Upcoming events for September and October

it's always best to call or check with websites for each event to make sure times and locations are correct, but I hope some of these will land in your neck of the woods...


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FAIRFAX, VA
A panel discussion on Edgar Allan Poe
Novelists Louis Bayard (The Pale Blue Eye) and Matthew Pearl (The Poe Shadow) join Daniel Stashower, author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder, to explore the continuing legacy of one of nation’s greatest writers.
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 3:00 pm
Fall for the Book Festival
Research I, Room 163, George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA
contact: 703-993-3986
website: http://fallforthebook.org/



ATTLEBORO, MA
A lecture & signing
Matthew Pearl will speak on the fate of Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his death
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7 pm
Attleboro's 1 ABC at Thatcher Elementary School
7 James Street
Attleboro, MA
contact: info@attleboros1abc.org
website: http://www.attleboros1abc.org/


WESTFORD, MA
A lecture & signing
Matthew Pearl will speak about all of his books and writing in general
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 6:30 pm
J. V. Fletcher Library
50 Main Street
Westford, MA
contact: 978-692-5555
website: http://www.westfordlibrary.org/Pages/...


PLANO, TX
A series of discussions & signings
Matthew Pearl will visit the campus of Collin College where The Poe Shadow will be the Book in Common
October 14-16, 2009:
Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 pm, Spring Creek Campus Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano
Thursday, October 15, 2:30 pm, Central Park Campus Conference Center, 2200 W. University Drive, McKinney
Thursday, October 15, 7:00 pm, Preston Ridge Campus Event Center, 9700 Wade Boulevard, Frisco
writer's workshop: Friday, October 16, 10:00am, Spring Creek Campus C103, 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano
Collin College Book-in-Common
McKinney/Plano/Frisco, TX
contact: http://www.ccccd.edu/academics/bookin...

IRVING, TX
A lecture & signing
Matthew Pearl will speak on the life and death of Edgar Allan Poe
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 7:00 pm
Irving Arts Center, Dupree Theater
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, TX
contact: Irving Public Library, 972-721-3502
website: http://www.neabigread.org/communities...


OLD GREENWICH, CT
A literary luncheon
Matthew Pearl will inaugurate Literary Matters' luncheon with authors series
Tuesday October 27, 2009, 11:00 am
Literary Matters
Innis Arden, 120 Tomac Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT
contact: info@literarymatters.net
website: http://literarymatters.net/162.html
note: reservations are required and there is a fee for the meal and luncheon