 EVENTSPast EventsReading and table hostSaturday, October 06, 2012 "An Evening with the Authors," a fundraiser for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, TX.More details to come. Texas Book Festival 2011Saturday and Sunday, October 22, 2011 Participating in the Texas Book Festival, appearance date and time TBD.Writers League of Texas: An Author's Guide to PR and MarketingThursday, October 20, 2011 Writers' League of Texas611 S. Congress, Suite 130 Austin, TX 78704 512-499-8914 Wordstock Book Festival, Portland ORSunday, October 09, 2011 McMenamins Stage. A reading and signing.Baltimore Book FestivalSaturday, September 24, 2011 CityLit Stage. Will be participating in the reading "Not From These Parts: Readings by Non-Hometown Boys."http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/schedule/saturday Chicago Public Library Event - A Reading and PanelTuesday, September 20, 2011 Chicago Public LibraryHarold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 S. State Street, 60605 (312) 747-4300 http://www.chipublib.org/events/details/id/70670/ Roosevelt University - A ReadingMonday, September 19, 2011 Roosevelt UniversityGage Auditorium 430 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Direction: http://www.roosevelt.edu/Home/GageGallery/About US Launch of Bright and Distant ShoresFriday, September 16, 2011 BookPeople603 North Lamar Austin, TX 78703 http://www.bookpeople.com Reading and Signing: Avid Reader Bookshop, Brisbane, AustraliaThursday, June 16, 2011
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http://www.avidreader.com.au/index.php?option=com_registrationpro&view=event&Itemid=2&did=164 Gleebooks, Sydney: Dominic Smith in Conversation with Don AndersonThursday, June 09, 2011
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe Sydney NSW ph: 9660 2333 http:// http://www.gleebooks.com.au/default.asp?p=events/welcome4_htm Writer-in-Residence Reading at Warren Wilson CollegeWednesday, April 13, 2011 Warren Wilson CollegeLibrary 701 Warren Wilson Rd. Swannanoa, NC 28778 UT English Department Reading (as Visiting Writer/Professor)Tuesday (7:30pm), November 16, 2010 University of Texas at AustinJoynes Reading Room (in Carothers Residence Hall) Book Club appearanceTuesday, December 04, 2009 Milwood Branch Library12500 Amherst Dr. Austin, TX 78727 (512) 339-2355 Texas Book Festival Panel 'Father Knows Worst'Saturday, October 31, 2009 see the Texas Book Festival website for details: www.texasbookfestival.org |
AUTHOR NEWSAmerican Library Association adds Bright and Distant Shores to its 2012 Reading ListJanuary 2012http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/readinglistKirkus Reviews chooses Bright and Distant Shores for its "Best Books of 2011" listNovember 2011Thanks to Kirkus Reviews for including Bright and Distant Shores on its "Best Books of 2011" list. "Bright and Distant Shores" shortlisted for The Age Book of the YearAugust 2011http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/diverse-titles-compete-for-top-prize-20110805-1ifk4.html"Bright and Distant Shores" shortlisted for the Vance Palmer Prize for FictionJuly 2011http://wheelercentre.com/dailies/post/5ff0bb324840/Sydney Morning Herald ProfileMarch 2011A recent profile of me and Bright and Distant Shores in The Sydney Morning Herald's Spectrum section.http://dominicsmith.net/files/SMHProfileScanned.pdf Review of Bright and Distant Shores in The AustralianFebruary 26, 2011http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-new-pacific-solution/story-e6frg8nf-1226011590344Forthcoming Third NovelMy new novel—Bright and Distant Shores—comes out in Australia and the US in 2011. Allen & Unwin will publish the novel in March in Australia and Washington Square Press/Simon and Schuster will publish it here in the US in September.Paperback releaseSummer 2008The Beautiful Miscellaneous is out in paperback.Film rights soldDecember 2007The film rights for The Beautiful Miscellaneous have been optioned to Southpaw Entertainment and producer Richard Lewis, whose recent films include August Rush starring Freddie Highmore and Robin Williams. I was also fortunate enough to adapt my own novel for the screenplay.E-NEWSLETTER
I'll be sending out periodic newsletters about upcoming books, stories, or readings. If you enjoy my work, I would love to keep you informed about its progress.
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