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2019 Events

CONVERSATIONS FROM A PAGE
Featured reader

  • Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
  • Location: 6619 Belmont St, Houston TX 77005
  • Program Time: 9:15 – 11:15 AM
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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Guest bookseller

  • Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
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ASHLEY WURZBACHER: HAPPY LIKE THIS
Appearing in conversation with National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” author Ashley Wurzbacher

  • Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
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ELIZABETH GILBERT: INPRINT MARGARET ROOT BROWN READING SERIES
On-stage interview with the bestselling author of City of Girls

  • Date: Monday, November 11, 2019
  • Location: University of Houston Cullen Performance Hall, 4300 University Dr, Houston, TX 77004
  • Program Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
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TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Panelist: “Pianos Keys and Film Reels: The Art Object as Plot Device”

  • Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
  • Location: Texas State Capitol grounds, 1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
  • Program Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Saturday, October 12, 2019
  • Location: 4441 Bay Shore Dr., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
  • Program Time: 3:00 – 6:00 PM
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KEPLER’S BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with David Eagleman, author of Sum: Forty Tales of the Afterlife

  • Date: Friday, August 16, 2019
  • Location: 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • Program Time: 7:30 – 8:30 PM
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INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Guest bookseller

  • Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
  • Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
  • Program Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
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TABLES OF CONTENT
Featured as one of “Top Ten Haute Young Authors”

  • Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
  • Location: Fondren Library, Centennial Reading Room, 6414 Robert S Hyer Ln, Dallas, TX 75205
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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THE SLANT READING SERIES
Featured reader
With Mark Haber and Deborah Mouton

  • Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
  • Location: St. Mark’s Houston, 3816 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Texas 77025
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers

  • Date: Friday, March 15, 2019
  • Location: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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POISON PEN READING SERIES
Reading (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
  • Location: Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge, 1641 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77006
  • Program Time: 8:30 PM
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SKYLIGHT BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Helga Kasimoff, of the Kasimoff Piano Company (the oldest Blüthner dealer in the USA)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
  • Location: 1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
  • Program Time: 7:30 PM
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LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Valley Bookseller
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

  • Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
  • Location: Community Thread, 2300 Orleans St. W., Stillwater, MN 55082
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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LITERATURE LOVERS’ NIGHT OUT, hosted by Excelsior Bay Books: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Ticketed author talk with Anissa Gray, Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens

  • Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
  • Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 322 2nd St., Excelsior, MN 55331
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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MAGERS & QUINN
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Peter Geye, author of Wintering

  • Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
  • Location: 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis MN 55408
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
  • Location: 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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McNALLY JACKSON BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019
  • Location: 52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP
First Edition Club discussion (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2019
  • Location: 9 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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POLITICS & PROSE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Sunday, February 3, 2019
  • Location: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
  • Program Time: 1:00 PM
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PARNASSUS BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Friday, February 1, 2019
  • Location: 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215
  • Program Time: 6:30 PM
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SQUARE BOOKS (Thacker Mountain Radio)
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
Featuring piano performance by Price Walden

  • Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
  • Location: 129 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM
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LEMURIA BOOKS
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Chris’s Knopf editor, Gary Fisketjon

  • Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
  • Location: 4465 N Hwy 55, Jackson, MS 39206
  • Program Time: 5:00 PM
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PAGE & PALETTE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • Location: 32 S. Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  • Program Time: 6:00 PM
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INTERABANG
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)

  • Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019
  • Location: 10720 Preston Rd #1009B, Dallas, TX 75230
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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BOOKPEOPLE
Reading, Q&A, signing (THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO)
In conversation with Becka Oliver, Executive Director of the Writer’s League of Texas

  • Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
  • Location: 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO Launch
Hosted by Brazos Bookstore
Multi-media presentation, Q&A, signing

  • Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
  • Location: Christ Church Cathedral Social Hall, 1117 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002
  • Program Time: 7:00 PM
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