February (& Beyond) Events for BJC

Feb 4 - BJC reading with Andy Mozina at Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic series reading at Bernhard Center, Room 107, 8:00 pm

February 17 -- Portland, Oregon reading at downtown Multnomah County Library on 10th Avenue. (6:30 or 7:00)

February 18 -- Pacific University reading, 7:30 p.m. at Taylor Auditorium in Marsh Hall on Pacific’s Forest Grove campus.

February 25 (Thursday) 11:00 Visit Susan Ramsey's women's writing class at Kazoo Books.

February 26 (Friday) -- 9:00 PM Reading in Chicago as part of The 2nd Annual Windy City Slam All City Championships, Double Door Chicago, IL (doors open 8:00) Address: 1572 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622-2513, (773) 489-3160. (also reading: John Hemingway, John Schultz, Fearless Fernando Hernandez, Alexis Thomas, Nicolette Kittinger, Alex Bonner, Maggie Ritchie) For more info, http://windycitystoryslam.com/. Entry fee $7.00.

March 4-10 Residency at University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN.

March 8 Monday 10-11 am MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO "Midmorning" in-studio live broadcast from 480 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55101. Contact 651-290-1170 for more info.

March 8 Monday 7:30 - 9:00 BJC reads as part of ACTC Visiting Writers Series
OEC Auditorium, University of St. Thomas.

March 10-11 National Book Critics Circle Award events. Wednesday 10th 6:00 reading at the New School in NYC (free admission, open to the public); Thursday 11th announcement of winners with reception to follow (admission $40).

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Wednesday 3/17 BJC discussion about writing with students, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL.

March 23 (Tuesday) 4-6 pm visit Katherine Joslin's class "Women Prose Writers"

March 30 (Tuesday), 7:00 pm Reading & Signing, Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Avenue, Grand Haven MI 49417, 616-842-5560, www.loutitlibrary.org

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference BJC reads as part of Southern Review's 75th Anniversary Friday, April 9, 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM, followed by book signing hosted by Tattered Books. (Other Participants are Jeanne Leiby, David Kirby, Sydney Lea, Steve Almond, Jill McCorkle.) Also, Thursday, April 8 hardcover book signing hosted by WSUP (at WSUP booth) at 2:00 - 3:30.

April 11 (2010) Sunday, BJC will emcee the 2010 Community Literary Awards at the Kalamazoo Public Library.

April 13 (Tuesday) Delta Community College, 1961 Delta Road, University Center, MI 48710 (near Bay City, Michigan). Visit Jeff VandeZande's creative writing class, 6:00 pm.

April 14 (2010) Saginaw Valley State University: Class visit: 10:00 - 11:20 am, lunch with students, reading 2:30 - 4:00.

April 17 - Saturday, Michigan Notable Writers dinner in Lansing. BJC will be one of the keynote speakers.

April 20-23 Writers Retreat at Fetzer Institute.

April 25 - Sunday in Detroit, 2-4 pm Downtown Writers Series The Scarab Club located at 217 E. Farnsworth at John R in the heart of the Cultural Center / Wayne State University Campus. The Scarab Club is directly behind the Detroit Institute for the Arts. We have our own free, safe, and close parking area. For Directions(313) 831-1250.

April 28 - 6:00 Reading, Q & A, and discussion at McKay Memorial Library (105 North Webster Street)Augusta, MI 49012-9779. Info at 269 731-4000.

June 17-27, 2010 --- Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, ten-day residency

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI

October 5-8 Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference. Contact Janet Peery.

The photo is taken on a Sunday at Bell's Brewery of Gary, Christopher, Kevin, Mikey.

January (& Beyond) Readings & Events

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside, Oregon

Feb 4 - BJC reading with Andy Mozina at Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic series reading at Bernhard Center, Room 107, 8:00 pm

February 17 -- Portland, Oregon reading at downtown Multnomah County Library on 10th Avenue. (6:30 or 7:00)

February 18 -- Pacific University reading, 7:30 p.m. at Taylor Auditorium in Marsh Hall on Pacific’s Forest Grove campus.

