Schedule your Virtual School Visit or a Mimi story hour with Marianne
at info@MarianneBlackstoneTabner.com

  • Sunday April 21st: Join us at Fair Trade Decor for a book signing and to celebrate Earth Day @ 828 Orange Ave, Coronado from 2:00-4:00 pm (Right after the Coronado Flower Show) Lots of fun FREE giveaways!
  • Saturday, April 6th: Join me at the FREE San Diego Writers Festival for a book signing and to celebrate the upcoming Solar Eclipse @ 650 D Ave, Coronado Performing Arts Center!  9:00-5:00PM
    Lots of FREE giveaways!
  • Friday, December 1st: Join us at Fair Trade Decor, Orange Ave, Coronado for a book signing. Right before the Annual Coronado Holiday Parade! 3:00 – 4:30 pm
  • Saturday, November 18th: Join us at the Holiday Boutique, Coronado Cays Yacht Club, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, in support of FOCUS – providing benefit and support to disadvantaged San Diego children for more than 40 years. Enjoy champagne, music, elegant pastries, and coffee while you shop. I will be signing copies of TAKING TURNS.
  • Tuesday, July 4th, Join us at: Fair Trade Decor 828 Orange Ave, Coronado for our next book signing (after Coronado’s 4th of July Parade) 12:30 – 2:00 pm
  • Saturday, November 19th: Join us at the Holiday Boutique, Coronado Cays Yacht Club, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, in support of FOCUS – providing benefit and support to disadvantaged San Diego children for more than 40 years. Enjoy champagne, music, elegant pastries, and coffee while you shop. I will be signing copies of TAKING TURNS.
  • Tuesday, November 8th: Come join me @ The Coronado Historical Museum on Tuesday, November 8th, 4:30-6:00pm, for a book signing of TAKING TURNS! Have fun meeting some of the local talents here in Coronado!
  • Saturday, August 20th: Come join me for an author reading of TAKING TURNS at 11:30 am, at the FIRST Barrio Logan Book Festival! I’m also excited to be donating books to this worthwhile cause and celebrate my TWO year book birthday! TAKING TURNS will be available in both English and Spanish at this book festival to support literacy for children to kick off their school year! Consider a donation to the Barrio Logan College Institute whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty by preparing underserved students. Check them out! https://bici.org/. Consider volunteering at SD Oasis! https://san-diego.oasisnet.org/. This event is free but please remember to get your ticket for admission for each child at the link: https://tinyurl.com/blliteraryfest. Barrio Logan Literacy Festival, 2114 National Ave, San Diego, CA 92113. Post-event note: here are two links to coverage in the local media: https://coronadotimes.com/event/barrio-logan-literacy-festival-2/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWy7HNeu1M.
  • Friday, December 3rd: Join us at Fair Trade Decor, Orange Ave, Coronado for a book signing. Right before the Annual Coronado Holiday Parade! 2:00 – 4:00 pm
  • Saturday, November 20th: Come join me @ the Annual Encinitas Holiday Fair to get your holiday shopping off to a great start!   FUN for the whole family! Children’s books make wonderful holiday gifts!! 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
    Coast Highway 101 between D and J Streets, Encinitas, CA 92024
  • Sunday, October 31st (Halloween): Join us at Fair Trade Decor, Orange Ave, Coronado for a book signing. Halloween spooky treats and a chance to win a free book! 2:00 – 4:00 pm
  • Saturday, October 30th: Please join me at Emerald C Gallery for Mimi’s Spooky Story Hour 1:00 – 3:00 pm
  • Saturday, July 17th: Please join me at the very first North Park Book Fair, in front of Verbatim Books 10:00 – 5:00 pm
  • Saturday, July 3rd: Join us at: Fair Trade Decor 828 Orange Ave, Coronado for our next book signing (after Coronado’s 4th of July Parade) 2:00 – 5:00 pm
  • Sunday, April 25th: Join us at  Bay Books Coronado for our next Book Signing – 12:00 – 2:00 PM
  • Thursday, November 19th: Marianne AKA ‘Mimi’ and her illustrator, Gail Nelson will be doing a Q and A session at a Virtual Classroom visit at Stacie Morgans, 4th Grade integrated full inclusion class, Flour Bluff Elementary School in Corpus Christi, Texas!
  • Wednesday, November 18th: @ 11:00-11:30 AM PST Katia, the Children’s librarian and Marianne AKA ‘ Mimi’ will be doing a Spanish-English Story hour of her book, TAKING TURNS, together!
  • Monday, July 4th: Join us at: Fair Trade Decor 828 Orange Ave, Coronado for our next book signing (after Coronado’s 4th of July Parade) 2:00 – 4:00 pm