Books and Brew: A Literary Pub Crawl with Local Travel Author

I’ve been doing a series of monthly talks at Hosteling International Boston with the above title, which is about as perfect a title as could be.  I love literature.  It’s the whole reason I’ve spent so long developing my career as a writer.  I also love pub crawls and have often used them as a way to get to know a city.  Five years ago when I arrived in Boston, I was doing roughly one a month to explore new places and to meet new people.

So combining two of my favorite things to help promote my book couldn’t be more ideal.  The format of these talks has been phenomenal:  we gather for about twenty minutes in the hostel’s meeting room and I discuss my story and writing process – how I took my journals from a scattered collection of events to a polished piece of literature.  Being that this development took nine years, I’ve got plenty of material to entertain a crowd and can vary it a bit each month to keep those repeat attendees as entertained as those who are there for the first time.  After this fast-paced presentation, books are available for sale, I answer questions, and then we all go out for some beers.  It’s a pretty great concept.

Special thanks to Hosteling International Boston and Paige Gunning for this wonderful opportunity.  It’s been an absolute blast thus far and I eagerly anticipate it more each month.

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