Friday, January 14, 2011

BJC's literary events 2011


January 5-16, 2011 - Pacific University Residency

January 20-21 (Thurs-Friday)- Winter Institute (American Booksellers Association) in Washington D.C. http://www.bookweb.org/events/institute/wi6schedule.html

February 2-5 2011 AWP Washington D.C. (I'm not going, but here's the date)

February 9, 2011 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: http://www.ii.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/eventDetail.asp?ID=1268&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+U-mMfaEvents+%28U-M+MFA+Program+in+Creative+Writing+Events%29

February 12, 2011 Allegan, Michigan Reading, Griswold Auditorium 7 pm.

February 17, 2011 Central Michigan Univ. reading and class visit

February 27 (Sunday) 1:30 Artifactory reading at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. All welcome! (Elizabeth Kerlikowske promises a booklet of Kalamazoo poems. What fun!
For the seventh year, the Friends of Poetry join with the Museum in a program featuring poems and history. At this "Poetry Artifactory" event, the poets write poems that relate to some aspect or topic in local history and Curator Tom Dietz offers a discussion of the historical content. Free and open to the public, this event starts at 1:30 pm. For more information, visit http://kvm.kvcc.edu/.

March 2-3, University of Vermont reading and class visit.

March 15 Tuesday, Kellogg Community College class visit via Elizabeth Kerlikowske, who picks me up 4:00 - 4:15.

March 29 (Tuesday) 7:45 pm radio interview in Lansing at student station IMPACT 89 FM. Host of show, Emily Fox

April 2, (Saturday) Rally of Writers, Lansing, MI, http://www.arallyofwriters.com/
It's a great deal, $70 for a full day of writing instruction and inspiration. The event is at LCC's West Campus Conference Center, off I-496 at Exit 1 - Creyts Rd, South, and left (east) on Mt. Hope Rd. Follow the signs for LCC.

April 2 Saturday, Everybody Reads: Books & Stuff, Lansing MI, 4:30 - 6:30, Lansing MI http://becauseeverybodyreads.com/

April 7-9 Poets & Writer's interview/visit with KN.


April 16, Midwest Literary Walk, Chelsea, Michigan, 3 pm at Just Imagine Bookstore.
http://www.heritage.com/articles/2011/04/04/life/doc4d99d1591a292931356536.txt?viewmode=fullstory

April 19-22, Visit Cranbrook-Kingswood Academy to fraternize with super-smart students, reading and class visits.

April 20 - Reading at Cranbrook-Kingswood Academy Wed. 7 pm in Kingswood Auditorium. Free admission!
http://schools.cranbrook.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=576332&rc=0

April 25 - Monday, 11:30 am, Jeanne Leiby's mentor phone call.

April 27-28, (Weds & Thursday) Traverse City Michigan Writers Event
Reading, visit at Interlochen 10 a.m. April 27
National Writers Series events April 28

April 29-May 1 (Friday - Sunday) Douglas Cottage meeting with Carla & Heidi

May 3 - P&W photo shoot in Kalamazoo

May 6 - K Gazette interview (Joyce Pines) in Merrill Park 4:00.

May 17 - Andy Mozina's Barbeque 6 pm

May 31 - Visit Andy Mozina's class. 12:40 - 2:30

June 4-5 Printer's Row Book Fair, Chicago.

June 16 - Thursday, reading at Powells Hawthorne Branch, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, 7:30pm

June 16-26 - Pacific University Summer Residency, Forest Grove.

June 30 - (Thursday) 9pm Rumpus Interview

July 5 - Once Upon a River is released into the world by W.W. Norton.

July 6 - 7:00 pm Reading at Kalamazoo Public Library, Rose Street, Kalamazoo.

July 10 - (Sunday) 7:30 - 8:00 (Chicago time 8:30-9 Eastern Standard Time) interview with Rick Kogan talk radio show "The Sunday Papers" on Chicago's WGN-AM.

July 10 - (Sunday) 2-6 pm, Bell's Brewery Book Release & Book Fun Party (kid-friendly environment). Also fun at Old Dog Tavern across the street (no kids).

July 11 - (Monday) Public Access Cable interview.

July 13 - 7:00 Wednesday, Next Chapter Books, Milwaukee WI

July 14 - Women & Children First, Chicago reading.

July 16 - 17 Iowa Festival of the Book

July 19 - (Tuesday) 7:00 pm Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor.

July 21 - Schuler Books & Music, 2660 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI

July 23 - (Saturday) 2-4pm, Literary Life Bookstore, Grand Rapids, MI, meet and greet, book signing.

July 28 - 7:30 pm (Thursday) Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80206, Reading &/or Discussion, Q&A and signing

July 29 - 4-6 meeting, greeting, and signing at The Bookworm of Edwards, 295 Main St., C101, Edwards, CO 81632

August 4 (Thurs) - Great Lakes Books

Aug 4 - Ludington Writers 7pm reading

Aug 5 - (Friday) Cottage Books, Glen Arbor, 1-3 pm (signing)

Aug 5 - Brilliant Books, 305 St. Joseph Street, Suttons Bay, 7 pm reading

Aug 6 - Traverse City, Horizon Books (signing),243 East Front Street
Traverse City, MI

Aug 7 -

Aug 8 -

Aug 9 -

Aug 10 - Mackinac Island Library reading, 903 Huron Street, Mackinac Island, MI 49757 (906) 847-3421 ‎followed by Island Bookstore signing 4-6

Aug 11 - 2:00 Saturn Books, Gaylord, MI, Drive-by book signing.

