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Our calendar provides information about book signings, author appearances, and other literary events in the Indianapolis area. This is a free service created by The Mystery Company, an independent bookshop located in Carmel. We are just getting started. Consider this a "first draft" of this website. We'll begin our email update service shortly; sign up using the box to the left. We encourage organizations -- libraries, bookstores, groups, etc. -- and local writers to submit their upcoming events by email to mail@indylit.com or by fax at 317-705-1402. |
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Indianapolis Area Literary Events Calendar Saturday, May 3, 2008, 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. The Guild of the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation is pleased to announce a new fundraising event to benefit the library. Book Marks…An Evening of Words & Wine will include an elegant dinner, the opportunity to meet four featured authors, purchase books and hear the authors’ intriguing stories. The authors are Elizabeth Berg, William Dietrich, Jeffrey Ford, and Mameve Medwed. The moderator for the evening will be Reid Duffy, longtime TV personality and journalist. Admission is $75.00 per person. Corporate tables of ten are available for $1000.00. Authors' websites: www.elizabeth-berg.net, www.williamdietrich.com, www.mamevemedwed.com Ritz Charles Sunday, May 4, 2008, 2:00 pm Ray Boomhower will be signing copies of his new book, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary, at Bookmamas bookstore Author's website: rayboomhower.com Bookmamas Monday, May 5, 2008, 6:30 pm Join us for a visit with Indiana author, Denisa Nickell Hanania at an Author’s Book Signing/Speaking event. Ms. Hanania graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a minor in Women’s Studies. Her professional career includes designing and writing management training material for Fortune 500 companies. Author’s website: www.denisahanania.com Decatur Public Library Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 7:00 pm "An Evening of Humor with Dick Wolfsie" at the Irvington Branch Library. Bookmamas will be at the library presentation selling many of Wolfsie's books including his latest, 67 Ways to Amuse Yourself in 2 Minutes or Less. Author's website: www.wolfsie.com Irvington Branch Library Thursday. May 8, 2008, 7:00 pm Racing Can Be Murder is a new anthology of 19 mystery stories that revolve around the Indianapolis 500. The book, edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona, also includes facts and trivia about the 500, and is a production of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Contributors will talk about their stories, and be available to sign copies. Books will be available for sale at the program. Author’s website: sistersincrimeindiana.org/anthology.html Central Library Saturday, May 10, 2008, 2:00 pm Dick Cady, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former Indianapolis Star columnist, visits to talk about and sign copies of his new book, Champions. The novel is about two former light heavyweight boxing champions who are invited to put on a four-round grudge match exhibition bout in Memphis. The Mystery Company Monday, May 12, 2008, 7 pm Alan Gordon and Sharan Newman visit to talk about and sign copies of their books. Alan's new novel is The Moneylender of Tolouse, seventh in his Fools' Guild series of mysteries set in the middle ages, which will be published in May. Sharan's latest, The Shanghai Tunnel, is a departure for her, set in 19th century Portland, Oregon. Author's website: www.sharannewman.com The Mystery Company Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 7:00 pm Racing Can Be Murder is a new anthology of 19 mystery stories that revolve around the Indianapolis 500. The book, edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona, also includes facts and trivia about the 500, and is a production of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Contributors will talk about their stories, and be available to sign copies. Books will be available for sale at the program. Author’s website: sistersincrimeindiana.org/anthology.html Bartholomew County Public Library Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 7:00 pm North Madison County Public Library Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 6:30 pm Rex Early will be signing copies of his autobiography, It's a Mighty Thin Pancake (that don't have two sides), at Bookmamas bookstore. Bookmamas Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 7:00 pm Racing Can Be Murder is a new anthology of 19 mystery stories that revolve around the Indianapolis 500. The book, edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona, also includes facts and trivia about the 500, and is a production of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Contributors will talk about their stories, and be available to sign copies. Books will be available for sale at the program. Author’s website: sistersincrimeindiana.org/anthology.html Speedway Public Library Friday, May 16, 2008, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Racing Can Be Murder is a new anthology of 19 mystery stories that revolve around the Indianapolis 500. The book, edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona, also includes facts and trivia about the 500, and is a production of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Contributors will talk about their stories, and be available to sign copies. Books will be available for sale at the program. Author’s website: sistersincrimeindiana.org/anthology.html Barnes & Noble Saturday, May 17, 2008, 2 pm Jane K. Cleland visits to talk about and sign copies of her novels. Her series features antiques appraiser Josie Prescott; her new novel, is Antiques to Die For, fourth in the series, which is being published in April. Author's website: www.janecleland.net The Mystery Company Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2 pm Jeff Stone visits to talk about and sign copies of Eagle, the long-awaited fifth book in his Five Ancestors series. A special treat: Jeff will read short excerpts from the manuscript of Mouse, the next book-in-progress to be published in 2009. Author's website: www.readjeffstone.com The Mystery Company Thursday, May 22, 2008, 11:00 am Racing Can Be Murder is a new anthology of 19 mystery stories that revolve around the Indianapolis 500. The book, edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona, also includes facts and trivia about the 500, and is a production of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Contributors will talk about their stories, and be available to sign copies. Books will be available for sale at the program. Author’s website: sistersincrimeindiana.org/anthology.html Avon-Washington Township Public Library |
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