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Book Signing Events
Is anyone aware of a web site that offers a comprehensive list of what
author's may be signing at what locations? In what I can only describe as a tragedy, here in South Florida, there used to be a few book stores that had authors come in to do readings, signings, etc. With the exception of Books and Books, they have all disappeared - I guess because they couldn't stand up with a Borders or Barnes and Noble on every corner. This has been such a loss. The only real place to go now is the Miami Book Fair, which is typically held in November. It was my favorite cultural event of the year and I pretty much camped out down there for the 3 days of the street fair. But I've found the authors they are bringing in and the events they sponsored over the past few years aren't up to par with what they did say - 8 to 10 years ago. As an example - I think around 10 years back they had - get this - Dave Barry and Stephen King's band come in to play one night and sitting in with them was none other then Warren Zevon. Picture Stephen King doing lyrics on "Werewolves of London" and changing them to suit his macabre and horrifying literary style. It was absolutely incredible! At any rate, the Miami Book Fair just isn't bringing in the diversity of authors that it did years ago - sadly. Any help with finding a web site that I mentioned up above would be of help. Thank you. You guys and gals have been so helpful and I appreciate your efforts! Regards, LiRM |
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LiRM wrote:
Is anyone aware of a web site that offers a comprehensive list of what author's may be signing at what locations? No single "comprehensive" site that I know of. It's a bit of a dilemma. I've noticed that Amazon is starting to provide some services along this line with its Amazon Connect program: http://www.amazon.com/gp/arms/direct...075548-7573552 I'm in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and here are some of the resources I check on a weekly basis: The D.C. CITYPAPER's Arts section (I look under "Books" and "Talks"): http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/l...gory=ARTEVENTS The WASHINGTON POST's BOOK WORLD literary calendar: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060101605.html The D.C. Catholic Information Center hosts a surprising number of signings: http://www.cicdc.org/programsevents.htm#upcoming And then there are all the Smithsonian and Library of Congress and Folger Library and local university events, which sometimes make it to their websites and sometimes only to departmental websites. It is very hard to keep up with--and one wishes there were some giant aggregating site. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"LiRM" wrote in message ... Is anyone aware of a web site that offers a comprehensive list of what author's may be signing at what locations? There's a monthly list in Firsts. But I doubt it's on their website. OTOH you can get it delivered to your house for $ 40. In what I can only describe as a tragedy, here in South Florida, there used to be a few book stores that had authors come in to do readings, signings, etc. With the exception of Books and Books, they have all disappeared - I guess because they couldn't stand up with a Borders or Barnes and Noble on every corner. This has been such a loss. The only real place to go now is the Miami Book Fair, which is typically held in November. It was my favorite cultural event of the year and I pretty much camped out down there for the 3 days of the street fair. But I've found the authors they are bringing in and the events they sponsored over the past few years aren't up to par with what they did say - 8 to 10 years ago. As an example - I think around 10 years back they had - get this - Dave Barry and Stephen King's band come in to play one night and sitting in with them was none other then Warren Zevon. Picture Stephen King doing lyrics on "Werewolves of London" and changing them to suit his macabre and horrifying literary style. It was absolutely incredible! At any rate, the Miami Book Fair just isn't bringing in the diversity of authors that it did years ago - sadly. Any help with finding a web site that I mentioned up above would be of help. Thank you. You guys and gals have been so helpful and I appreciate your efforts! Regards, LiRM |
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I came across this link about a year or so ago -- maybe it helps:
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfa...G%20BY%20STATE LiRM wrote: Is anyone aware of a web site that offers a comprehensive list of what author's may be signing at what locations? In what I can only describe as a tragedy, here in South Florida, there used to be a few book stores that had authors come in to do readings, signings, etc. With the exception of Books and Books, they have all disappeared - I guess because they couldn't stand up with a Borders or Barnes and Noble on every corner. This has been such a loss. The only real place to go now is the Miami Book Fair, which is typically held in November. It was my favorite cultural event of the year and I pretty much camped out down there for the 3 days of the street fair. But I've found the authors they are bringing in and the events they sponsored over the past few years aren't up to par with what they did say - 8 to 10 years ago. As an example - I think around 10 years back they had - get this - Dave Barry and Stephen King's band come in to play one night and sitting in with them was none other then Warren Zevon. Picture Stephen King doing lyrics on "Werewolves of London" and changing them to suit his macabre and horrifying literary style. It was absolutely incredible! At any rate, the Miami Book Fair just isn't bringing in the diversity of authors that it did years ago - sadly. Any help with finding a web site that I mentioned up above would be of help. Thank you. You guys and gals have been so helpful and I appreciate your efforts! Regards, LiRM |
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