Friday, October 1st | 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted IN-PERSON by The Gem in Bethel, Maine
Bob has interviewed Wade Kavanaugh (owner of The Gem) several times over the course of Wade’s career as an installation artist. Now the tables will be turned and Wade will engage Bob in a conversation about his newly released book The Isolation Artist.
Don’t miss this special interview in The Gem’s Outdoor Theater.
RESERVE your seats in advance. Seating will be limited.
Tuesday, October 5 | 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA
Bob Keyes, author of The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana, will be joined in conversation by Chuck Reece, co-founder of the influential online journal The Bitter Southerner.
Wednesday, October 6 | 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by the Author’s Guild
This From Manuscript to Marketplace event features Chaney Kwak, the author of The Passenger, in conversation with Joshua Bodwell, editorial director of Godine and Black Sparrow Press. Designed with an audience of fellow writers in mind, From Manuscript to Marketplace offers case studies of the path to publication and candid conversations about the current realities of publicity, social media, virtual events, working with agents and editors, and more. Each event provides a unique portrait of the collaborative process behind the scenes.
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Sunday, October 10 | 3:30 p.m. (CT)
Hosted ONLINE by the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee
Fate and fortune play a role in these new novels that feature indelible characters and precisely beautiful prose, from Ed Tarkington (The Fortunate Ones) and Simon Van Booy (Night Came with Many Stars).
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October 14, 2021 | 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted both ONLINE and IN-PERSON by Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Black Sparrow Press authors Susan Barba, Nina MacLaughlin, and Kerrin McCadden read at the famed Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Cambridge. The event may be attended virtually and (for a very limited few) in-person.
Tuesday, October 19 | 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by Left Bank Books in Belfast, Maine
Bob Keyes, author of The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana, will be joined in conversation by Paul Doiron, author of the Mike Bowdich mysteries.
Thursday, October 21 | 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by WORD: Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival
Bob Keyes, author of The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana, will be joined in conversation by Paul Sacaridiz, executive director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle, Maine.
Saturday, October 23 | 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE at the “Breakfast with Authors” hosted by the Concord Festival of Authors in Concord, MA
READ about the event.
REGISTER for the event on Zoom.
Saturday, October 23 | 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE at the “Breakfast with Authors” hosted by the Concord Festival of Authors in Concord, MA
READ about the event.
REGISTER for the event on Zoom.
Sunday, October 24 | 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, Kennebunkport, Maine
Bob Keyes, author of The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana, will be joined in conversation by Joshua Bodwell, Editorial Director of Godine and Black Sparrow Press.
“Keyes reconstructs Indiana’s final years with a journalist’s meticulous eye. Every character in this thorny modern drama has their own agenda.”—Foreword Reviews
LISTEN details to come.
Wednesday, October 27 | 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by Middlebury College
This is an extremely special opportunity to hear Naomi Replansky, the William Carlos Williams Award winner and National Book Award finalist, who celebrated her 103rd birthday earlier this year. Black Sparrow Press is honored to publisher Replansky’s Collected Poems.
The reading is sponsored by the Feminist Resource Center at Chellis House at Middlebury College, the Department of English and American Literatures at Middlebury College, and the Vermont Book Shop.
REGISTER for Zoom
Thursday, October 28 | 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Hosted ONLINE by Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine
Join Bob Keyes, author of The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana in conversation with Carl Little. In collaboration with Sherman Books.
“A sad and thorny tale of lawyers, egos, and art.”—Kirkus Reviews
Carl Little is the author of many art books, including Edward Hopper’s New England and The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent. His 2011 book Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond won the inaugural John N. Cole Award from Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
REGISTER to receive a Zoom link.
Saturday, October 30 | 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Hosted IN-PERSON by Chatham Public Library
The Friends of the Chatham Public Library’s Author and Artist Series will host author Belinda Rathbone for a talk about her latest book, George Rickey: A Life in Balance.
The author talk will be followed by a book signing with copies provided by the Chatham Bookstore. Due to COVID restrictions, this event will be held outdoors on the library lawn.