Check out Brad's new book, ALIENS IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIVES

Brad Watson's stories worm their way through you. Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; he reminds me of Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, Chris Offutt in his bravery, his unflinching willingness to look at what might set others running. And yet these are not exactly dark stories - that is part of their magic, they are infused with an uncanny beauty in which, even at the most god-awful moments, something is salvaged."
- A.M. HOMES, AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE

BRAD'S book tour: past and upcoming READINGS, RADIO/TV INTERVIEWS

READINGS RADIO & TV



Hi. Brad has scheduled a few readings during the coming fall and spring. Here's what's set up for now:



Arizona State University

Phoenix

Thursday, September 9

Virginia C. Piper Center for Creative Writing

7:45 p.m.



Escape to Create Fall Writers Conference

Rosemary Beach Town Hall, Rosemary Beach, FL

September 22-25

Brad reads with John Dufresne on Friday, September 24 @ 6:30



Southern Festival of Books

Nashville, TN

October 8-10



Assumption College

Worcester, MA

October 21

Time TBA



Tentative:

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Reading with Keith Lee Morris (Sam, are you reading, too?)

October 28, Time TBA



Arcadia College

Philadelphia, PA

March 25 @ TBA



Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

March 31 @ 7:00







Here's a list of readings/signings that were on the spring 2010 hardcover book tour:



Birmingham, AL Alabama Public Television ALABAMA BOOKSMITH "Bookmark"



Monday, March 29 Interview



6:00 P.M. alabamatv.org/bookmark











Memphis, TN WYPL-FM (Memphis)



BURKE'S BOOKS "Book Talk"



Tuesday, March 30 Interview



5:30 P.M. wyplfmbooktalk.blogspot.com











Oxford, MS WREG-TV (Memphis)



SQUARE BOOKS News Channel 3



Wednesday, March 31 Live Interview



5:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M.











Greenwood, MS WMPN-FM (Jackson)



TURNROW BOOKS "Mississippi Edition"



Thursday, April 1 Interview



5:30 P.M.











Jackson, MS WMPN-TV (Jackson)



LEMURIA BOOKS "Don't Lecture Me web show"



Friday, April 2 Interview



5:00 P.M.











Gailsburg, IL WLBT-TV (CBS, Jackson)



KNOX COLLEGE "Midday Mississippi"



Friday, April 16 Live interview, 12:30 P.M.











Denver, CO



TATTERED COVER BOOK STORE



Monday, April 19



7:30 P.M.











Fresno, CA



REEDLY COLLEGE



Thursday, April 22











Laramie, WY



ALBANY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY



Sunday, April 25



2:00 P.M.







Santa Monica, CA



WORDTHEATRE (NPR)



Canal Club



1310 11th Street



Venice, CA



Contact: Cedering Fox



310-398-9999



cedering@wordtheatre.com



www.wordtheatre.com



Performances:



Philip Baker Hall (Magnolia) performing Ron Carlson, Cassidy Freeman (Smallville) performing Aimee Bender, and Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights) performing Brad's story "Vacuum"



Sunday May 2



3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



wordtheatre@aol.com



This is an event sponsored by PEN USA



Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door



www.WordTheatre.com











Los Angeles



Monday May



7:30 p.m.



SKYLIGHT BOOKS



1818 N. Vermont Avenue



(between Hollywood Blvd. & Franklin)



Los Angeles, CA



events@skylightbooks.com











Laramie, WY



Saturday May 8



11:00 a.m.



UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING BOOKSTORE



University Union



Signing with colleagues in the UW MFA Program























Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Good Fortune(s)

"Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives" has been fortunate to be short-listed for two great awards this year. It was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction (won by Deborah Eisenberg for her unbeatable, wonderful Collected Stories). And now "Aliens" has been short-listed for the relatively new but very fine and prestigious award, The St. Francis College Literary Award, first won in 2009 by Aleksandar Hemon, one of my favorite writers and among the best we have writing in the USA today. The competition among those books on the shortlist is formidable enough so that I'll just say it's a great honor to be considered for this new and generous award. Thank you to the judges, and to St. Francis College.
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