UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2009
Roger Williams University – Wednesday, October 14
Writers on Writing Lecture Series
6:oo pm – 8:00 pm
Mary Tefft White Cultural Center
University Library
University of Louisville – Thursday, October 22
Axton Reading Series
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library
Louisville, KY
Assistance League of Chicagoland West – Tuesday, November 10, 10am
Books & Brunch
Reading “to raise funds to help disadvantaged families
living in the immediate Chicago area”
The Abbington
Glen Ellyn, IL
US Naval Academy, Friday November 13th
Reading
Annapolis, MD
More info TBA
Trinity College – Thursday, November 19
A.K. Smith Reading Series / English Department
4:30 pm
Reese Room, Smith House
Hartford, CT
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PAST EVENTS
Oct. 14, 2008 – Reading/Lecture in Bath, England (Bath Spa University)
Oct 1, 2008 – Reading in Prague (Shakespeare and Sons)
Sept. 2008 – Festival America (France)
Sept. 2008 – French release of Miles from Nowhere (translated by Claude Seban)
Sept. 2008 – Miles from Nowhere selected for NAIBA’s “Moveable Feast”
May 2008 – Nami Mun featured on Emerging Voices panel at Book Expo America
May 2008 - Miles from Nowhere featured on “Editor’s Buzz” panel at Book Expo America
January 2, 2009 – US Release of Miles from Nowhere
PORTLAND – Monday, January 5, 2009
7:30 PM
Powell’s
1005 West Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
Tel. 503-228-4651
SEATTLE – Tuesday, January 6, 2009
7:30 PM
Elliott Bay Book Company
101 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel. 206-682-6664
SAN FRANCISCO – Wednesday, January 7, 2009
6:00 PM
Book Passage
San Francisco Ferry Building
1 Ferry Building, #42
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel. 415-835-1020
LOS ANGELES – Thursday, January 8, 2009
7:30 PM
Barnes & Noble – The Grove
189 Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel. 323-525-0270
CHICAGO – Friday, January 9, 2009
7:00 PM
Borders Chicago
2817 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657
Tel. 773-935-3909
NEW YORK – Monday, January 12, 2009
7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street (at Greenwich Street)
New York, NY 10007
Tel. 212-587-3185
AUSTIN – Tuesday, January 13, 2009
7:00 PM
Book People
603 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78703
Tel. 512-472-5050
DENVER – Wednesday, January 14, 2009
7:30 PM
Tattered Cover
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
Tel. 303-322-7727
January 15, 2009 – UK Release of Miles from Nowhere
EDINA, MN – Thursday, January 15, 2009
7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Edina
3225 West 69th Street
Edina, MN 55435
Tel. 952-920-0633
ATLANTA – Monday, January 19, 2009
7:00 PM
A Cappella Books
484 C Moreland Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307
Tel. 404-681-5128
ANN ARBOR – Tuesday, January 20, 2009
7:00 PM
Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Tel: 734-662-7407
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Wednesday, January 21, 2009
7:00 PM
Harvard Bookstore
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel. 617-497-1158
CHICAGO – Thursday, February 12, 2009
4:30 PM
AWP Conference and Bookfair
University of Michigan MFA Alumni Reading
(with Sean Norton, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Patrick O’Keeffe, Jason Bredle and others)
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Lake Erie Room, 8th Floor, R201
Tel. 312-922-4400
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Thursday, February 26, 2009
7:30 PM
Purdue University Visiting Writers Series
Sycamore Review / Department of English
Krannert Auditorium, Room 140
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Tel. 765-494-3740
AMHERST, MA – Thursday, March 12, 2009
8:00 pm
Amherst College Writing Center’s Visiting Writers Series
Amherst Books
8 Main Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel. 413-256-1547
CHICAGO – Wednesday, March 18, 2009
3:00 pm
Story Week
Panel: Writing on the Edge, Beyond the Mainstream
with Lydia Millet, Drew Ferguson, and Richard Price
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor
Chicago, IL 60605
More info TBA
Thursday, March 19, 2009
6:00 pm
Story Week
Reading: Literary Rock & Roll
with Lydia Millet and Richard Price
Metro – 3730 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60613
(Two blocks North of Wrigley Field)
Phone: 773-549-0203
Fax: 773-549-0337
Oakton Community College – Tuesday April 7, 2009
Des Plaines, IL
Sonoma Academy – Friday May 8, 2009
Petaluma, CA
Wright State University – Thursday May 21, 2:00-3:00 p.m
163A Student Union
Dayton, Ohio
937. 775. 3136
Free and open to the public
The Arts Club of Chicago – Tuesday May 26th, 11:30 am
Conversation with Elizabeth Taylor
Chicago Tribune Magazine Editor and Books Editor
201 E. Ontario
Chicago, IL 60611
T: 312.787.3997
(members only event)
Broadway Youth Center - Tuesday May 26th, 6pm
3179 N. Broadway (near Belmont)
773-935-3151
(open only to BYC members)
Printer’s Row – Saturday June 6th, 1:30 pm
University Center / River Room
with Kyle Beachy, moderated by Tony Romano
525 S. State Street
Chicago, IL
Happy Ending Music and Reading Series – Saturday, June 6th, 7pm
with Joe Meno and Arthur Phillips
Musical guest: Daniel Knox
Host: Ben Greenman
The Charleston
2076 N. Hoyne Avenue
Chicago, IL
Orange Prize Reading and Ceremony
June 1st, 6:30 pm
Orange Award for New Writers Short List Event
with Anne Michaels
Southbank Centre, London
Orange Prize Award Ceremony
June 3rd
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
More info TBA
American Library Association – Friday July 10, 6PM
Many Voices, One Nation
Performances by Hooked on Drums and George Watsky
Readings by Nami Mun, Janice Harrington, Ed Bok Lee, and Rachel Zucker
Emcee: Jose Aponte
Palmer House Hilton
Chicago State Ballroom
17 East Monroe Street
Chicag0, IL 60603
Printer’s Ball – Friday July 31
Literary Death Match (Judge)
Ludington Building
1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago
5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Admission to the Printers’ Ball is free and open to all ages
Paperback Tour
New York – Tuesday, September 1, 2009
7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble – Tribeca
97 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
212-587-5389
Chicago – Wednesday, September 9, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: 773.769.9299
Bay Area – Thursday, September 10, 2009
7:30pm
Books Inc. in ALAMEDA
1344 Park Street
Alameda, California 94501
Milwaukee – Thursday, September 17, 2009
7:00 PM
Boswell Book Company
2559 N Downer Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
(414) 332-1181
GLIBA – Cleveland / October 2, 2009
More info TBA
Women & Children First – Saturday, October 3rd
30th Anniversary Gala
The Breakers
5333 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL
Broadway Youth Center - Tuesday October 29th,
2:00 pm
Writing Workshop
3179 N. Broadway (near Belmont)
773-935-3151
(open only to BYC members)
