Mar
6
2005
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times, edited by yours truly, will be on sale June 1. I'll be hitting the road this spring and summer to meet readers across the country. Here's the schedule thus far...
March 11-17: South by Southwest Interactive Festival (Austin, TX)
Panelist "How to Get the Most out of SXSW." Saturday, March 12, 3:30 PM.
March 18-20: Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA).
Panelist: "Blogging and Virtual Tours" with MJ Rose. Saturday, March 19, 2 PM.
April 14-15: "New Face of Publishing Workshop" at Humber College (Toronto, Canada).
Featured speaker and panelist.
May 19-22: Ann Arbor Book Festival (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Speaking on a panel in my hometown. Details TBA. I'm honored to be invited.
June 1: A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books (San Francisco, CA)
601 Van Ness Ave. Official launch party! Reception and Signing 7 PM.
June 2: Cody's Books (Berkeley, CA)
2454 Telegraph Ave. 7:30 PM.
June 3-5: Book Expo America (New York City)
Signing Sunday June 5.
June 6: McNally Robinson Booksellers (New York City)
June 7: Galapagos Artspace (Brooklyn, NY)
70 N. 6th St. 7PM.
June 10-12: Palm Springs Writers Conference (Palm Springs, CA)
June 12: Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA)
1818 N Vermont Ave. 5PM.
June 16: Booksmith (San Francisco, CA)
1644 Haight St. 7PM.
June 27: Capitola Book Cafe (Capitola, CA)
1475 41st Ave, 7:30 PM.
June 28: Reader's Books (Sonoma, CA)
130 E. Napa St. 7:30 PM
July 7: Harvard Book Store (Cambridge, MA)
1256 Massachusetts Ave. 6:30PM
July 8: Politics & Prose (Washington DC)
July 12: Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park, WA)
17171 Bothell Way NE, 7PM.
July 14: Powell's Books (Portland, OR).
1005 W. Burnside, 7:30PM
July 15: WebVisions 2005 (Portland, OR)
Featured Speaker. Details TBA.
This is just the beginning. Plans are afoot for me to hit Baltimore and Philly this summer and Chicago, Austin and Iowa City in the fall. In the meantime, I'm going to be visiting as many libraries, book clubs, lecture series and classrooms. If you are part of one of these and would be interested in having me visit and discuss reading, publishing and the future of books, please let me know.
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times edited by Kevin Smokler
The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles edited and compiled by Jeff Martin. Essay by me on page 45.
This is awesome! Did you know that McNally Robinson books in NYC is an outpost of a mini-chain from Alberta, Canada? And that I'm not related at all to them? Well, now you do!
Posted by: james | March 08, 2005 at 08:35 PM
I did know the first part. But not the second :)
Posted by: Kevin | March 08, 2005 at 09:35 PM
hey dude
You should see if you can stop by Toronto Canada.
Posted by: mike laz | March 09, 2005 at 06:40 AM
I'm there April 14, Mike.
Posted by: Kevin | March 09, 2005 at 07:49 AM