Finch Insurgency!

The latest from the author behind some of my favorite books, like City of Saints and Madmen, Veniss Underground, Shriek: An Afterword is taking over the world in November! Finch has both been reviewed at BSC and appeared on Tomio’s Want List. BSC has secured pamphlets “supposedly created by the rebels to track down the discredited puppet government in Ambergris.” Note the blank space, your card can be pulled at any moment!

You can also get more info at the book’s site. To help promote the book (and other projects) Jeff is hitting the road on the Endurance Tour, billed as “36 Days, 27 Events, 14 States, 2 Books, 1 Writer, No Breaks (well, ok, one break).” We’ve have posted about one stop on the tour before, but below are the the spots where you can check Jeff out:

WEST COAST

WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION (San Jose, CA) – Thurs Oct. 29 – Sun Nov. 1
The Fairmont Hotel, 170 South Market Street

Readings/Panel Discussions/Signings, as a Guest of Honor at the convention (Only open to World Fantasy Convention attendees; my schedule and my wife Ann’s—we will be at the autograph session Friday night at 8pm after all.)

UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE (Seattle, WA) – Wed, Nov. 4, 7pm
4326 University Way N.E.

Finch Reading/Signing, with Cat Rambo and Cherie Priest

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (Salem, OR) – Thurs, Nov. 5, 7pm
900 State Street, Eaton Hall, Room 209
Finch Reading/Signing

THE PRESS CLUB (Portland, OR) – Fri, Nov. 6, 5:30pm
2621 Southeast Clinton

Join Underland Press to celebrate the weird and the wonderful with readings by acclaimed authors Jeff VanderMeer, Jay Lake, Cat Rambo, and Jeff Johnson. With art by Benjamin W. Burch and music by DJ Santo, along with crepes, wine, and beer at the Press Club, we’ll stay and talk fantastic lit ’till the management kicks us out.

POWELL’S BOOKSTORE CEDAR HILLS (Portland, OR) – Sat, Nov. 7, 4pm 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd

Finch Reading/Signing

RICHARD HUGO HOUSE (Seattle, WA) – Sun, Nov. 8, 10am to 5pm -1634 11th Avenue

Booklife Masterclass (registration required), EXPLORING YOUR BOOKLIFE: In this new age of social media award-winning writer Jeff VanderMeer, the author of Booklife: Strategies & Survival Tips for 21st Century Writers, shows you how to achieve a sustainable career and sustainable creativity. The workshop touches in holistic fashion on both your Public Booklife and your Private Booklife. From dealing with white noise and “open channels” to multi-tasking your creativity, distinguishing process from habit, and rediscovering passion in your writing, this workshop is all about balance and working smarter.

HUGO HOUSE FANTASTIC FICTION SALON (Seattle, WA) – Mon, Nov. 9, 7pm
1634 11th Avenue

Bookwork for a Booklife: Award-winning writer and editor Jeff VanderMeer shares the inside, often outrageous, details of working on successful, complex book projects, along with sustainable career and creativity advice for this new media age. The world of publishing is changing. How should you change with it, and what will remain the same? Practical, irreverent, idealistic, and brash, VanderMeer will give a talk followed by a discussion with series organizer Leslie Howle and then take questions from the audience.

UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA (San Bernardino, CA) – Tues, Nov. 10, 5pm
5500 University Parkway (English Department events room in the UH Building)

Finch Reading/Signing, with Glen Hirshberg

BOOKSOUP (Los Angeles, CA) – Wed, Nov. 11, 7pm 8818 Sunset Blvd

Finch Reading/Signing

COPPERFIELD’S (Sebastapol, Petaluma, CA) – Fri, Nov. 13, 7pm to 9pm (time tentative)
140 Kentucky St

Bookwork for a Booklife: Talk, Discussion, and Signing. VanderMeer will share often outrageous details of working on successful, complex book projects, along with sustainable career and creativity advice for this new media age. His talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience and a take-away of exercises and prompts aimed at enhancing your creativity and honing your career focus. He will also talk about his new novel, Finch. Free Finch CD soundtrack by critically acclaimed rock band Murder by Death with purchase of the novel, while supplies last.

SF IN SF AT VARIETY THEATER (San Francisco, CA) – Sat, Nov. 14, 7pm
582 Market Street @ Montgomery (1st floor of The Hobart Bldg)

Reading/Signing and Discussion, with S. G. Browne

CLAYTON BOOKS (Clayton, CA) – Sun, Nov. 15, 3pm
5433 Clayton Road, Suite D

Bookwork for a Booklife: Talk, Discussion, and Signing. VanderMeer will share often outrageous details of working on successful, complex book projects, along with sustainable career and creativity advice for this new media age. His talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience and a take-away of exercises and prompts aimed at enhancing your creativity and honing your career focus. He will also talk about his new novel, Finch.

EAST COAST

BROOKDALE COMM. COLLEGE (Lincroft, NJ) – Tues, Nov. 17, 11:30am to 1:30pm
765 Newman Springs Road

Talk/Reading/Discussion/Signing, centered around Finch and Booklife

60TH NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS BENEFIT DINNER AND CEREMONY (New York, NY) – Wed, Nov. 18, 8pm to 11pm

Attendee, covering the event for Amazon—not a participant
(Live Twittering from the event, I hope.)

