Anne Marshall Runyon will read The Sheltering Cedar before
the Ocracoke Preservation Society’s Annual Wassail Party.
Ocracoke Preservation Society
49 Water Plant Road
Ocracoke, NC 27960
252-928-7475
Anne Marshall Runyon and Consie Powell will read from
and sign their Christmas picturebooks. Cookies and demo of Runyon’s paper sculptures also.
Quail Ridge Books
3522 Wade Ave
Raleigh, NC 27697
919-828-1588
Anne Marshall Runyon will return for Storytime, 10:00 am, at:
Quail Ridge Books
3522 Wade Ave
Raleigh, NC 27697
919-828-1588
Anne Marshall Runyon will be reading her book and making activities at Storytime , 10:00 am, at:
Quail Ridge Books
3522 Wade Ave
Raleigh, NC 27697
919-828-1588
Book Bash 2007, 6:00-9:00 pm. Presented by Literacy Works
Tremont Grand Hotel
225 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-573-8444
Portal Press authors Anne Marshall Runyon, Bill Smith and Darick Allan will be signing their books The Sheltering Cedar, Tanaki On the Shore, and The Shepherd Boy with 50 other local and national authors at this catered fundraising event for Baltimore’s acclaimed literacy program. Gourmet specialties from over 20 area restaurants will be provided with live music and entertainment!
David Pollock, author of the upcoming The Mindful Vegetarian, will represent Portal Press at the Western Maryland Publishing Fair, 1:00-5:00 pm.
Allegany Public Library
31 Washington Street
Cumberland MD 21502
Portal Press had a very successful exhibit at the BEA convention meeting with numerous booksellers and librarians. The buzz on The Sheltering Cedar is growing!
7:00-9:00 pm: Book reading/party at The Warehouse Gallery
Please join us as Darick Allan reads the fourth chapter of his upcoming novel The Prisoner of Zone 22, a thriller set in Guatemala City. The reading will be held in The Screening Room of the Warehouse, with a sound system, refreshments and plenty of conversation to follow the reading.
The Screening Room
The Warehouse Gallery
Washington’s Downtown Arts Complex
1017-21 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
6th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Elk Neck State Park, MD, at the northern tip of Chesapeake Bay
9th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Baltimore Inner Harbor 10 am-5 pm
Bill Smith will appear at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Gala at Loews Hotel in Annapolis 6-10 pm
8th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, Church Creek, MD 10 am-5 pm
(Behind the Visitor’s Center)
7th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Havre de Grace, MD waterfront
6th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Elk Neck State Park, MD, at the northern tip of Chesapeake Bay
5th Marathon Reading to save the Bay
Sandy Point State Park, MD, at the foot of the Bay Bridge
4th Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Dorchester County Welcome Center (“Sailwinds”) at the foot of the Choptank River Bridge, Cambridge, MD.
Tanaki On the Shore musicale at North Street Playhouse, Onancock, VA
Tanaki On the Shore signings during pony swim week in Chincoteague, MD
3rd Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Bill Smith will read Tanaki On the Shore in its entirety at the public docks in Annapolis, MD
2nd Marathon Reading to Save the Bay
Bill Smith will read Tanaki On the Shore in its entirety at Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia Eastern Shore.
Bill Smith will sign copies of Tanaki On the Shore at Kite Koop and Books, Chincoteague, MD.
Tanaki On the Shore featured at the campfire program at Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia Eastern Shore.
Noon-2:00 pm: Bill Smith will sign copies of Tanaki On the Shore at the News Center bookstores in Ocean City, MD.
2:00-4:00 pm: Please join us for a gallery talk of artists participating in the remarkable Different Directions exhibit at The Warehouse Gallery. This is the most interesting exhibit of the spring in Washington, and not to be missed. Open to everyone.
5:00-7:00 pm: Please join us for the first public readings of Tanaki On the Shore and The Shepherd Boy. Bill Smith will read from Tanaki at 5:00 pm and Darick Allan will read from Shepherd at 6:00 pm. The readings will be in the dramatic first floor gallery of the Different Directions exhibit where you will be surrounded—literally—by artwork on the floors, walls and ceiling. This exciting event is open to everyone who fits, and the more the merrier. There will be a sound system to carry the words.
The Warehouse Gallery
Washington’s Downtown Arts Complex
1017-21 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001