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SY's MIGRATIONS


2010

It's going to be a birdy year!

Saturday, May 1
PETERBOROUGH, NH

11:00AM
Toadstool Bookshop—celebrating publication of BIRDOLOGY and SAVING THE KAKAPO with reading, discussion and sale and signing of new and old titles.
Sy will be accompanied by SMOKE, an adult female Harris Hawk who lives with Nancy Cowan at the New Hampshire School of Falconry in Deering.
12 Depot Square
Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458

Monday, May 3
PETERBOROUGH, NH

Scott Farrar Home
1:30 p.m.
"Birdology" powerpoint for residents and friends
11 Elm Street
Peterborough, NH

Tuesday, May 4
SOUTH HADLEY, MA

7 p.m.
Odyssey Bookshop
9 College Street
Sy will be reading from BIRDOLOGY, speaking briefly about KAKAPO RESCUE and signing copies of both new books as well as previously-published old favorites that will also be on hand.
For more info, or if you'd like Sy to sign a book for you to pick up later, call the store at (413) 534 7307.

Wednesday, May 5
NORWICH, VT

7:00PM
Norwich Bookstore—Sy will speak on and read from her new books and sign new and old titles.
29 Main Streett
Norwich, Vermont
For more information, call the store at (802) 649-1114

Saturday, May 8
SAN RAFAEL, CA.

7 p.m
Rileystreet Art Supplies
Come view sculpture and pastels inspired by BIRDOLOGY by artist Brenda Sherburn, the hummingbird rehabilitator who stars in the chapter "Birds Are Made of Air." Sy and Brenda will each speak about their work with words and images, their collaboration to save orphaned hummingbirds, and Sy will read from her new book. Books will be on sale for signing by both Brenda and Sy.
1138 4th St.
phone (415) 457-2787
To see some of Brenda's new artwork, visit artbrenda.org. Visit her nonprofit children's art collaborative at saveworlddraw.org.

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Sunday, May 9 (Mother’s Day)
SAN RAFAEL, CA

2:00 PM
Mother’s Day benefit at WildCare animal rehabilitation center
76 Albert Park Lane
Sy will be discussing her new book, which features a chapter on raising and releasing orphaned baby hummingbirds, rescued through WildCare.
Telephone: (415) 453-1000

Monday, May 10
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

7:30 p.m.
The Booksmith
1644 Haight St
Sy will talk about and read from her new bird books. New and old books available for sale and signing. For more information, call the store at (415) 863-8688.

Tuesday, May 11
CORTE MADERA, CA

7:00PM
Book Passage—Author event and book signing
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, California 94925
Contact: Karen West, (415) 927-0960, ext. 238

Wednesday, May 12
BELMONT, CA

7 p.m.
Belmont Library
Author event and book signing
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas
Belmont, California
Telephone: (650) 591-8286
Contact: Kathleen Beasley, Librarian, (Beasley@sml.org)

Thursday, May 13
SEATTLE, WA

7 p.m.
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Campus of University of Washington,
Corner of 17th Ave NE and NE 45th street
With her friend, the splendid memoirist Brenda Peterson, Sy will be speaking on writing about science and featuring images from her latest work. Books, including Brenda's latest, I WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND and Sy's two new bird books, will be available for sale and signing.
Program is free to members and $5 to non-members.
Register for the event here
For more information about the museum, visit http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum

Saturday, May 15
BELLINGHAM, WA.

7 p.m.
Village Books
1200 11th Street
Sy will be reading from and discussing BIRDOLOGY with new and old titles available for sale and signing.
Visit the store's website at www.villagebooks.com. Call (360) 733-1599 if you can't make it but would like a salesperson to set aside a book for signing.

Sunday, May 16 OLYMPIA, WA
2 p.m.
Barnes and Noble
150 Black Lake Blvd SW
Sy and Brenda Peterson, author of the hot new memoir I WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND, will be reading from, signing and discussing their latest books

Tuesday, May 18
DENVER, COLORADO

7:30 PM
Tattered Cover—Author event and book signing
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80206

Wednesday, May 19
BOULDER, COLORADO

7:30PM
Boulder Book Store—Author event and book signing 1107 Pearl Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302

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Saturday, May 22
ST. CHARLES (near CHICAGO) IL

2:30 p.m.
Sy speaks at 2:30 and will be signing books from 9:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Kane County Exhibition Hall
525 South Randall Road / St. Charles, Illinois 60174-1533
Sy’s booth will be right next to Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo!
visit the website www.midwestbirdexpo.com to see all the great speakers, including Dr. Irene Pepperberg.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!
Sunday, May 23
SCHERERVILLE, IN

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Bird Lovers Only, 1448 Tanglewood Drive
Join Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo for an intimate gourmet lunch, a private visit with Sy, Snowball, and Bird Lovers Only Founder Dr. Irena Schulz, and a chance to dance with Snowball himself for a special benefit for the bird rescue!
Then join us at
2-4 p.m.
ALSO at Snowball's home: An enchanting afternoon with Sy, Irena, Snowball and the other parrots of Bird Lovers Only, featuring a powerpoint presentation on the KAKAPO RESCUE, the world's strangest, heaviest, flightless, nocturnal, and critically endangered giant parrot of New Zealand. Books will be available for sale and signing.
For the private luncheon, tickets are $75 and will include admission to the later program if you purchase before April 1! Before April 1, admission to the 2-4 program alone is only $10. After April 1, tickets cost $85 to attend both events; $15 for presentation only.
Call Irena Schulz at 219 322-0037 to reserve your tickets. Your donation benefits the parrots!

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hunter Lavalee
Sy got to meet Lulu, an adult female redtailed hawk, at the new Audubon Center at her talk co-sponsored by the Columbus Zoo. Also present at the talk were two baby flamingos, a Eurasian owl, a cockatoo, a black-footed penguin and 300 people.

Wednesday, May 26
COLUMBUS, OH

7:00 PM
Columbus Zoo & Audubon Center.
Enter past a flock of flamingos, greet the author who’ll have a raptor on her falconry glove. Come for an evening of spectacular slides and birdy adventure. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
505 West Whittier St
Columbus, Ohio Co-hosted by the Grange Insurance Audubon Center and the Columbus Zoo and held at the Audubon Center
For more information on the event, visit www.columbuszoo.org


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Friday, May 28
WEATHERLY, PA

Sy speaks with students and teachers at the Weatherly School District about her adventures as a writer.
More info to come!

Sunday, June 13
SHERBORN, MA

1:00PM
Peace Abbey—Vegan potluck lunch for Boston Vegetarian Society
Two North Main Street / Sherborn, Massachusetts 01770
3:00PM
Author talk with book signing to follow
Contact: Evelyn Kimber, ebkimber@gmail.com
**The Abbey coordinates book sale with local bookseller

Thursday, June 17
BOSTON

7:30PM
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Author lecture and powerpoint on BIRDOLOGY
26 Oxford Street (use main entrance, auditorium is off lobby)
Contact: Tom Scanlon, (617) 495-2773, tscanlon@oeb.harvard.edu

Tuesday, June 22
HANCOCK, NH

10:00AM-Noon
Hancock Town Library—Sy speaks on her research and writing
for the Tuesday Academy

Sunday, June 27
HANCOCK, NH

1:30 p.m.
Harris Center for Conservation Education—powerpoint on BIRDOLOGY
83 King's Highway / Hancock, New Hampshire
Contact: Meade Cadot, cadot@harriscenter.org Toadstool Bookshop selling copies of the book

Saturday, July 17
HENNIKER, NH

1:00PM—3:00PM
Colby Hill Inn—Author event and book signing focusing on BIRDOLOGY
33 Oaks Street / Henniker, New Hampshire 03242
Contact: Mary, (603) 428-3281
**Signing is part of special weekend at the Inn devoted to New Hampshire's birds

Monday, July 19
CLEVELAND, OHIO

Speaking on both THE GOOD GOOD PIG and The Ladies of BIRDOLOGY, Sy will be a special guest at a fund-raiser for Ohioans for Humane Farms, along with Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
The fund-raiser features fresh, sustainable and locally produced food and cocktails and an evening of dancing! Two events for high-end donors will take place at Fire Food and Drink, 13220 Shaker Square.
Call (216) 241-3133 by July 14 to purchase your ticket.
Note: Working with HSUS, Ohioans for Humane Farms recently reached an agreement with the Governor and the Ohio Farm Bureau to ban veal crates by 2017, crack down on puppy mills, ban by 2015 the horrific confinement of mother pigs (it is now legal to confine them in crates so small they can't even turn around), ban the construction of new factory farm-type confinement cages for egg laying hens, and more. To learn more, visit www.ohiohumane.com.

