recent events:
San Francisco, CA
Wed. May 28, 2008 at 7:00pm
Lost Son - reading & signing
San Francisco Public Library - West Portal Branch
190 Lenox Way (at Ulloa)
SF, CA 94127
415.355.2886
Milpitas, CA
Thurs. May 29, 2008 at 7:30pm
The Green Age of Asher Witherow -
reading/discussion & signing
Milpitas Public Library
news for january 2008:
Lost Son has just been named one of The Oregonian's Top 10 books of 2007
past events (2007):
Reading/Signing - Portland, OR
Wordstock Literary Festival
Sunday November 11, 2007 - 2:30pm (this is a joint reading with author Willy Vlautin)
Thursday, May 31, 2007—Portland, OR
Annie Bloom’s Books
Monday, June 4, 2007—Danville, CA
Rakestraw Books
Tuesday, June 5, 2007—Clayton, CA
Clayton Books
Thursday, June 7, 2007—Orinda, CA
Orinda Books
Sunday, June 10, 2007—San Jose, CA
Book Group Expo
*"Unfinished Business: The Secrets that Haunt Us" -A Literary Salon with authors Nathan Englander, Michelin Marcom, Elizabeth Rosner, and KQED radio host Michael Krasny.
Sunday, June 10—2007—Capitola, CA
Capitola Book Café
www.capitolabookcafe.com
*a joint reading with Tess Uriza Holthe, author The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes & When Elephants Dance
Monday, June 11, 2007—Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage Bookstore
Tuesday, June 12, 2007--Redding, CA
Redding Record Searchlight Bookclub Event
Holiday Inn
Thursday, June 14, 2007—Portland, OR
23rd Avenue Books
Monday, June 18, 2007—Portland, OR
Powell’s on Hawthorne
Tuesday, July 3, 2007—St. Helens, OR
St. Helens Book Shop
Saturday, July 21, 2007—Sisters, OR
Paulina Springs Bookstore
Tuesday, July 24, 2007—Seattle, WA
Elliott Bay Book Company
Thursday, July 26, 2007—Seattle, WA
University Bookstore
2004-2006:
Micawber's Books - St. Paul, MN
Third Place Books - Seattle, WA
Village Books - Bellingham, WA
That Bookstore in Blytheville - Blytheville, AR
Burke's Books - Memphis, TN
Square Books - Oxford, MS
Lemuria Books - Jackson, MS
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books - San Francisco
Lyon Books - Chico, CA
Town Center Books - Pleasanton, CA
Diablo Books - Walnut Creek, CA
Book Soup - Hollywood, CA (joint reading with author Will Christopher Baer)
Book Passage - Corte Madera, CA - joint reading with authors Jason Headley (Small Town Odds) and Joshua Braff (The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green)
St. Helens Bookshop - St. Helens, OR
Paulina Springs Books - Sisters, OR
BookSmart - Morgan Hill, CA
Tosca Cafe - San Francisco - joint reading with authors Jason Headley (Small Town Odds) and Joshua Braff (The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green), sponsored by Green Apple Books
Orinda Books Anniversary Celebration - Orinda, CA (with authors Gail Tsukiyama and James Delassandro)
Northern California Booksellers Author Feast - Oakland, CA (with authors William T. Vollmann, Monique Truong, Joshua Braff, Gerard Jones, Marc Acito, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Harriet Scott Chessman)
Southern California Booksellers Author Feast - Long Beach, CA (with authors Ron McClarty, Stephen Mitchell, Dean Koontz)
Contra Costa Times Book Club Gala - Walnut Creek, CA (with authors Nick Arvin, Johsua Braff, Elinor Lippman and Dave King)
Book Group Expo 2006 - San Jose, CA - listen to the podcast of "And the West is History," with M. Allen Cunningham, Susan Cokal (Breath and Bones), and James Delassandro (1906)
Lecture - California State University Hayward - "Mythologizing the Local: The Green Age of Asher Witherow, Regionalism, and Mythological Motifs in Western Literature"
Keynote Address - Annual Bookies Dinner & Author Auction, Park Hotel - Lafayette, CA
Keynote Address - Concord Historical Society Annual Dinner - Concord, CA
City of Concord Book Club - TV appearance - Concord, CA
