All booked up

I've added a few new events to the calendar!

First, I'll be at the Annual ALA Conference this weekend (June 23 & 24) in Washington, D.C. for a VERY limited engagement (all day Saturday and half of Sunday). Penguin plans to push Something Rotten galleys from 11-12 on Saturday morning, and I'm going to be there to shake hands and sign books.

Next up I'll be one of the judges at Malaprop's Bookstore's Harry Potter Party on July 20th before book the seventh goes on sale at midnight. If all goes well, I'll be going dressed as Hagrid (as I'm fairly Hagrid-sized) and I'll post pictures for you.

I've also added the Haywood County Book Mania festival on August 3rd and 4th, sponsored by the good folks at Osondu Books in Waynesville, NC. I was invited to this event last year, and look forward to it again (especially since it's now a lot shorter drive!)

And last but CERTAINLY not least, I've added two "launch parties" for Something Rotten this fall - first the o-fficial launch party at my hometown Carpe Librum Booksellers in Knoxville, TN at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 21st, and then a reading and signing at my NEW hometown bookstore, Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC, on Friday, November 2nd at 7 p.m.

Hope to see you at one of my upcoming events. And as always, you can keep up with where I'll be (and when!) on my calendar at www.alangratz.com!