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Appearances
Past Events
Torrance Public Library
February 3, 2010 7:00 PM
"Wild About Jane Austen"
Katy Geissert Civic Center Library
Community Meeting Room
3301 Torrance Blvd Torrance, CA 90503
310-618-5959
Vroman's Bookstore
October 1, 2009 6:30 PM
Writing Workshop: "Storytelling Magic"
DATES HAVE CHANGED! Six Thursdays, October 1 - November 5, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP AND REGISTRATION.
Tel: 626-449-5320
Glendale Public Library
August 20, 2009 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
Glendale Public Library Auditorium
222 East Harvard Street, Glendale
(818) 548-2042
Vroman's Bookstore
July 22, 2009 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Jane Austen Society of North America-Southwest Region
May 2, 2009 9:30 AM
A Day of Pride, Prejudice, and Politics
Laurie will be giving a sneak preview of RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT
Other speakers on the program are:
Charles Lynn Batten, Associate Professor of English, UCLA
“Jane Austen, Conservative or Liberal”
and
Margaret Horwitz, PhD, JASNA 2009 Traveling Lecturer
“The Legacy of Her Voice: Ethics and Wit in Austen’s Novel"
"Pride and Prejudice and Its Filmed Adaptations"
TO FIND OUT HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, GO TO
http://jasnasw.org
UCLA Faculty Center
480 Charles E. Young Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Vroman's Bookstore
April 14, 2009 6:30 PM
Writing Workshop: Storytelling Techniques for Fiction Writers (DATES HAVE CHANGED)
Six Tuesdays beginning April 14 through May 19, 2009
6:30 to 8:30 PM
For more information, click on the link above.
To register for this class, call Vroman's at (626) 449-5320.
Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Vroman's Bookstore
January 20, 2009 6:30 PM
Writing Workshop:
Storytelling Techniques for Fiction Writers
6 Tuesdays beginning January 20, 2009
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Jackson State Community College
November 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Talk, Reading and Signing
2046 N. Parkway
Writing Center (located on 1st floor of library)
Jackson, TN 38301
Lambuth University
November 6, 2008 7:00 PM
Talk, Reading and Signing
705 Lambuth Blv.
Hamilton Performing Arts Center
Jackson, TN 38301
Friends of the Library/Madison County Library
November 6, 2008 12:00 PM
Talk, Reading and Signing
Library Program Center
433 E. Lafayette
Jackson, TN 38301
Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting
October 4, 2008 3:30 PM
Breakout Session: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
Session E on Saturday from 3:30-4:15 PM
The Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago
909 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: (312) 943-7200
Jane Austen Today Live Chat
10 pm EST to midnight (7 pm Pacific time until 9 pm)
Click on the link above just before the chat. The link to the chat itself will be posted there. Go to Jane Austen Today for details on how to win a book, too.
Vroman's Bookstore
July 18, 2008 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Blog Talk Radio (virtual event)
June 25, 2008 7:00 PM
Live call-in show on Blog Talk Radio.
Hosted by Book Club Girl (a must-read blog for book clubbers everywhere): http://www.bookclubgirl.com/
Click on the title of the event above to set a reminder for yourself. Time of event above is EST.
Call-in number: (347) 945-6149
Open to all book clubs and individual readers of the book.
Boone County Public Library
June 10, 2008 4:30 PM
I will be talking on speakerphone to the Library's book club and to interested members of the community who wish to discuss Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.
Scheben Branch
8899 US 42
Union, KY 41091
859-342-2665
Glendale Public Library
May 28, 2008 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, CA 91205
(818) 548-2042
Borders
May 14, 2008 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
330 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 310.659.4045
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
April 27, 2008 12:00 PM
Panelist: "Fiction from the Heart"
Fellow participants are Jennifer Kaufman, Leslie Lehr, Karen Mack. Moderated by Connie Martinson.
UCLA
Rolfe 1200
Whittier Public Library
March 5, 2008 7:00 PM
Evenings With Jane Austen
7344 S. Washington Ave.
Whittier, CA 90602
562-464-3456
Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, Jefferson, Texas
October 9, 2007 7:00 PM
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is one of two books selected for October.
Annual General Meeting, Jane Austen Society of North America
October 6, 2007 6:30 PM
Book Signing at JASNA AGM
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6C 2W6
Burbank Public Library
September 25, 2007 7:00 PM
"Tea and Gossip" reading and signing
110 N. Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
818.238.5562
Borders Books and Music #1
September 20, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading & Signing
612 E. Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.668.7652
Authors@Google, Ann Arbor, MI
September 20, 2007 1:00 PM
Authors@Google
Google's offices
Ann Arbor, MI
Schuler Books
September 19, 2007 7:30 PM
Reading & Signing
2820 Towne Center Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48912
Harry Schwartz Books
September 17, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading/signing
10976 North Port Washington Road
Mequon, WI 53092
(at Mequon Road in the Pavilions shopping center)
A Great Good Place for Books, Montclair, CA
September 6, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading, Q&A, & Signing
6120 LaSalle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
Tel: (510) 339-8210
Northshire Books, Manchester Center, Vermont
August 16, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading & Signing
4869 Main Street
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255
802-362-2200 • 800-437-3700
Alice’s Teacup, New York, NY
August 15, 2007 6:00 PM
Reading, signing, tea & scones
156 East 64th Street, NYC 10021
6-8 pm
Call 212-734-4TEA for a reservation
$30 includes a copy of the book, and special tea & scones
Tattered Cover, Denver, CO
August 14, 2007 7:30 PM
Reading and Signing
The Historic LoDo Store
1628 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-436-1070
Third Place Books, Seattle, WA
August 13, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading and Signing
Lake Forest Park Towne Centre
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
206-366-3333
Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, California
August 8, 2007 7:00 PM
Reading & Signing
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Vroman's Bookstore
June 11, 2007 7:00 PM
Writing Workshop: Storytelling Techniques for Fiction and Nonfiction.
Nine Mondays June 11-August 6, 2007
Vroman's Bookstore
Pasadena, CA
Book Expo America, New York, NY
June 2, 2007 7:00 PM
Panelist at Book Expo America, New York City. Panel entitled Confessions of Jane Austen Addicts: Author, publisher, and bookseller perspectives on Austen's enduring popularity
Jane Austen Society of North America-Southwest Region
May 5, 2007 1:30 PM
Reading and talk at the spring meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest Region (JASNA-SW)
UCLA Faculty Center
Los Angeles, CA