Thursday, July 29
CANAAN, NH

7 p.m.
Meetinghouse Reading Series—Sy will read from BIRDOLOGY Canaan Street and Roberts Road / Canaan, NH 03741 Contact: William Craig, williamcraig@yahoo.com

Saturday, July 31
WOODSTOCK, VT

1:00PM
Bookstock literary festival
Sy will show powerpoint focusing on BIRDOLOGY
Woodstock History Center

Friday, August 6
STAR ISLAND, NH

Daylong
Southern New Hampshire University MFA Program—Sy is Visiting Author
Will read from new work and teach workshop on researching for nonfiction books for adults and children; books will be available for sale and signing

Friday, August 20
JAFFREY, NH

8:00PM
Amos Fortune Forum—Sy will be featured speaker for hour-long PowerPoint on book
Jaffrey Meetinghouse in Jaffrey, New Hampshire

Sunday, August 22
DUBLIN

5:00PM
Home of Carol Gephart—Dinner and PowerPoint on Kakapo
Located at the end of Learned Road in Dublin, New Hampshire
**Ticketed event; Contact: Scott Swanson, (603) 562-8406

August 29
Canaan, New Hampshire

The PEN Northern New England "Speaking Out" Humanitarian Award, bestowed at the Meethouse Reading Series


Sunday, August 29
ROCKPORT, MA

Rockport Public Library
2 p.m.
17 School Street
Friends of the Library annual meeting; free and open to the public. As the keynote speaker, Sy will present her powerpoint show on BIRDOLOGY and highlights from KAKAPO RESCUE. Toad Hall bookstore will be selling books which the author will gleefully sign and personalize.

September 16-19
WARREN, PA

"Read Along the River: One Book for Warren County"
Sy's THE GOOD GOOD PIG and Howard's HOGWOOD STEPS OUT will be the featured books for this county-wide reading extravaganza. Coordinated by the Warren County library--watch this website for details TBA.

Saturday, Sept. 25
DEERING NH

New Hampshire School of Falconry
Route 147
1-3 p.m.
Sy will be on hand to read from and discuss the falconry chapter of BIRDOLOGY as part of an all-day open house featuring Nancy and Jim CowanÕs hawks, their falconry school and their work conserving wild raptors.

Saturday, September 25
HANCOCK, NH

Hancock Public Library
7 p.m.
Main Street, Hancock
Sy and Howard will both be on hand to celebrate our library's 150th anniversary.

Sunday, September 26
CONCORD, MA

Concord Bookshop
3 p.m.
65 Main Street
Joint reading and talk with Howard on both our new books!

Tuesday, September 28
PORTLAND, ME

Longfellow Books
7 p.m.
One Monument Way
Joint reading and Q and A with Howard on our new books.

Tuesday, October 5
WILTON, NH

Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library
7-9 p.m.
Joint appearance with Howard. Books available for sale and signing.

Wednesday, October 6
PETERBOROUGH, NH

1:30 p.m.
Talk and reading about BIRDOLOGY at Scott Farrar Home

Thursday, October 7
CONCORD, NH

7 p.m.
Gibson's Book Shop
Joint reading and signing with Howard of our new books

Thursday, October 14
GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO

Gnadenhutten Public Library sponsors an all-town read of THE GOOD GOOD PIG and features Howard's HOGWOOD STEPS OUT
in a day of festivities, including:
—afternoon: Sy meets with local English class
—"Writer-to-Writer" visits with local writers at The Daily Grind coffee shop
—7 p.m.at Kent State auditorium: powerpoint on Good Good Pig and Sy's other animal teachers.
For more info visit: http://www.gnaden.lib.oh.us/events.htm

Friday, October 15
Forest Heritage Festival

9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sy will man a booth where kids can visit and learn about her life with Christopher and the gifts of their 14 years together-and beyond.
More info to come!

Tuesday, October 19 MONTPELIER, VT
Bear Pond Books
Joint appearance with Howard
4 p.m.: special program for children
7 p.m.: readings for grown-ups from Sy's BIRDOLOGY and Howard's TURN & JUMP.

Wednesday, October 27
MANCHESTER, NH

Granite State College
1 p.m.
Sy will speak as a guest during the final class part of "Meet The Author" course. Books may be purchased for signing afterwards.

Wednesday, November 3
DUNBARTON, NH

all-day visit to Dunbarton Elementary School

Wednesday November 9
WESTWOOD, MA

Fox Hill Village
2:30 p.m.
10 Longwood Drive
Sy will give a powerpoint on BIRDOLOGY with an opportunity to buy books afterward.

Thursday December 2
LINCOLN, MA

Audubon Society
7:30 p.m.
208 South Great Road
Powerpoint on BIRDOLOGY, followed by book sale and signing
contact Leslie Miller 781 259-2211

Friday, December 3
SALEM, MA

Peabody Essex Museum
Powerpoint on BIRDOLOGY, followed by book sale and signing



2009

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Wednesday, October 28
EVANSTON, IL

West Fairchild (International) Residential College, 1861 Sheridan Road, Northwestern University campus
7 p.m.
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear: How an Author Turns an Adventure into a Book."
At this Fireside Chat hosted by the college, Sy will show powerpoint images from the expeditions she undertook with Northwestern biology professor Dr. Gary Galbreath to research SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN MOON BEAR. Dr. Galbreath will speak afterwards, showing images from his work on the mysterious and controversial new mammal finds from Southeast Asia. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, October 27
HANCOCK, NH

Hancock Town Library
7:30 p.m.
Friends of the Library Annual Meeting. Sy will show powerpoint images from her trip to Mongolia's Altai Mountains in the Great Gobi researching SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN. Books will be available for sale and signing.

Sunday, October 18
HANCOCK, NH

The Harris Center for Nature Conservation
King’s Highway
1 p.m.
Sy will be speaking on “Our Animal Neighbors” at the Harris Center Annual meeting.

Saturday, October 10
PETERBORO, NH

Toadstool Bookshop
Depot Square
11 a.m.
Sy will be discussing, reading from and signing copies of her new updated issues of Walking with the Great Apes, Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger and Search for the Golden Moon Bear as well as her kids’ book, SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Friday, October 2
HARTFORD CT

New England Independent Booksellers Association
Sy is to be honored by a Lifetime Achievement Award in Nonfiction
Awards luncheon and signing
Details to come

Thursday, September 23
BRATTLEBORO, VT

Brook Memorial Library
Brattleboro, Vt.
7 p.m.
“Life as an Author-Explorer” powerpoint talk with book sale and signing to follow
Suitable for kids and adults of all ages
More information? Contact jerry@books.lib.vt.us

Friday, September 18
MARLBOROUGH, NH

Glen Brook Camp
35 Glen Brook Rd.
5 p.m.
Glenn Brook Literary and Arts Festival: A Celebration of Sense of Place
“It Takes a Village”: Sy will be speaking on Hancock, NH as a character in THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Free and open to the public

Friday, September 18
ANDOVER, NH

Andover Elementary School
20 School Street
Andover, NH 03216
Day program for students: “Life of An Author-Explorer”

Sunday, August 16
SEATTLE, WA

The Secret Garden Bookshop,
2214 Northwest Market Street, Seattle.
2 p.m.
Reading, speaking and signing SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN at this wonderful bookstore just for kids.
call (206) 789-5006 or visit www.secretgardenbooks.com

Saturday, 15 August
SEATTLE, WA

10:30 a.m. -noon
and
1-2:30 p.m.
Don’t miss SNOW LEOPARD DAY at Woodland Park Zoo! As part of the celebration, Sy will be signing copies of her new book at the Zoo Bookstore. For more information: www.zoo.org or www.snowleopard.org

Friday, 15 August
OLYMPIA, WA

Barnes & Noble Booksellers
1530 Black Lake Blvd SW, Olympia WA 98502
7. p.m.
Sy will be speaking about her expedition to Mongolia to research SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN and signing copies of her new book, which area readers heard about during her last visit to the Peninsula for “Lacey Loves to Read” earlier this year.
Need directions or more info? Call the store at (360) 534-0388

Friday, 14 August, 2009
SEATTLE, WA

Woodland Park Zoo
55th and Phinney Avenue
12:15 p.m.
“Brown Bag lunch” Powerpoint program in Zoo auditorium, on Sy’s new book on snow leopards, SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN.
Be sure to meet the zoo’s two snow leopard cubs, born May 25th!
For more information: www.zoo.org

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Friday, May 8
Hancock, NH

The Harris Center for Nature Conservation and Education, King's Highway
7 p.m.
"Arrivals and Departures," a celebration of life's great and small changes in poetry, prose and music. Following up on their popular performances of Thoreau, Dwelling, the Flower Power Hour, Birdfest, and Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, Jane Eklund, Howard Mansfield, Sy Montgomery, Julia Older and Steve Schuch will read poems and stories about arriving in a new city, birth, friendship, epiphanies, leaving, migration, aging, and what endures. The readings will be accompanied by Steve Schuch, of the acclaimed Night Heron Consort, on violin and guitar. Co-sponsored by the Hancock Library in memory of Walter Clark and Thelma Babbitt. Free and open to the public.

