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Fall for the Book, Fairfax, VA
Fall for the Book, Fairfax, VA
I'll be appearing at the annual Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, VA; details to come!
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Illinois Reading Council Luncheon, Peoria
Illinois Reading Council Luncheon, Peoria
The Borrower was chosen as an Illinois Reads pick this year, and the Illinois Reading Council author luncheon is one of the associated festivities. Registration information is here.
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Book Stall, Winnetka IL
Book Stall, Winnetka IL
I'll be reading from Music for Wartime at The Book Stall in Winnetka at 7 pm on October 7th! Info on this and other readings here...
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Open Books (Chicago) with Welsh, Hemon, Urea, and actors!
Open Books (Chicago) with Welsh, Hemon, Urea, and actors!
This is the coolest event ever. At the end of a long day of open house events at Open Books, I will stand idly by (or possibly narrate) as actors from Lookingglass Theatre read from one of my short stories, as well as work by Irvine Welsh, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Aleksander Hemon. We'll be […]
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Tea and Talk at Ragdale for Lake Forest Reads
Tea and Talk at Ragdale for Lake Forest Reads
More details to come... This is part of the Lake Forest Reads Ragdale program, for which The Hundred-Year House was chosen as the 2015 selection.
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Funny Ha-Ha at The Hideout, Chicago
Funny Ha-Ha at The Hideout, Chicago
More details soon, but I'll be reading something (ostensibly) funny for this series.
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Lake Forest Reads Ragdale
Lake Forest Reads Ragdale
The Hundred-Year House is this year's Lake Forest Reads Ragdale selection. The culminating event of the whole shebang is my conversation with Davis Schneiderman (one of the best interviewers I know) at Lily Holt Reid Memorial Chapel, on the campus of Lake Forest College. More details and registration here.
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Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago
Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago
Along with the writers Jamie Freveletti and Mary Morris, I'll be in conversation with Chicago Tribune literary editor Elizabeth Taylor at the Women's Athletic Club. The event is brought to the WAC in collaboration with the American Writers Museum. Contact the Women's Athletic Club for more details.
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Dragonfly Books, Decorah, Iowa
Dragonfly Books, Decorah, Iowa
I'll be reading at Dragonfly Books in Decorah, Iowa. If you're reading this and you happen to live in Decorah, Iowa, you pretty much have to come.



