Bill Manhire‘s Selected Poems has been released to much critical acclaim–far more than our predictable, but heartfelt huzzahs. And New Zealand’s former poet laureate has been super busy with all kinds of other poetic pursuits as he prepares to retire as head of Victoria University’s writing program to join the ranks of full-time wordsmiths.
<<>> Oct 2 – TC Boyle reads & signs San Miguel at Chaucer’s Bookstore, 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 7 pm. Oct 2 – Sandra Cisneros at Poetry Society with Nuestra Palabra, Houston, TX. Oct 5 —— Joy Harjo at Utah Book Fest. Oct 6 – Bill Manhire, photographer Anne Noble, and musicians Norman Meehan and Hannah Griffin in “These Rough Notes,” an evocation of our relationship with Antarctica, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington, NZ 4 & 7 pm. Oct 7 – see Oct 6 listing; 2 & 7 pm. Oct 7 – TC Boyle at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, 109 Bath Rd., Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 8:30 pm. Oct 8 – After Hours with TC Boyle, Waterstone’s Islington, London, UK 8:15 pm. Oct 8 – Sandra Cisneros at San Antonio Express News luncheon, San Antonio, TX. Oct 9 – TC Boyle at Dunleavy Town Hall, Dublin. Oct 10 – TC Boyle at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 7 pm. Oct 10 – Live Talks Los Angeles, Sandra Cisneros in conversation with Hector Tobar, Track 16 at Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. C-1, Santa Monica, CA 8 pm. Oct 11 —— Joy Harjo in concert, North Dakota Humanities Summit, Froemke Auditorium, Valley City State University, 101 College Drive SW, Valley City, ND 7 pm. Oct 13 —— Joy Harjo at Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Oct 10 – 14 – Bill Manhire represents New Zealand, guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Oct 11 - TC Boyle at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Oct 12 - Sandra Cisneros is keynote speaker for 35th anniversary celebration of Chicana Latina Foundation, Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell St., San Francisco, CA 6 – 9 pm. Oct 12 - Joe Haldeman will be on Cityscape on NPR in St. Louis, MO. Oct 12 - Mindy Pennybacker‘s birthday. Start with a dollop of whipped cream on your coffee… Oct 12 – 14 - Joe Haldeman will be Toastmaster at Archon 36, a science fiction convention in Collinsville, IL, suburb of St. Louis, MO, at the Collinsville Doubletree Hotel. Oct 15 - TC Boyle talk & signing at Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX. Oct 15 - Sandra Cisneros reading and signing, Powell’s, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 7:30 pm. Oct 16 —— Distinguished Writers Series at Wellesley College features Joy Harjo, Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Wellesley, MA 4:30 pm. Oct 17 - City Arts & Lectures, Sandra Cisceros with Ester Hernandez in conversation with Michael Krasny, Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco 7:30 pm. Oct 17 – 21 —— Joy Jarjo at Oiwi Festival, Honolulu, HI. Oct 18 - The Elliott Bay Book Company presents Sandra Cisneros reading at Seattle Public Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 7 – 8:30 pm. Oct 22 - TC Boyle talk & signing, The Institute of the Americas, University of California San Diego Revelle Forum, 10111 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 7 pm. Oct 23 - Vroman’s Bookstore hosts TC Boyle, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 6:45 arrival, 7 pm talk & signing. Oct 23 - Sandra Cisneros reads from Have You Seen Marie?, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 7:30 pm. Oct 24 - National Museum of Mexican Art presents Sandra Cisneros and Ester Hernandez for Chicago Premiere of Have You Seen Marie? 1852 West 19th St., Chicago, IL 6 – 8 pm. Oct 27 ——We were unable to confirm as of press time, but Joy Harjo may be at the Harvest Moon American Indian Festival in Kansas City, MO. Oct 30 - Sandra Cisneros reading and signing at Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver, CO 7:30 pm. Oct 31 - Carnivalesque! Send pix. |



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