2010
January 20-27 Colum will be appearing in China with China Bookworm in locations to be announced. For information go to www.chinabookworm.com. Recently it was announced that Shanghai 99 Publishers have agreed a seven-book deal with Colum to translate all his back list along with his newest novel Let the Great World Spin. Colum's visit will coincide with the announcement of the line-up for the International China BookWorm Festival in March.
February 2, 7pm, Oak Room, Fairfield University Connecticut. See here for more details.
February 9-12 Florida, appearances in Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Lunchtime readings organised by "A Novel Approach" at Northern Trust. Location and times TBA
February 24th, 92nd Street Y with John Banville, 8 pm, Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street. The premier reading series in New York. http://www.92y.org
February 26th, 7pm, Powerhouse Books Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Colum will read and discuss Let The Great World Spin in a Q&A conversation with former random House Executive Editor, Dan Menaker.
March 2, Long Island University, location and time TBA
March 5-7 Wheatleigh, Mass, Irish Festival, TBA
March 9 National Arts Club, New York TBA
March 14 ***PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE*** Saint Patrick's Day in Style! A Literary Brunch at Swifts Hibernian Lounge, East 4th street, New York, beginning at 12.30 and running until the early afternoon .... Join Colum, Chris Barrett Kelly, Tom Kelly and several other writers/actors/musicians as they read the work of their favourite Irish authors ... previous years' readers have included Frank McCourt, Nuala O'Faolain, Pete Hamill, Ed Conlon, Joe Hurley, Larry Kirwan, Ashely Davis ...
March 20 8pm, The Paramount Theatre, Charlotsville, VA; Virginia Festival of the Book, "American Accents: An evening with Colum McCann, E. Ethelbert Miller, Elizabeth Strout and Lee Smith"
(Tickets: $10)
March 25, 26 National Book Foundation Readings, Concordia College, Minnesota, Details TBA
March 30 Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Details TBA
