Thursday 25 November 2010

AUTHOR'S SPRING TOUR 2011

I'm building a tour of speaking engagements for next spring. The list dates is growing all the time, so this is the up-to-date but unfinished list of events already clinched. I'll be posting updates as they come in.

As you'll see, there are three different topics, and by no means always centred upon Blind Willie McTell, but they are all centrally concerned with the blues:


FEB 17
Liverpool University School of the Arts, England
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

MAR 24
University of Alabama New College, Tuscaloosa AL
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

MAR 30 University of Georgia, Athens GA
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

MAR 31 University of Georgia, Athens GA
Searching For Blind Willie McTell

APR 6 The New School, New York City NY
Searching For Blind Willie McTell

APR 9 Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Ireland
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

APR 12 Passionfruit Theatre, Athlone, Ireland
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

APR 13 The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

APR 14 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
topic not yet decided

APR 15 The Loft, The Locke Bar, Limerick, Ireland
Love Me Slender: the Genius of Early Elvis

APR 16
CĂșirt International Festival of Literature, Galway, Ireland
Searching For Blind Willie McTell

APR 20 Cork World Book Fair, Cork, Ireland
Love Me Slender: the Genius of Early Elvis

APR 21
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland
Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues


2 comments:

Robert said...

This is great news! I look forward to meeting you in Athens. I work for the University of Georgia Bookstore, by the way, so if you would like, I'd be happy to arrange ordering copies of your works for a potential signing after one or both lectures.

Michael Gray said...

Hi Robert
Thanks for your message, and your enthusiasm. I'd be happy to do a signing. The books will be: the Chicago Review Press hardback of Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell, ISBN 9781556529757, and the softback of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, Continuum NY, ISBN 9780826429742. I look forward to meeting you.