Bill Roorbach

For booking information email bill@billroorbach.com

"Bill Roorbach is a master at capturing and expressing joy."
--Hartford Courant

January 4-5: Vermont College Low-Residency MFA Program

January 30-February 4: Ithaca College Distinguished Visiting Writer Series (public lecture January 31, public reading February 2)

February 21: Assumption College, Worcester Mass, 7:00 p.m.

March 3: University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 7:00 p.m.

March 11: AWP Conference Panel, 10:00 a.m.

March 24-29: University of North Carolina Wilmington. Public talk, March 25, 7:00 p.m.; Public reading March 28, 7:00 p.m.

April 26: Wellesley College. Public Reading, 7:00 p.m.

April 23-24: Hartford Courant National Writers Workshop, Hartford CT.



APPEARANCES 2005:

7/28: MWPA Garden Party and Book Sale (Contact MWPA for more details.

8/4: Devanney, Doak and Garrett Booksellers, Farmington, Maine, 7:00 p.m. Potluck Party After at the Sloan-Barton house! You are invited!

8/8: The Half King, West 23rd St., NYC. 7:00 p.m.

8/11: Books Etc., Falmouth, ME, 7 pm

8/12: Longfellow Books, Portland, ME- 7 pm. Party!

9/6: Newtonville Books, Newton, Mass, 7:30 pm

9/20: Elm Street Books, New Canaan, CT, 7 p.m.

9/22: Brunswick Bookland, Brunswick, ME, 7 p.m.

10/8: Belgrade Lakes Library (with Wes McNair and Bob Kimber).


At the end of January I'll be in residency as Distinguished Visiting Writer at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, my alma mater. I'll be conferencing and workshopping with selected students, and giving a public lecture and public reading. More info soon!

Conferences:

August 10-15: Goucher College/Creative Nonfiction Magazine Creative Nonfiction Conference.

August 15-20: Cape Cod Writers Conference. Memoir. This is a great one, on the beach.

August 29: Thomas College orientation weekend.

September 27-October 3: Brisbane Writers Festival, Brisbane, Australia.

Readings:

May 27: A PLACE ON WATER launch party. Granary Brew Pub, Farmington, Maine. 7:00 p.m.

May 29: Book signing. L.L. Bean, Freeport, ME, 11am to 3pm.

June 16: Portland Public Library. PLACE ON WATER reading with Wes McNair and Bob Kimber. noon

June 19: Maine Congress of Lake Associations Annual Conference.

June 22: Brunswick Bookland, Brunswick, ME, 7:00 p.m.

June 26: Damariscotta Books, Damariscotta, ME. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

June 29: Nonesuch Books, Mill Creek location, South Portland, 7 pm. reading and signing.

July 22: Camden Library, Camden, ME, 6:30 pm, reading and signing.

September 18: Border's Books, Bangor, ME.

September 25: Border's Books, Portland, ME.

April 17: University of Southern Maine. 7 pm. More info coming!

April 27: Los Angeles, CA. More info coming

coming up:

October 2-4: Casper College, Casper Wyoming, Writer's Festival.

January 23, 7:00 p.m.: Rockland Public Library, Rockland, Maine. Reading from TEMPLE STREAM.

February 28, 1:00 p.m.: AWP Conference, Panel of Flannery O'Connor Award winners. And find me at the conference to say hello.

March 9, 3:00 p.m.: Wayne, Maine, Public Library. Reading and talk, reception.


Fall Appearances, 2002:

September 13-15: Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Retreat at Haystack

September 26, 9:30 a.m.: AAUW Scholarship Benefit reading, Camden, Maine.

October 11, 7:00 p.m.: Silver Rose Awards Anthology reading at Longfellow Books, Portland, ME

October 12: Featured Speaker at The Learner at the Center Conference, TYCA, Portland, ME.

November 5: Central Michigan University

November 6, 3:00 p.m.: Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN

November 6, 7:00 p.m.: Barnes and Noble Bookstore, South Bend, IN

November 7-10: Writer's Festival, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

November 12, 7:30 p.m.: Silver Rose Award in Short Fiction awards presentation and reading. National Arts Club, New York, NY.