February 25 (Thursday) 11:00 Visit Susan Ramsey's women's writing class at Kazoo Books.

February 26 (Friday) -- 9:00 PM Reading in Chicago as part of The 2nd Annual Windy City Slam All City Championships, Double Door Chicago, IL (doors open 8:00) Address: 1572 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622-2513, (773) 489-3160. (also reading: John Hemingway, John Schultz, Fearless Fernando Hernandez, Alexis Thomas, Nicolette Kittinger, Alex Bonner, Maggie Ritchie) For more info, http://windycitystoryslam.com/. Entry fee $7.00.

March 4-10 Residency at University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN. Monday Reading at St. Thomas.

March 8 Monday 10-11 am MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO "Midmorning" in-studio live broadcast from 480 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55101. Contact 651-290-1170 for more info.

March 8 Monday 7:30 - 9:00 BJC reads as part of ACTC Visiting Writers Series
OEC Auditorium


March 10-11 National Book Critics Circle Award events. Wednesday 10th 6:00 reading at the New School in NYC (free admission, open to the public); Thursday 11th announcement of winners with reception to follow (admission $40).

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Wednesday 3/17 BJC discussion about writing with students, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL.

March 23 (Tuesday) 4-6 pm visit Katherine Joslin's class "Women Prose Writers"

March 30 (Tuesday), 7:00 pm Reading & Signing, Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Avenue, Grand Haven MI 49417, 616-842-5560, www.loutitlibrary.org

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference BJC reads as part of Southern Review's 75th Anniversary Friday, April 9, 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM, followed by book signing hosted by Tattered Books. (Other Participants are Jeanne Leiby, David Kirby, Sydney Lea, Steve Almond, Jill McCorkle.) Also, Thursday, April 8 hardcover book signing hosted by WSUP (at WSUP booth) at 2:00 - 3:30.

April 11 (2010) Sunday, BJC will emcee the 2010 Community Literary Awards at the Kalamazoo Public Library.

April 13 (Tuesday) Delta Community College, 1961 Delta Road, University Center, MI 48710 (near Bay City, Michigan). Visit Jeff VandeZande's creative writing class, 6:00 pm.

April 14 (2010) Saginaw Valley State University: Class visit: 10:00 - 11:20 am, lunch with students, reading 2:30 - 4:00.

April 17 - Saturday, Michigan Notable Writers dinner in Lansing. BJC will be one of the keynote speakers.

April 20-23 Writers Retreat at Fetzer Institute.

April 25 - Sunday in Detroit, 2-4 pm Downtown Writers Series The Scarab Club located at 217 E. Farnsworth at John R in the heart of the Cultural Center / Wayne State University Campus. The Scarab Club is directly behind the Detroit Institute for the Arts. We have our own free, safe, and close parking area. For Directions(313) 831-1250.

April 28 - 6:00 Reading, Q & A, and discussion at McKay Memorial Library (105 North Webster Street)Augusta, MI 49012-9779. Info at 269 731-4000.

June 17-27, 2010 --- Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, ten-day residency

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI

October 5-8 Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference. Contact Janet Peery.

(photo features BJC with Michael and (writer) Carolyn Chute at the Chute ranch in Maine. Photo by Sonia's boyfriend Ben)

December (& Beyond) Readings & Events

Dec. 13 -- Book signing, 2-4 pm Barnes & Noble, 6134 South Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI 49002, (269) 324-1433.

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside, Oregon

Feb 4 - BJC reading with Andy Mozina at Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic series reading at Kalamazoo Public Library, 8:00 pm

February 17 -- Portland, Oregon reading at downtown Multnomah County Library on 10th Avenue. (6:30 or 7:00)

February 18 -- Pacific University reading, 7:30 p.m. at Taylor Auditorium in Marsh Hall on Pacific’s Forest Grove campus.

February 26 (Friday) -- Reading in Chicago as part of Story Slam Finals at Double Door. Present will be a "real life Hemingway" according to organizer Bill Hillmann.

