2023 Events

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NOIR AT THE TERROIR. Readings by Matthew Iden, Kris Kisska, Adam Meyer, Lisa Nanni-Messegee,  Kathryn O'Sullivan and Paul Awad. Hosted by Josh Pachter.

 Friday, June 9, 7-9 PM, Valley Road Vineyards 9264 Critzers Shop Road (aka Rt. 151), Afton.

Wines will be available for purchase by the glass and/or bottle, and you're welcome to bring a picnic supper. After each reading, we'll raffle off a book by the reader and a bottle of wine, with a free raffle ticket going to each of the first fifty people to arrive. 

BICENTENNIAL BONSAI: EMISSARIES OF PEACE screening for World Bonsai Day, 

U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC.  Washington, DC premiere film screening.

4:30 - gates to the Bonsai Museum open for after-hours tours

5:00 - koto music, free sake tastings, and pre-ordered bento boxes in the museum

6:00 - film screening in the auditorium followed by Q & A with filmmakers

Click here for more details and to register for the event.

Author Reading & Book Signing, 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Barnes & Noble campus bookstore, Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, Virginia.  

 Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, 1:00 - 6:00 pm, Suffolk, Virginia, panelist: "Off the Beaten Path: Mysteries in Unique Settings" (4:00 - 4:55 pm).  

BICENTENNIAL BONSAI: EMISSARIES OF PEACE screening, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Old Greenbelt Theatre, Greenbelt, MD

 Blurring Genres: Blending a Cozy with Romance? with Fantasy?" panelist, 2:00 pm, Malice Domestic, Bethesda, MD  

WHEN EARTH SHALL BE NO MORE book launch and signing, 10:30 am - 12 noon, Sundial Books, Chincoteague Island, VA

 Awesome Con book signing - Kathryn & I will be signing copies of WHEN EARTH SHALL BE NO MORE at Awesome Con, Washington, DC.

 August 6 - WHEN EARTH SHALL BE NO MORE book signing, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, The Greyhound, Berlin, Maryland. 

 WHEN EARTH SHALL BE NO MORE book signing, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Browseabout Books, Rehobeth Beach, Delaware.

WHEN EARTH SHALL BE NO MORE book signing, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Sundial Books, Chincoteague, Virginia. 

  Panelist "Writing with a Partner" (9:00-9:45 am, October 1) and "From Script to Screen" (2:15-3:00 pm, October 1); book signing (5:00 pm, September 30 & October 1) - Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Conference, Columbia, Maryland.

  "Eat Local Read Local" Loudoun County Library event with book signing, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Cascades Library, Potomac Falls, Virginia.

BICENTENNIAL BONSAI: EMISSARIES OF PEACE screening (winner, Best Documentary Short), 3:20 pm, Arlington International Film Festival, Capitol Theatre, Arlington, Massachusetts.

 Indie Book Club meeting, 2:00 pm, The Greyhound, Berlin, Maryland.