Book Tour
I’ll be giving talks at the following places and would love to see you. Please come! Please tell your friends!
FEBRUARY 2019
MARCH 2019
March 1 • 11am
Movable Feast Luncheon
Hot Fish Club
Murrells Inlet, SC
To reserve a spot, call 843-235-9600
March 3 • 2:00pm
Book Talk + Charlotte Lit’s 3rd Birthday
Mint Museum of Art – Randolph Rd.
Charlotte, NC
Ticketed event – includes signed copy of TOGETHER
March 14 • 4:00 pm
Wake Forest Univ. Friends of the Library
Arbor Acres
Winston Salem, NC
March 16 • 4:00pm
Main Street Books
Davidson, NC
March 18 • 11:00am – 12:30pm
Memoir Workshop
Richland Public Library
Columbia, SC
March 18 • 6:30pm
Public talk
Richland Public Library
Columbia, SC
March 22 • 2pm
Virginia Festival of the Book
CitySpace
Charlottesville, VA
March 27 • 5:30pm
Talk and Reception
Weymouth Center
Southern Pines, NC
March 28 • 7:00pm
Scuppernong Books
Greensboro, NC
APRIL 2019
April 2 • 2:00pm
Gaston County Public Library
Gastonia, NC
April 4 • 3:00pm
Allegheny Writers — 1st Saturdays Writers on Main
Horizon Bistro
Sparta, NC
April 4 – 6
Tennessee Mountain Writers Festival
Featured speaker + memoir workshops
Oak Ridge, TN
April 8 • Sensoria Festival
Reception at 6:00pm + Talk at 7:00pm
I receive Lifetime Achievement Award!
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC
April 11 • 2:00pm
JCC Bookfest — Charleston Library Society
164 King St., Charleston, SC
April 16 • 2:00pm
Arts Talk
Center for the Arts
121 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC
April 27 • 2:00pm – RESCHEDULED!
Conversation with Tommy Tomlinson About Memoir
Charlotte Public Library – Morrison Branch
Charlotte, NC
This event is has been moved to June 8
April 29 • 7:00pm
Readings on Roslyn
Winston-Salem, NC
MAY 2019
May 4 • 3pm
Alleghany Writers
Horizon Bistro
38 South Main St., Sparta, NC
May 6 • 9:45am
Private Book Club Talk
Charlotte, NC
May 6 • 6:30pm
Queens University Friends of the Library
Everett Library — Queens University
Charlotte, NC
May 14 • 7:00pm
Private Book Club Talk
Charlotte, NC
May 18 • 1:30pm
Atlanta Writers Club
Perimeter College – Dunwoody Campus
Atlanta, GA
May 21 • 7:00pm
Charlotte Writers Club
Charlotte, NC
JUNE 2019
June 8 • 2:00pm (NEW DATE!)
Conversation with Tommy Tomlinson About Memoir
Charlotte Public Library – Morrison Branch
Charlotte, NC
This event is free, but registration is required.
June 15 • 11:00am
Book talk
Charlotte Public Library — Matthews branch
230 Matthews Station St., Charlotte, NC
JULY 2019
July 17 • 10:30am
Center for Jewish Education Book Club
Charlotte, NC
July 19 • Time TBD
Inn at Little Pond
Valle Crucis, NC
OCTOBER 2019
Oct. 5 • Memoir Workshop
Charlotte Writers Club North
Davidson, NC
I Love Giving Interviews and Talks!
When I was little, I entered talent show after talent show, never winning but always hopeful. I’m really just a ham. I no longer tap dance, but I do love giving readings and talks. I especially like tailoring a talk to a specific group — whether it’s a library event, book fair, writers’ conference, civic group, religious organization, or any gathering of women.
For example, I can talk about relationships (the changes that take place in every marriage – the slow, expected ones and the sudden, surprising ones); the importance of taking on new challenges as we grow older; how we patients must navigate today’s health care system; the craft and process of writing – or more specifically, writing memoir and personal essays. I can talk about the similarities and differences in writing memoir, novels, and poems; how I’ve used details from my life in my writing. I also love encouraging others to write their story. I believe there are a lot of people out there who want to turn their memories and real-life experiences into art.