--Sun., Aug. 29, 5:00pm--WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd.

--Sun., Aug. 29, 3 - 6pm--WASHINGTON, DC, Book party and poetry reading for So Much Things to Say contributors, at the Writers' Lounge, 223 R Street NE, Unit A, RSVP REQUIRED (handwriting3@aol.com)

--Fri., Sept. 3, 7:00pm--PORTLAND, OR, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak St.

--Fri., Sept 3, 8pm--OLYMPIA, WA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave. SE.

--Sat., Sept. 4--DECATUR, TX, Preston Allen, author of Jesus Boy, and Elizabeth Nunez, author of Anna In-Between appear at the Decatur Book Festival; Preston Allen, 10:00am at Decatur High School, and Elizabeth Nunez, 4:15pm at Decatur Library.

--Sat., Sept. 4, 7:15 - 8:15pm--SEATTLE, WA, the Bumbershoot Festival, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Leo K Theater in the Seattle Center.

--Mon., Sept. 6, 5:00pm--MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave.

--Mon., Sept. 6, 7:15 - 8:15pm--SEATTLE, WA, the Bumbershoot Festival features Jay Ryan, author of 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels (with musician David Yow), and Brad Klausen, author of From A Basement in Seattle (with musician TBA), at Leo K Theater in the Seattle Center.

--Mon, Sept. 6, 7:30pm--PORTLAND, OR, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside.

--Wed., Sept. 8, 7:00pm--OAKLAND, CA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at The Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Ave.

--Wed., Sept. 8, 7:00pm--CHICAGO, IL, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Quimby's, 1854 West North Ave.

--Thurs., Sept. 9, 6:30pm--CHICAGO, IL, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at 57th Street Books, 1301 East 57th St.

--Thurs., Sept. 9, 7pm--SAN FRANCISCO, CA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St. (between Post & Sutter)

--Fri., Sept., 10, 7pm--WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd.

--Sat., Sept. 11, 7pm--LA JOLLA, CA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave.

--Sun., Sept. 12--BROOKLYN, NY, Elizabeth Nunez, Dennis Lehane, Marlon James, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Melvin Van Peebles, Bernice L. McFadden, Paco Taibo, and Hirsh Sawhney appear at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Stay tuned as we add more details!

--Mon., Sept. 13, 6:00pm--BLOOMINGTON, IN, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Boxcar Books, 408 East 6th St.

--Wed., Sept. 15, 7:00pm--ST. LOUIS, MO, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commissios of St. Louis, 6128 Delmar Blvd., 1st floor. *Sponsored by Subterranean Books.

--Thurs., Sept. 16, 4-6pm--WASHINGTON, DC, Elizabeth Nunez, author of Anna In-Between, appears at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Conference's Author Pavilion, on a panel titled Preserving Cultural Memory through Literature, featuring Tom Burrell, Dolen Perkins, Will Hay Good, and Herb Boy, with Marita Golden as moderator, at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Pl. NW. (Authors Pavilion is hosted by Hurston/Wright Foundation, Renaissance Group, and Howard University Bookstore)

--Thurs., Sept 16, 7pm--ST. PAUL, MN, Marlon James, author ofJohn Crows Devil, appears at Micawber's Books, 2238 Carter Ave.

--Sat., Sept. 18, 6pm--WASHINGTON, DC, Feryal Ali Gauhar, author of No Space for Further Burials, appears at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.

--Sun., Sept. 19, 5:30pm--ALBUQUERQUE, NM--Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

--Mon., Sept. 20, 7pm--NEW YORK, NY, Please Take Me Off the Guest List New York City book launch at Barnes & Noble's "Upstairs at the Square" series in Union Square, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs. Barnes & Noble, 33 East 17th St.

--Thurs., Sept. 23, 7pm--NEW YORK, NY--Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Bluestocking Books, 172 Allen St.

--Thurs., Sept. 23, 7pm--CHICAGO, IL, Joe Meno, author of Demons in the Spring, appears with illustrator Anders Nilsen, and other Demons in the Spring illustrators TBA, at The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.

--Fri., Sept. 24, 7:00pm--LOUISVILLE, KY--Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Carmichael's, 2720 Frankfort Ave.

--Tues., Sept. 28, 5:30 - 7pm--LOS ANGELES, CA--Denise Hamilton, editor of LA Noir and LA Noir 2, will appear at Loyola Marymount University for "The Dark Angel, Los Angeles Noir in Fact and Fiction" series, at William Hannon Library, Von der Ahe Family Suite (Level 3), 1 LMU Dr.

