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Mar

T.C. Boyle

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May

Pushing the Limits: Nature

Howe Library, Thursday, May 2 at 7pm

***We will provide a light dinner at this event. If you are planning to come, please preregister at 603-643-4120 or reference@thehowe.org.*** Join us to discuss When the Killing's Done by T. C. Boyle and talk about what is natural. At each session in this reading, viewing, and discussion series, in addition to discussing the book, we will watch and discuss an interview with the book's author and a short film about people who are "pushing the limits" in their everyday lives. The film on May 2 features Cameron Clapp, a triple amputee whose life and determination to run a triathlon show how new technologies are pushing the limits of what it means to be human – and how his risk-taking nature helps him to push his own limits. "Pushing the Limits" is a reading, viewing, and discussion program for adults in communities served by rural libraries, made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (howe_library)… (more)

Oct

TC Boyle discusses and signs San Miguel

Vroman's Bookstore, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7pm

In 1888, Marantha Waters has come to San Miguel at the behest of her husband Will, a stubborn Civil War veteran who is determined to make a profit from the island's vast sheep ranch. Marantha is all but bed-ridden with consumption, only to be confronted with increasingly unanticipated hardships as her family tries to thrive in their isolation from modern society. In 1930, Elise Lester, a librarian from New York City, and her energetic WWI veteran husband, Herbie, take over the sheep ranch. As the years progress they, in opposition to the Waters family, gain a sense of purpose from tending the secluded land. However, as the Depression leads into the Second World War, the Lesters discover that San Miguel may not be quite the idyll they've made it out to be.

This discussion is free and open to the public. Those wishing to get books signed will be asked to purchase at least one copy of San Miguel from Vroman's, and one additional copy for every 3 books they bring from home. Save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line.

Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado Blvd City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sep

T. C. BOYLE

Kepler's Books, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 12:30pm

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T. C. Boyle

Wednesday, September 26, 12:30 p.m.

San Miguel

On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue dreams of self-reliance and freedom. Their extraordinary Stories, full of struggle and hope, are the subject of T. C. Boyle’s haunting new novel.

T. C. Boyle is the author of thirteen novels, including World’s End, which won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award; Drop City, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Women. He has also published nine collections of Stories and was the recipient of the prestigious PEN/Malmud Award for Excellence in the short story.

Tickets are available now at
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$35.00 - admits one person and includes one copy of San Miguel

$10.00 - admits one person. Does not include a book

Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sep

CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST T.C. BOYLE, SAN MIGUEL (FICTION)--AT THE HEINER THEATER AT WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Village Books, Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 6:30pm

The Chuckanut Radio Hour is a radio variety show that began in January 2007. Each Chuckanut Radio Hour features a guest author and includes guest musicians, performance poet Kevin Murphy, Cascadia Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes, an episode of "The Bellingham Bean" serial radio comedy, and some groaner jokes by hosts Chuck & Dee Robinson and announcer Rich Donelly. The Chuckanut Radio Hour's first guest was Erik Larson and has since included Alexander McCall Smith, Elizabeth George, J.A. Jance, Sherman Alexie, Tom Robbins and Garrison Keillor, among many others. The Radio Hour airs every Saturday evening at 6pm and Sunday at 9pm on SPARK RADIO, KMRE 102.3FM. The musical guest for tonight's show is Grammy-nominated composer and pianist David Lanz.

This month's author guest is T.C. Boyle for his new novel San Miguel. T.C. Boyle's newest and fourteenth novel, San Miguel is a soaring historical narrative about two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, trying to start new lives on a windswept, near-desolate island just off the coast of southern California. San Miguel is as strong and vivid and urgent a piece of writing as Boyle has ever done, a haunting and heartbreaking novel that pulls no punches. Boyle describes the island's unending rain, fierce winds, and impenetrable fog, and the effects these natural forces have on the minds and bodies of his characters, with searing, memorable prose, rich with period detail and evocative, dramatic tension.

T.C. Boyle is the author of thirteen previous novels, including New York Times bestseller The Women and most recently, When the Killing's Done. He has also published nine collections of short stories and has won the prestigious PEN/Malmud Award for Excellence in the short story. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he lives in California.

Tickets for the Chuckanut Radio Hour are $5 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com and at Village Books. Purchase a copy of San Miguel at our store prior to the event and you can receive a free ticket to the show. Doors open at 6:30pm, and you must be seated by 6:45pm as the show begins promptly at 7pm. Co-sponsored by the Leopold Retirement Residence, 12th Street Shoes, Fairhaven Pizza, and the Fairhaven Village Inn.

Location: Street: 237 W. Kellogg Street Additional: Heiner Theater at Whatcom Community College City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98226 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Jul

Oakland - The Diesel Readers discuss "When the Killing's Done" by T.C. Boyle

Diesel, a bookstore - Oakland, Monday, July 16, 2012 at 7pm

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Diesel Readers back to the store to discuss When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle on Monday, July 16th at 7pm.

Set on the Channel Islands off the California coast, T.C. Boyle's new novel is a gripping adventure with a timely theme. Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist; her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who will go to any lengths to subvert her plans. When the Killing's Done is a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.

This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Mar

T. C. BOYLE - When the Killing's Done

BookPeople, Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7pm

Mar

Purdue Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series

Purdue University Libraries, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 7pm

T. C. Boyle discusses Wild Child: and Other Stories.

This event is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing of Wild Child and The Women will follow the lecture. (PurdueLibraries)

May

Museum Book Club meeting

Amherst Museum, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 1pm

T. C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain.

Amherst Museum's Museum Book Club is free and open to the public. Please call 716-689-1440, ext. 7716 or email amuseum@roadrunner.com to register. (daisy32)

Feb

T.C. Boyle

The Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7pm

T.C.Boyle reads from Wild Child.

In his collection of short stories, Wild Child, T.C. Boyle chose Thoreau’s line, “in wilderness is the preservation of the world,” as an epigraph. Most of his stories address natural concerns or nature run amok in what has become a sub specialty of Boyle’s stories. Brilliant, incisive, and always entertaining, Boyle’s short stories showcase his mischievous humor and socially conscious sensibility that makes him one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. T.C. Boyle has written 12 novels, including World’s End, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Drop City, a National Book Award finalist, as well as eight short story collections. (jasbro)… (more)

Mar

Book Group Discussion - Tortilla Curtain

Blue Elephant Book Shop, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 7pm

Blue Elephant Book Shop discusses The Tortilla Curtain.

The Blue Elephant Book Group discusses the book pick for this month, "Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle. Anyone who's read the book is welcome to join us! (blueelephant)

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