In a pre-Covid world, I’d planned to tour behind the novel but driving around the country, stopping in small towns, reading in odd places.
Instead, I’m tracing the routes the characters take in the novel virtually through a combination of bookstore zoom events, radio, book groups, small public libraries, and tall ship societies. Like a real tour, some of it will be solid, some of it will be extremely half-assed.
There are three road trips in The Great Offshore Grounds.
Road trip #1
9/15: Spokane, WA – bookstore event presented by The Spokesman-Review and Auntie’s Bookstore!
9/18: Montana – video shout out to Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT
9/20: Nebraska Territory – social media video shout-out to France & Finch in Lincoln, NE
9/21: Ann Arbor, MI – bookstore event at Literati w/ Tom Bissell 7pm Eastern/ 4pm Pacific!
9/21: Michigan – Battle Ground, Cass Corridor, Flint
9/22: Erie, PA – social media video shout out to the wonderful independent bookstore, Pressed!
9/23: New England or Upstate NY College Town – anybody want to be my date here? Classrooms cool too. Hit me up.
9/24: Lowell, MA – Lowell Public Library – (event link to come) btw Lowell Mill Girls established first union for women!
9/25: Final posts for trip number one…
Road Trips #2 and #3 coming soon!