August 11 - Thursday evening McLean & Eakins Book Shop, Petoskey, MI

August 12 - Friday at Between the Covers, Harbor Springs MI 11:30 - 1:00

August 13 Kellee's wedding

August 20 - 2:00 pm Reading at Bookbug Bookstore in Kalamazoo.

August 21 Bon & Chris Anniversary #24

August 22 - Grand Rapids Public Library Reading

September 11, Saturday - Kerrytown Book fest, Ann Arbor MI, in the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market (4th Ave & Catherine). The panel is "A Michigan Sense of Place." 2pm in the Main Tent. Signing afterward.

September 14 - Portage District Library talk and reading, (BJC's birthday).

September 15-18 Brooklyn Book Festival (possible gig)

September 19 - River Styx reading series at Duff's

September 22 - (Thursday) Schulers Lansing reading

September 26 - (Monday) Forever Books Book Group event, St. Joseph, Michigan

October 6-8 - Montana Book Festival, Missoula MT

Oct 19-23 Wisconsin Festival of the Book. Oct. 20 Friday evening event.

Feb 29 - March 3 AWP in Chicago.

March 8, 2012 - Oakland University Reading

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BJC's Literary Events August 2010 & Beyond


August 3,10,17, 24, 31 7:00 pm Poetry Class with Diane Seuss.

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. BJC's panel, Michigan Lit, will take place in the Kerrytown Concert House at Noon. Moderator Eric Olsen leads a discussion with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Michael Zadoorian, Kristina Riggle & Wendy Webb.

September 27 - Oct 4 Residency, Old Dominion University and reading on Oct. 4

October 4, 2:00 Village Bookstore(Norfolk) Reading at Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference.

October 19 lunchtime Presentation at the Kalamazoo Radisson for Michigan Community Action Agency Association, to discuss how poor folks cobble together lives and livelihoods in Michigan... in my fiction. 12:30 pm. (Prairies Ballroom on the hotel's "Plaza" level.

October 27, 7:00 Women & Children First, Chicago, reading with Diane Seuss, award winning poet and local goddess of fertility and song.

November 3-7, 2010 Sanibel Island Writers Conference

November 10 - 3-4 visit Katherine Joslin's class, 4025 Brown, WMU

November 19 - Skype with Dawn Newton's class, 3:00 - 3:45.

January 5-16, 2011 - Pacific University Residency

January 20-21 (Thurs-Friday)- Winter Institute (American Booksellers Association) in Washington D.C. http://www.bookweb.org/events/institute/wi6schedule.html

February 2-5 2011 AWP Washington D.C.

February 9 2011 University of Michigan -- Detroit campus

February 12, 2011 Allegan Reading, Griswold Auditorium 7 pm.

February 17, 2011 Central Michigan Univ. reading and class visit

March 2, University of Vermont reading and class visit.

Rally of Writers, April 2, http://www.arallyofwriters.com/

April 16, Midwest Literary Walk, Chelsea, Michigan, at about noon.

April 27-28, Traverse City Michigan Writers Event.

June 16-26 - Pacific University Summer Residency

March 8, 2012 - Oakland University



(Thank you Kathy Hansen for sending this photo of the Ludington Book Group who read American Salvage, and who also found me in the latest Trains Magazine.)

Monday, June 7, 2010

BJC's Literary Events June 2010 & Beyond


June 1, 2010 - 12:45 - 2:30 Visit Andy Mozina's class at Kalamazoo College

June 4th, Art Hop, at 103A Park Trades Building: 326 W. Kalamazoo, Meet “Artists who work in Black and White” BJC will be there 5:30-6:30.

June 16-27, 2010 --- Pacific University MFA summer residency, Forest Grove, OR,

July 13, Grand Rapids Public Library Book Talk, 7 pm Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 616-988-5402

August 3,10,17, 24, 31 7:00 pm Poetry Class.

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. BJC's panel, Michigan Lit, will take place in the Kerrytown Concert House at Noon. Moderator Eric Olsen leads a discussion with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Michael Zadoorian, Kristina Riggle & Wendy Webb.

September 27 - Oct 4 Residency, Old Dominion University

October 5 Reading at Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference.

October 19 lunchtime Presentation at the Kalamazoo Raddison for Michigan Community Action Agency Association, to discuss how poor folks cobble together lives and livelihoods in Michigan... in my fiction. 12:30 pm.

Sanibel Island Writers Conference - November 2010

January, 2011 - Pacific University Residency

February 2-5 2011 AWP Washington D.C.


Photo is from my reading at Comstock Township Library (My mom and brother George are there, as well as many other hometown lovelies. Somehow our librarian Meg Sloan-King slipped out. Very clever, Meg.)

