Thursday, August 18, 2016

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters paperback book tour



This was my class of writers at the 2016 Bear River Writers Conference. How smart they all are!


August 21 - BJC & CJM 29th anniversary
September 14 - BJC birthday
September 16  Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters Fundraiser (I’ll be with Adam Schuitema, Caitlin Horrocks, W. Todd Kaneko) http://www.readwritelive.org/books--rootbeers-fundraiser.html
October 1 (Saturday) Noon event at Portage District Library, book sales by Kazoo Books, Kalamazoo-area event with Andy Mozina
October 4 - Left Bank Books, St. Louis, 7pm
October 5 - American Booksellers Association, Heartland Forum, Minneapolis (I'll receive the GLIBA award!) http://www.heartlandfallforum.org/authors/book-awards-dinner
October 8 - Horizon Books Traverse City, 3pm-5pm, dramatic reading of stories by local actors, including Anne Marie Oomen.
October 8 – 7pm, THE ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, Poets Meet Musicians event, 119 N Maple, Traverse City, MI  
October 10 - Michigan News Agency 7pm – We’ll talk about writing and the meaning of life. https://www.facebook.com/events/1114829818633762/
October 12 - Ann Arbor reading, 7pm Literati with Andy Mozina & Jaimy Gordon, http://www.literatibookstore.com/event/fiction-literati-bonnie-jo-campbell-jaimy-gordon-and-andy-mozina
October 15 - Brattleboro Book Festival! Brattleboro VT
October 16 - Water Street Books, Exeter, NH 2-4pm
October 17 - Porter Street Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts 7pm
October 18 - Maine Writers Event (maybe with Carolyn Chute), in Portland, ME http://mainewriters.org/bonnie-jo-campbell-mothers-tell-your-daughters/
October 21 - Book Cellar, Chicago, 7pm!
October 25 - 7pm - Humor poetry at KPL, organized by Eliz Kerlikowske and friends of Poetry.
October 27 - Barbara DeMarco-Barrett hosts a writing salon event at Scape Gallery in Corona del Mar, California. Book sales by Mystery Ink Bookstore in Huntington Beach.
October 28 – Stories on Stage event, Sacramento California, organized by Susan Staats. https://storiesonstagesacramento.com/featured-writers/
October 29 - Workshop with Sacramento writers 2-5pm
November 1 at 7pm Forever Books, St. Joseph Michigan (wine and cheese!)
Nov 6 (Sunday) Bookbug, Kalamazoo, Tea Time event!
Nov 7 Battle Creek Books, Battle Creek, Michigan at 7 pm
November 10 - Minneapolis Visit community college class (in the AM)
November 10 – Minneapolis, Magers & Quinn Bookstore 7pm event
November 19 – East Side Reading Series 3-5pm at Coffee & (___): 14409 E. Jefferson, Detroit. (Six readers in various genres reading on the topic of Mothers & Daughters. Book sales by Pages Book Store.
December 10 – Holiday Author Celebration, Kazoo Books, Parkview Ave., Kalamazoo MI
January 3, 2017 - Jackson Women's Club, Tuesday noon talk, Jackson Michigan (Blue Flower Arts event)
January 10, 2017 Reading at Annie Bloom's Books  http://www.annieblooms.com/event/bonnie-jo-campbell-presents-mothers-tell-your-daughters-stories
January 11-15, 2017 Pacific University residency in Seaside.

January 30 – April 2017 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32153/  

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters paperback book tour



This was my class of writers at the 2016 Bear River Writers Conference. How smart they all are!