Friday, May 1
West Swanzea, NH

Monandock Humane Society annual Fund-raiser/ Friend-raiser Celebration
Route 10, West Swansea
"Animals: My Teachers and Inspiration" slideshow
7 p.m.
The Monadnock Region Humane Society is a private, non-profit humane organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for animals and people through humane education; and to providing shelter and facilitating adoption for lost, abused or abandoned animals. Book signing and sale follows. For more information about this event and others at the Monandnock Humane Society, visit www.monadpets.org

Monday, April 27
Rindge, NH

"Rindge Reads" celebration
Meeting house, Main Street
7 p.m.
Sy will read from THE GOOD GOOD PIG and show slides from her other animal adventures, as part of The Friends of the Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge "Rindge Reads" celebration. Other events in this year's celebration of her book The Good Good Pig include book discussions, a pet parade, and a display of animal art collections. Howard Mansfield's HOGWOOD STEPS OUT and Sy's other books will be for sale afterwards, and light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 17, 2009
Bellows Falls, VT

Village Square Booksellers
32 The Square, Bellows Falls
7:00 pm
Sy discuss the new publication of updated editions of her two celebrated books, JOURNEY OF THE PINK DOLPHIN and SPELL OF THE TIGER. Visit the Village Square Booksellers website at http://www.villagesquarebooks.com/. Call 802-463-9404 to learn more.

Monday and Tuesday, March 30-31, 2009
St. Joseph, MI

Author visits and programs at St. Joseph School District elementary and middle Schools.
Details TBA; contact adirlam@sjschools.org

Friday, March 20
New Orleans, LA

National Science Teachers Association annual meeting
Science Education Partnership Awards Luncheon
Hilton Riverside Hotel
12-2 p.m.
Powerpoint slide show with photographer Nic Bishop on their forthcoming (in June) book "SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia"
also on Friday:
"Sharing the Spirit of Stewardship: Writing Green for Kids"
panel discussion with Patricia Dean of Salisbury University and authors Ernest Bond, Sneed Collard and Nic Bishop
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, room 238
3:30-4:30 p.m.

February 25 and 26, 2009
Lacey, WA.

"Lacey Loves to Read" town-wide celebration of The Good Good Pig and other Sy Montgomery books.
February 26, 7 p.m. slide presentation at Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Avenue.
Other events TBA include a student bookmark contest, educators' coffee, student writing workshops and preschool story times. As well as the slide talk and book signing, Sy will visit North Thurston Public Schools and meet with educators and librarians.
For more information, visit the Lacey Loves to Read website at www.nthurston.k12.wa.us/read.

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Chelmsford, MA

1:30 p.m.
Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford
Family Program for ages 6-106! Sy will be reading from her husband's picture book, HOGWOOD STEPS OUT and showing slides of Christopher Hogwood himself. Both HOGWOOD STEPS OUT and THE GOOD GOOD PIG for sale and signing.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hancock, NH

Hancock Women's Club: on the trail of man-eating tigers and pink dolphins
Hancock Vestry, Main Street
2 p.m.
Open to the public/refreshments

Thursday, Jan 29, 2009
Cambridge, MA.

Nature and the Written Word: A Roundtable on Natural History Writing
6:30 p.m. Harvard Center for the Humanities, 12 Quincy Street. Cambridge.
How can writers best engage and inspire public concern for wildlife, nature, and conservation? Join us for a roundtable discussion with four of New England's most prominent natural history authors as they tackle this and other important questions. Featuring Sy Montgomery (author of The Good Good Pig), Katy Payne (Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants), John Elder (Reading the Mountains of Home), and moderator Dale Peterson (Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man).
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow program. Cosponsored with PEN New England.

Sunday, January 25, 2009
Durham, NH

*NH Authors' Series, University of NH Dimond Library
2 p.m.
In the style of Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio", Yankee humorist, author and book reviewer Rebecca Rule hosts a one-on-one conversation with Sy about her work in front of a live audience. The interview will be followed by Q and A, light refreshments, and a book signing. It will be recorded by NHPTV for later broadcast.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. To register, visit www.library.unh.edu/friends or call 603 862-1540.


PAST EVENTS




2008

Friday, January 11, 2008
MADBURY, NH
Moharimet School
11 Lee Road, Madbury NH
8:30 a.m. -3:15 p.m. slide presentations and book signings for K-4 students.
(Snow date: Friday, January 18)

Other plans include:
*March-April, 2008
expedition to CODFISH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND with photographer Nic Bishop to document the breeding of the world's only flightless, nocturnal KAKAPO, a highly endangered, giant parrot
*Spring expedition to the rainforest of Queensland, Australia to research the life of the CASSOWARY, the world's most dangerous bird

Friday, April 25, 2008
DETROIT, MI

Thursday, May 8, 2008
ATLANTA, GA
International Reading Association

Thursday, May 15, 2008
LENOIR, NC
Hibriten High School
7-7:30 signing
7:30-8:30 speaking on The Good Good Pig

Friday, May 16, 2008
speaking at four Caldwell County High Schools

Monday, May 19, 2008
JAFFREY, NH
Shadduck Golf Club
American Association of University Women dinner
refreshments begin at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6
speaking on The Good Good Pig

Thursday, May 22, 2008
NATICK, MA
Natick Community Organic Farm
117 Eliot St
South Natick Ma. Tel 508 655-2204
3:30-5 p.m.
author Howard Mansfield reads from his new book for children, Hogwood Steps Out at a real pig farm! Meet baby pigs. Sy will be around, too.
7 p.m.
Wellesley Booksmith
82 Central St.
Wellesley, Mass., 7 p.m.
Sy will be reading and signing The Good Good Pig

Friday, May 30, 2008
BARRINGTON, NH
Barrington Middle School
slide shows and discussions with students will focus on "The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans"

Friday, June 27, 2008
DENNIS, MA
"Author's Friday" presentation for Friends of the Dennis Library

Saturday, September 27, 2008
Orono, Maine

Workshop, Nonfiction Institute, University of Maine
Wells Conference Center
Speaking and showing slides with photographer Nic Bishop about children's books
12:45-3 p.m.
Book signing follows

October 3, 2008
Hancock, NH

Hancock Library Volunteers' Luncheon
The Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock, NH
12 noon
To celebrate volunteers' crucial contributions, Sy will speak on "Saving Orphaned Baby Hummingbirds: One Volunteer's Essential Job" —highlights from a chapter in a book for adults she is now writing about birds.

Saturday, October 4, 2008
Brattleboro (VT) Literary Festival
Downtown Brattleboro

"Author Explorer" slide show and book signing
12:30 p.m.
For more info: brattleboroughliteraryfestival.org

October 17, 2008
New Durham, NH

As part of a celebration of an All-town read of THE GOOD GOOD PIG and husband Howard Mansfield's HOGWOOD STEPS OUT, both Sy and Howard will visit local schools and read and sign books that evening at Fox Tale Books.
Stay tuned for more info!

Saturday, November 8, 2008
Camden, Maine

Maine Literary Festival. This Year's Theme: "For This Earth: Visions of Literature"
Camden Opera House

Monday, November 17, 2008
North Grafton, Mass.

"Off the Beaten Path" powerpoint talk about the author's life as explorer and student of the wild.
5-7 p.m.
Tufts Wildlife Center


2007 — FALL TOUR — 2007

Sy's Back From Mongolia!