Saturday, May 8, 2010

BJC's Literary Events May 2010 & Beyond




May 7 Dennis LeHane reading in Dowagiac (BJC guest)

May 11 --- Comstock Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program)

May 15 -- Ann Arbor Book Festival 3:30-4:30 Publishing Session at the end of the Writer's Conference in Hatcher Graduate Library Room 100 with BJC and other Michigan authors, 5:00 Author's Forum in the same room featuring BJC and Lolita Hernandez, author of Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant.

May 18 -- Barbeque at Mozina's house in conjunction with June 1 visit

May 25 (Tuesday) - Otsego Library reading 7:00 pm (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

May 26 (Wednesday) 9:00 - 9:30 interview with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett for "Writers on Writing," broadcasting on KUCI, 88.9FM, from the University of California, Irvine. The show streams live on the web at www.kuci.org and is available via podcast.

May 26 (Wednesday) - Three Rivers Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

June 1, 2010 - 12:45 - 2:30 Visit Andy Mozina's class at Kalamazoo College

June 4th, Art Hop, at 103A Park Trades Building: 326 W. Kalamazoo, Meet “Artists who work in Black and White” BJC will be there 5:30-6:30.

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

July 13, Grand Rapids Public Library Book Talk, 7 pm Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 616-988-5402

August 3,10,17, 24, 31 7:00 pm Poetry Class.

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. BJC's panel, Michigan Lit, will take place in the Kerrytown Concert House at Noon. Moderator Eric Olsen leads a discussion with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Michael Zadoorian, Kristina Riggle & Wendy Webb.

September 27 - Oct 4 Residency, Old Dominion University

October 5 Reading at Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference.

Sanibel Island Writers Conference - November 2010

February 2-5 2011 AWP Washington D.C.

April 11-17 2011-- Spokane Washington "Get Lit" Conference

(Photo of writers at first Fetzer Institute Writers Retreat, front left to right: Susan Ramsey, Dale Kushner, Lauren Artress, Naseem Rakha, Michael Jones, Jennifer Louden, Paulus Berensohn, and back right to left: Jack Ridl, Alison Luterman, Shirley Showalter, Mark Nepo, Kurtis Lamkin, BJC, Conrad Hilberry, Not pictured, Diane Seuss.)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

BJC's Literary Events April 2010 & Beyond


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, followed by a reading at 7:00.

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. Book signing 5:00 - 6:30, ceremony 7:00-8:30

April 19-23 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.

May 7 Dennis LeHane reading in Dowagiac (BJC guest)

May 11 --- Comstock Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program)

May 15 -- Ann Arbor Book Festival 3:30-4:30 Publishing Session at the end of the Writer's Conference in Hatcher Graduate Library Room 100 with BJC and other Michigan authors, 5:00 Author's Forum in the same room featuring BJC and Lolita Hernandez, author of Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant.

May 18 -- Barbeque at Mozina's house in conjunction with June 1 visit

May 25 (Tuesday) - Otsego Library reading 7:00 pm (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

May 26 (Wednesday) - Three Rivers Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

June 1, 2010 - 12:45 - 2:30 Visit Andy Mozina's class at Kalamazoo College

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

July 13, Grand Rapids Public Library Book Talk, 7 pm Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 616-988-5402

August 3,10,17, 24, 31 Poetry Class.

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. BJC's panel, Michigan Lit, will take place in the Kerrytown Concert House at Noon.

September 27 - Oct 4 Residency, Old Dominion University

October 5 Reading at Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference.

(Photo of BJC & JCO for Story Week in Chicago 2010)

Monday, March 1, 2010

BJC's Literary Events March 2010 & Beyond


March 4-9 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, followed by a reading at 7:00.

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. Book signing 5:00 - 6:30, ceremony 7:00-8:30

April 19-23 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.

May 7 Dennis LeHane reading in Dowagiac (BJC guest)

May 11 --- Comstock Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program)

May 15 -- Ann Arbor Book Festival 3:30-4:30 Publishing Session at the end of the Writer's Conference in Hatcher Graduate Library Room 100 with BJC and other Michigan authors, 5:00 Author's Forum in the same room featuring BJC and Lolita Hernandez, author of Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant.

May 18 -- Barbeque at Mozina's house in conjunction with June 1 visit

May 25 (Tuesday) - Otsego Library reading 7:00 pm (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

May 26 (Wednesday) - Three Rivers Library reading 7:00 (as part of Michigan Notable Books program.)

June 1, 2010 - 12:45 - 2:30 Visit Andy Mozina's class at Kalamazoo College

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

July 13, Grand Rapids Public Library Book Talk, 7 pm Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, 616-988-5402

September 12, Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor, MI at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. BJC's panel, Michigan Lit, will take place in the Kerrytown Concert House at Noon.

September 27 - Oct 4 Residency, Old Dominion University

October 5 Reading at Literary Festival, 33rd annual, Old Dominion University, Virginia writing conference.

Photo above is of BJC with Pacific University students after Feb 18 Reading. Look how beautiful they are!