Coming Events
To be updated!
Fiction
The Devil Makes Three Cover Reveal and Excerpt
Check out the cover and first chapter of The Devil Makes Three, coming August 10, 2021 from Page Street Kids.
Ink, Coming Spring 2021
Lauren Knowles at Page Street has acquired world English rights for Tori Bovalino's YA novel Ink. When Tess and Eliot stumble upon an ancient book hidden beneath their school library, they accidentally release a demon from his book-bound prison, and he'll stop at nothing to stay free. Publication is planned for spring 2021; Uwe Stender and Amelia Appel at TriadaUS Literary Agency did the deal.
Glitterbox Theater's Playwriting Festival, July 2018
Zwei, Tori's first original play, was a finalist in the Glitterbox Theater's playwriting contest. The show was performed on July 27th and 28th at the Glitterbox Theater in Pittsburgh.
Guest Posts and Appearances
So You Want to Be a Writer, Carmel Clay Public Library, November 2020
With authors Nina Moreno and Tori Bovalino
Looking for tips and advice on how to get published? Join our panel discussion where we'll to talk with Nina Moreno, Latina author of Don't Date Rosa Santos and upcoming Our Way Back to Always, Pittsburgh native Tori Bovalino, author of upcoming The Devil Makes Three, and two experienced literary agents about what the process looks like and how they achieved publishing success.
This program will be held online using Zoom. Zoom event information will be emailed to registrants the day of the event.
Registrants are welcome to submit potential questions for the panel in advance to radv@carmel.lib.in.us. Please note, no personal work will be submitted to the agents and authors; they will not be reviewing any participant work within the scope of this program.
Guest Post: Be Your Own Mentor
Curious about incorporating folklore into your work or creating in-universe mythology? Check out Tori's post on the Be Your Own Mentor Blog.
London Book Fair, March 2019
Tori appeared on the panel YA Spotlight: How to Land a Literary Agent with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, moderated by Claribel Ortega. Find more about the panel here: https://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Sessions/73735/YA-Spotlight-How-to-Land-a-Literary-Agent
In Your Write Mind Conference, June 2018
With J.R. Baird, Tori presented Pitching Your Personality: Social Media and You at Seton Hill's In Your Write Mind Conference.