Events

Our inaugural book party will be on:

Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Centuries and Sleuths
7419 Madison St.
Forest Park, IL. 60130
http://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/
(708) 771-7243

Details are here!

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July 17-22, 2016

You can also catch the authors at the 2016 International Hemingway Conference, hosted by Oak Park this year, July 17-22. Information:
https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/oak-park-2016-0

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
http://www.boswellbooks.com/

414-332-1181

Mark & Rob will appear to unveil their multimedia Hemingway presentation and sign books.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
7 p.m.

Elliott Bay Book Company

1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle WA 98122
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/
206-624-6600Aaron & Rob will be on hand to sign books and showcase items from the collection. Pre-ordering from Elliot Bay is available here, or by calling 206-624-6600. Customers can (under comments) state whether they’d like to have the book held for them at the reading, signed and sent after the reading, etc. The books may be reserved, paid and held or mailed out.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
6 p.m.

Sundog Books
89 Central Square
Seaside, FL  32459
http://www.sundogbooks.com/
850-231-5481

Mark will sign books in the porch area.

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Thursday, August 18, 2016
7 p.m.

Barnes & Noble Oakbrook Center
297 Oakbrook Center
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630-684-0586
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2361

Rob appears for this signing.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Louisville Free Public Library
301 York Street
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 574-1611
http://www.lfpl.org/

Mark headlines this event.

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Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016
1 p.m.

Looking Glass Books
823 S Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60304
(708) 434-5515

http://thelookingglassbooks.com/

Rob will sign books and talk about Hemingway’s hometown, in his hometown.

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Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016
7:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble
624 South Green River Rd.
Evansville, IN 47711
More information
812-475-1054

Mark will headline this event. Details to come.

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Saturday, September 24, 2016
2 p.m.

Chicago Writer’s Conference
Conference Chicago at University Center
525 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60605
http://www.chicagowritersconference.org
877-482-2463

Rob will present “Finding Lost Stories: Hidden Hemingway & the Devil in the White City.”

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
6 p.m.

57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
http://www.semcoop.com/about-57th-street-books
(773) 684-1300

Author Ethan Michaeli (The Defender) will conduct a Q&A with Rob for the event. More details are here.

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Friday, September 30, 2016

7 PM

Friends of the Pfeiffers Gala
University of Arkansas
Jonesboro, Arkansas
http://hemingway.astate.edu

Mark will make a presentation and sign copies of Hidden Hemingway.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016
3:30 p.m.

Faulkner and Hemingway: A Conference

Center for Faulkner Studies
Southeast Missouri State University
Kent Library
One University Plaza, MS 4600
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701
http://www.semo.edu/cfs/hemingway/index.html

Mark will lecture about the Oak Park archives and Hemingway’s rivalry with William Faulkner.
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

7 p.m.

Green Apple Books
506 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 387-2272
http://www.greenapplebooks.com/

Rob will headline this event.

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Monday, October 24, 2016
4 p.m.

Henry Miller Memorial Library
48603 Highway One
Big Sur, CA 93920
831-667-2574
https://henrymiller.org/Rob will come and give a presentation during tea time.

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Thursday, October 27, 2016
7 p.m.

Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
http://www.booksoup.com/
(310) 659-3110

Rob will stop by to sign books and show pieces from the book via a slideshow.

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Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016
6:30 p.m.

Nineteenth Century Club
178 Forest Ave
Oak Park, IL 60301
http://www.nineteenthcentury.org/
708.386.2729
Rob will speak at this event.

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Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
7 p.m.

Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL
(773) 697-8066
http://www.volumesbooks.com/

Rob will headline this event with Chicago Tribune editor Ben Meyerson.

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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016
7 p.m.

Hudson Library & Historical Society
96 Library St.
Hudson, OH 44236
https://www.hudsonlibrary.org/

Rob will be on hand for a multimedia presentation and signing.

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Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017
6 p.m.

Society of Midland Authors
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Harold Washington Library
400 S State St.
Chicago, IL 60605
http://www.midlandauthors.com/

Rob will present a multimedia show in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.

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Friday, January 13, 2017
6 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Chicago Headline Club’s When Reporters Write Books
Seven Lions
130 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60603
https://www.facebook.com/events/1352280518153115/

Join the Chicago Tribune’s Mary Wisniewski, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Maudlyne Ihejirika, Crain’s Robert K. Elder and author/journalist Ethan Michaeli for cocktails and conversation.

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Sunday, January 29, 2017
1:30 p.m.

Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL  60010
847-382-1300
balibrary.org

Rob will be on hand to talk about Hemingway’s legacy through a multimedia presentation.

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Saturday, February 18, 2017
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E 7th St
Bloomington, IN 47405
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/

Robert K. Elder and Mark Cirino will co-headline this multimedia event with an introduction by Terrell Scott Herring. Free and open to the public.

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Sunday, February 19, 2017
1:30 – 3 p.m.

Indiana State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Westminster Village
1120 E. Davis Drive
Terre Haute, IN
www.indstate.edu/olli

Robert K. Elder and Mark Cirino will co-headline this multimedia event.  Free and open to the public.

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Monday, March 6, 2017
5 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Union League Club
65 W Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL 60604

(312) 427-7800
https://www.ulcc.org/

MEMBERS ONLY. Cocktail reception begins at 5 p.m. At 5:20 p.m., Robert K. Elder will present a multimedia show, followed by a book signing at 6:15 p.m.

Then, Elder will join a discussion for “A Farewell to Arms” at 6:30 p.m.

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Sunday, April 2, 2017
1 p.m.

The University Club of Saint Paul
420 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55102

The nonprofit Fitzgerald in Saint Paul, in partnership with Common Good Books, will host Robert K. Elder for a “Hidden Hemingway” program at the University Club, the same place Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald hosted their famous “Bad Luck Ball” in 1922. Come join us for this special edition of the monthly FitzFirst program series. 

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Monday, April 3, 2017
7 p.m.

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt University
2501 West End Ave
Nashville, TN 37203

Mark Cirino will appear, in conversation with Prof. Cecelia Tichi of Vanderbilt University.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017
7 p.m.

Oak Park Public Library
Veteran’s Room
834 Lake St.
Oak Park, IL 60301
708-383-8200
http://oppl.org/

Robert K. Elder will headline this multimedia event.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

7 p.m.

The Writer’s Block
1020 Fremont Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
702.550.6399
www.thewritersblock.org

Mark Cirino will bring Hemingway’s story to Old Vegas, in conversation with Prof. Stephen G. Brown of UNLV.

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Thursday, July  20, 2017
6 p.m.

The Key West Art & Historical Society
Distinguished Speaker Series
Helmerich Research & Learning Center at
Custom House Museum
281 Front Street
Key West, FL
http://www.kwahs.org/learn/distinguished-speaker-series-2/
305-295-6616

Rob headlines this event with a multimedia presentation.  Tickets are $5 for members, $10 for non-members.