ANNOUNCEMENT: The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012

Friday, December 2, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012

In January of 2012, Hank and I (and the Katherine and occasionally the Yeti) will be going on tour to celebrate the publication of The Fault in Our Stars, and also because we haven’t been on tour together since 2008. These events will feature music, readings, hilarity, free posters, fancy programs, crossword puzzles, book signing, and many other things.

Tickets are available by contacting the bookstores involved in each event. For almost all events, tickets cost the price of a book. Part of the reason we’re touring is because we want to support great independent bookstores. (Incidentally, all books on tour will be BOTH signed AND hanklerfished.) Tickets are limited by the size of the venue.

I’m sorry we aren’t going everywhere (and particularly sorry we’re missing the great midwest, but it is January, after all). A few more dates will be announced in the next week or so, but for now:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH - 7:00 PM
WELLESLEY, MA
Dana Hall School (45 Dana Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482)
Hosted by the Wellesley Booksmith. More info here at their site or by calling 781.431.1160.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11th - 6 PM
NEW YORK, NY
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 (Broadway & 95th)
Tickets at their site or by calling 212.864.5400
NOTE: Tickets are $25 (but do include a book), because everything is more expensive in New York.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13th - 7 PM
BETHESDA, MD
The Crystal Ballroom at the Bethesday Hyatt regency (7400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814)
Hosted by Politics & Prose - Tickets at 202.364.1919

SATURDAY JANUARY 14TH - 6 PM
RALEIGH, NC
Ravenscroft School (7409 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27615)
Hosted by Quail Ridge Books - Tickets at 919.828.1588

SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH - 7 PM
ATLANTA, GA
Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College (141 East College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030)
Hosted by Little Shop of Stories - LSOS is apparently not ready for ticket sales, but they will be soon! I will let you know…

(Then there will be events in Birmingham, AL and New Orleans, LA, but I don’t know when or where yet.)

FRIDAY JANUARY 20TH - 7 PM
PASADENA, TX
Pasadena High School (206 South Shaver, Pasadena, TX 77506)
Hosted by Blue Willow Bookshop - Tickets at 281.497.8675

(Then there will be something in Austin.)

TUESDAY JANUARY 24TH - 7 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
KiMo Theatre (423 Central Avenue Northwest, Albuquerque, NM 87102)
Hosted by Alamosa Books Tickets at 505.797.7101 or info@alamosabooks.com (Also, they have a facebook.)

(Then comes a thing in Arizona, but I don’t know when or where.)

THURSDAY JANUARY 26TH - 7 PM
SANTA MONICA, CA
Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, 1501 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403
Hosted by Children’s Book World. Tickets at 310.559.2665.

FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH - 7 PM
REDWOOD CITY, CA (San Francisco-ish)
Fox Theater - Redwood City (2221 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA 04063)
Hosted by Kepler’s. Tickets will be available starting next week.

SUNDAY JANUARY 29TH - 7 PM
PORTLAND, OR
Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214)
Hosted by Powell’s Books - Tickets will be available soon.

MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH - 7 PM
SEATTLE, WA (Well, Lake Forest Park, anyway)
The Third Place Commons (17171 Bothell Way Northeast, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155)
Hosted by Third Place Books. Tickets will be available starting next week.

That’s it for now! We hope you can make it to a stop on the tour de nerdfighting 2012, and we’re sorry again that we can’t go everywhere. But we’re really excited to see as many of you as possible IRL. I’ll turn on asks for the next couple days in case there are questions I can answer. DFTBA!