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April 28, 2013

Bookfair Reflections

Yesterday (Saturday, April 27, 2013) was the inaugural SWAG Writers Bookfair (Downtown is for Book Lovers Day). To me, it seemed like a success….
April 24, 2013

Downtown [Staunton] is for Book Lovers! — Saturday, April 27

Our local writers’ organization, SWAG Writers, is holding a Bookfair this Saturday, April 27, from 10am to 5pm, at 16 W. Beverley St., right…
April 22, 2013

Atlanta Trip: Visit to Atlanta Writers’ Club

The primary reason for my visit to Atlanta this weekend was to speak to The Atlanta Writers Club. I was very honored to have…
April 21, 2013

Atlanta trip: A Cappella Books

I flew down to Atlanta on Friday morning for a couple of days of book events and seeing old friends. I hadn’t been there…
April 15, 2013

Book Giveaway: Wash by Margaret Wrinkle

Wash by Margaret Wrinkle is a special book. It’s about a subject you probably haven’t seen in novels before–slave breeding–but it’s also about very complex…
April 12, 2013

A Talk with Robert Goolrick

Heading Out to Wonderful is Robert Goolrick’s latest book, after his best selling book A Reliable Wife. And tonight he appeared in my area at the…
April 10, 2013

Available for Book Club Visits

I am honored that several local book clubs have selected my book, What the Zhang Boys Know, to discuss. Tonight, in fact, I’m visiting with…
April 8, 2013

Book Giveaway: Signed copy of A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

I’m giving away a signed copy of the paperback version of Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Visit from the Goon Squad. (When I met…
April 6, 2013

The Tom Wolfe Lecture at Washington & Lee: Jennifer Egan

Tom Wolfe, a distinguished alumnus of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, returns each year to host the Tom Wolfe Lecture, a series…
March 20, 2013

Midge Raymond interviews me

Midge Raymond, author of Forgetting English, interviews me on her blog: Q&A with Clifford Garstang. Thanks, Midge!