--Thurs., Sept. 30, 7:00pm--CINCINNATI, OH--Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Joseph-Beth Bookstore, 2692 Madison Rd.

--Thurs., Sept. 30, 7:30pm--SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feryal Ali Gauhar, author of No Space for Further Burials, will apear at the Booksmith, 1644 Haight St.

--Sat., Oct. 2, 3:10 - 4:00pm--LARGO, MD, Bernice L. McFadden, author of Glorious, appears at the Capital Bookfest. Boulevard at the Capital Centre, Mainstage (reading, discussion, and signing).

--Tues., Oct. 5, 6:30pm--WILLIAMSTOWN, ONTARIO (CANADA)--Indian Country Noir contributor Melissa Yi reads at the Williamstown Branch of SD&G Library, 19692 William St.

--Wed., Oct. 6, time TBA--NEW YORK, NY, event for Moscow Noir, featuring translator Matvei Yankelevich, at Russian Bookstore #21 (sponsored by the Russian American Cultural Center).

--Thurs., Oct. 7, 6:30pm--HOUSTON, TX, event for Lone Star Noir, featuring editors Johnny Byrd, Bobby Byrd, Milton T. Burton, Dean James, and others TBA. Location and details TBA.

--Thurs., Oct. 7, time TBA--NEWARK, NJ, Kwame Dawes, editor of So Much Things To Say, and Amiri Baraka, author of Black Music, appear at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, NJPac Prudential Hall, and surrounding performance spaces.

--Sat., Oct. 10, 11:10am--READING, UK, Joel Schalit, author of Israel vs. Utopia, appears at Thames Valley Day Limmud, Theale Green Community School Main Hall, Church Street, Royal County of Berkshire.

--Mon., Oct. 11, 7:30pm--BROOKLYN, NY, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton St.

--Tues., Oct. 12, 7:00pm--PHILADELPHIA, PA--Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Robins Bookstore, 108 South 13th St.

--Thurs., Oct. 14, time TBA--NEW YORK, NY, Marlon James, author of John Crow's Devil, appears at the new and improved NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway.

--Fri., Oct. 15, 7:00pm--Brooklyn, NY, Marlon James, author of John Crow's Devil, appears at Passions and Poets, exact location TBA.

--Sat., Oct. 16 - Sun., Oct. 17, time TBA--AUSTIN, TX--Lone Star Noir editors Bobby Byrd and Johnny Byrd, and contributors Sarah Cortez and Tim Tingle, with more TBA, will appear at the Texas Book Festival. Exact details TBA.

--Sat., Oct. 16, time TBA--BOSTON, MA, Marlon James, author of John Crow's Devil, appears at the Boston Book Festival, Copley Square, Boylston St.

--Sat., Oct. 16, time TBA--BOSTON, MA, event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at the Boston Book Festival, John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St.

--Sun., Oct. 17, time TBA--LENOX, MA--event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St.

--Mon., Oct. 18, 6:30pm--WASHINGTON, DC, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW.

--Wed., Oct. 20, 6:00pm--NEW YORK, NY, Arthur Nersesian, author of Mesopotamia will read with author Tony O'Neill at the new and improved NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway.

--Wed., Oct. 20, 6:30pm--WILMINGTON, DE, Mike Farrell, author of Of Mule and Man, appears at the ACLU Delaware's Kandler Award Dinner, at the Hotel du Pont, 11th & Market Streets. Dinner followed by a talk and book signing.

--Fri., Oct. 22, 6:30pm--HOUSTON, TX, Bobby Byrd and Johnny Byrd, editors of Lone Star Noir, appear with contributors Ito Romo, Milton T. Burton, Sarah Cortez, and Dean James, at Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonet St.

--Sat., Oct. 23, 7:00pm--ASHEVILLE, NC, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Malaprop's Bookstore, 55 Haywood St.

--Sat., Oct. 23, time TBA--ST. PETERSBURG, FL, Preston Allen, author of Jesus Boy, and William Heffernan, author of Dead Detective, will appear at the St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading, at the University of South Florida, 140 Seventh Avenue South, at Bayboro Harbor.

--Sun., Oct. 24, 2:00pm--CHARLOTTE, NC, Billy Wimsatt, author of Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, appears at Park Road Books, 4139 Park Rd.

--Wed., Oct. 27, 6:00pm--PHILADELPHIA, PA--event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St.

--Thurs., Oct. 28, 6:30 - 8:30pm--WASHINGTON, DC--event for Please Take Me Off the Guest List, featuring a music performance by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and designer Stacy Wakefield, with author Zachary Lipez, who will read selections from the book alongside projections of Zinner's photographs, at Busboys & Poets, 1025 5th St. NW, at the corner of K.

