Upcoming events:

Thursday, June 21, NEW JERSEY
Barnes & Noble, Springfield, NJ
Gotham Writers’ Workshop, free writing workshop, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 28, RIDGEFIELD, CT
Ridgefield Library
Summer Reading Kick-off for book drive, 7-8:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 15, Aquebogue, NY
Writers on the Vine hosted by Larry Davidson
11:30 a.m., with Bob Drury and Ann Liguori

Thursday, August 2nd, Raleigh, NC
Cameron Village Library in cooperation with Quail Ridge Books
Reading, 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 4th, Waynesville, NC
Haywood Book Mania book fair
Sponsored by Osondu Booksellers
Details TBA

Wednesday, August 15th, PORTLAND, ME
Portland Public Library, Brown Bag Series
Reading/talk, noon

Thursday, August 16th, PORTLAND, ME
Ocean Park Writers Conference
Teaching/afternoon session

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 14-15, Cheyenne, WY
Wyoming Book Festival
Details TBA

Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 27-29, River Falls, WI
University of Wisconsin
Details TBA

Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 4-6, FLORIDA
Amelia Island Book Festival
Details TBA

Thursday, Oct. 11, Coralville, IOWA
Iowa Library Association banquet

Earlier events in 2007:

Thanks so much for the chance to participate in readings at the following bookstores, libraries, festivals and conferences:

Barnes & Noble Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
West Side YMCA Writer’s Voice reading series, Manhattan, NY
McNally Robinson Booksellers, Manhattan, NY
10th Annual Arizona Book Festival, Phoenix, AZ
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN
NJ Library Assoc. 2006 Conference, Long Branch, NJ
Westport Public Library, CT
Kepler’s, Menlo Park, CA
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA
Williamette Writers, Portland, OR
Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, Portland, OR
Des Moines Public Library, IA
Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA
Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Antigone Books, Tucson, AZ
Pima Writers’ Workshop, Tucson, AZ
Chicago Tribune’s Printer’s Row Book Fair

Thanks to Mainstream Media Project. Also thanks to the following radio stations:
WIZM AM, La Crosse, WI, Mike Hayes
WGCV AM, Columbia, SC, Don Frierson, Urban Scene
KRXZ AM, CA, AZ and OR, Peter B. Collins Show, Patrick Mauro
KTAO FM, Taos, NM, Nancy Stapp
WCUB AM, Manitowoc, WI, Lee Davis Breakfast Club
WOON AM, Woonsocket, RI, Don Brunelle
CBC Radio, Vancouver, Canada, Freestyle with Cameron Phillips

Thanks to the bookstores, libraries, universities and others that hosted Distance-related events in 2006:

Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH
Barnes & Noble in Springfield, NJ
Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, VA
Brown University’s Sarah Doyle Women’s Center in Providence, R.I.
Cleveland State University’s Women Center in Cleveland, OH
West Caldwell Public Library, N.J.
Poets and Writers League of Greater Cleveland, OH

Thanks to the bookstores that hosted Distance events in 2005:
Black Oak Books in Berkeley, CA
Coliseum Books in New York City
Nonesuch Books in South Portland, ME
Books On The Square in Providence, RI
Just Books, Too in Old Greenwich, CT
Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland, OR
Book Buffs & Colorado Center for the Book in Denver, CO
Boulder Bookstore in Boulder, CO
Barnes & Noble in Fort Collins, CO
Page One Bookstore in Albuquerque, NM
Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM

And thanks to the following libraries:
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD
Portland Public Library Brown Bag Series in Portland, ME
Portland Central Library and Hillsdale Branch in Portland, OR
Denver Public Library, Central Branch, in Denver, CO

And to the following branches of the American Association of University Women:
AAUW Fall Author’s Luncheon in Fairfax, VA
North Ocean Country Branch, NJ
San Francisco Branch, CA
Rhode Island Branch
Beaverton Branch, OR
Lake Oswego Branch, OR
Littleton-Englewood Branch, CO
Santa Fe Branch, NM

