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The Foster Girls BOOK TOUR 2009-2010

SIGNING/EVENT SCHEDULE:
Year 2010 ……..

JANUARY 2010_________________________________________

PRESENTATION/ BOOK SIGNING – Tues, January 26, 10:00 – 12:00 am, Cherokee Hills Garden Club, Reception Room of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, 3799 Kenesaw Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone Contact: N. Thomas 983-1800

FEBRUARY 2010________________________________________

PRESENTATION / SIGNING - February 27th, Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Rose Glen Literary Festival Literary
Festival [for authors who have written books about or who live in Sevier County], Sponsored by the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce, to be held at Walters State Community College, Sevier County Center, 1720 Old Newport Hwy, Sevierville, TN 37876 (Phone at campus: 865-774-5810) Phone at Chamber of Commerce: (865) 453-6411

MARCH 2010____________________________________

PRESENTATION/ SIGNING – March 10th, Wed, 2-4 pm. James White DAR Chapter, meeting for March at the Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Avenue, downtown Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone contact: Nancy Montgomery

SIGNING/BOOK DISCUSSION - March 12, 10:00 am, Friday, FIRESIDE BOOK CLUB, Sevier County Senior Center, 1220 W. Main, Sevierville, TN 37862
Phone: (865) 453-8080

APRIL 2010________________________________________

AUTHOR'S BOOK LAUNCH - April 10th, Saturday, Open House Event from 1:00-4:00 pm, Everyone Welcome! At Tuckaleechee Retreat Center's main Inn - Elk Lodge -at 160 Bear Lodge Drive, Townsend, TN 37882 (Note. Bear Lodge Drive is .4 mi from Tuckaleechee Caverns - for directions visit website: www.tuckaleecheeinn.com)
Phone: 865-448-6442 (Contact: Ruth White, Innkeeper)

SIGNING/PRESENTATION - April 20, Tues, 11:00 am, LE CONTE BOOK CLUB, 2700 Plaza Tower, Knoxville, TN 37929
Ph: (865) 523-0405

PRESENTATION/ SIGNING Thurs, April 22, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Greeneville Newcomers Club, General Morgan Inn Conference Room, 111 N. Main Street, Greeneville, TN 37743
[Newcomers Contact: Lola Kambri at (423) 798-1997]
Phone at General Morgan: (423) 787-1000

BOOK SIGNING - April 22, Thurs, 2:00 - 4:00 pm TUSCULUM COLLEGE BOOKSTORE, Tusculum College Campus with visitor parking available, 60 Shiloh Road, Greeneville, TN 37745
Ph: (423) 636-7307

SIGNING - Sat April 24th, Hastings Bookstore, 501 N. Foothills Plaze Drive (behind Foothills Mall), Maryville, TN 37801
Phone: (865) 977-7111

MAY 2010__________________________________________

BOOK SIGNING - Saturday, May 1st, 11:00 - 3:00 pm, APPLE VALLEY COUNTRY STORE, Main Hwy/ 7138 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882
Ph: (865) 448-9878

FESTIVAL SIGNING - May 15-16, At-Sun - FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, Ripley's Plaza and River Road, Ripley';s Aquarium, 88 River Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738-3261
[Contact: Jack Winstead; personal phone 865-694-0766

DISCUSSION / SIGNING - Tues, May 18th, 10:00 am, E. G. Fisher Public Library, 1289 Ingleside Avenue, Athens, TN 37303
Phone: (423) 745-7782

JUNE 2010__________________________________________

FESTIVAL SIGNING - June 4-5-6, Fri-Sun, BLUE PLUM FESTIVAL, East Main Street and East Market Street, downtown Johnson City, TN
[Contact: Dave Pennington, director, 423-737-5818; director@blueplum.org]
Ph: 423-787-5818

BOOK SIGNING - Saturday, June 12th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, BOOKS-A-MILLION, 2626 E. Stone Drive in the Kingsport Pavilion, Kingsport, TN 37660
Ph: (423) 245-4931

BOOK SIGNING - Saturday, June 26th, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORE, 2100 Hamilton Place Mall Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Ph: (423) 893-0186

JULY 2010_______________________________________

BOOK SIGNING - Friday, July 2nd, 5:00 - 8:00 pm, MAST GENERAL STORE, downtown on First Friday, 402 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Ph: (865) 546-1336

BOOK SIGNING - Saturday, July 3rd, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, BOOKS-A-MILLION, Governor's Crossing, 190 Collier Drive, Sevierville, TN 37863
Ph: (865) 908-8994

