http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/01/summer-books-2015_n_7155626.html
And so it begins…
In a review that couldn’t wait for the official pub date, The Washington Post calls Jim Shepard’s THE BOOK OF ARON a “masterpiece,” “essential Holocaust literature,” and says it “challenges each of us to greater courage.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-book-of-aron-by-jim-shepard-is-a-masterpiece/2015/04/28/0a159fe6-ea98-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html
This Just In…
Tobias Wolff joins Jim Shepard at Kepler’s in Menlo Park, CA on June 15. The two best mustaches in the country in conversation. Don’t miss it. http://www.keplers.com/event/jim-shepard-conversation-tobias-wolff
Join Jim Shepard on tour in 2015
Odyssey Books — SOUTH HADLEY, MA
Reading with Robin McLean
Thursday, May 14
Harvard Bookstore — CAMBRIDGE, MA
Reading/Signing/Q+A
Friday, May 15
Newtonville Books — NEWTON, MA
In Conversation w/ Amy Hempel
Saturday, May 16
Peck’s Plate (with Greenlight Bookstore) — BROOKLYN, NY
Dinner with Jim Shepard
Sunday, May 17
Franklin Park Reading Series (with Electric Literature) — BROOKLYN, NY
Monday, May 18
Dallas Museum of Art — DALLAS,TX
Anthony Doerr and Jim Shepard: Compassion and Catastrophe
Tuesday, May 19
Brazos Bookstore — HOUSTON, TX
Reading/Signing/Q+A
Wednesday, May 20
Community Bookstore (with Brooklyn Public Library) — BROOKLYN, NY
In Conversation with Joshua Ferris
Thursday, May 21
3S Artspace (with RiverRun Bookstore) — PORTSMOUTH, NH
A Conversation with Jim Shepard
Friday, May 22
The Free Library of Philadelphia — PHILADELPHIA, PA
In Conversation with Daniel Torday
Thursday, May 28
Politics And Prose — WASHINGTON, DC
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Tuesday, June 2
Books & Books — MIAMI, FL
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Wednesday, June 3
McNally Jackson — NEW YORK, NY
In Conversation with Gary Fisketjon
Thursday, June 4
Bay Area Book Festival — SAN FRANCISCO, CA
In Conversation with Ron Hansen
Sunday, June 7
Vroman’s Bookstore — LOS ANGELES, CA
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Thursday, June 11
Powell’s Books — PORTLAND, OR
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Friday, June 12
Copperfield’s — SANTA ROSA, CA
Afternoon Literary Lunch
Saturday, June 13
The Booksmith — SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Saturday, June 13
Book Passage — CORTE MADERA, CA
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Sunday, June 14
Kepler’s — MENLO PARK, CA
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Monday, June 15
Village Books — BELLINGHAM, WA
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Tuesday, June 16
Elliott Bay Book Company (with Seattle Public Library) — SEATTLE, WA
In Conversation with…
Wednesday, June 17
Boswell Book Company ( with the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies)— MILWAUKEE, WI
Lunchtime Reading/Q+A/Signing
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Thursday, June 18
Open Books — CHICAGO, IL
Friday, June 19
Cuyahoga Public Library (with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and Mandel Jewish Community Center) — CLEVELAND, OHIO
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Tuesday, June 23
Lemuria Books — JACKSON, MS
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Wednesday, June 24
Square Books — OXFORD, MS
Reading/Q+A/Signing
Thursday, June 25
Parnassus Books — NASHVILLE, TN
In Conversation with Gary Fisketjon
Friday, June 26
Jim Shepard Book Tour Updates
The Jim Shepard Book Tour is a living, breathing, changing beast. Current changes/updates:
May 16–In Conversation with Amy Hempel
May 17–Book/Plate Series
http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/jim-shepard-offsite
May 21–In Conversation with Joshua Ferris
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/jim-shepard-joshua-ferris-central-library-dweck-cen-052115
You Have Been Warned: The Jim Shepard Book Tour
THE BOOK OF ARON hits the stores on May 12. The book tour is a work in progress, but here are some dates to put in your calendars. In pen.
May 14–The Odyssey, South Hadley, MA
May 15–Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
May 16–Newtonville Books, Newton, MA
May 17–Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, NY
May 18–Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY
May 19–Dallas, TX
May 20–Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
May 21–Community Bookstore, New York, NY
May 25-26–Toronto, Canada
May 28–Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
June 2–Politics and Prose, Washington DC
June 3–Books and Books, Miami, FL
June 4–McNally Jackson, New York, NY
June 7–San Francisco, CA
June 11–Los Angeles, CA
June 12–Powell’s, Portland, OR
June 13-15–San Francisco, CA
June 17–Seattle, WA
June 18–Milwaukee, WI
June 23–Cleveland, OH
June 25–Oxford, MS
June 26–Nashville, TN
June 29-July 3–London, England
July 12-19–Tin House Writer’s Conference, Portland, OR
August 5–New York, NY (with the stunning and talented: Katherine Lee, Sandra Leong, and Bill O’Brien)
Okay, details to come, but consider yourself warned: Jim Shepard is hitting the road.
CANCELED!
Due to the storm of the century, my event at the New York Historical Society has been canceled. Stay warm!
Gearing up for the New York Historical Society
A taste of what we’ll be chatting about at the NY Historical Society on January 28th.
http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/the-celestials/
Behind the scenes trivia: I grew up around the corner from the Historical Society.
First Love
My essay on my daughter’s first break-up, appearing in the February issue of Good Housekeeping.
“Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had broken up with his sister by email. “Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had sent my daughter’s best friend over to do his dirty work for him.
“Well,” my husband said. “He is eleven.”
“And a boy,” I added.
Future boyfriends, beware. We’ve got her back. And, we’re writers…
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/parenting-tips/karen-shepard-parenting-essay
Updates
Some recent, nice bits of news to start my summer off:
The Celestials is shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for writing. http://library.stanford.edu/news/2014/05/press-release-william-saroyan-international-prize-writing-2014-shortlist
The Celestials is chosen to be part of the Common Reader Project at Berkshire Community College in the fall of 2014.
My essay, “Now What Do We Do,” about my 11-year-old daughter’s first break-up will be published by Good Housekeeping in fall of 2014. The editor who bought it was the editor of my first novel.
Jim’s new novel, The Book of Aron (coming in May 2015) has sold in ten countries and counting. Brazil was first, Israel is the most recent.
Lucy Shepard, aforementioned 11-year-old, was chosen as one of three sixth grade graduation speakers. Her speech revisits the eight years of elementary school through the lens of Finding Nemo. Of course it does.
