So. Got to Brisbane. Slept from the moment I got onto the plane until the moment, shortly before landing, when the plane did one of those extreme stomach-plunging momentary drops, which proved good for waking me up.
Then did an interview with Flora from Headline which will go into the back of the new pretty uniform Headline editions of the books which come out when ANANSI BOYS comes out. (They'll look pretty much like the ones I've put up here, although they won't all have the same Bill Gibson quote on the front.
Then on to the Pulp Fiction signing, which was probably the most fun of all the tour, although I suspect the fact that it was the last had a lot to do with that. It ended at around 12.30 and a fine time was had by all.
Just about to check out of my odd hotel (it's the Conrad Treasury, an upmarket hotel in the former treasury offices, and the bedrooms feel like large, posh, wood-panelled government offices with beds in).
Off to stay with, and spend time with, Eddie Campbell and his family now.
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And in case any of you are wondering what I'm going to be doing in late September...
The day before my tour starts, I do this:
Monday, September 19
7 PM, Peter Jay Sharp theatre at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at 95th Street), New York, NY
Tickets: $18 (Members: $15; Students/Seniors: $16)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
Interviewed by Neil Gaiman
Selections read by Christina Pickles
Monday, September 19 @ 7:00 pm (Peter Jay Sharp)
Susanna Clarke discusses her remarkable debut novel, the BookSense Book of the Year, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell with her friend, novelist Neil Gaiman. Information: (212) 864-1414, or visit www.symphonyspace.org, or e-mail info@symphonyspace.org.
and that will be followed by,
ANANSI BOYS: THE TOUR
Tuesday, September 20 6:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK CITY
Barnes & Noble #2675
33 E. 17th Street
New York, New York
212-253-0810
Wednesday, September 21 6:00 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
South Park Mall
4345 Barclay Downs Drive
Charlotte, NC
704-602-9800
Thursday, September 22 7:00 PM CDT
CHICAGO
Anderson�s Booksellers
(TK)
630-355-2665
Friday, September 23 6:00 PM EDT
BOSTON
Harvard Bookstore
At the First Parish Church Meeting House
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA
617-661-1515
Saturday, September 24 (Time to come) EDT
WASHINGTON, DC
National Book Festival 10 AM � 5 PM
The National Mall between 7th Street and 14th Street NW
Fiction and Fantasy Pavilion
Washington, DC
www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Sunday, September 25 7:30 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, DC
Borders #45
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Bailey�s Crossroads, VA
703-998-0404
Monday, September 26 7:00 PM CDT
AUSTIN
Bookpeople
603 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX
512-472-4288
Tuesday, September 27 7:30 PM MDT
DENVER
Tattered Cover Bookstore
1628 16th St.
Denver, CO
1-800-833-9327
Wednesday, September 28 7:30 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO & BAY AREA
Kepler�s Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA
650-324-4321
Thursday, September 29 7:00 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO & BAY AREA
Michael Chabon & Neil Gaiman in Conversation
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
415-927-0960
Friday, September 30 7:00 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO & BAY AREA
Cody�s
2454 Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA
510-559-9500
Saturday, October 1, 12 Noon PDT
SAN DIEGO
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA
858-268-4747
Saturday, October 1, 7:00 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES
Vroman�s
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
626-449-5320449-5320626-449-5320626-449-5320
Sunday, October 2 2:00 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES
In Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Book signing @3:00 PM PDT at Golden Apple booth
West Hollywood Book Festival 10-6 PM
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Blvd. (across the street from the Pacific Design Center)
West Hollywood, CA
323-848-6515
Monday, October 3 7:30 PM PDT
PORTLAND OR
Powell�s
At First Congregational Church
1126 S.W. Park Ave.
Portland, OR
503-228-4651
Tuesday, October 4 7:00 PM PDT
SEATTLE
University Bookstore
At University Temple United Methodist Church
1415 NE 43rd Street
Seattle, WA
206-634-3400
Wednesday, October 5 7:30 PM PDT
VICTORIA, CANADA
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
907 Pendora Ave.
Victoria, British Columbia
250-595-4232
Thursday, October 6 (TK)PDT
VANCOUVER, CANADA
(TK)
Thursday, October 6 7:00 PM PDT
VANCOUVER, CANADA
(In Connection with the Vancouver International Writers Festival)
Magee Secondary School
6360 Maple Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
604-681-6330
Saturday, October 8 (TK) EDT
TORONTO, CANADA
(Details still to come)
Monday, October 10 6:30 PM CDT
MINNEAPOLIS
Musicland
Mall of America
60 E. Broadway
Bloomington, MN
www.mallofamerica.com
I've just noticed the extreme lack of days off, which is odd because I thought I had at least one at some point in there...