--Sat., Oct. 30, 1:00pm--EL PASO, TX--Lone Star Noir editors Bobby Byrd and Johnny Byrd appear at Barnes & Noble, 705 Sunland Park Dr.

--Thurs., Nov. 4, 6:30pm--NEW YORK, NY--William Heffernan, author of The Dead Detective, will appear at Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St.

--Fri., Nov. 5, 10:15 - 11:15am--PHILADELPHIA, PA, NoirCon 2010 features Philadelphia Noir editor Carlin Romano, with contributors Keith Gilman, Duane Swierczynski, Meredith Anthony, Dennis Tafoya, and Jim Zervanos, at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 South 8th St.

--Fri., Nov. 5--PHILADELPHIA, PA, NoirCon 2010--12:30Ð1:45pm: IACW Luncheon honoring William Heffernan, author of Dead Detective; 4:30Ð5:30pm: Writers on Noir panel discussion with William Heffernan, Reed Farrel Coleman, Cameron Ashley, Lorenzo Carcattera, Vicki Hendricks, and Daniel Woodrell, at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 South 8th St.

--Fri., Nov. 5, 5pm--SAN ANTONIO, TX--Bobby Byrd and John Byrd, editors of Lone Star Noir, and contributors Ito Romo, Lisa Sandlin, and Jesse Sublett, appear at the Twig Bookshop, 200 E. Grayson, Suite 124.

--Sat., Nov. 6, 3pm--DALLAS, TX, Bobby Byrd and John Byrd, editors of Lone Star Noir, appear at SMU Bookstore, 3060 Mockingbird Ln. More contributors TBA.

--Sun., Nov. 7, 2:30pm--PHILADELPHIA, PA--Philadelphia Noir editor Carlin Romano, with contributors Cordelia Frances Biddle and Aimee LaBrie appear at Robin's Bookstore and Moonstone Arts Center, 110A South 13th St.

--Sun., Nov. 7, 5:00pm--AUSTIN, TX, Bobby Byrd and John Byrd, editors of Lone Star Noir, and contributors Ito Romo, Jesse Sublett, and George Wier, appear at Book People Bookstore, 603 N. Lamar Blvd.

--Wed., Nov. 10, 6pm--PHILADELPHIA, PA, Penn Bookstore features Philadelphia Noir editor Carlin Romano, and contributors Jim Zervanos, Gerald Kolpan, Laura Spagnoli, Dennis Tafoya, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Asali Solomon, Duane Swierczynski, Diane Ayres, and Solomon Jones. 3601 Walnut St.

--Thurs., Nov. 11, 7:30pm--STRAFFORD, PA, Tredyffrin Public Library features Philadelphia Noir editor Carlin Romano, and contributors TBA. 582 Upper Gulph Rd.

--Sat., Nov. 13, 4:30pm--LOS ANGELES, CA, Sarah Cortez, coeditor of Indian Country Noir will appear with Los Angeles Noir editor Denise Hamilton and contributor Jim Pascoe, at The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Ave.

--Sat., Nov. 13, 3:00pm--ST PETERSBURG, FL, William Heffernan, author of Dead Detective will appear at Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave.

--Fri., Nov. 19 - Sun., Nov. 21 (exact program details TBA)--MIAMI, FL, Miami Book Fair International, featuring Preston L. Allen, author of Jesus Boy; Edwidge Danticat, editor of Haiti Noir; Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Stacy Wakefield, and Zachary Lipez, authors of Please Take Me Off the Guest List; William Heffernan, author of The Dead Detective; and Bernice L. McFadden, author of Glorious. Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus. Stay tuned for more details.

--Sat., Nov. 20, time TBA--ALPINE, TX, Johnny and Bobby Byrd, coeditors of Lone Star Noir, will appear at Front Street Books, 121 E. Holland Ave.

--Tues., Nov. 30, 6:30pm--BALTIMORE, MD--Bernice L. McFadden, author of Glorious, will appear at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Poe Room, 400 Cathedral St.

--Thurs., Dec. 2, 7:00pm--WEST CHESTER, PA--Carlin Romano, editor of Philadelphia Noir, appears at Chester County Book and Music Company, 975 Paoli Pike, with contributors TBA.

--Fri., Dec., 10, 7pm--BROOKLYN, NY, Tim McLoughlin, author of Heart of the old Country and editor of Brooklyn Noir, appears at the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival on a panel discussing Brooklyn in Literature. Also featuring Ian Maloney, and others TBA.

--Mon., Dec. 20, 2:00pm--SARASOTA, FL, William Heffernan, author of Dead Detective will appear at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St.