SILK ROAD TO RUIN Book Tour

So far the following dates have been confirmed for my fall 2006 book tour. I will present an audio-visual overview of the current situation in ex-Soviet Central Asia and why it matters to all Americans, followed by a Q&A discussion and, obviously, book signing.

BIG PREMIER SPEECH AND DISCUSSION: Saturday 9/16 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm) – The Egyptian Theatre, 700 West Main Street, Boise, Idaho – Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 on the day of the show – on sale at the theatre box office or by calling 387-1273

Monday 9/25 Time TBD – The Strand bookstore, Broadway at 12th Street, New York City

Thursday 9/28, 7:30 pm – Barnes and Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Avenue at West 8th Street, New York City

Thursday 10/5, 7:30 pm – Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 South Main Street Street, Seattle

Thursday 10/12, Time TBD – Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC – this will be a joint appearance as part of Cartoonists with Attitude

Friday 10/13 & Saturday 10/14 – Small Press Expo, Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland – I will be signing books at the NBM Publishing table.

DON’T SEE YOUR CITY LISTED?

Generally speaking I do signings in cities under one of two conditions: (1) it has a newspaper that regularly publishes my work and can be counted upon to publicize the event or (2) an organization can support my visit with paid publicity, an travel expenses and honorarium. So the best ways to get me to come to your city are to convince your local editor to publish my work or find a college, peace group, etc. to organize the shindig.

I am currently working on dates in San Francisco, Portland (OR) and Los Angeles. There are no plans at this time to come to any other city to support SILK ROAD, but if you’d like me to come and think you can hook up one of the two requisites to make my appearance worth the effort for everyone involved, drop me a line at chet@rall.com.