This is a first! I’m excited to be a part of a great fundraising and fun fishing event! The fishing actually happens around Maine, but to get your fish weighed, you come to the Muskie Community Center.

Spectrum Generations' 27th Annual Gene and Lucille Letourneau Ice Fishing Derby will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2025 (weigh-in between 2 - 5 p.m.) at our Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold Street in Waterville. If you’re not out fishing, check our calendar of activities! All kinds of fun for the whole family.

Stop by the Gorham Recreation Department’s community space at 75 South Street between 9-1 for lots of wonderful farm and food vendors and a few artisans and other vendors (like me!) sprinkled in!

A wonderful food market with a few crafts and artisans too! Come by the historic Fort Andross Mill Complex to say hello!

Great fun, festive shopping, with artisans, crafts, food vendors and adult beverages available if you’d like to stroll and shop with a mimosa or other! 10-3. Look for Tonya and Lisa at the Malibu Maine booth and say hi!

I love this tradition! I’ll be on site in the Town Hall building within the Railway Village campus from 10:30-4, This is a great event for families.

Kittery Trading Post is a destination for all kinds of great gift ideas, and I’ll be signing all three books right in the lobby from 11-2. Happy Holiday Season!

Bangor area friends, Tonya will be on WABI-TV’s TV5 Book Club on Thursday afternoon! The segment will be posted after the fact on the station’s website. Side note: if you missed the recent 207 appearance that aired September 30, you can find it in the NewsCenterMaine’s 207 section of their website.

So many yummy treats. Please come by Mr. Peabody’s Apple Crisp stand, and check out the craft fair with lots of vendors. This is my third time to be a part of their great fall fair tradition! I’ll have a lot of gift options at the booth for this event, and of course all THREE books available for signing. If you haven’t seen The Moon Over Malibu Maine yet, I can’t wait to show it to you! (Around eating delicious Mr Peabody food!).

Check out the Mr Peabodys Apple Crisp Facebook page for more information (they are in Buxton, Maine).

Just added! Look for the Malibu Maine booth along Main Street in Saco at the annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival! Combining family fun and enchanting fall traditions! Lots of great activities and local vendors…check out the pumpkin patch and I heard there’s a pie eating contest too.

What a day it will be on the grounds of the Poland Springs Resort and Preservation Park. Free admission and lots to do and see for the whole family! Look for Tonya at the Malibu Maine booth in the craft fair area!

Stop by the Scarborough Farmers Market in the Town Hall parking lot, right off Route 1. So many great food and craft vendors and the new book is here! Come by and say hi!

Tickets on sale Saturday morning, June 22 at 10 am!

To be held at Thompson’s Point (where the Thompson’s Point Makers Markets are held), this is the first annual Maine Poutine Festival, brought to you by the organizers of the hugely successful New Hampshire Poutine Festival!

I’ll be vending at this event! Can’t wait for poutine!

Dear Friends, On Friday, September 13th, I’m returning to the Sawyer Memorial Building in Greene, Maine to make a presentation called, “The Inspirational Nature of Wildlife: The Animals That Spark Our Curiosity and Creativity.” I’m going to talk about the real wildlife that inspire the characters in my books and tell some stories behind the stories, weaving in some animal photos and videos.

These presentations are free to the public, courtesy of the Sawyer Foundation, and you can come to the 2 pm or 7 pm. The presentation lasts for about an hour with time for some Q&A. Also - the new book is in, so I’ll be selling and signing them before and after the presentation.

Signing the new book, The Moon Over Malibu Maine, plus the other two, find Tonya at Kittery Trading Post at one of their fun Septemberfest happenings!

Visit the heart of downtown Orono for this year’s Arts Fest! The marketplace will be held in the Pine Street Parking Area, near Rose Bicycle. Look for our book banners at the Malibu Maine booth! We are excited to participate in this event for the first time! 10-3.

Location: Outside at Running with Scissors Art Studios at 250 Anderson Street, Portland

This is a Shop Maine Craft event, featuring 40+ vendors selling goods and good deals! Free admission, good fun!

Side note: There will also be a tintype photographer offering sessions to get your portrait done (fees apply).

Bring an appetite for all the incredible whoopie pies available at this annual celebration of Maine’s official treat. Held in downtown Dover-Foxcroft, the Malibu Maine booth will be set up with our books and fun new items! See the event website for more information.

It’s Mothers Day and a wonderful day to visit the market! Fun food options and beverages (including adult beverages), nearly 100 vendors selling all kinds of items and we will have a very special sale going on, so please stop by the Malibu Maine booth!

St. Patrick’s Day at the market will be a fun stop! Come by and say hi at the Malibu Maine booth. 10-3 and we’ll have a fun special to celebrate the day. As always, the market features nearly 100 vendors, food and beverages available and all kinds of wonderful gifts and shopping.

In the heart of Ogunquit, the Village Toy Funatic is a beautiful, happy and fun store, and they’ve carried my books from the very beginning. I’m excited to be back, ahead of Easter/official start of Spring, to sign Hop Onward Rabbit Rabbit books and The Maine Birthday Book. Please stop by!

Carolina has a wonderful store in the Maine Mall that celebrates Maine makers and items. If you know where the Apple Store is, head towards the Food Court and the store is on the right before the big bowling pin! 11-2 book signing.

Just ahead of Valentine’s Day, it’s the first market of the year for Malibu Maine! Visit the booth between 10-3 if you’re out and about at this very fun event that includes nearly 100 vendors, food trucks, a bar for a variety of beverages and lots of things to see, we’d love to say hi. Tonya and Lisa on hand for this one!