Events Archives - Michelle Richmond

Michelle Richmond Events

Sept. 23, Litquake Benefit

Enjoy Mexican fare, end-of-summer sun, and good company at the home of Phil and Christine Bronstein. Featuring Vikram Chandra, Peter Orner, Alejandro Murguía, Jaqueline Winspear, & Michelle Richmond.
Tickets, $75. Purchase here.

October 13, Litquake Litcrawl

Why There Are Words, Litcrawl, San Francisco, venue & time TBA

October 18, 2012, In Conversation with Louise Erdrich, San Francisco JCC

Join me and Pulitzer Prize finalist Louise Erdrich at 2:00 p.m. for a discussion of Erdrich’s latest novel, The Round House, “an indelible portrait of family and memory, injustice and vengeance, friendship and growing up on the Ojibwe Reservation in North Dakota.” Tickets: $15, or $12 for members. Reserve your space here.

Lafayette Library, A Literary Feast: Annual Authors Dinner, Nov 3, 2012

Join me, Annie Barrows, Tamim Ansary, Karen Joy Fowler, Adam Johnson, John Lescroat, Joyce Maynard, Ellen Sussman, and other Bay Area authors at a gala to benefit the programs of the Lafayette Public Library and Learning Center

July 25, 2012, Mountain View Public Library, 7 p.m.

Join me for a discussion of the writing life, publishing, and process. Bring your book club or your writing group. Q&A.

March 14, 2012, Walnut Creek Library Gala, Authors Under the Stars
Update: the gala raised $50,000 for the wonderful programs at the Walnut Creek Library.

Jan. 13, 2012 : Literary Death Match at the Elbo Room in San Francisco, 647 Valencia Street, 7:15 p.m.

About the event: My third appearance as an LDM judge, along with SF comedic mastermind W. Kamau Bell (check out his comedy album Face Full of Flour) and Pop Up Magazine producer and New Yorker contributor Douglas McGray. Contestants: Litquake founder Jane Ganahl (author of Naked on the Page), writer/activist/showman Chicken John Rinaldi, short fictionist (and LDM SF’s own) Alia Volz, and Jack Wakes Up author Seth Harwood. Read more & order tickets here. Michelle’s other appearances at Literary Death Match: Michelle on Literary Death Match: Episodes 1 (contestant), 5 (judge), 9 (judge), 19, & 42

Jan. 18, 2012: Reading & chat at Hillsborough Town Hall

Free and open to the public, Hillsborough, CA 11:00 a.m. I’ll be discussing The Year of Fog and No One You Know, answering questions, and signing books. Event host: Heather Weir. Book sales: Books Inc., Burlingame

Feb. 13, 2012: Litquake, Love Hurts at the Makout Room in San Francisco

I’ll be joining a cast of San Francisco writers to read truly horrendous passages on love and lust from literature. Yes, this is how we prepare for Valentine’s Day in the City by the Bay.

Feb. 13, 2012: St. Elizabeth’s Home Fundraiser, San Jose, CA

Feb. 26: Feast Your Mind: Fundraise for the Ronald C. Warwick Jewish Day School

Local luminaries, such as Larry Baer, San Francisco Giants president and CEO; Leor Stern, who launched Google’s field operations in Israel; Michelle Richmond, New York Times best-selling author; Jon Jenkins, principal investigator at the SETI Institute; and Akiva Tor, consul general of Israel for the Pacific Northwest, will be among the 16 guests of honor at homes in San Francisco, San Mateo, Burlingame, San Carlos, Hillsborough and Belmont. Open to the public. Click title link for tickets.

Feb. 28: Los Altos High School Writers Week

Year of Fog Author Talk (Video)

Thanks to Carol O’Hare, the Friends of the Morgan Hill Library, and the Association of American University Women for hosting this Silicon Valley Reads event at Morgan Hill Public Library. Thanks to Marty Cheek for videotaping the event. This video includes a discussion of The Year of Fog, along with a Q&A.

Michelle Richmond onstage at Heritage Theatre, Jan. 26

Join Michelle Richmond on January 26 at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell, California to kick off Silicon Valley Reads 2011. She will be interviewed by San Jose Mercury columnist Mike Cassidy. Music by the Leigh High School Jazz Ensemble.

Co-sponsored by Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley
Doors open 6:45 p.m. – First come, first seated
Program begins at 7:30 p.m., followed by a book signing

Silicon Valley Reads
The Year of Fog

Each year, Silicon Valley Reads brings together libraries, schools, and community organizations in 15 Bay Area cities to read a single book. I’m honored and delighted to announce that The Year of Fog is the 2011 selection, following on the heels of 2010’s In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan.

2011 programming will kick off on January 26 at the beautiful Heritage Theatre in Campbell, California, where I will be in conversation with San Jose Mercury columnist Mike Cassidy. This event, co-sponsored by Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

The kickoff event will be followed by dozens of events in various venues during February and March. See the complete calendar of events here. There will also be a community-wide essay contest and photography contest based on the themes of The Year of Fog, with $2,000 in cash prizes. Read about the contest in the San Jose Mercury News.

Read Sal Pizarro’s announcement in the San Jose Mercury News. Read the official news release in its entirety here.

Update: Companion books for young readers announced!

Grades 4-8: Alabama Moon, by Watt KeyGrades K-3: One, by Kathryn Otoshi

Grades PreK: Pouch, by David Ezra Stein

From the press release:

Ultimately, this is a story of perseverance and love,” said Jane Light, Library Director for the City of San Jose and Co-chair of Silicon Valley Reads along with Linda Aceves, Chief Academic Officer for the Santa Clara County Office of Education and Melinda Cervantes, Santa Clara County Librarian. “We believe the community will enjoy reading this beautifully-written book and discussing its themes. But be aware – once you start reading it, you won’t want to put it down.”
Silicon Valley Reads 2011 will kick off on Jan. 26, 2011, with an on-stage interview of the author by Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy. The free event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell. Other free Silicon Valley Reads events will be scheduled throughout Santa Clara County in February and March.

About the program:
Students, friends, families, co-workers, neighbors, book lovers – literally all who live, work or learn in Silicon Valley – are invited to participate in Silicon Valley Reads programs. Presented by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, the Santa Clara County Library and the San Jose Public Library Foundation, Silicon Valley Reads is designed to promote reading and literacy, broaden the exposure to and appreciation of good literature, and build community.

Public events (most free) are scheduled to spark discussion of the themes of the selected books. There are many opportunities to read and discuss the Silicon Valley Reads books at libraries, bookstores, community organizations, and businesses.

Many thanks to Diane McNutt, Jane Light, and the entire board of Silicon Valley Reads, as well as the following 2011 sponsors, for giving me the opportunity to share this story with readers: Santa Clara County Library, Cupertino Library Foundation, First 5, Silicon Valley Library System, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, NBC11, KLIV1590 AM, 95.3 KRTY.