Book Reading & Signing @Milkie's On Elmwood This Sunday With Diane Meholick & Justin Karcher!

     My Fall/Winter slate of book readings and signings kicks of this Sunday at Milkie’s On Elmwood from 4-8 p.m.  Admission is free and I’ll be offering discounts on bundled book purchases!  I thought it would be fun to team up with some other local artists and musicians this year, so I’ll be doing a Round-Around-Robin with science fiction author Diane Meholick (Buffalo Stories, Painting Katherine, A Switch In Time) as well as young upstart Justin Karcher (Tailgating At The Gates Of Hell).  I’m firming up some other readings in November, December and beyond, but this one should be a real blast!  A poet, an essayist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar…there’s a good joke in there somewhere.  We’ll get ot the bottom of it this Sunday!

We hope to see you there!

Tom

2015 Reading & Signing Announced April 12th @Milkie's On Elmwood!

     In the midst of implementing my overall plan for 2015, I've spent a few weeks working with Ed Becher, the booking agent for Milkie's On Elmwood.  After a volley of emails and phone calls, we finally scheduled, booked and confirmed a date and time for my first reading and signing of the year.  Here are the details: 

Book Reading & Signing w/local humor author Tom Waters 

Sunday, April 12th 2 p.m.-4 p.m. 

Milkie's On Elmwood 522 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo 

(716)882-5881 Admission is free.  

Signed first edition books available from $15.  

     

     I've been hearing a lot of great things about Milkie's lately.  It's refreshing to discover so many new businesses in the city who are open to 'out of the box' promotions as well as supporting local artists.  This is an event that I'm really looking forward to.  With a four month lead time, I hope you all have time to join me! 

     As far as Icarus On The Mend: Memoirs Of A Manic Depressive goes, I am over the tipping point on the limited print run of special edition hardcovers sold.  There are now less than 25 copies available for sale.  Hopefully I will still have some copies on hand for the Milkie's reading.  If you are interested in a signed hardcover and would like one beforehand, I can be reached at: 

bigwordsmailbag@yahoo.com 

     

     That's all for today.  I'm sure I'll be booking some other readings this year, but Milkie's may be the only reading I commit to before autumn arrives.

Striking Gold At The Western New York Book & Arts Center

     The Book Reading & Signing today at the WNY Book & Arts Center was something of a fourth quarter Hail Mary.  Is that an appropriate sports metaphor?  I certainly don't know.  At any rate, attendance wasn't looking too good from the outset, but a really nice crowd showed up from Amherst, Depew, Lancaster and Buffalo proper, and not only that, they showed up with money!  I'm very grateful to have readers who know that the best way to support local, living authors is with their wallets.  I'm a happy camper after this particular reading, and I certainly wouldn't mind circling back to WNYBAC again some day.  After two readings in two months, though, this old dog is tired.  That's it for the live promotions for a little while, at least.  Maybe I'll see you all on the front lines sometime in the spring.  In the meantime, here's a clip from today's 2 hour marathon reading:

Thanks are in order to Rosemarie Williams at WNYBAC as well as all of you who came near and far to see me.  As far as the YouTubes go, you'll see me (not the other way around) in less than two weeks!

Sharing the Buffalove (ugh...),

Tom Waters