Beth Tindall, who maintains my website, has some pressing stuff behind-the-scenes, and the update has been delayed. So I’m publishing it here until Beth catches up.
(P.S. I’m very flattered when people inquire — “Why not . . .?” But it’s really unlikely that any location will be added this spring. Unless you’re from Hawaii, and have a good gig for me. To understand why Hawaii gets special treatment, go to the archives at www.lauralippman.com and look for an entry called “North Dakota Ho.”
Tuesday, March 11
5:00 a.m. (THIS IS NOT A TYPO.)
BOOK CROSSING
2 E Potomac ST Brunswick, MD 21716
8:00 a.m.
SPOONS COFFEEHOUSE/Signing and Book Sale (with Mystery Loves Company)
24 E Cross ST Baltimore, MD 21230
12:30 PM
BARNES AND NOBLE (the Johns Hopkins store)
3330 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21218
,
7:00 PM
With Lionel Shriver
FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA/Montgomery Auditorium
1901 Vine ST Philadelphia, PA 19103
Wednesday, March 12
7:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE/Tribeca Location
Warren & Greenwich Streets New York, NY
Thursday, March 13
7:00 PM
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Presents/Laura Lippman at Casa Manana
3101 W Lancaster Avenue Fort Worth, TX 76107
Friday, March 14
Noon
MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
1036-C Broxton Los Angeles, CA 90024
2:00 PM
MYSTERIES TO DIE FOR
2940 Thousand Oaks BLVD Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
6:30 PM
A Day-of-Authors Dinner
California State University, Fullerton
Saturday, March 15
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
California State University, Fullerton/A Day of Authors Event
1:00 PM
BOOK CARNIVAL
348 S Tustin Ave., Orange, CA 92866
Sunday, March 16
11:30 a.m.
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
(A ticketed fundraiser for a local nonprofit, but call the bookstore for complete info.)
Monday, March 17
7:30 PM
POWELL’S BOOKSTORE
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR
Tuesday, March 18
Noon
SEATTLE MYSTERY BOOKSHOP
117 Cherry St., Seattle, WA 98102
6:30 PM
SECRET GARDEN
Seattle Public Library Ballard Branch
5614 22nd Ave. N.W Seattle, WA 98107
Wednesday, March 19
7:00 PM
VILLAGE BOOKS/CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR
1200 11th St., Bellingham, WA 98225
Thursday, March 20
12:00 PM
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Downtown Campus/Author Program
7:00 PM
POISONED PEN presents/Laura Lippman at Barnes & Noble
Monday, March 24
6:30 PM
A LIKELY STORY BOOKS
7566 Main St., Sykesville, MD 21784
Tuesday, March 25
7:00 PM
BARNES AND NOBLE-White Marsh
8123 Honeygo Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21236
Wednesday, March 26
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
FRIENDS OF THE PIKESVILLE LIBRARY/Guest Speaker Series
1301 Reisterstown Road Pikesville, MD 21208
7:00 PM
POLITICS & PROSE
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008
Friday, March 28
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
American Library Association
Signing at Harper Booth
7:00 PM
COMMON GOOD BOOKSTORE
STE 14 165 Western Avenue N Saint Paul, MN 55102
Saturday, March 29
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
UNCLE EDGAR’S MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
2864 Chicago Avenue, S Minneapolis, MN 55407
4:00 PM
ONCE UPON A CRIME
604 W 26th St., Minneapolis, MN 55405
Monday, March 31
07:00 PM
PRAIRIE LIGHTS BOOKS
15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA 52240
Tuesday, April 01
6:30 PM
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY/2008 AVID Series
1000 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309
Wednesday, April 02
6:00 PM
BOOKWORM
8702 Pacific St., Omaha, NE 68114
Thursday, April 03
7:30 PM
LEE BOOKSELLERS
5500 S 56th St., Edgewood Center
Lincoln, NE 68516
Friday, April 04
7:00 PM
MYSTERY LOVERS BOOKSHOP
514 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont, PA 15139
Tuesday, April 08
7:30 PM
BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC
5871 Crossroads Center Way, Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041
Wednesday, April 09
7:00 PM
BORDERS
Borders Books and Music, W. Ridgely Rd.
Lutherville, MD 21093
Thursday, April 10
Noon
Eden Resort Inn, Lancaster PA
Ticketed event for the library system; call 717-354-8016 for information.
5:30 p.m.
225 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
Our Right to Shoes, a ticketed fundraiser for Planned Parenthood
Details can be found at the website: http://plannedparenthoodmd.org/index.cfm?gid=6&id=50
Saturday, April 19
CITY LIT FESTIVAL
Enoch Pratt Central Library
400 Cathedral St., Baltimore MD
Laura,
New book looks great! Best of luck with it. But a 5 AM book signing? The Harry Potter midnight release parties have nothing on you. Here’s hoping you catch all those early commuters and give them something better to read than the paper on the way to work.
Andy Straka
(who’ll be speaking at the MWA mid-Atlantic meeting on March 11 and will also be stopping by Book Crossing on March 20…..but NOT at 5 AM….I’m lucky if I can find the bathroom at 5 AM)
Laura, email me with any questions you’d like lobbed at you if you’re taking questions at the Lancaster event. And any other support you’d like for the thing.
Cindy — lovely to hear from you. I will email you, but for now, the first question that comes to mind is: “Could you explain, in detail, how you became so fabulous and why buying multiple copies of your new book has been shown to help people lose weight, battle sleep disorders and generally feel better about life?”
Great question, Laura. Ha ha ha! Your tour schedule looks full and exhausting! Have fun.
Drat! No Florida! ah well, I’ll see you in October.
And this is a great idea.
5 am??? I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see you signing books at 5 am!
So Fab!
Although, Laura, I don’t think Fab is what you became, rather that other people began to notice what you already were.
I’m trying to schedule business in the midatlantic so I can be at Brunswick. Dawn on the Potomac is really beautiful, particularly there at the Montgomery and Frederick county lines. Just imagine Jubal Early and his men crossing the river at dawn.
Sykesville looks doable.
Yeah, but why not Oxford? We have many resemblances to Hawaii! Lots of pork, for example.
Jack,
I’m working on a social visit to Oxford. My only concern is that all my friends there are so abstemious, it’s my understanding that I will have to smuggle my own alcohol in and drink alone . . .
June,
The Sykesville store is great. I’ve been really impressed by the community support.
Oh! I was about to ask “why not Seattle?” because last I checked, California was as West Coast as you got on this tour. However — your LOVELY WONDERFUL AGENT booked you at MY LIBRARY. (So, so sorry for the shouting. I’m overexcited.) I will see you on the 18th and if you want to have a homecooked dinner, it’d be 5 minutes (by foot) from the library.
If you get a chance while you are in Seattle and you haven’t already been there, visit the main building of the public library. It has been considered controversial but I think that it is quite marvelous and very worth a stop. It’s very unPratt-like, but still wonderful.
You know what’s nice? So far, I’ve heard from people on almost every leg of this tour, so I know that at least one person will be in the audience wherever I go.
So let’s make a rule: If only one person shows up, we go straight to a bar or restaurant.
Darn. Nothing near Southern Illinois .
I’ll make do w/making a finger puppet from your author photo. Good luck on your tour!