August 21 - BJC & CJM 29th anniversary
September 14 - BJC birthday
September 16  Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters Fundraiser (I’ll be with Adam Schuitema, Caitlin Horrocks, W. Todd Kaneko) http://www.readwritelive.org/books--rootbeers-fundraiser.html
October 1 (Saturday) Noon event at Kazoo Books, Kalamazoo event with Andy Mozina
October 4 - Left Bank Books, St. Louis, 7pm
October 5 - American Booksellers Association, Heartland Forum, Minneapolis (I'll receive the GLIBA award!) http://www.heartlandfallforum.org/authors/book-awards-dinner
October 8 - Horizon Books Traverse City, dramatic reading of stories by local actors.
October 10 - Michigan News Agency – We’ll talk about writing, I think.
October 12 - Ann Arbor reading, 7pm Literati with Andy Mozina & Jaimy Gordon, http://www.literatibookstore.com/event/fiction-literati-bonnie-jo-campbell-jaimy-gordon-and-andy-mozina
October 15 - Brattleboro Book Festival!
October 16 - Water Street Books, Exeter, NH 2-4pm
October 17 - Porter Street Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts 7pm
October 18 - Maine Writers Event (maybe with Carolyn Chute), in Portland, Maine
October 21 - Book Cellar Chicago, 7pm!
October 27 - Barbara DeMarco-Barrett hosts a writing salon event at Scape Gallery in Corona del Mar, California. Book sales by Mystery Ink Bookstore in Huntington Beach.
October 28 – Stories on Stage event, Sacramento California, organized by Susan Staats. https://storiesonstagesacramento.com/featured-writers/
November 1 at 6:30 or 7 Forever Books, St. Joseph Michigan
Nov 6 (Sunday) Bookbug, Kalamazoo, Tea Time event!
Nov 7 Battle Creek Books, Battle Creek, Michigan at 7 pm
November 10 - Visit community college class (in the AM)
November 10 – Minneapolis, Magers & Quinn 7pm event
November 12 - Visit Lisa Durose's class
November 19 – East Side Reading Series 3-5pm at Coffee & (___): 14409 E. Jefferson, Detroit. (Six readers in various genres reading on the topic of Mothers & Daughters. Book sales by Pages Book Store.
December 10 – Good Tyme Writers Buffet, The Public Pool, Hamtramck?
January 3, 2017 - Jackson Women's Club, Tuesday noon talk, Jackson Michigan (Blue Flower Arts event)

January – April 2017 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32153/  

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters paperback book tour

August 21 - BJC & CJM 29th anniversary
September 14 - BJC birthday
September 16  Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters Fundraiser (I’ll be with Adam Schuitema, Caitlin Horrocks, W. Todd Kaneko) http://www.readwritelive.org/books--rootbeers-fundraiser.html
October 1 (Saturday) Noon event at Kazoo Books, Kalamazoo event with Andy Mozina
October 4 - Left Bank Books, St. Louis, 7pm
October 5 - American Booksellers Association, Heartland Forum, Minneapolis (I'll receive the GLIBA award!) http://www.heartlandfallforum.org/authors/book-awards-dinner
October 8 - Horizon Books Traverse City, dramatic reading of stories by local actors.
October 10 - Michigan News Agency – We’ll talk about writing, I think.
October 12 - Ann Arbor reading, 7pm Literati with Andy Mozina & Jaimy Gordon, http://www.literatibookstore.com/event/fiction-literati-bonnie-jo-campbell-jaimy-gordon-and-andy-mozina
October 15 - Brattleboro Book Festival!
October 16 - Water Street Books, Exeter, NH 2-4pm
October 17 - Porter Street Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts 7pm
October 18 - Maine Writers Event (maybe with Carolyn Chute), in Portland, Maine
October 21 - Book Cellar Chicago, 7pm!
October 27 - Barbara DeMarco-Barrett hosts a writing salon event at Scape Gallery in Corona del Mar, California. Book sales by Mystery Ink Bookstore in Huntington Beach.
October 28 – Stories on Stage event, Sacramento California, organized by Susan Staats. https://storiesonstagesacramento.com/featured-writers/
November 1 at 6:30 or 7 Forever Books, St. Joseph Michigan
Nov 6 (Sunday) Bookbug, Kalamazoo, Tea Time event!
Nov 7 Battle Creek Books, Battle Creek, Michigan at 7 pm
November 10 – Minneapolis, Magers & Quinn 7pm event
November 19 – East Side Reading Series 3-5pm at Coffee & (___): 14409 E. Jefferson, Detroit. (Six readers in various genres reading on the topic of Mothers & Daughters. Book sales by Pages Book Store.
December 10 – Good Tyme Writers Buffet, The Public Pool, Hamtramck?
January 3, 2017 - Jackson Women's Club, Tuesday noon talk, Jackson Michigan (Blue Flower Arts event)