March 7-12 Residency at University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN. Reading at St. Thomas (date not set).

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Wednesday 3/17 BJC discussion about writing with students, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL.

March 30 (Tuesday), 7:00 pm Reading & Signing, Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Avenue, Grand Haven MI 49417, 616-842-5560, www.loutitlibrary.org

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference BJC reads as part of Southern Review's 75th Anniversary Friday, April 9, 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM. (Other Participants are Jeanne Leiby, David Kirby, Sydney Lea, Steve Almond, Jill McCorkle.)

April 11 (2010) Sunday, BJC will emcee the 2010 Community Literary Awards at the Kalamazoo Public Library.

April 13 (Tuesday) Delta Community College, 1961 Delta Road, University Center, MI 48710 (near Bay City, Michigan). Visit Jeff VandeZande's creative writing class, 6:00 pm.

April 14 (2010) Saginaw Valley State University: Class visit: 10:00 - 11:20 am, lunch with students, reading 2:30 - 4:00.

April 18 - Saturday, Michigan Notable Writers dinner in Lansing.

April 24 - Saturday, Comstock (Michigan) Library reading and discussion, 1:00.

April 25 - Sunday in Detroit, 2-4 pm Downtown Writers Series The Scarab Club located at 217 E. Farnsworth at John R in the heart of the Cultural Center / Wayne State University Campus. The Scarab Club is directly behind the Detroit Institute for the Arts. We have our own free, safe, and close parking area. For Directions(313) 831-1250.

April 28 - McKay library, Augusta, Michigan.

June 17-27, 2010 --- Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, ten-day residency

October 5-8 Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference. Contact Janet Peery.

November Events

November 3-4 -- Visit Concordia College, BJC reads Tuesday, Nov. 3 in Riverside
Rooms (Lower lever of Concordia College Student Center) at 7:30PM. Reading is open to the public. Q & A and book sales following. Host: Mark Looker, Professor of English, Director, Kreft Arts Program) Wednesday morning 10 - 11 a.m. (Nov. 4) visit classroom to discuss AMERICAN SALVAGE.

Nov. 6 -- 5:00 - 7:00 Kalamazoo Art Hop. I'll be at the Kalamazoo Center for Book Arts in the Park Trades building.

Nov. 9 -- 2:00 Phone interview with Christopher Walton, of the Detroit Free Press.

Nov. 10 -- 4:00 Interview with WDET-FM,at WMUK studio

Nov. 11-12 -- Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL. Class visit and reading, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 pm in VPA 191D. (Contact: Rachael Tecza.)

Nov. 13 -- 4:00 WBEZ interview with Donna Seaman in Chicago. ALA, at 50 E. Huron (just a couple of blocks West of Michigan Avenue)

Nov. 20 -- 10:30 -11:15 National Public Radio interview with Steve Inskeep or Rene Montagne, conducted at WMUK public radio studios in Kalamazoo.

Nov. 21 --- Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00, Booksigning, Barnes & Noble Battle Creek, Lakeview Sq., 5701 Beckley Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49015, (269) 979-8060

Dec. 13 2-4 pm Barnes & Noble Portage, on Westnedge Ave.

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside

February 18 -- Forest Grove, Oregon reading.

March 7-12 Residency at University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN.

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL, open to all ages.

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference (reading as part of the Southern Review 75th anniversary reading).

April 25 - Saturday, 2-4 pm Downtown Writers Series at Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan.

June 17-27, 2010 --- Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, ten-day residency

October 5-8 Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference. Contact Janet Peery.

October 2009 Events

Oct. 3 (Saturday) -- Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Cleveland, Ohio. BJC will sign copies of American Salvage at 2:00-3:00 pm, at Regional writers booth on the Tradeshow floor. Location: Hotel Mariott Rennaisance Cleveland, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 USA, Phone: 1-216-696-5600, Toll-free: 1-800-468-3571

Oct. 4 (Sunday)-- 7 pm reading at Inquiring Minds Bookstore in Saugarties, NY, 66 Partition St., Saugerties, NY 12477-1513, (845) 246-5775. BJC reads with Luc Sante and Mimi Lipson.

