtown storefront windows.
Book Events Coming Up for Missing
Readings/BookSignings Coming Up for Missing
Watch Book Trailer for Cornelia’s new book, MISSING
MISSING is coming! Cornelia’s memoir will be published in December, 2010, by Northwestern University Press
Please Help Doctors Without Borders Feed Children
Help infants and children get critical nutrition 
BOARD BOOK EDITIONS !
Two of Cornelia’s children’s books are being published in September, 2010 as board books.
Cornelia to Present at National Women’s Studies Conference Nov.11-14, 2010
“What Counts as Knowledge?” Cornelia proposes: Women’s diaries, letters, personal papers
Cornelia Visits Community Renewal Team in Hartford, CT to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Your Body Belongs to You was read at early childhood classrooms 
Angela Jackson’s gorgeous New Novel!
Poet and novelist Angela Jackson’s wonderful novel, WHERE I MUST GO has been published by Northwestern University Press. Read all about it in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/books/13jackson.html?ref=books
“At The Dog Hotel” in Evanston Art Walk
A poster-size print of Cornelia’s ink and watercolor painting, “At The Dog Hotel” was chosen to be part of the Evanston Art Walk during October, 2009. It’s shown in this photo in the window of the fun-to-visit Happy Husky Bakery at 2601 Prairie Avenue in north Evanston, Illinois. To see other images from the Evanston Art Walk, visit http://www.evanstonartwalk.org
Cornelia’s Art Exhibition Opens July 24, 2009 and remains through September 4th
Cornelia was selected to be an exhibiting artist through SPEX, ART & VISION program. There will be an opening reception—
“Telling What Happened: Diary-Writing” A Workshop at Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference
Cornelia will be leading a diary-writing workshop August 14th at the Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference.
Creativity and Madness Conference August 3-7, 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico will again be the beautiful site for another Creativity and Madness conference this August 3-7th, sponsored by The American Institute of Medical Education http://www.aimed.com and Cornelia will be one of the presenters. This is a conference of over one thousand people from the fields of medicine, social work, nursing, psychiatry, and allied health. Cornelia’s presentation is Dear Diary! Therapeutic Effects of Diary-Writing in Ordinary and Extraordinary Women.
Books Help the Children of Hurricane Katrina
Librarians from Louisiana express their appreciation for When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Scared
Emotional Learning Helps Academic Learning
RECENT STUDIES SHOW IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
“The Way I Feel” books Available in Chinese , Korean, and Arabic
“The Way I Feel” books have been translated into Chinese and Korean, and three titles have also been translated into Arabic. Also, Your Body Belongs to You has been translated into Korean.
Contemporary Pediatrics Recommends The Way I Feel books
In an article titled “Feelings 101: Teaching About Emotional Life Through Literature,” in Contemporary Pediatrics (2/1/2005) author Laura A. Jana, M.D. writes:
“The Way I Feel” series also helpful to special needs kids
Cornelia received a letter through this website from the mother of a special needs child:
Cornelia Visits Ridgely Elementary School in Springfield, Illinois
Several hundred children had a lot of good questions to ask their visiting author Cornelia Maude Spelman.
“The Way I Feel” Books Among Best Children’s Books of the Year
The Children’s Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education included three of “The Way I Feel” books in their 2003 edition of The Best Children’s Books of the Year.