For Appearances' Sake

After a long time slackin' off, I finally have some reading/signing-type things on the horizon.

This Sunday, October 21, I'll be at Author Fest in downtown Wilkes-Barre, PA, along with fellow Philadelphian William Lashner, the kick-ass Stephen Hunter, and Paul Giamatti sound-a-like Dave White, among others. Tickets are $16, but you get a $5 coupon off a book, snacks and drinks, and merriment all around. If you live anywhere near Northeast Pennsylvania, I hope you can stop by.

On Saturday, November 3, I'll be pulling a double-header. First, at 3 p.m., I'll be honored to introduce Jamie Malanowski at a reading of his new novel, The Coup. (The tagline: "Godwin Pope is Vice Presisdent of the United States. He wants to move up.") Malanowski—a former SPY staffer and current Playboy editor—is a longtime journalism hero of mine, and not just because he kept his Polish surname. Catch him at Robin's Bookstore, 108 S. 13th Street in downtown Philly.

A few hours later, I'll be putting on a tux (and the Bride, a dress) and headed to the Free Library of Philadelphia's Borrowers' Ball. This is a private event, unless you want to a.) donate a lot of money to the Free Library, and b.) put on a tux or gown. I'm there as a local author guest, and yes, my tux will be a rental. But this will be our third Borrowers' Ball, and every year is a blast. It's kind of like prom for book nerds.

Further out... it looks like we'll be throwing a Blonde/Crimes of Dr. Watson launch party at the Port Richmond Bookstore on November 18 at 2 p.m. (That is, if the neighborhood will have me.) More details to come, but I'm sure it will involve books, good food, beer and wine. And yes, you are invited.

Finally, on December 1 I'll be flying out to Murder By the Book in Houston, Texas to blab about "Redhead," The Crimes of Dr. Watson, and maybe even my Moon Knight one-shot, "Date Night," which will be out by then.

Hope to you see you in one/some/all of these places...