Oct. 6 (Tuesday) Visit and dinner with Carolyn Chute in North Parsonfield, Maine. Driving from Boston with Sonia Lipson.

Oct. 7 (Wednesday), Center for Book Arts Chapbook Award, New York City, accept from Kim Addonizio award for poetry chapbook, "Love Letters to Sons of Bitches." CBA is located: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Fl. Open to public, suggested donation $5.

Oct. 9-11 Wisconsin Book Fair, Madison, Wisconsin, BJC will read with Bich Minh Nguyen (author of SHORT GIRLS), Saturday, October 10, 5:00 - 6:30 reading and Q&A. At Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison WI 53703.

Oct. 15-18 Louisiana Book Fair, Baton Rouge (http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/) At 12:00-12:45 BJC will read from AMERICAN SALVAGE, then sign books from 1:00-1:45; at 2:45 she will read from "The Inventor,1972" the story that won the Eudora Welty award from Southern Review. http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/

Oct. 24 -- 2-3 pm BJC's reading and book signing, open to public, Salem South Lyon District Library, 9800 Pontiac Trail South Lyon, MI 48178 Phone: 248-437-6431. This follows the 1-2 private meeting with South Lyon Writing Group at the same location. http://www.salemsouthlyonlibrary.info/

Oct. 29 -- 12:40 - 2:30 Visit Di Seuss's creative writing class at Kalamazoo College.

November:

November 3-4 -- Visit Concordia College, BJC reads Tuesday, Nov. 3 in Riverside
Rooms (Lower lever of Concordia College Student Center) at 7:30PM. Reading is open to the public. Q & A and book sales following. Host: Mark Looker, Professor of English, Director, Kreft Arts Program)

Wednesday morning 10 - 11 a.m. (Nov. 4) visit classroom to discuss AMERICAN SALVAGE.

Nov. 11-12 -- Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL. Class visit and reading, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 pm in VPA 191D. (Contact: Rachael Tecza.)

Nov. 13 1:00 WBEZ interview with Donna Seaman in Chicago. ALA, at 50 E. Huron
(just a couple of blocks West of Michigan Avenue)

Nov. 21 --- Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00, Booksigning, Barnes & Noble Battle Creek, Lakeview Sq., 5701 Beckley Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49015, (269) 979-8060

Dec. 13 2-4 pm Barnes & Noble Portage, on Westnedge Ave.

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside

February 18 -- Forest Grove, Oregon reading.

March 7-12 Residency at University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN.

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL, open to all ages.

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference (reading as part of the Southern Review 75th anniversary reading).

June 2010 Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, ten-day residency

October 5-8 Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference. Contact Janet Peery.

September Events

September 17 - Thursday, 11 a.m. reading at Ferris State University; afternoon reading 3:00 at Great Lakes Books & Supply in Big Rapids.

Sept. 17-19 Ludington Writers Conference. http://www.ludingtonwriters.com/
BJC will read with Jack Ridl, September 19, 8 pm in the Gallery room of the Ludington Area Center for the Arts, 107 S. Harrison Street. The event is free and open to the public.

September 21 (Monday) Phone interview at 4:00 pm with Heather Lee Schroeder.

Sept. 22 (Tuesday) Book signing at Horizon Books, 4:00-5:00, 243 E. Front Street Traverse City, MI 49684, 231.946.7290, 800.587.2147

Sept. 22 Traverse Area District Library Reading, 7:00 reading and Q&A., 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI 49686 USA (231) 932-8500

Sept. 23 Kirtland Community College, Reading 5:30pm. Also will visit creative writing class, 3:30 - 4:30. KCC is located at 10775 N. St. Helen Rd., Roscommon, MI 48653. Information: (989) 275-5000

Sept. 24 Interlochen Arts Academy, 4000 State Route 137, Interlochen, MI 49643 (231) 276-7472, www.interlochen.org. BJC will visit a writing class at 4pm, meet with student writers, and read from American Salvage at 6 pm in the Writing Center.

