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Upcoming Events

The Tucson Festival of Books - Tucson, AZ
March 13, 2010
I'll be speaking on two panels at the Festival: at 11:30 with Stephanie Kallos and Bonnie Marson, and at 2:30 with Michelle Richmond

The Women's Club of Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA
March 17, 2010
475 Homer Ave., Palo Alto
National Women's History Month luncheon

AWP Conference - Denver, CO
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10:35 a.m.
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Colorado Convention Center Room 301, 302
I'll be speaking on a panel with four of my favorite writers: Elizabeth Brundage, Jennifer Haigh, Richard Bausch, and Michelle Richmond

Past 2009 Events

Books Inc. Book Group Salon and Wine Tasting at the new Books Inc. Store in Berkeley
November 22, 2009 from 4-6
1460 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA
A terrific line up of authors, including Annie Barrows, Francis Dinkelspeil and Michelle Richmond, will be on hand at the new Books Inc. Berkeley store for a causal meet and greet "salon" - with wine and appetizers!

Author Chat at the Oshman Family JCC's T'enna Preschool Book Fair - Palo Alto, CA
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 9:15 a.m.
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA

Manic Mommies Escape 2009 - Napa Valley, CA
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.
Book Club Discussion

Book Club Phone Chat at the Afterwards Bookstore - Edwardsville IL
Tuesday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m.
232 North Main Street in Edwardsville

Celebrating National Reading Group Month at Bookshop West Portal - San Francisco, CA
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
80 West Portal Avenue San Francisco, CA
I'll be reading with Allison Hoover Bartlett, Joan Gelfand, Charlie Haas, and Mary Mackey in an event sponsored by the Women's National Book Association

Breakfast for Breast Cancer!
A Fundraiser for The Wednesday Sisters Avon Walk Group
at The Book Store in Glen Ellyn, IL
Thursday, October 22 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
475 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
(630) 469-2891

Silicon Valley University of Michigan Alumni Club Mixer - Books Inc., Palo Alto
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Join me for a chat with University of Michigan Alums about writing, publishing, and books!

Diablo Valley College - Pleasant Hill, CA
Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
Reading with a wonderful cast of authors: Catherine Brady, Linda Himelstein, Susan Freinkel, Michelle Richmond, Wendy Tokunaga, and Jessica Barksdale Inclan

LIT MEDIA REVIEWS from the Poetry Cafe in London, England

Milpitas Library Book Club - Milpitas, CA
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA

Book Passage - Corte Madera, CA
Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Reading with the wonderful Michelle Richmond, author of No One You Know and The Year of Fog

Los Altos Library - Los Altos, CA
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA

STRATEGIES FOR LIVING, on Newsradio 710 KEEL in Shreveport, LA

VOICE OF AMERICA RADIO, INTERNATIONAL

WALKING ON AIR, on WLBK, WBYS, and WRAM in Illinois, and in Iowa on KWPC

HEARSAY WITH CATHY LEWIS on WHRV/WHRO Radio, Norfolk, VA

OPEN MIND on WGVU Radio, Grand Rapids, MI
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

MORNING EDITION. KVON Radio in Napa, CA
Thursday, June 18, 2009

STAR STYLE Radio
Thursday, June 25, 2009

THE ELLA SPEAKES SHOW on KTLR AM 890, Oklahoma City, OK

Lafayette Book Store - Lafayette, CA
Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
3569 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA
Join local authors and book clubs at the Lafayette Book Club Mixer!

1550 TODAY on WNTN Radio AM, Boston, MA
Monday, June 22, 2009

Village Books - Pacific Palisades, CA
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA

THE IDEA EXCHANGE on WBEV Radio, Madison, WI
Monday, June 15, 2009

THE FRANKIE BOYER LIFESTYLE SHOW, WBIX/WXBR Radio, Boston, MA and National
Monday, June 15, 2009

REAL GOOD WORDS on KAXE Radio, Grand Rapid, MN
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

TRON IN THE MORNING on KCMN Radio, Colorado Springs, CO
Thursday, June 11, 2009

SECOND SATURDAY MAGAZINE on WPKN RADIO, Bridgeport, CT & Montauk, NY
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Radio: Morning Show, KBEM - Minneapolis
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. central time
88.5 FM Independent Public Radio station, Minneapolis

Radio: Let's Talk, WBOI/WBNI/WQSW Northeast Indiana
Mon, June 1, 10:30 a.m. eastern time
Northeast Indiana Public Radio, NPR

Clayton Books - Clayton, CA
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
5433 Clayton Road, Suite D, Clayton, CA
I'm very excited to be reading at Joel and Christy's wonderful bookstore - again with the enormously talented Michelle Richmond, author of The Year of Fog and No One You Know

Radio: WCBQ-WHNC-AM, Oxford, North Carolina
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:40 a.m. eastern time

Mrs. Dalloway's - Berkeley, CA
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
2904 College Ave., Berkeley, CA
I'm reading again at this lovely bookstore, this time with New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond

Books Inc. - Burlingame, CA
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame, CA

Radio: The Tim and Dean Show - KMA Radio
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. Central Time

Kepler's Book Club Mixer - Menlo Park, CA
Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA

California Writers' Club, Peninsula Branch - Belmont, CA
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
Belmont Library
1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont, CA

Bookshop West Portal - San Francisco, CA
Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 7 p.m.
80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco

A Wednesday Sisters Tea and Talk on Goodreads
An ongoing online chat that kicks off May 8 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time and continues through the last Wednesday in May

Library Thing Author Chat
Monday, May 11 through Friday, May 22, 2009

Palo Alto Library Author Chat - Palo Alto, CA
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7 p.m.

AAUW Author Luncheon - Mountain View, CA
Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 11 a.m.
Sponsored by the Educational Foundation branch of the American Association of University Women, raising funds for women pursuing post graduate studies and women establishing community-based educational resources for women and girls

KQED - San Francisco Bay Area Public Radio
Meg's essay, "You've Come a Long Way, Barbie" which aired on March 20 and 22 on the "Perspectives" series, is available as a podcast on the KQED website.

Saratoga Library Breakfast Club - Saratoga, CA
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 10 a.m.

Redwood City Library Author Chat - Redwood City, CA
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 2 p.m.

News and Press

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Read about The Wednesday Sisters in
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009


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Kepler's Bookseller Nancy Salmon recommended The Wednesday Sisters on the
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A Writer's Life
by Kristy Demas
in the Winter 2009 edition of the University of Michigan's LSA Wire

Go Ahead, Write
by Jennifer Massoni, photos by Jack Hutcheson
in the January 2009 edition of Gentry Magazine

2000 Words or 2:00
an interview
in the January 2009 edition of Writer Advice

'The Wednesday Sisters': Women's modern world
by Trevor Hunnicutt
in The San Francisco Chronicle

"Novel set in time of change"
by Kristina Paterson
in The San Jose Mercury News

All You Magazine
chose The Wednesday Sisters as a Curl Up and Read Selection in All You Magazine

Could You Be a Mom-Writer, Too?
Read about Meg and other San Francisco Bay Area Writer-Moms in the May issue of Bay Area Parent