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Sy in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia's Great Gobi. Photo by Nic Bishop. Click on image to enlarge
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
RUSHLAND, PA.
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
PIGFEST, a celebration of pigs and their people
to benefit the Pig Placement Network
Ross Mill Farm
2480 Walton Road
Buck's County, Rushland, Pa.
Sy will be signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
For more info including directions visit www.pigplacementnetwork.com/pigfest.htm

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Tom McCarthy, director of the Snow Leopard Trust, let Sy ride on his camel. Photo by Nic Bishop. Click on image to enlarge.
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Friday and Saturday, October 12-13, 2007
PROVIDENCE, RI

12th: Lincoln School late morning and afternoon sessions with students
7 pm lecture for 45-60 minutes followed by Q and A, reception/book signing to follow
13th: Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books: 9am - 5pm, to include 20 minute reading and book signings
Contact Stephanie DiPrete: 401-331-9696x3163, sdiprete@lincolnschool.org

Thursday October 25, 2007
KEENE, NH

Keene High School
43 Arch Street, Keene
2 class blocks, followed by group discussion on The Good Good Pig, open to the public, 2:30-3:30 pm.
Contact Mary Armstrong, marmstrong@sau29.org or call 563-8399

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
PARK RIDGE, IL

St. Mary's Episcopal Church--Author Series
(open to the public)
Sy will be reading and discussing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
7 p.m. St. Mary's Chapel
306 S. Prospect
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Copies of books will be available for sale and signing.

Wednesday December 19
NATICK, MA

Natick Community Organic Farm
117 Eliot Street
Natick, MA 01760
Surrounded by farm animals (including pigs) Sy will be reading and signing The Good Good Pig at 4 and 7 p.m.
Contact Farm Administrator Jane Harvey, 508-655-8077




2007 — SUMMER TOUR — 2007

Click here to see the latest photos from Sy's tour!

Celebrating the Paperback Publication of The National Bestseller
SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC

6:00pm SIBERT DINNER
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
(7th Street)
Washington, D.C. 20004

SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC

American Library Association/Center for Children's Books annual conference
10-11am Sy and Nic Bishop signing QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO at Washington Convention Center, ASPCA booth #3941
11:30-12:30 Sy signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG at Random House Booth #3108
1:30-3:30pm - Search and Research: How Three Nonfiction Writers Navigate the Information Overload (ALA/CBC Program) This is your program with Kate. More info to come in a separate email after this one.
4:00-5:00pm Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop signing (Quest for the Tree Kangaroo, The Tarantula Scientist)

MONDAY JUNE 25 — WASHINGTON, DC
9:00-10:00am Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop signing (Quest for the Tree Kangaroo, The Tarantula Scientist)
10:30am-12:30pm Sibert Award Ceremony
5:30-7:30pm ASPCA/Henry Bergh Award Ceremony
Renaissance Washington Ballroom East

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
ALEXANDRIA, VA

7:00pm
Talk & Signing, The Good Good Pig
Olsson's Bookstore
106 South Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Store #: 703/684-0077
In-store contact: Alex Beguin, store manager
Events Manager: Tony Ritchie,
8905 Fairview Road
Suite G
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Saturday July 14, 2007
CENTER HARBOR NH

1 p.m.
Reading and signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Baywater Book Co
. 6 Main St
Center Harbor, NH 03226
(603) 253-8858

Tuesday, July 17 and Wednesday, July 18, 2007
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

"The Author's and Illustrator's Art and Craft" for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Oakland University Department of Reading and Language Arts
Will be speaking about Sy's kids' books AND The Good Good Pig
8:30-9 instructors time
9-10 Sy presents talk with slides
10-10:30 small group discussion
10:30-11:30 Q and A
11:30 till finished: signing books for students
Contact Linda Pavonetti, Ed. D. PhD 248-370-4863
Pavonett@oakland.edu

Saturday July 28, 2007
BOSTON MA

4-5 p.m.
Food, Glorious Food at Simmons Institute
Part of the Simmons Summer Institute in Children's Literature. This is an intensive long weekend program and will consider the way food operates in books for children and young adults beyond physical sustenance. For information and registration go to:
http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/institute.shtml
Or call the Center for the Study of Children's Literature: 617-521-2540

Monday, July 30, 2007
HOOKSETT, NH

Visiting writer/One-day writing workshop
Southern New Hampshire University
MFA Creative Writing Program
2 p.m. 4 meet with faculty and students in discussion
5-7 dinner with faculty
7-9 public reading/talk followed by reception and sale and signing of books
Barbara Yoder
Executive Director
New Hampshire Writers' Project
603-314-7980
www.nhwritersproject.org
2521 N. River Road
Hooksett, NH 03106

PLEASE NOTE:

Tuesday July 31 - September 1, 2007
Sy travels to Altai Mountains of Mongolia with photographer Nic Bishop for field research with the Snow Leopard Trust for her upcoming children's book, SAVING THE GHOST OF THE MOUNTAIN





2007 — SPRING TOUR — 2007

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Saturday April 21, 2007
BOXFORD, MA

1 p.m.
American Association of University Women luncheon
Sy speaks on Good Good Pig, with sale and signing afterwards of the new paperback. Two other authors will also be featured.
Four Mile Village, Ipswich Rd, Boxford, Mass.
Contact: Sally Matson 978-749-9908

*Saturday, April 28, 2007
CANAAN, NH

2 p.m.
Canaan Town Library's Saturday Series
Sy speaks, reads, signs Good Good Pig paperback
Route 4, Canaan, NH 03741
Tickets are free but must be reserved!
call library at 603 523-9650 or emial info@canaanlibrary.org

Sunday, April 29, 2007
BEDFORD, NH

2:30pm
Bedford Public Library
3 Meetinghouse Rd.
Bedford, NH 03110
Reading and discussion of The Good Good Pig with sale and signing afterwards
Contact Mary Ann Senatro
Library Director
603 472-2300

Thursday, May 3, 2007
ATLANTA, GA

Margaret Mitchell House
6:00-7:00pm
Reception Hour
7:00-8:00pm
Talk & Q&A
8:00-9:00pm
Signing of The Good Good Pig
all events to be held at

The Center for Southern Literature
Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
990 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309
Event Contact: Melanie Eisenhart, 404.814.2063, melanie.eisenhart@gwtw.org

Monday, May 7, 2007
HAMMOND, IN

7 p.m.
Talk, reading and signing of The Good Good Pig
Borders
0135 Indianapolis Blvd
Highland, IN 46322
Contact John Bodnar, General Manager 219 922-1103

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
NAPERVILLE, IL

7:00 p.m.
Talk & Signing
Anderson's Bookshop
Naperville, IL
Event Manager: Candy Purdom, candy.purdom@andersonsbookshop.com

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
MADISON, WI

Borders
7 p.m.
3750 University Ave
Madison, WI
Contact: Kristen Sohacki 630-574-0800

Thursday, May 10, 2007
MILWAUKEE, WI

Schwartz Bookshop
7. p.m.
10976 Northport Washington Rd.
Mequon, WI 53092
Contact: Nancy Quinn 414 270-3434 x 117

Saturday, May 12, 2007
MILFORD, NH

11:00 a.m.
Talk & Signing
Toadstool Bookshop
586 Nashua Street
Milford, NH 03055
Regina Barnes: 603/673-1734, manager@mtoad.com
2 p.m.
Talk and Signing at
Toadstool Bookshop
Colony Mill Mall
West Street
Keene, NH

Monday, May 14 and Tuesday 15, 2007
TORONTO, CANADA

International Reading Association: 52nd Annual Conference
Metro Toronto Convention Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Monday, May 14, 2007
Presentation with children's science author Seymour Simon

4:45-5:45 p.m. Centre North 202

Tuesday, May 15
10 a.m.
Booth signing at Houghton Mifflin Booth,
Children's books and The Good Good Pig available for signing

Wednesday May 16, 2007
BOSTON, MA

7 p.m.
Borders
511 Boylston Street
(Back Bay) Boston, Ma. 02116
Store telephone: 617 236-1444

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
BOULDER, CO

7:30pm
Talk & Signing
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl Street,
Boulder, CO, 80302
Events: Elena McAnespie, 303.447.2074 x. 125, elenam@boulderbookstore.com

Thursday, May 31, 2007
DENVER, CO

7:30pm
Talk & Signing
Tattered Cover Bookstore
Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue
2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
Charles Stillwagon, Events Manager
303-436-9219 ext:2736 or charless@tatteredcover.com




2007 — WINTER TOUR — 2007

Click here to see the latest photos from Sy's tour!

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
On her visit to Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, Sy was greeted by these beautiful murals created by the students to celebrate the themes of her books. Click on image to enlarge.