Sept. 25 - 27 Binghamton NY, Writing by Degrees Conference. Held at the Bundy Mansion,129 Main Street, Binghamton, N.Y. BJC will give craft talk 2:40 - 3:40 and keynote fiction reading at 7:30 pm, both on Saturday 26th and craft talk earlier that day. Free and open to the public. See website: http://writingbydegrees.binghamton.edu.

September 28 -- Monday, Vine Ripened Poetry Reading, Kalamazoo Library 7 pm, BJC reads with lots of other poets from Diane Seuss's Poetry Emporium, including Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Susan Ramsey, Nina Feirar, Marion Boyer, Con Hilberry, Lynn Pattison, Amy Newday, etc.

October:

Oct. 3 (Saturday) -- Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Cleveland, Ohio. BJC will sign copies of American Salvage at 2:00-3:00 pm, at Regional writers booth on the Tradeshow floor. Location: Hotel Mariott Rennaisance Cleveland, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 USA, Phone: 1-216-696-5600, Toll-free: 1-800-468-3571


Oct. 4 (Sunday)-- 7 pm reading at Inquiring Minds Bookstore in Saugarties, NY, 66 Partition St., Saugerties, NY 12477-1513, (845) 246-5775. BJC reads with Luc Sante and Mimi Lipson.

Oct. 6 (Tuesday) Visit and dinner with Carolyn Chute in North Parsonfield, Maine. Driving from Boston with Sonia Lipson.

Oct. 7 (Wednesday), Center for Book Arts Chapbook Award, New York City, accept from Kim Addonizio award for poetry chapbook, "Love Letters to Sons of Bitches." CBA is located: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Fl. Open to public, suggested donation $5.

Oct. 9-11 Wisconsin Book Fair, Madison, Wisconsin, BJC will read with Bich Minh Nguyen (author of SHORT GIRLS), Saturday, October 10, 5:00 - 6:30 reading and Q&A. At Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison WI 53703.

Oct. 15-18 Louisiana Book Fair, Baton Rouge (http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/) At 12:00-12:45 BJC will read from AMERICAN SALVAGE, then sign books from 1:00-1:45; at 2:45 she will read from "The Inventor,1972" the story that won the Eudora Welty award from Southern Review. http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/


Oct. 24 -- 2-3 pm BJC's reading and booksigning, open to public, Salem South Lyon District Library, 9800 Pontiac Trail South Lyon, MI 48178 Phone: 248-437-6431. This follows the 1-2 private meeting with South Lyon Writing Group at the same location. http://www.salemsouthlyonlibrary.info/

November:

November 3-4 --Visit Concordia College (host: Mark Looker, Professor of English, Director, Kreft Arts Program) Tuesday evening reading, and Wednesday morning and afternoon class visits.

Nov. 11-12 Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL. Class visit and reading, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 pm in VPA 191D. (Contact: Rachael Tecza.)

Nov. 21 --- Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00, Booksigning, Barnes & Noble Battle Creek, Lakeview Sq., 5701 Beckley Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49015, (269) 979-8060

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside

February 18 -- Forest Grove, Oregon reading.

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL, open to all ages.

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference (reading as part of the Southern Review 75th anniversary reading).

August Events for Bonnie Jo Campbell

Aug 5 -- Wednesday, 6:30 pm, Kalamazoo Public Library, VanDusen Room, 315 S Rose Street, Kalamazoo MI 49007, Phone 269-342-9837. BJC will read from and discuss American Salvage and the writing life.
link: http://www.kpl.gov/events/bonnie-jo-campbell.aspx

August 10 --- Monday, Di Seuss Class

Aug 13 --- Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane, Portage, MI 49002, (269) 329-4544. BJC will read poetry and other short works with Kalamazoo Poets Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Susan Ramsey, Gail Martin, Lynn Pattison, Anne Hutchinson, Donna Ephland, Elaine Seaman, etc.