MIT COMPARATIVE MEDIA STUDIES LECTURE SERIES (Boston, MA) – Thurs, Nov. 19, 5pm to 7pm
77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 4-231 (building 4, room 231)
Booklife: The Private and the Public in Transmedia Storytelling and Self-Promotion” Guest Lecture with Q&A with Kevin Smokler, followed by a reception, in conjunction with the Future of Entertainment Conference.

BORDERS BOOKSTORE (Boston, MA) – Fri, Nov. 20, 7pm
511 Boylston Street

Finch Reading/Signing/Discussion, with Paul Tremblay and David Anthony Durham

BORDERS BOOKSTORE (New York, NY) – Sat, Nov. 21, 5pm
10 Columbus Circle (Manhattan)

Cities Real and Unreal: Readings and discussion with World Fantasy Award winners Jeff VanderMeer and Jeffrey Ford, and Building Blog creator Geoff Manaugh, moderated by Beatrice’s Ron Hogan. What do writers take from the real world when creating their fantastical creations? What does the real world take from fantasy? A playful exploration against the backdrop of one of the world’s great cities! VanderMeer’s new noir phantasmagoria, Finch, takes place in a once-prosperous failed city-state and features a detective who must navigate its many ambiguities to solve a double murder. Manaugh’s BLDG BLOG BOOK from Chronicle Books is a biography of the city conveyed through essays and interviews. Ford has written about both historical and fantastical cities in his many critically acclaimed novels and stories. Come out to celebrate the squalor, the possibilities, and the madness of cities. Join the participants for drinks at a local bar afterwards.

PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (Plymouth, NH) – Mon, Nov. 23, 6pm
17 High Street, Library Cafe

Which came first; the story or the illustration? When you think about the illustrated stories that you’ve read, whether they have been in the form of a graphic novel, a picture book, or comic strip–you might ask yourself this question. In an exploration of the collaborative process between an illustrator and author, Plymouth State University presents Illustrating VanderMeer: a glimpse into the collaborative works of Author, Jeff VanderMeer and Illustrator, Eric Schaller, October 15 – November 23 at Lamson Library. Join us on November 23rd from 6pm – 7:30 pm for an event in the Commons Cafe, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author and illustrator and hear VanderMeer talk about, read from, and sign his recently published books Finch and Booklife. The PSU Bookstore will make copies of both books available for sale at this event.

THE BOOK ESCAPE (Baltimore, MD) – Nov. 29, 3:30pm
805 Light Street

Discussion/Finch Reading/Signing…

Sometimes Dead Men Do Talk Back: A discussion of new trends in classic noir and mystery fiction co-featuring Sandra Ruttan, author of the police procedural Lullaby for the Nameless (”[She] writes with utter ferocity.” – Greg Olsen), and Jeff VanderMeer, author of the noir fantasy Finch, the novel that made Ken Bruen exclaim “it blew me to hell and gone” and forced Joe R. Lansdale to admit, “I loved it. In fact, I’m a little jealous.” Moderated by Mystery Bookspot’s Brian Lindenmuth. Reading and signing as well. Free Murder by Death Finch soundtrack CDs with purchase of Finch, while supplies last.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (Washington, D.C.) – Tues, Dec. 1, 12pm
Pickford Theater, 3rd floor of the Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave, SE.

Guest lecturer, “What IF” Series. Booklife: The Private and the Public in the Future of Publishing. What are the benefits and dangers of a confusion between the private creativity and the public career elements of a writer’s life caused by new media and a proliferation of “open channels”? What protective measures must a writer take to preserve his or her “self” in this environment?

BETWEEN BOOKS (Claymont, DE) – Tues, Dec. 1, 7pm
2703 Philadelphia Pike

Finch Reading/Signing, with Ekaterina Sedia—Free copy of Murder by Death CD with Finch purchase, while supplies last.

WOFFORD COLLEGE (Spartanburg, SC) – Thurs, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.
429 North Church Street, Olin Theater

Finch Reading/Signing, with Booklife discussion

MALAPROPS BOOKSTORE (Asheville, NC) – Sat, Dec. 5, 3pm to 5pm
55 Haywood Street

Booklife kaffeeklatsch and Signing (and then come on over to the beer cafe across the street with the possibly exhausted author)

BARNES & NOBLE (Burlington, NC) – Sun, Dec. 6, 2pm
3125 Waltham Blvd

Finch Reading/Signing

FOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE (Richmond, VA) – Tues, Dec. 8, 6:00pm
1312 E Cary St.

Fountain Bookstore holiday party guest of honor, with Booklife talk, humorous anecdotes, and signing (6:45pm)

CHAPEL HILL COMICS (Chapel Hill, NC) – Thurs, Dec. 10, 7pm to 8:30pm
316 W Franklin St

Some Assembly Required! A night of readings and dangerous spontaneous storytelling with critically acclaimed novelist Jeff VanderMeer, noted writer/podcaster Mur Lafferty, and special guest Natania Barron, creator of the Aldersgate Cycle. Buy Finch and get a free copy of rock band Murder by Death’s soundtrack for the book (while supplies last). Afterwards, join Jeff, Mur, and Natania at the bar across the street for a less spontaneous libation.

MANUEL’S BAR (Atlanta, GA) – Fri, Dec. 11, 8pm
(602 N. Highland Ave, North Avenue Room)

Finch Reading/Signing with Will Hindmarch and special guest J.M. McDermott. First 25 people to buy Finch get a free copy of the MBD CD

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