Here's the Tour Schedule!

[the webmaster]

Well, its finally here!!!

This is the official tour schedule for the release of Blinding Light. So many people have been asking about it-- there should be a lot of happy people out there! I will be posting it on the home page, as well, and also will be doing a mass mailing to everyone on the mailing list.

NATIONAL COVERAGE:
- Dennis Miller Show, CNBC-TV, airs June 16
- Topic A with Tina Brown, CNBC-TV, airs June 5
- Men's Journal, essay by Paul about drug trip in May issue
- Men's Journal, review in July issue
- Vanity Fair: "Hot Type", June issue
- Playboy: "Q&A", July issue
- Best Life: May/June issue?- DEFINITE DATE TBA
- Publisher's Weekly: "Show Daily" interview- DATE TBA
- Reviews in Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist
- Boston Globe Magazine: Q&A to run June 5
- SF Chronicle: review- DATE TBA

TOUR SCHEDULE BY CITY:
NEW YORK
- appearance at Book Expo of America , Saturday breakfast speaker,
June 4, autographing (with Mike Wallace, Myla Goldberg, etc.), may not
be accessible to general public
- B&N, Union Square, Wed. June 8, TIME TBA

WASHINGTON DC
- Politics & Prose, Monday, June 6, 7 pm

PORTLAND
- Powell's, June 9, 7:30 pm

SEATTLE
- Elliot Bay, June 10, TIME TBA

CHICAGO
- Printer's Row Book Fair, Sat., June 11, 4 pm

SAN FRANCISCO
- San Francisco Public Library, June 14, they sell books
- Book Passage, June 15, 1 pm
- Kepler's Books, June 15, 7:30 pm

LOS ANGELES
- Diesel Books, June 16, 7:00

PHILADELPHIA
- Philadelphia Free Library, June 21, TIME TBA

BOSTON
- Brookline Booksmith, offsite, June 22, TIME TBA


AND, IN CASE YOU'D RATHER THE SCHEDULE BY DATE:

June 4 NEW YORK: appearance at Book Expo of America,
Saturday breakfast speaker, autographing(with Mike Wallace,
Myla Goldberg, etc.)- may not be accessible to general public

June 6 WASHINGTON DC: Politics & Prose, 7 pm

June 8 NEW YORK: B&N, Union Square, TIME TBA

June 9 PORTLAND: Powell's, 7:30 pm

June 10 SEATTLE: Elliot Bay, TIME TBA

June 11 CHICAGO: Printer's Row Book Fair, 4 pm

June 14 SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Public Library, TIME TBA

June 15 SAN FRANCISCO: Book Passage, 1 pm

June 15 SAN FRANCISCO: Kepler's Books, 7:30 pm

June 16 LOS ANGELES: Diesel Books, 7:00

June 21 PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia Free Library, TIME TBA

June 22 BOSTON: Brookline Booksmith, offsite, TIME TBA

ENJOY!!!!!

[clay]

Great. I leave Seattle for a week in June and Paul Theroux visits. This happened to me the last time he came to Seattle. This year I'll be in Boston, but will return to Seattle before Paul visits that city.

Oh, well, at least I live in a city that he regularly visits. Hopefully I'll catch him when The Cold World is released.

Clay

[the webmaster]

I live in Lousiana- I drove all the way to Austin, TX to meet him a few years back, that's the closest his tour schedule has ever taken him to the Deep South! We have an amazing dearth of intellectuals and the literature-minded down here and I don't see any signs of improvement! Oh well! As you can see this year the closest he comes to here is Chicago. You yankees must read a whole lot more in order to stay warm?!?!? J/J!

[clay]

Hmmm, never thought of those of us from Washington State as Yankees. However, Postmaster General James Farley said, in a toast back in the mid '30's: "To the 47 states of the Union and the Soviet of Washington!"

But, aside from the question of whether we are Yanks or Soviets, we certainly do a lot of reading in Seattle. It rarely gets very cold up here, but it is one of the cloudiest city in the U. S. Makes for great reading weather.

The last time I went to one of Paul Theroux' readings it was held at the largest lecture hall at the University of Washington. The room holds around 750 people. While the room was not entirely packed, it was fairly full. Paul always draws a large crowd in Seattle.

Clay