FESTIVAL SIGNING - July 23-24-24, Fri - Sun - THE GRAINGER COUNTY TOMATO FESTIVAL, 7480 Rutledge Pike, Rutledge TN 37801
[ Contact: Kathie Self]
Ph: 865-828-5614 - work phone

SEPTEMBER 2010____________________________________

FESTIVAL SIGNING - Sept 24-25, Fri-Sat, FALL HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND OLD TIMERS DAY, Townsend Visitor Center, 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882-4028
Ph: 865-448-6134

OCTOBER 2010____________________________________

FESTIVAL SIGNING - Oct 8-9-10, Fr-Sun - TENNESSEE FALL HOMECOMING, Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Clinton TN 37716
[Contact: Brenda Tuberville, bookstore; Jane Kirk, festival signing for author tent]
Ph: 865-494-7680

FESTIVAL SIGNING - Oct 22-23, Sat-Sun - MOUNTAIN MAKINS' FESTIVAL, 442 West 2nd North Street, Morristown, TN 37814
[Contact: Becky Hamm]
Ph: 423-581-4330

Past Year 2009 highlights …..

MAY 2009_____________________________________
May 1, Townsend Spring Festival and Old Timers Day, Townsend, TN
May 9, Lifeway Christian Books, Knoxville, TN
May 16, Osondu Bookellers, Waynesville, NC

JUNE 2009____________________________________
June 6, Jim Gray Gallery in Pigeon Forge, TN
June 13, Author’s Book Launch, The Star Riverboat, Knoxville, TN
June 16, Le Conte Book Club, Knoxville, TN
June 20, Boone Mall plaza, Boone, NC
June 27, Carpe Librum Bookstore, Knoxville,
June 28, Stewart Family Reunion, Athens, TN

JULY 2009_____________________________________
July 4, Apple Valley Country Store, Townsend, TN
July 8, Pigeon Forge Rotary, Pigeon Forge, TN
July 11, Charles Hall Museum, Tellico Plains, TN
July 16, Newport Printing and Book Shop, Newport, TN
July 18, Charlotte’s Books and More, Morristown, TN
July 24 -26, The Grainger County Tomato Festival, Rutledge, TN
July 28, West Knoxville Sertoma Club, Knoxville, TN

AUGUST 2009__________________________________
Aug 1 – Annual Haywood County Book Mania, Waynesville, NC
Aug 4, Live at Five, WBIR-TV (Channel 8), Knoxville, TN
Aug 7, Mast General Store, downtown Knoxville, TN
Aug 8, Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN
Aug 14, Sherlock’s Books, Lebanon, TN
Aug 15, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 2121 Green Hills Mall Nashville, TN
Aug 17, Blount County Library, Presentation, Maryville, TN
Aug 30, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville, NC

SEPTEMBER 2009_______________________________
Sept 1, St. Mark’s Book Club, Knoxville, TN
Sept 4, Hastings Bookstore, Maryville, TN
Sept 5, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Franklin Terrace, Johnson City, TN
Sept 10, WUTC 88.1 FM Radio Interview “Around and About”, Chatt., TN
Sept 12, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Hamilton Place Mall, Chatt., TN
Sept 15, Book Divas Book Club, Carpe Librum Books, Knoxville, TN
Sept 19, Grey Gables Bed and Breakfast Inn, Rugby, TN
Sept 25 - 26, SIBA Book Fair, (Signing – John F. Blair Booth), Greeneville, SC

OCTOBER 2009________________________________
Oct 10 - Smoky Mountain Park Store, Sevierville, TN
Oct 10 – Moonshine Ridge Store, Pigeon Forge, TN
Oct 14 – Andrew Bogle DAR, Knoxville, TN
Oct 16-17 – Georgia Literary Festival, Rome, GA
Oct 22 – Townsend Book Club, Townsend, TN
Oct 22 – Townsend Library signing, Townsend, TN
Oct 24-25 – Annual Mountain Makins Festival, Morristown, TN
Oct 27 – Sevierville Rotary Club, Sevierville, TN
Oct 31 – Jim Gray Gallery in the Glades, Gatlinburg, TN

NOVEMBER 2009_______________________________
Nov 7, Books-A-Million, Stone Drive, Kingsport, TN
Nov 8, Halls’ Florist and Gifts Open House, Madisonville, TN
Nov 14, Books-A-Million, Cleveland, TN
Nov 21, Barnes & Noble, Opryland Mall, Nashville, TN

DECEMBER 2009_______________________________
Dec 5, Books-A-Million, Sevierville, TN
Dec 12, Borders Bookstore, Deane Hill Center, Knoxville, TN

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