Wednesday, January 24
HAMPTON FALLS, NH
Hampton Falls, NH elementary school
8 a.m. -2:45 p.m.
Two all-school assemblies: A Writer/Explorer's Tribute to Her Teachers
visits to 5th, 6th and 7th grade classrooms

Friday January 26-Saturday January 27
STUART, FLA
Blake Library, John F. Armstrong Wing
2351 SE Monterey Road
Stuart Florida

Friday:
5:30- 8 p.m.Cocktail Party Benefit-a ticketed event for Treasure Coast and South Florida book lovers
Book Mania! Festival
Martin County Library Association

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.

Saturday:
2-3:15 Panel Discussion with 4 Barnes & Noble Discover authors: Uzodinma Iweala and Nate Fick, Gail Caldwell, and Candace Millard (RIVER OF DARKNESS).
Book Mania! Festival
Martin County Library System
Contact: Judi Snyder, jsnyder@martin.fl.us
BookMania! Coordinator
Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart FL 34996

Wednesday February 7
MARLBOROUGH, NH
Marlborough Library
Route 124
7 p.m. reading and discussion on THE GOOD GOOD PIG with artist Mary Iselin

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.

Wednesday, February 21
UNITY, MAINE
Unity College "Inspired Speakers" series: "A Career off the Beaten Track: An Homage to Wombats, Apes, and Tarantulas."
6. p.m. at Unity College Performing Arts Center
Slides will accompany the talk
Free and open to the public
book sale and signing afterwards
Contact Chris Beach: cbeach@unity.edu

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.

Tuesday, March 6
MERRIMACK, NH
book signings and assemblies,
James Mastricola Upper Elementary School
26 Baboosic Lake Road
Merrimack, NH
children's book signings begin at 8-9 a.m. two to three assemblies follow; afternoon book signings (TBA)
Contact: Sharon Silva, Library Media Specialist (603) 424-6221

Wednesday March 7-Friday March 9
HAMMOND, INDIANA
Presentations at Purdue Calumet University
Wednesday:
Arrive in afternoon
Reception and dinner at Chancellor's house 6:00 p.m.
Thursday:
9:00-10:30 a.m.  Work with a High School biology class
10:30-1:00 p.m.Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m.Workshop for teachers on teaching writing in the sciences
2:30-5:00 p.m.Break
5:00-6:30 p.m.Speak to class of college biology students
6:30-7:30 p.m.Dinner
7:30-8:30 p.m.Presentation for general community and college students

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.

Contact:
Carolyn Boiarsky, Ph.D.
Director, Northwest Indiana Writing Project
Professor, Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, IN 46324
(219) 989-2207 (Office)
(219) 937-4736 (home)
boiarsc@sbcglobal.net

POSTPONED Tuesday, March 13 POSTPONED
JOHNSTON, VT
Vermont State College
"Walking with the Great Apes" for Women's History studies
daytime visits to classrooms TBA; evening program open to the public
times, places TBA
Contact Professor Sally Laughlin 802 635-1241

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
ATLANTA—TENTATIVE
7:15pm
Georgia Center for the Book
Contact: Joe Davich,
Assistant Director,
Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur Public Library
215 Sycamore St.
Decatur, GA 30033
404-370-8450 Ext. 2246
404-370-8469 (FAX)

Photo courtesy of Judith A. Deshaies
Another great mural from Lincoln Akerman elementary school. Click on image to enlarge.




2006 — FALL TOUR — 2006

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hunter Lavalee
At a talk at the town library with the book group, Francistown, NH papier mache artist Kathy Marx gave Sy this beautiful winged pig. Even Christopher's spots were accurately reproduced. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Hunter Lavalee

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Wallingford, CT

7:00pm
Reading & Signing, THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Book Vault
9 North Main Street
Wallingford, CT 06492
Contact: Jan Hecht, jan@thebookvault.net
Phone 203-269-READ (7323)

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
RALEIGH, NC

7:00pm
Reading & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Quail Ridge Books & Music
3522 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
Store: 919/828-1588 Contact: Rene Martin, Events Coordinator 919/828-7912 QRBrene@aol.com

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Annandale, VA

7:30pm
Talk and Discussion: "A Troubled Garden"
St. Matthews United Methodist Church
8617 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA
Open to the public! This talk inaugurates a series discussions on Stewardship of God's green earth.
-Sy's books will be available for sale and signing afterwards

Photo courtesy of Mollie Miller
Sy took home this straw pig after speaking to a book club at the beautiful home of Minou Paladjian in Belmont, Ma. Mollie Miller—whose two older sons, Ned and Jack Rodat, were enthusiastic acolytes of Pig Spa—organized the event and took the photo.

Thursday, September 28, 2006
NORFOLK, VA

12:30pm
Reading and Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Broad Street Bookstore
517 W. 21st Street
Norfolk, VA
23517
Contact Susan Weaver
757-622-2468
susan@broadstreetbooks.com

7:00pm-9:30pm
Virginia Wesleyan College
Talk: "Author-Explorer-Environmentalist : My Travels Off the Beaten Career Path"
Blocker Auditorium, Blocker Hall
Virginia Wesleyan College
1584 Wesleyan Dr
Norfolk, Va. 23502
*Note: Broad Street Books will sell at the event.

Saturday, September 30, 2006
Purcellville, VA

2:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Loudoun County Public Library
Purcellville Branch Library
220 East Main Street
Purcellville, VA 20132
Library phone: 540/338-7235

Photo courtesy of Georgia Ross
In Parkin, Arkansas, Sy poses with her friend Eda Claire Slabaugh after being presented with this apron featuring the Arkansas Razorback Hog at a talk at the Parkin Archeological Park. Photo courtesy of Georgia Ross.

Sunday, October 1, 2006
BALTIMORE, MD

4:00pm
Talk and signing, THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Baltimore Book Festival
7 East Redwood Street
Suite 500
Baltimore, MD 21202

Thursday, October 5, 2006
ANDOVER, MA

7:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Andover Bookstore
89 Rear Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
Contact: Karen Harris or Chris Rose or John Hugo, 978/475-0143
info@andoverbookstore.com

Thursday, October 12, 2006
SEATTLE, WA

Launch of QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO at WOODLAND PARK ZOO
Contact for all zoo events: Gigi Allianic, Zoo Public Relations Manager gigi.allianic@zoo.org
206.233.7274

10:30-11:30am
Slide illustrated book reading for schools
Woodland Park Zoo
601 N. 59th St.
Seattle, WA 98103

Photos courtesy of Georgeann Draper
Photos courtesy of Georgeann Draper
As part of an "all-school read" of The Good Good Pig, students at Wynne High School in Wynne, Arkansas created these wonderful sculptures inspired by the book. Photos courtesy of Georgeann Draper, school librarian.

12:30-1:30pm: Brown Bag slide-illustrated book reading for zoo staff/volunteers at Ed center.
Woodland Park Zoo
Book Signing for SEARCH FOR THE TREE KANGAROO

Evening: 6-9pm private donor event with Conservation International
Book giveaways and signings

Friday October 13, 2006
SPOKANE, WA

7:30 pm
After dinner speaker: WORD and WSTA Conference
"An Homage to Teachers-Human and Otherwise"
Science and Literacy for Pre K-12 teachers and administrators, university faculty members, pre-service teachers, informal educators

Saturday October 14, 2006
SEATTLE, WA

10-11:30 am
"The Biodiversity of Australasia" Teacher Workshop
The Woodland Park Zoo
with photographer Nic Bishop, tree kangaroo expert Dr. Lisa Dabek, and zoo educators; Sy speaks for 30 minutes on QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO

2:00-3:30pm
Seattle Public Library
Reading & Signing
TBA

Sunday, October 15, 2006
SEATTLE, WA

11am
Mother-Daughter Brunch at Zoo
Women in Science theme
The Woodland Park Zoo, Zoomazium auditorium
By invitation only

4:30pm
Reception, Reading and Signing QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Store: (206) 366-3333

Thursday October 19, 2006
MINNESOTA ZOO

Slide lecture, QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
Minnesota Zoo, 7 pm
13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN.
Contact: Judy Thompson, judy.thompson@state.mn.us

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bellows Falls, VT

7:00pm
Talk & Signing GOOD GOOD PIG
Village Square Books
32 The Square
Bellows Falls, VT
Contact: Pat Fowler, 802/463-9404, vsbooks@sover.net

Thursday, October 26, 2006
BRENTWOOD, NH

7:00pm
Talk & Signing
Mary E Bartlett Library
22 Dalton Road
Brentwood NH 03833
Phone: 603-642-3355
Contact: Niki Reed
Niki.reed@comcast.net

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
COLUMBUS, OH

7 pm
Slide lecture with Lisa Dabek on QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
Columbus Zoo
Zoo Pavillion
Columbus, Oh.

Thursday, November 2, 2006
HANOVER, NH

7:00pm
Evening slide lecture on QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
Howe Library
Mayer Room
13 East South Street
Hanover, NH 03755
Presentation with Dr. Lisa Dabek

Saturday, November 4, 2006
PETERBOROUGH, NH

2pm
Reading and signing QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
Toadstool Bookshop
Depot Square
Peterborough, NH
store telephone 603 924-3543

Monday, November 6, 2006
WYNNE, AR

9:30am-12:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Wynne High School
A school-wide read
George Anne Draper, librarian
Wynne High School
Wynne, AR 72396
gdraper@wynne.k12.ar.us
tel: 870-238-5020

6:30pm
Reading & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Cross County Public Library
410 East Merriman Street
Wynne, AR 72396
Contact: Capricia Page
(office): 870/238-3850

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

Luncheon with author
Jonesboro Public Library

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
FORREST CITY, AR AND MEMPHIS, TN

12:00 noon
Lecture on THE GOOD GOOD PIG
East Arkansas Community College
1700 Newcastle Road
Forrest City, AR 72335
Contact: Beth Bridgeforth
(office): 870-633-4480, ext 261
-Book assigned as required reading to Comm. College English classes

6:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, Inc.
387 Perkins Ext
Memphis, TN 38117
Store: 901/683-9801
Contact: Katherine Whitfield, (901) 683-2032
KWHITFIELD@josephbeth.com

Thursday, November 9, 2006
NASHVILLE, TN

6:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Davis-Kidd Booksellers
The Mall at Green Hills
2121 Green Hills Village Drive, Suite 281
Nashville, TN 37215
Store: 615/783-0218
Contact:
Becky Callaway, bcallaway@josephbeth.com
615-783-0218 ex. 126

Friday, November 10, 2006
JONESBORO, AR

7:00pm
Talk & Signing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Hastings Bookstore
1315 S Caraway Rd
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Store Phone: 870-935-1178
Contact: Randy K. Ham, Phone: 806-677-1621

Saturday, November 11, 2006
Parkin, AR

5:00pm
"Saturday Night Live" Event: THE GOOD GOOD PIG
Parkin Archeological State Park
Junction of U.S. 64 and Ark. 184 north
P.O. Box 1110
Parkin, AR 72373

Monday, November 13, 2006
NEW IPSWICH, NH

1:30-2:30pm
Appleton Elementary School
New Ipswich
Slide show on Author Adventures
kids books and GOOD GOOD PIG will be available for sale and signing

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
HARDWICK, VT

7:00pm
Talk & Signing
Galaxy Bookshop
7 Mill Street
Hardwick, VT 05843
Contact: Sandy Johnson, 802/472-5533, sjohnson@vtlink.net

Thursday, November 16, 2006
WESTMORELAND, NH

6-7:30pm
Westmoreland Library. Reading from THE GOOD GOOD PIG.

November 18-19, 2006
MIAMI, FL

Time To Be Announced
The Miami Bookfair International
Panel/Signing... Details to come
Miami Dade College
300 Northeast Second Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
Contact: Penny Thurer, 305/237-3564 or pthurer@mdc.edu




2006 — SUMMER TOUR — 2006

Saturday, January 26, 2006
Book Mania! Festival: Stuart, Florida

Martin County (FLA) Library Foundation
2:45 p.m. "Great New Writers" Panel: Sy will be discussing THE GOOD GOOD PIG
4-4:45 book sale and signing

Wednesday March 7-Thursday March 8, 2006
Hammond, Indiana

Perdue University Calumet
Northwest Indian Writing Project
Wednesday:
Reception and dinner at Chancellor's house 6:00 p.m.
Thursday:
9:00-10:30 a.m. Work with a High School biology class
1:00-2:30 p.m. Workshop for teachers on teaching writing in the sciences
5:00-6:30 p.m. Speak to class of college biology students
7:30-8:30 p.m. Presentation for general community and college students
contact Dr. Carolyn Bioarsky
(219) 989-2207 (Office)
boiarsc@sbcglobal.net

Thursday, May 25, 2006
Hancock, NH, 7pm

Library signing-Hancock Public Library, Daniels Room
Pre-Publication Book Party: readings, remembrances, video, hearty finger food and desserts
(No books on sale.)

Thursday, June 1, 2006
Portsmouth, NH

Bookseller Dinner for Monica Wood and Sy Montgomery

Friday, June 2
Concord, NH, 2pm

live radio interview
Contact: Michael Herrmann,
*Note: They will plug the Gibson's event on June 8.

Saturday, June 3, 2006
Peterborough, NH, 11am

Talk & Signing
For the Toadstool Bookshop—to be held at Peterborough Cinema
Contact: Willard Williams: 603/924-3543 or books@ptoad.com

Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Philadelphia, 7pm

Talk & Signing
Barnes & Noble in conjunction with First Person Arts Festival
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Address & Contact: Lee Bendetti
Community Relations Manager
Barnes & Noble
1805 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-665-9958
215-665-9971 fax
crm2850@bn.com
Event Contact: Kim Tierney, 267-402-2059
ktierney@firstpersonarts.org

Thursday, June 8, 2006
Concord, NH, 7pm

Gibson's Bookstore
27 S. Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Contact: Michael Herrmann, 603-224-0562 or gibsons@totalnetnh.net

Saturday, June 10, 2006
Keene, NH, 2pm

Talk & Signing
Toadstool Bookshop
222 West Street
Keene, NH 03431
Contact: Bridget Hansel, 603/ 352-8815
buyer@ktoad.com

Sunday, June 11, 2006
Dayton, OH, 1pm

Talk & Signing
Books & Co.

Monday, June 12, 2006
Cincinnati, 7pm

Talk & Signing
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2692 Madison Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
Partnering with the local Wild Oats Market, the store will offer a smorgasborg of Christoper's favorite foods for the tasting.
Contact: Stephanie Meinberg, 513-731-7770 ext. 114 or smeinberg@josephbeth.com

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Ann Arbor, 7pm

Borders
612 E. Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.668.7652
Contact: Jayson Zeeman, 734/730-0300

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Milwaukee, 7pm

Talk & Signing
H. W. Schwartz Bookshop
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop
17145 W. Bluemound Rd.
Brookfield, WI 53005
phone: (262) 797-6140 / fax: (262) 797-6145
Store Contact: Brian Grover

Thursday, June 15, 2006
Milford, NH, 7pm

Reading & signing, Milford Public Library

Friday, June 16, 2006
Portland, ME

7pm
Longfellow Books
One Monument Square
Portland, ME 04101
Contact: Chris Bowe, 207/772-4045

Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Wellesley, MA

6:30pm
Wellesley Booksmith
Contact: Lee Van Kirk, 781.431.1160

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
South Hadley, MA

7pm
Odyssey Books
S. Hadley, MA
Contact: Joan Grenier, 413-534-7307

Thursday, June 22, 2006
Newburyport, MA

7pm
Jabberwocky Bookshop
Newburyport, MA Contact: Kelly Jones, 978-465-9359

Friday, June 23, 2006
Manchester, VT

7pm
Northshire Books
4869 Main St.
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Contact: Kara Scieskza, 802/362-3565 x296

Sunday, June 24, 2006
American Library Association, Washington DC

1:30-3:30 panel discussion with Houghton Mifflin editor Kate O’Sullivan
includes powerpoint show on tree kangaroos

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
New Hampshire

New Hampshire Teachers Convention
Details TK
Free by afternoon

Monday, July 30, 2006
Southern New Hampshire University

Visiting Writer to the MFA program in Fiction and Nonfiction
2:30-4 meet with faculty and students to discuss researching nonfiction articles and books
7-9 p.m. public reading, reception and signing

Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Seattle, WA

12-2pm
Woodland Park Zoo—Brown Bag lunch with Sy Montgomery

Tuesday, July 11, 2006
San Francisco

7pm Belmont Library
1110 Alameda
Belmont, CA
Contact: Linda Chiochios, 650-483-0787
Borders in San Mateo will be selling
*Note: Belmont is halfway between SF and San Jose
** Event will be held in the program room, and they will have refreshments.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Bellingham, WA

7pm Reading & Signing
Village Books
1200 Eleventh Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Store Phone: 360/671-2626
Event Contact: Lindsey McGuirk, 360/671-2626, x115 or lindsey@villagebooks.com

Thursday, July 13, 2006
Seattle, WA

7pm Reading & Signing
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Store Phone: 206/366-3333
Event Contact: Wendy Manning, 206-366-3316 or wmanning@thirdplacebooks.com

Saturday, July 15, 2006
Tucson, AZ, 2pm

Reading & Signing
Clues Unlimited
123 South Eastbourne
Tucson, AZ 85716
Store Phone: 520/326-8533
Event Contact: Chris Acevedo, 520/326-8533 or info@cluesunlimited.com
*Note: Clues Unlimited now has 3 pigs at the store!

Thursday, August 3, 2006
Canaan, NH, 7:30pm

Sy will read from "The Good, Good Pig" at the “Summer Reading by Great Authors” program at the 1793 Meetinghouse in Canaan, NH.
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas will also be reading at the event.

COMING SOON....
Watch for appearances this fall at New England locations and in the following cities:

Baltimore/DC area
Norfolk, Virginia
Memphis, TN
Atlanta, Georgia
Seattle, WA — October 11-October 16, 2006
Minneapolis, MN — October 19-20, 2006
Columbus, Ohio — November 1, 2006
Wynne, Arkansas — November 6-10, 2006
Miami, FL — November 17-19, 2006




2004 — TOUR — 2004

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, November 2: Town Hall of Morris Lecture Series, Birchwood Manor,. 111 North Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" Press conference
Time: 10:30-11 am; lecture noon to 1 pm

APRIL

Monday, April 26: Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY:
Writing for Kids with Cayuga poet Howard Nelson's children's literature class.
Time: 1:30-3 pm

Evening: Public program: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide show and book signing.
Time: 7:30 pm

Tuesday, April 27: Nature Writing Seminar, Cayuga Community College
Time: 9:30-11 am

Wednesday, April 28: Wadleigh Public Library, Milford, NH.
"The Tarantula Scientist" slide show with book sale and signing and a live tarantula!
Time: 7 pm

Thursday, April 29: Walpole Elementary School, Walpole, NH
Slide show: "Teachers I have Known, from Shamans to Snakes to Scientists."
Time: TBA.

MAY

May 1-5 (which day of these, TBA): Texas International Reading Association, San Antionio
"The Tarantula Scientist" slide show.
Time: TBA

Sunday, May 9: Commencement Address, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Time: 1 pm

Wednesday, May 19: Lindsay Wildlife Museum, 1931 First St, Walnut Park, California
Book discussion, "Search for the Golden Moon Bear"
Time: 6:30-8 pm

Thursday, May 20: Wallace Stegner Lecture Series, Peninsula Open Space Trust, Mountain View Center, Menlo Park, Ca.
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear"
Time: 8-9:30 pm Call 650-903-6000.




2002 — TOUR — 2002

Friday, 4 October: NANTUCKET
Maria Mitchell Association Women in Science Award Dinner
"Walking with the Great Apes" slide show and lecture, book sale afterwards
Time: 6 pm
Place: Nantucket Atheneum, India Street, Nantucket.
Contact Kitty Pochman 508 228-9198

Saturday, 5 October: NANTUCKET
2002 Bernice Barbour Lecture, a benefit slide lecture and book signing with book sale on "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" for Mass. SPCA. See excerpt in Sept.-October issue of ANIMALS magazine!
Time: 5-7 pm
Place: Nantucket Atheneum, India Street, Nantucket
Call 508 228-1491 for more information

MIDWEST

Tuesday, October 8: COLUMBUS, OHIO
Books and Company, book signing, "Search for the Golden Moon Bear"
Dayton
Time: 7 pm

Wednesday, October 9: COLUMBUS, OHIO
Columbus Zoo "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture, book sale and signing
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Zoo Pavillion, Columbus Zoo, 9990 Riverside Drive, Powell, Ohio
Contact: Becky Rose (614) 645-3488 x 3409

Friday, October 11: WINNETKA, IL
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" reading, sale and signing, Bookstall/Winnetka
Time: 12 noon
Place: 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL

Friday, October 11: EVANSTON, IL
Northwestern University, "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture and book sale and signing
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Annenberg Hall on Northwestern University Campus
Contact: Laura O'Mara James (847) 467-2310

Saturday, October 12: LE GRANGE, IL
LeGrange Borders,
Time: 2 pm
Place: 1 LeGrange Rd, LeGrange, IL
Contact: Christen Sohacke (708) 386-3471

SUNDAY, October 13: GURNEE
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture, book sale and signing
Time: 2 pm
Place: Warren Newport Public Library, 224 N. O Plaine Rd, Gurnee, Il.
Contact: Debbie Hoffman Tel 847-244-5150 x 3005

MOSCOW, IDAHO

Wednesday, October 16: MOSCOW, IDAHO
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide show and book sale with reception
Time: 2:30 pm
Place: University of Idaho campus, Dept of Natural Resources Building, room 10

ARKANSAS

Saturday, October 19: PARKIN
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture and book sale and signing
Time: 4 pm
Place: Parkin Archeological Park

Monday, October 21: WYNNE
Wynne High School "Search for the Golden Moon Bear"
Time: morning, 2 presentations

"Travels Round the World with an Author"
Place: Wynne Intermediate School
Time: 1:30 and 2:30

PARAGOULD Area

Tuesday, October 22: "Travels Round the World with an Author"
Time: 10 am
Place: Paragould Greene Co. Tech. Int. School
"Travels Round the World with an Author"
Time: 1:15
Place: Jonesboro Univ. Heights

"Search for the Golden Moon Bear"
Time: 7 pm
Place: Paragould Greene County Public Library

PITTSBURGH

Thursday, October 24: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Slide lecture and book sale.
Time: 7 pm
Place: 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh 15213.
Contact: Cathy Andreychek (412) 622-3233

CONCORD, MA.

Saturday, October 26: Concord Mass.
"Festival of Books" Breakfast
Time: 8 am
Place: Colonial Inn - 3 person panel

NEW YORK CITY

Wednesday, October 30: American Museum of Natural History
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture and book signing and sale
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Place: Central Park West at 79th St., NY 10024
Contact: Nat Johnson (212) 769-5329 natj@amnh.org

KEENE, NH

Friday, November 1:
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide show and book sale
Time: 11:30 am
(Refreshments will be served before the slide show)
Place: Antioch/New England Graduate School
Free and open to the public

WASHINGTON, DC area

Monday, November 4: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture
Fairfax County Library system-library and time (afternoon or evening) TBA
For more information call Simon and Schuster Publicity at (212) 698-7538

Tuesday, November 5: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide show and book sale
Place: Rust Public Library, Loudon Co. Public Library System, Leesburg, VA
Time: 7 pm

CALIFORNIA

Thursday, Nov. 7: SAN FRANCISCO
California Academy of Sciences, "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture and book sale.
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Ca. 94118
Contact: Kevin Welch (415) 750-7145 x 7096

Saturday, November 9: LOS ANGELES
LA Zoo
"Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide lecture and book sale
Time: 3 pm
ALSO, for CHILDREN,"Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon" talk and slide show
Time: 2 pm
BOTH are at the LA Zoo, 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA. 90027-1498
Contact: Juanita Kempe 232 933 4932 WyvernJK@aol.com

SEATTLE, WA. area

Sunday, November 10: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" reading, slides, sale
Time: 3 pm
Place: Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island
Contact: Mary Gleistein (206) 842-5332

Monday, November 11: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" reading, slides, book sale
Time: 7 pm
Place: Third Place Books
Contact: Judith Chandler (206) 366-3333 or jchandler@thirdplacebooks.com

Tuesday Nov. 12: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" Reading, slides and book sale
Time: 7 pm
Place: World Wide Books and Maps
Contact: Chris at travel@speakeasy.net or (206) 634-3453

Wednesday, November 13: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" slide show, lecture and book sale
University of Washington
Time 3:30-5 pm
Place: Jackson School of International Studies/Southeast Asia Studies, University of Washington Campus
Contact: Sarah Van Fleet at saravf@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-9606

Wednesday, November 13: "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" signing and reading, Elliot Bay books
Time: 7 pm
Place: Zeitgeist Cafe, 171 South Jackson St., Seattle




2001 — TOUR — 2001

Saturday, April 7: for The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans: Toadstool Bookshop, 11 am Peterborough, New Hampshire

Thursday, April 26: at George Washington University, Women in Science and Technology Leadership Program, Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC: evening slide lecture of a medley of Sy's research expeditions, for a college audience. TBA during that week: Signings and readings at Washington-area bookstores for The Man-Eating Tigers.

Saturday, May 5: Reading for New Hampshire Writers Project:
at the home of Dana Dankin, with Howard Mansfield, Maxine Kumin and Ernie Hebert.

Wednesday, August 1: Stratford, Vermont Meetinghouse Reading Series;
an evening reading program, with Howard Mansfield.

Saturday, October 27: California Science Teachers Association 2001 Annual Conference, Palm Springs, Wyndham Hotel Complex, 9:30-10:30 am: Slide show on Journey of the Pink Dolphins.




2001 — TOUR — 2001

FEBRUARY

Wednesday, February 23, 7:30pm: Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH
For additional information, call (603)526-3000 and ask for Campus Activities.

MARCH

Wednesday, March 1, 6:00pm: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Tickets are $10 for resident members, $9 for Senior members and $13 for General Admission. To reserve tickets and for more information call (202)357-3030 or request tickets online from www.si.edu/tsa/rap/otomar/dolphins.htm.
Monday, March 6, 8:00pm: Explorers' Club, 46 East 70th St, NYC (between Park and Madison)
Members: free. Public: $12. Tickets go on sale at 7:30pm at the door. For more information, visit the club's website at www.explorers.org.
Tuesday, March 7: First United Methodist Church, 1 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ
Slide show and lecture at Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Free.
Thursday, March 9, 7:00pm: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park at West 79th St, NYC
For more information call (212)769-5100. For tickets, call (212)769-5200 or visit the museum's website at www.amnh.org.
Monday, March 13, 7:00pm: Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO
$7 members, $10 nonmembers. To register for lecture, call (800)925-2250 or (303)322-7009. A book signing will follow the lecture.
Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm: Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI
$7 members, $9 nonmembers. For more information or to reserve tickets, call (401)785-3510 x358.
Monday, March 27, 7:00pm: Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, City Island, Sarasota, FL
At the Martin Selby Science Education Center. Free to members and one guest; $5 for nonmembers. For more information call (941)388-4200.

APRIL

Thursday, April 6, 7:00pm: Contoocook Public Library, Hopkinton, NH
Free and open to the public.
Friday, April 7, 7:00pm: Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, MA
For more information call the museum at (617)599-0100 or visit its website
at www.mos.org.
Saturday, April 8, 11:00am: Reading at Gibson's Bookstore, Main Street, Concord.
Free.
Monday, April 10, 7:30pm: Louisville Zoo, 1100 Trevillian Way.
Slide lecture, book signing in Gheens Room. For more information, call Marcelle Gianaloni at (502)459-2181 ext 328.
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00pm: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL
An evening lecture, a reception with refreshments and a talk by Greg Neise on the Rainforest Conservation Fund follows Sy's talk in the Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House.
Wednesday, April 12, 7:30pm: Colombus Zoo, Columbus, OH
At the Zoo Pavillion. Tickets are $5. For more information, call the Education Department at (614)645-3488.
Saturday, April 15: Pittsburgh Zoo, Highland Park, Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA
This zoo houses North America's only captive pink Amazon river dolphin, Chuckles. The evening slide lecture is part of a sneak preview opening night for Chuckles' new, enlarged exhibit. For more information, call the zoo at (412)665-3639.
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00pm: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
350 South Huntington Ave, Boston.
An evening program and book signing. Call the MSPCA at (617)522-7400.

MAY

Sunday, May 21, 2:00pm: Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
For more information and to purchase tickets, call the Education Division at (213)763-3534.

Tuesday, May 23, 7:30pm: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Tickets are $6 for members, $10 for nonmembers.

Wednesday, May 24, 7:00pm: San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA
For more information call the zoo at (619)231-1515.

Saturday, April 7: for The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans: Toadstool Bookshop, 11 am Peterborough, New Hampshire

Thursday, April 26: at George Washington University, Women in Science and Technology Leadership Program, Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC: evening slide lecture of a medley of Sy's research expeditions, for a college audience. TBA during that week: Signings and readings at Washington-area bookstores for The Man-Eating Tigers.

Saturday, May 5: Reading for New Hampshire Writers Project: at the home of Dana Dankin, with Howard Mansfield, Maxine Kumin and Ernie Hebert.

Wednesday, August 1: Stratford, Vermont Meetinghouse Reading Series; an evening reading program, with Howard Mansfield.

Saturday, October 27: California Science Teachers Association 2001 Annual Conference, Palm Springs, Wyndham Hotel Complex, 9:30-10:30 am: Slide show on Journey of the Pink Dolphins.




2000 — TOUR — 2000

FEBRUARY

Wednesday, February 23, 7:30pm: Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH
For additional information, call (603)526-3000 and ask for Campus Activities.

MARCH

Wednesday, March 1, 6:00pm: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Tickets are $10 for resident members, $9 for Senior members and $13 for General Admission. To reserve tickets and for more information call (202)357-3030 or request tickets online from www.si.edu/tsa/rap/otomar/dolphins.htm.
Monday, March 6, 8:00pm: Explorers' Club, 46 East 70th St, NYC (between Park and Madison)
Members: free. Public: $12. Tickets go on sale at 7:30pm at the door. For more information, visit the club's website at www.explorers.org.
Tuesday, March 7: First United Methodist Church, 1 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ
Slide show and lecture at Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Free.
Thursday, March 9, 7:00pm: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park at West 79th St, NYC
For more information call (212)769-5100. For tickets, call (212)769-5200 or visit the museum's website at www.amnh.org.
Monday, March 13, 7:00pm: Denver Museum of Natural History, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO
$7 members, $10 nonmembers. To register for lecture, call (800)925-2250 or (303)322-7009. A book signing will follow the lecture.
Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm: Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI
$7 members, $9 nonmembers. For more information or to reserve tickets, call (401)785-3510 x358.
Monday, March 27, 7:00pm: Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, City Island, Sarasota, FL
At the Martin Selby Science Education Center. Free to members and one guest; $5 for nonmembers. For more information call (941)388-4200.

APRIL

Thursday, April 6, 7:00pm: Contoocook Public Library, Hopkinton, NH
Free and open to the public.
Friday, April 7, 7:00pm: Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, MA
For more information call the museum at (617)599-0100 or visit its website
at www.mos.org.
Saturday, April 8, 11:00am: Reading at Gibson's Bookstore, Main Street, Concord.
Free.
Monday, April 10, 7:30pm: Louisville Zoo, 1100 Trevillian Way.
Slide lecture, book signing in Gheens Room. For more information, call Marcelle Gianaloni at (502)459-2181 ext 328.
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00pm: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL
An evening lecture, a reception with refreshments and a talk by Greg Neise on the Rainforest Conservation Fund follows Sy's talk in the Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House.
Wednesday, April 12, 7:30pm: Colombus Zoo, Columbus, OH
At the Zoo Pavillion. Tickets are $5. For more information, call the Education Department at (614)645-3488.
Saturday, April 15: Pittsburgh Zoo, Highland Park, Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA
This zoo houses North America's only captive pink Amazon river dolphin, Chuckles. The evening slide lecture is part of a sneak preview opening night for Chuckles' new, enlarged exhibit. For more information, call the zoo at (412)665-3639.
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00pm: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
350 South Huntington Ave, Boston.
An evening program and book signing. Call the MSPCA at (617)522-7400.

MAY

Sunday, May 21, 2 pm: Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
For more information and to purchase tickets, call the Education Division at (213)763-3534.

Tuesday, May 23, 7:30pm: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Tickets are $6 for members, $10 for nonmembers.

Wednesday, May 24, 7 pm: San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA
For more information call the zoo at (619)231-1515.

Tuesday, May 29, 7 pm: Friends of the Fitzwilliam Library, next to town hall, Fitzwilliam NH.
Journey of the Pink Dolphins slide lecture and book signing. Open to the public.

Tuesday, June 5, 11 am: Boston University, Boston, MA:
Science Writing and Ethics in the Media. Undergraduates in science program talk.

Friday, September 28: West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
4 pm meeting with students, 7 pm Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas slide lecture. Reception and book signing follow.

Saturday, September 29: Nantucket Atheneum, 6pm
2001 Maria Mitchell Women in Science Awards Ceremony.
Journey of the Pink Dolphins slide lecture.

Saturday, October 27: 9:30am, California Science Teachers Association 2001 Annual Conference, Palm Springs, Wyndham Hotel Complex.
Journey of the Pink Dolphins slide lecture, followed by Q and A.

Thursday, November 1, 7pm: Seacoast Science Center, 570 Ocean Blvd, Rye, NH. Journey of the Pink Dolphins slide lecture and book signing.