APPEARANCES in 2012
To start with, I’m not going many places in 2012. I _need_ to get WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD actually written in some slightly less drastic substance, like ink–and would like to do it, if humanly possible, by the end of this year. So I’m regretfully turning down many nice invitations—ask me again next year!
For now, though, these are the only things I have scheduled. I don’t say I absolutely won’t add any others, because you never know what’s going to come up. And as you’ll see, there are one or two ambiguous ones. But for now…
FEBRUARY
February 23-26 – Vilnius Book Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania I don’t see how I could pass up a chance to go to Lithuania in February (luckily I own a warm coat and wooly socks). I don’t yet have a schedule of events for this, but the organizer did ask me to be present all four days. I’ll post details as I have them.
MARCH
March 9, 10-11 – Tucson Festival of Books
This is more or less local for me, so I’ll be doing the whole festival this year, from Friday night’s Author’s Tables event through panels and interviews on Saturday and Sunday. Events on Saturday and Sunday are FREE and open to the public!
The schedule for the formal Festival Events is:
Friday:
Author’s Table Dinner – 7:00 PM, University of Arizona ballroom (this is a fund-raising dinner for the Book Festival. See http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/ for tickets and other details.)
Saturday:
“Epic Worlds” (panel) – 1:00 PM, Student Union, South Ballroom (followed by signing nearby)
Sunday:
“Trans-Genre Writers” (yes, I looked twice, too; it really _is_ “Trans-Genre,” and not “Trans-Gender”) – 10-11 AM, University Mall tent (signing to follow nearby)
And
U of A Library Women’s Mystery Collection – Diana Gabaldon interviewed by Jennifer Lee Carrell 4-5 PM, Student Union, South Ballroom
Now, in addition to the “official” Festival signings held after each event, I _will_ also do a couple of guest signings for bookstores who have tents on the mall. I’ll definitely be at
The Poisoned Pen’s tent—at 2 PM on Sunday, and
Will be at Mostly Books’s tent, but time not yet set. See you there!
(Oh. Yes, there will certainly be at least _some_ of my books available. [g] The Festival has bookseller tents to provide books for all the presenters, but they’re usually limited just to one current book for each presenter. Don’t know what Mostly Books may have in stock, but the Poisoned Pen will likely have all the OUTLANDER and Lord John books in trade paperback, plus the 20th Anniversary OUTLANDER in hardcover (they _carry_ all the books in hardcover, but given the weight, don’t always lug them to out-of-town events. They’d be happy to sell you anything in hardcover, though, I’ll sign it, and they’ll ship it to you.), THE EXILE (which is only available in hardcover), and THE SCOTTISH PRISONER (ditto).)
March 17th – Arizona Rennaissance Faire, Apache Junction
I’ll be doing a signing (probably a couple of hours) at my friend Ann Chamberlin’s bookstall, but I don’t have a time set for this yet; probably 1 or 2 PM. Will post as soon as I know!
March 31st – Celtic Tea, Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society (keep telling them they should change from “Society” to “Organization,” so I can call them the NACHOs, but they’ve resisted this suggestion so far). Thornagers’ Kilted Cat restaurant, Equine Estates, Flagstaff. See here http://www.nachs.info/ for details and tickets.
This event is one I do every year, and it normally starts around 1:30 or 2:00 PM. I usually talk and/or read excerpts from work in progress, and answer questions. Books will be available for signing—usually provided by Barnes and Noble.
APRIL
Mystery Writers of America, April 25-26th.
To my very pleased surprise, the Mystery Writers of America nominated “Lord John and the Plague of Zombies” (a novella) for an Edgar Award this year, and invited me to the awards dinner in New York on the 26th. They’ve also invited me to do an Edgar Symposium with them on the morning of April 25th, and I’ve accepted the invitation. I don’t have further information on this—i.e., whether that symposium is open to the public or not—or whether I might do anything else in New York while I’m there, but will add details as I have them.
AUGUST
Well. The thing is, our Youngest Daughter is marrying a nice young Scotsman from Edinburgh, and they’re getting married on the Isle of Bute. Since we’ll be in the UK for a bit, chances are that I’ll do _something_ in the way of public appearance—even if only to plant a tree on the grounds of Castle Leoch (the tree was a gift from the Ladies of Lallybroch, and the Earl of Cromartie graciously agreed to have it planted next to his castle, which was very nice of him).
Still, the wedding arrangements necessarily have priority, so I’ve been holding back from making any hard-and-fast engagements for the summer, until I know what’s what.
SEPTEMBER
I haven’t decided for sure yet, but _may_ go to DragonCon, which is held in Atlanta, over Labor Day weekend.
OCTOBER
I definitely _will_ be at the Surrey International Writers Conference, Oct. 19-21, in Surrey, BC.
NOVEMBER
November 10, Arizona PEN women’s National Convention luncheon. Scottsdale, AZ. Sorry, this is all I know about it at the moment. I’ll be the lunch speaker.