Book Meet & Signing: Friday Feb 11, 2011 (Washington, DC)

Mi gente, I realise that all my Washington DC/DMV Area readings have been daytime or in obscure places so many of you have not been able to come and see me. So, in typical guerrilla/unconventional fashion, I am having a Book Meet/Signing in Barnes and Noble (Washington DC - Metro Center) from 6-8pm on Friday so that I can sign any books that you have and just catch up in general. I'd advise you to buy the book before you come if you want it signed because I only have 3 copies left of the 40 I carried with me (the last 10 are in NYC). Of course, you can still come and order it from the store so that next time they'll keep my book in stock and hold a reading for me :) Anyway, the details:

Date: Friday February 11, 2011

Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Tail of the Blue Bird/Makings of You BOOK MEET

Venue: Barnes and Noble, 555 12th St NW, Washington DC 20004

Author Location: Fiction section to the left of the Customer Services desk on the first floor (I think you say second floor in the US)

Time: 6pm - 8pm (maybe drinks close by after)

Spread the word people! NYC people I'll be doing a similar one - any location suggestions?

Initial US Dates

This will be updated:

Fri Jan 28 
Reading at Baobab Cultural Center - Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave Rochester, NY 14607 (an audience with Nii Ayikwei Parkes - All Books)
Wed Feb 2
Reading at The Garage at 53 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT. - The Garage at 53 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT. (The Makings of You)
Fri Feb 4    
13:00 – 15:00 Panel at The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference - Marriott Wardman Park (Delaware Suite - Lobby Level): 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC, United States +1 202-328-2000
Sun Feb 6
Reading @ Moonstone Arts - Moonstone Arts Center, 110 South 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States (215) 735-9598
Wed Feb 9
DC Public Library (The Parade)
Sun Feb 13
Long Island Children's Museum (The Parade)
Sat Feb 19 
14:00 Reading @ NYPL Schwarzman Children's Center (The Parade)

24 October 2010: Book Launch in Brixton

Join Forward & Aldeburgh-nominee Christian Campbell and writer, publisher & lecturer Nii Ayikwei Parkes for a night of sumptuous new poetry

4-6pm @ Lounge Bar & Restaurant
with short readings at 4.45pm
followed by a book signing
...

FREE ENTRY

NII AYIKWEI PARKES' first full-length collection THE MAKINGS OF YOU reveals a gift for witty narrative, including a fantasy sequence that wonders how the slave trade might have been different had its main mode of transportation been the hot air balloon rather than the slave ship.

PRAISE FOR THE MAKINGS OF YOU

“an astonishing, powerful remix of history and language and the possibilities of both” – Ali Smith


CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL's debut collection RUNNING THE DUSK has been nominated for both the Forward Poetry Prize and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.

PRAISE FOR RUNNING THE DUSK

“the staying power of authentic genius.” – Yusef Komunyakaa

“A truly auspicious debut by a brilliant young writer of wide-open ear and versatile tongue … This is a heralding book we’ll be talking about for a long time to come.” – Elizabeth Alexander

More about the poets:

Christian Campbell - http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_display.asp?au_id=207

Nii Ayikwei Parkes - http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_display.asp?au_id=199

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020 7274 4723

June Events list

 

• Wednesday, June 16, 2010: Michael Marks Readings and Award Ceremony - I've been shortlisted for this cool award for my pamphlet ballast: a remix and the event is being held at the British Library's Conference Centre - It starts at 6.30pm (I'll be reading around from 7.00pm) and costs  £6 (£4 concessions) and tickets can be bought online from the British Library website or via telephone on 01937 546 546. I have one complimentary ticket to give away on a first-e-mail-first-served basis :)

• Thursday, June 17, 2010: Whose Muse is it Anyway? - I'm hosting this fantastic poetic take on 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon: The blurb goes - an evening of funny improvisational performance poetry, hosted by former Booktrust writer in residence Nii Ayikwei Parkes featuring Dizraeli, Laura Dockrill, Doc Brown and Luke Wright. It starts at 7pm and it's only £5 to come! Click here for more details and to buy your ticket

• Monday, June 21, 2010: Summer Reads (Norwich) - the Writers Centre in Norwich has included Tail of the Blue Bird in their Summer Reads programme (more here) in which six books have been chosen as Summer Reads Book Club books. There is even a book club session in August for Tail of the Blue Bird, but before that I will be reading at a live event with Naomi Alderman and Mick Jackson. It starts at 6.30pm at the world famous Norfolk and Norwich Milliennium Library and it's ONLY £2 on the door: full details and tickets online. Follow Writers Centre Norwich on Facebook or Twitter.