January – April 2017 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32153/  

Thursday, February 11, 2016

BJC's Author Events Feb - August 2016


January - April 2016 Teaching Spring semester at Western Michigan University
January 28 - Reading at WMU with Daneen Wardrop, 8pm 
February 17-18 (Weds-Thurs) Chatham University, Pittsburgh
March 1 noon Ladies Library Association, Schoolcraft MI
March 2 -3 Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
March 4 - 5 Literary Women Festival, Long Beach, CA http://www.literarywomen .org/festival.php  (replacing Claudia Rankin)
March 24 Politics & Prose, Washington, DC 7pm event. At 6pm I'll be there talking to students from Chelsea Horne's American University literature class (open to public).  
March 25 Friday at noon Library of Congress event to discuss Flannery O'Connor, LOC, Washington DC 
LITERARY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: 
FLANNERY O’CONNOR
"Novelists Bonnie Jo Campbell and Emily Mitchell will celebrate the birthday of American writer Flannery O’Connor by reading selections from her work and discussing her influence on their own writing. This event is free and open to the public.. Co-sponsored by the Prints and Photographs Division.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building.Contact: (202) 707-5394
April 2 – Night of Notable Writers, Lansing, Michigan
April 9 – Rally of Writers, Lansing, Michigan http://www.arallyofwriters.com/?page_id=24
April 21 -  Thursday, 7pm, Richland  Community Library, Meet Michigan Authors Collaborative event.  Event with Elizabeth Kerlikowske (emcee) and Susan Ramsey Richland Community Library, 8951 Park Street, Richland, MI event, "Take a Load Off: Poetry to Lighten and Enlighten Your Day with Elizabeth Kerliokowske as master of ceremonies. Will share the stage with Susan Ramsey the Richland Fire Chief, actor Robin Nott and other (Richland) village people.
Andy Mozina book release event: April 22 at 4 p.m. in the Olmsted Room at Kalamazoo College.
May 2 Michigan Volumes (Lansing) interview with Karen Hopper 4:15. I call her. https://soundcloud.com/michiganvolumes
May 10 - Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Okemos branch, Capital Area District Libraries, 4321 Okemos Road, Okemos, MI 48864
May 17 - Tuesday 2pm event, TCH Reynolds Township Library event (Michigan Notable Books Event),,117 W. Williams St., Howard City, MI 49329
May 20 - 5pm Battle Creek Arts event at Battle Creek Books, 51 Michigan Ave W Ste A, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017booth https://www.facebook.com/events/562010873976180/
May 23 - 7pm Desiree Cooper is in town at Milwood United Methodist, 3919 Portage Street 
May 24 - 12:40 - 2 Visit Andy Mozina's class at Kalamazoo College
May 26  7pm Kalamazoo Public Library with Andy Mozina and Jaimy Gordon to celebrate the release of Andy's novel, Contrary Motion.
May 29 (Sunday) Brilliant Books event, 5pm-7pm, 118 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684,  http://www.brilliant-books.net/event/bonnie-jo-campbell-event
May 30 (Monday, Memorial Day) 11:30-1:30 at Saturn Books, Gaylord, Michigan.  http://www.saturnbooksellers.com/event/memorial-day-booksigning-national-book-award-finalist-bonnie-jo-campbell
May 31 - Visit to cafe 
June 1 - Wednesday event at Taquamenon Falls Library, 1pm, Newberry, Michigan (Michigan Notable Books event)
June 2-6 Bear River Confeerence, Walloon Lake Michigan https://lsa.umich.edu/bearriver/conference-information.html
June 11 Saturday, Printer’s Row Literary Festival, Chicago IL
Time:  12:15 PM - 1:00 PM, 
Program:  Long Story Short: Bonnie Jo Campbell and Amina Gautier in conversation with Christine Sneed
Location:  Hotel Blake/Dearborn Room
 June 12 Kalamazoo College Commencement--I'll say a few words and receive an honorary doctorate!
July 12 - Falling Rock Bookstore 1pm visit.
July 13 Peter White Library event in Marquette, Michigan (Michigan Notable Books Event)
July 14 McLean & Eakins Books, Petoskey, Michigan
July 15, 2016 Benzie County Library event (Blue Flower Arts event)
July 23 - Jack Lessenberry will be at Bookbug in Kalamazoo!
July 31 – August 15 Freiberg, Germany, Black Forest Writing Seminar  http://www.blackforestwritingseminars.de/program/
August 21 - BJC & CJM 29th anniversary
September 14 - BJC birthday
October 1 - (Saturday) Noon event at Kazoo Books, Kalamazoo event with Andy Mozina
October 4 - Left Bank Books, St. Louis
October 5 - American Booksellers Association, Heartland Forum, Minneapolis (I'll receive the GLIBA award!)
October 8 - Horizon Books Traverse City, dramatic reading of stories by local actors.
October 10 - Michigan News Agency
October 12 - Ann Arbor reading, 7pm Literati with Andy Mozina & Jaimy Gordon
October 15 - Brattleboro Book Festival
October 16 - Water Street Books, Exeter, NH
October 17 - Porter Street Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 18 - Maine Writers Event (maybe with Carolyn Chute), in Portland, Maine
October 21 - Book Cellar Chicago, 7pm!
October 28 - Santa 
November 1 at 6:30 or 7 Forever Books, St. Joseph Michigan
Nov 6 (Sunday) Bookbug, Kalamazoo, Tea Time event!
Nov 7 Battle Creek Books, Battle Creek, Michigan at 7 pm

November 10 - Minneapolis

January 3, 2017 - Jackson Women's Club, Tuesday noon talk, Jackson Michigan (Blue Flower Arts event)
January – April 2017 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32153/