My third novel, The kindness of your nature/Det goda inom dig will be released in Germany 10 September (my birthday – auspicious, I hope) and I look forward to going to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October as one of the New Zealand authors invited to participate in the celebration of New Zealand as the guest of honour country.
Nowhere else in the world have my books been as appreciated as in Norway. I don’t know why this is so, but I am immensely grateful and I am looking forward to my next visit to this beautiful country. I will be reading and discussing my second book, ‘Taushetens konsekvenser’ (aka ‘Sonata for Miriam’) at the Sigrid Undset Days in Lillehammer Sunday 30 May. Read more here: Norsk Litteraturfestival Program
It seemed like such a long time. Yet now it’s only a month till Sonata for Miriam will be published in the US. And suddenly I am very anxious. Somehow it feels very different from the first novel and the first tour. I suppose that when you are completely ignorant you don’t worry. With experience come expectations – your own and those of others. Self consiousness.
Now that the itinerary is before me the tour has taken on a sense of reality. It’s time to get my head around what to do, what to say. And to pray for a kind reception of the book…
Here is the schedule of appearances. Minor changes may still happen.
LOS ANGELES, CA
Friday, March 13
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM PT
LITERARY AFFAIRS
269 South Beverly Drive
#267
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Saturday, March 14
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM PT
VROMAN’S BOOKSTORE
695 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Sunday, March 15
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM PT
SWEDISH WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
California Lutheran University; Preus-Brandt Forum
60 West Olsen Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Monday, March 16
Time to be decided
SWEDISH WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Tuesday, March 17
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT
BOOK PASSAGE
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
SEATTLE – TACOMA, WA
Wednesday, March 18
11:30 AM Reception
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Talk
Q&A and book signing to follow
SWEDISH WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Swedish Cultural Center
1920 Dexter Ave. North
Seattle, WA 98109
Wednesday, March 18
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT
VILLAGE BOOKS
1200 Eleventh St
Bellingham, WA 98225
www.villagebooks.com
PORTLAND, OR
Thursday, March 19
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT
POWELL’S
Beaverton Store
Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97008
DENVER, CO
Friday, March 20
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM MT
TATTERED COVER
Colfax Store
2526 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80206
TULSA, OK
Saturday, March 21
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM CT
BARNES & NOBLE #2845
5231 East 41 Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
PHOENIX, AZ
Monday, March 23
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM MT
CHANGING HANDS
6428 S McClintock Dr
Tempe, AZ 85283
HOUSTON, TX
Tuesday, March 24
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CT
BLUE WILLOW BOOKS
14532 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77079
MINNEAPOLIS – ST. PAUL, MN
Wednesday, March 25
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM CT
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOOKSTORES
300 Washington Ave SE
Coffman Memorial Union
Minneapolis, MN 55455
ANN ARBOR, MI
Thursday, March 26
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CT
BORDERS
Store #1
612 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI
MILWAUKEE, WI
Friday, March 27
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CT
HARRY W. SCHWARTZ
Mequon Store
10976 North Port Washington Road
Mequon, WI 53092
DAYTON, OH
Saturday, March 28
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET
BOOKS & COMPANY
4453 Walnut St.
The Greene
Beavercreek, OH 45440
NEW YORK, NY
Monday, March 30
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM ET
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE
Mulberry St. Branch
10 Jersey St.
New York, NY 10012-3332
BOSTON, MA
Tuesday, March 31
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
Wednesday, April 1
7:00PM to 8:30PM
Sandwich Puplic Library
142 Main St.
Sandwich, MA 02563
New York, October 2008 – may they still serve the barley salad in March 2009!
The cold baths in Varberg
We left Stockholm on a sunny Sunday morning – except for two sunsets, all the sun we have seen on this trip south. It feels a bit like a wet whirlwind. Two nights with friends in idyllic Brösarps Backar, one night in Malmö, one in Copenhagen, one in Varberg. However lovely, no place is at its best in driving rain… Now we have landed in Åmål, famous for the film “Fucking Åmål” which had to be retitled for other parts of the world. A pretty little town on the lake Vänern. But it is raining… I am here to read during the book festival Bokdagarna i Dalsland. (more…)
The biannual Auckland Writers’ & Readers’ Festival will present an extensive program over four days in May this year. Tickets through Ticketek.
I will participate in the following two events:
Date: Saturday, 26 May 2007
Start time: 12:30pm
End time: 1:30pm
Location: Upper NZI Room, Level 3
Venue: Aotea Centre, THE EDGE(R)
Description: Pierre Furlan, Andreï Makine and Linda Olsson discuss their literary and geographical travels with Jean Anderson.
Date: Sunday, 27 May 2007
Start time: 7:30pm
End time: 8:30pm
Location: ASB Theatre, Level 2
Venue: Aotea Centre, THE EDGE(R)
Description: In association with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra featuring: Raymond Hawthorne narrating Lilburn, Linda Olsson, Pico Iyer & Peter Scholes.
The annual book festival in Dalsland will take place 27-29 July, 2007. The program is presently under development. Read more here (in Swedish)