August 17-18 -- Douglas, Michigan, Literary Group, not open to public.

August 30 --- Sunday, Bell's Brewery, Kalamazoo Michigan. New Issues fundraiser. BJC will be auctioneer for the auction of fundraising items. Please donate to Kalamazoo's finest publisher of creative book-length works.


September:

September 3 --- Kalamazoo Writers Guild Meeting 5:00 - 9:00 pm (not open to public).

September 15 - Tuesday, BJC visits Gina Betcher's composition class, at WMU, 6:30 pm.

September 17 - Thursday, 11 a.m. reading at Ferris State University; afternoon reading 3:00 at Great Lakes Books & Supply in Big Rapids.

Sept. 17-19 Ludington Writers Conference. http://www.ludingtonwriters.com/
BJC will read with Jack Ridl, September 19, 8 pm in the Gallery room of the Ludington Area Center for the Arts, 107 S. Harrison Street. The event is free and open to the public.

Sept. 22 Traverse Area District Library Reading, 7:00 reading and Q&A., 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI 49686 USA (231) 932-8500

Sept. 23 Kirtland Community College, Reading 5:30pm. Also will visit creative writing class, 3:30 - 4:30. KCC is located at 10775 N. St. Helen Rd., Roscommon, MI 48653. Information: (989) 275-5000

Sept. 24 Interlochen Arts Academy, 4000 State Route 137, Interlochen, MI 49643 (231) 276-7472, www.interlochen.org. BJC will visit a writing class at 4pm, meet with student writers, and read from American Salvage at 6 pm in the Writing Center.

Sept. 25 - 27 Binghamton NY, Writing by Degrees Conference. Held at the Bundy Mansion,129 Main Street, Binghamton, N.Y. BJC will give keynote fiction reading at 7:30 pm on Saturday 26th and craft talk earlier that day. Free and open to the public. See website: writingbydegrees.binghamton.edu

September 28 -- Monday, Vine Ripened Poetry Reading, Kalamazoo Library 7 pm, BJC reads with lots of other poets from Diane Seuss's Poetry Emporium, including Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Susan Ramsey, Nina Feirar, Marion Boyer, Con Hilberry, Lynn Pattison, Amy Newday, etc.

October:

Oct. 3 (Saturday) -- Great Lakes Booksellers Association, Cleveland, Ohio. BJC will sign copies of American Salvage at 2:30 pm.

Oct. 4 (Sunday)-- 7 pm reading at Inquiring Minds Bookstore in Saugarties, NY, reading with Luc Sante and Mimi Lipson.

Oct. 7 (Wednesday), Center for Book Arts Chapbook Award, New York City, accept from Kim Addonizio award for poetry chapbook, "Love Letters to Sons of Bitches." CBA is located: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Fl. Open to public.

Oct. 9-11 Wisconsin Book Fair, Madison, Wisconsin, BJC will read with Bich Minh Nguyen (author of SHORT GIRLS), Saturday, October 10, 5:00 - 6:30 reading and Q&A. At Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street, Madison WI 53703.

Oct. 15-18 Louisiana Book Fair, Baton Rouge (http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/) BJC will read from her story that won the Eudora Welty award from Southern Review. http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/

Oct. 24 -- Visit Rachael Perry's Writing Group at the South Lyon library, South Lyon MI.

November:

November 3-4 --Visit Concordia College (host: Mark Looker, Professor of English, Director, Kreft Arts Program) Tuesday evening reading, and Wednesday morning and afternoon class visits.

Nov. 11-12 Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL. Class visit and reading, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 pm in VPA 191D. (Contact: Rachael Tecza.)

January 7 - 17, 2010 (Thursday - Sunday) --- Pacific University Low Residency MFA residency at Seaside

March 14 - 19, 2010 --- STORY WEEK, Thursday 3/18 6 pm, BJC reads at Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, IL, open to all ages.

Pacific University visit

April 7-10 (2010) AWP Conference