Also thanks to:
National Organization of Women, Baltimore Chapter, MD
Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, VA
Baltimore Book Festival in Baltimore, MD
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore in Marblehead, MA
Jewish Book Fair in Savannah, GA
KGB Bar, New York
Makor, New York
Mills College, Oakland, CA

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And thanks to the following radio and television stations and hosts for inviting me to discuss The Distance Between Us this year:
WILL-FM, Urbana, IL, Celeste Quinn
KCBX-FM, San Luis Obispo, CA, Guy Rathbun
KWGS-FM, Tulsa, OK, Rich Fisher
North Dakota Public Radio, Fargo, ND, Merrill Piepkorn
KFAI-FM, Minneapolis, MN, Ian Leask
Wisconsin Public Radio, Milwaukee, WI, Peter Donalds
KPOO-FM, San Francisco, CA, Donald Lacy
KZZZ-AM, Bullhead City, AZ, Richard Kaffenberger
WKCR-FM, New York City, NY, Nell Geiser
Louisiana Live, Don Grady (www.louisianalive.net)
WNYE-TV, New York City, NY, Leon Charney Report
WWPR & WDCF, Tampa Bay, FL, American AM, Henry Raimes
KRAZ, Alamosa, CO, “A Las Ocho,” Kristine Taylor
WIZM-AM, La Crosse, WI, Mike Hayes
WERE-AM, Cleveland, OH, “America’s Work Force,” Flash Ference
KFRU-AM, Columbia, Missouri, “Day Break,” David Lile
WRKF-FM, Baton Rouge, LA, “The Jim Engster Show”
“The Andy Thomas Show,” syndicated, statewide, South Carolina
WGR-AM, Buffalo, NY, “The Mary Davis Show”
KMUD-FM, Redwood, CA, “Global Stuff,” Jimmy Durchslag
WRVC-AM, Huntington, WV, “ViewPoint,” Jean Dean
KOPN-FM, Columbia, MO, “A Chautauqua,” Deborah Hobson Leech
WAER-FM, Syracuse, NY, “Women’s Voices,” Nancy Rhodes
WUSB-FM, Stony Brook, NY, “Critique,” Mort Mecklosky
WLOB-AM/FM, Portland, ME, “The Morning Show,” Ray Richardson
WCSH-TV, Portland, ME, “207,” Kathleen Shannon
WGAN Radio, Portland, ME, “Morning Show,” Ken Altshuler and Mike Violette

Thanks to the following wonderful bookstores that hosted The Distance Between Us author events in 2004:

Olsson’s in Washington, DC
Lenox Hill Bookstore in New York City
Wellesley Booksmith in Wellesley, MA
Books & Books in Coral Gables, FL
The Bookshop in Green Valley, AZ
Changing Hands in Tempe, AZ
Barnes & Noble in Tucson, AZ
Carytown Books in Richmond, VA
Bound to be Read in St. Paul, MN
The Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, MN
Bluestockings in New York City

Thanks also, for inviting me to read and speak:
The Zeta Alpha Literary Society at Wellsley College, MA
The University of Richmond in Richmond, VA
Edina Public Library in Edina, MN
The University of Wisconsin in River Falls, WI

Thanks to the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers and the New England Booksellers for inviting me to their conventions

And to the following radio and television programs and their hosts:
KUCI, Writers on Writing with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Minnesota Public Radio, Midmorning with Kerri Miller
WNYC, the Leonard Lopate Show
KDUR, Off The Rim with Nancy Stoffer
KUAT-TV, Arizona Illustrated hosted by Bill Buckmaster
KGUN-TV, with Destry Jetton
KOLD-TV, with Randy Garsee
KTVK-TV, with Heidi Fogelsong

Thanks, finally, to the websites and blogs that featured and reviewed Distance, including:
Salon
iVillage
Pages
January
About.com