All times and places are subject to change, so please double check before you get in your car! Also, make sure to keep an eye on the Get Togethers thread at the Virtual Book Club for reader get-togethers at certain venues. To order signed books from specific stores, click on the bookstore names below. You can also find Laurie online — visit the Contact page or the News section of this site to find out where.
2018
MWA NorCal Event
August 12: Jane Friedman—Marketing and Promotion in a Digital Age
(MWA NorCal members only)
1:30-4:30 PM, 2222 Bush St., San Francisco
Jane Friedman, co-founder of the Hot Sheet and a national expert on digital media strategy for writers, teaches a members-only workshop to help you better identify and grow a readership, regardless of how you’re published. The workshop will address issues such as your target audience, what kind of direct outreach you should be using, how to build your community of readers, and what kind of strategies and tools you should be using—and, Jane will conduct a personal critique of a few NorCal members’ social media efforts. If it’s about writing, Jane has suggestions for you. This is a tremendous opportunity—sign up here.
(MWA NorCal members only)
1:30-4:30 PM, 2222 Bush St., San Francisco
Jane Friedman, co-founder of the Hot Sheet and a national expert on digital media strategy for writers, teaches a members-only workshop to help you better identify and grow a readership, regardless of how you’re published. The workshop will address issues such as your target audience, what kind of direct outreach you should be using, how to build your community of readers, and what kind of strategies and tools you should be using—and, Jane will conduct a personal critique of a few NorCal members’ social media efforts. If it’s about writing, Jane has suggestions for you. This is a tremendous opportunity—sign up here.
August 18: Summer Writers Retreat hosted by Sisters in Crime–Canada West
Magnolia Hotel and Spa, Victoria, BC
For registration and workshop details, go here.
August 18 at 7 PM: Authors’ Panel Event
Bolen Books, Victoria, British Columbia
Bolen Books, Victoria, British Columbia
As part of the SinC–Canada West Summer Writers Retreat (above), Laurie will be on a panel with the topic “Author’s Alchemy: Changing Facts into Fiction Gold.”
August 22 at 7 PM: Book signing at Books, Inc.
Campbell, CA
Campbell, CA
MWA NorCal Events
October 20-26, 2018
Across the NorCal chapter area
Saturday 20th: Litquake/SF
Sunday 21st: 2 PM, Belmont
Monday 22nd: 6 PM, San Lorenzo
Tuesday 23rd: Fremont
Wednesday 24th: 6:30, Petaluma
Thursday 25th: 6:30, Santa Cruz
Saturday 27th: Sacramento
Across the NorCal chapter area
Saturday 20th: Litquake/SF
Sunday 21st: 2 PM, Belmont
Monday 22nd: 6 PM, San Lorenzo
Tuesday 23rd: Fremont
Wednesday 24th: 6:30, Petaluma
Thursday 25th: 6:30, Santa Cruz
Saturday 27th: Sacramento
As MWA NorCal president, Laurie will attend as many of these events as she can, but any Northern California residents should make sure and go to any MWA event near them since it’s sure to be both fun and informative.
December 8 at 2 PM: Signing For the Sake of the Game with Leslie S. Klinger
Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ
2019
March 28 to 31: Left Coast Crime
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC