John is an energetic, exciting speaker who will be doing many readings, booksignings, events, and presentations for
Loop Year at libraries, bookstores, schools, colleges, coffeehouses, and other venues. His events are appropriate for all ages. If you need directions to an event or if you'd like to book John for an event, please contact him at this e-mail address:
jsheirer@acc.commnet.edu or (860) 253-3138.
John's speaking fee runs from a modest honorarium to cheese and crackers. He will generally speak for free at any location in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Outside of these two states, he will only ask for transportation costs. For land trusts and other environmental organizations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, John will speak for free and donate a portion of the proceeds from his book sales at your event to your organization.
Fundraising Opportunity for Land Trusts and Environmental GroupsCopies of
Loop Year will be made available by the publisher, PublishingWorks, to any land trust or environmental organization in the country for $10 each. The books can then be sold at the cover price ($15.95), with the remaining $5.95 remaining directly with the organization. It works a lot like selling Girl Scout cookies, except with a really good book instead of Tagalongs. (To make this easier for the organization, the books can be ordered without prior payment. Unsold copies can then be returned to the publisher along with payment for sold copies.) To arrange for this fundraising opportunity, contact Carol McCarthy at PublishingWorks at this e-mail address
carol@publishingworks.com or by calling her at (800) 738-6603.
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Friday, May 2, 2008, 8 p.m.: Pre-publication reading from
Loop Year at the
Dire Literary Series,
Out of the Blue Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008, 2 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Borders in Keene, NH.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3 p.m.: Official
Loop Year book release event at the McCann Family Farm nature preserve in Somers, CT (the setting for
Loop Year), located on Route 190, approximately one mile east of the intersection of routes 190 and 83 at the center of Somers. The book will be for sale, and John will read from it and sign copies. A portion of the sales proceeds will benefit the
Northern Connecticut Land Trust, the nonprofit environmental and land-preservation group that owns and manages McCann's.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Dinner speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Broad Brook Rotary, Broad Brook, CT.
(Rescheduled to July 22.)•
Thursday, June 26, 2008, 6 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year and writing discussion with students in Michaela Mullarkey's Bridge Program writing course at
Asnuntuck Community College.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Forbes Library, Northampton, MA.
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Thursday, July 10 to Tuesday, August 19, 2008: Teaching
English
285: Memoir Writing at
Asnuntuck Community College. This course is
fully online and can be taken anywhere with reliable internet access.
Students include community members interested in memoir writing, regular Asnuntuck students, and transfer students from other colleges. (For four-year college students, this course may transfer as an upper-level writing requirement.) Prerequisites: An introductory college composition/writing course or
the equivalent writing experience, plus application to the
college.
(Consistent access to high-speed internet and a love of reading and writing help as well!) Enrollment is limited to 20, so apply early. Please e-mail
John for
more information.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Burgundy Books, East Haddam, CT.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Dinner speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Broad Brook Rotary, Broad Brook, CT.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, CT.
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Saturday, July 26, 2008: 11 a.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Bayswater Book Company, Center Harbor, NH.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Enfield Public Library, Enfield, CT.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008, 10:30 a.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Tatnuck Bookseller, Westborough, MA.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008, noon: Lunch speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Farmington Rotary, Farmington, CT.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008, 2 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Barnes and Noble, Manchester, CT.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year for the Gunn Writers' Series at
Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, CT.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 8 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Amherst Books, Amherst, MA.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008, 11 a.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Booklover's Gourmet, Webster, MA.
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Sunday, August 31, 2008, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Selling, discussing, and autographing
Loop Year all day at the
Somers Day of Arts and Crafts, Somers, CT.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008, 1 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Broad Brook Books, Broad Brook, CT.
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Monday, September 15, 2008, 8 a.m. and 12:20 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year and writing discussion with students in Susan Krane's writing courses at
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year and writing discussion with students in Susan Krane's writing course at
Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT.
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Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19, 2008:
New England Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show, Boston, MA.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008, 6 p.m.: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Northern Connecticut Land Trust,
Somers, CT. (This is the organization that owns and manages McCann's,
the setting for the book--my "home" land trust celebrating its 20th
anniversary!)
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Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
South Hadley Public Library, South Hadley, MA.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10 a.m.: Reading from
Loop Year and writing discussion with students in
Liz Szewczyk's writing course at
Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT.
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Monday, September 29, 2008, 6 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Enfield Senior Center, Enfield, CT.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Sunderland Public Library, Sunderland, MA.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008, 5 p.m.: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Dudley Conservation Land Trust, Dudley, MA.
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Monday, October 6, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Agawam Public Library, Agawam, MA.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008, 2 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Montgomery House Library, McEwensville, PA.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
North Adams Public Library, North Adams, MA.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008, 2-6 p.m.:
New England Library Association Conference, Manchester, NH.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Fox Tale Books, New Durham, NH.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Water Street Bookstore, Exeter, NH.
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Saturday, October 26, 2008, 4 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Barnes and Noble, Newington, NH.
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Monday, October 27, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Norwalk Land Trust, Norwalk, CT.
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Saturday, November 1, 2009, 1:30 p.m.: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Suffield Land Conservancy,
Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT.
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Monday, November 3, 2008, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Somers Women's Club "Meet-and-Greet," Somers, CT.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6:30 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year for the
Simsbury Land Trust at
Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, CT.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year and photo show at
Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton, CT.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 6 p.m.: Dinner speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Easthampton Rotary, Easthampton, MA.
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Wednesday, February 4,2009, 2 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year at
Southbury Public Library, Southbury, CT.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year for the
Windsor Women's Club, L.P. Wilson Community Center, Windsor, CT.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009, time TBA: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Pascommuck Conservation Trust, Easthampton, MA.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009, 6 p.m.: Annual meeting guest speaker and reading from
Loop Year for
Manchester Land Conservation Trust, Manchester, CT.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 7 p.m.: Reading from
Loop Year for
Somers Historical Society, Somers, CT.
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