{"id":80,"date":"2011-06-28T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/backmybook\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2021-09-06T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T22:10:11","slug":"calendar-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/?page_id=80","title":{"rendered":"Events Calendar-Tour Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Marynew112011headonly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1232\" title=\"Marynew112011headonly\" src=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Marynew112011headonly-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> If your book or garden club, library, church group or other organization would\u00a0 like to arrange for a Skype or phone Author Chat, a signing or reading, talk on the writing process, community building or the spirituality of gardening, write to the author at agriainc@msn.com PAST AUTHOR TALKS HAVE INCLUDED: <em>Community and intergenerational gardening; Spirituality in community; Spirituality and gardening; Truth telling through fiction; The creative writing process and independent-publishing; Challenges and opportunities of living longer; Companionship, love <a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Photoconferencenew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1772\" src=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Photoconferencenew-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>and loss in the senior years; Relating to adult children and unique challenges facing mothers and daughters; Ethics and change in Higher Education. <\/em>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/backmybook\/?page_id=276\">Photo Gallery<\/a> for photos from past events. &#8212; <strong>To schedule or inquire about a signing, author chat or workshop as part of author Agria&#8217;s\u00a0 2021 tour for her AN ITINERANT GARDENER&#8217;S BOOK OF DAYS or her 2019 novel, RANGE OF MOTION,\u00a0 contact her via her email agriainc@msn.com <\/strong><strong>&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHOR EVENTS 2021<a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1749\" src=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-992x1536.jpg 992w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-1322x2048.jpg 1322w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/croppedcover-scaled.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, October 9th &#8211; 2 PM &#8211; Little Traverse Historical Museum, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AUTHOR EVENTS 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, August 27th &#8211; 12:30 PM &#8211; Boyne City, MI Garden Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1618\" src=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coverwebdecembersmall-1.jpg 1765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>AUTHOR EVENTS 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, June 23 &#8211; 1 PM\u00a0 &#8211; Book Talk, Community Thrift Store of Portage County, Stevens Point, WI<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday,\u00a0 June 26, noon, Petoskey Garden Club, Emmanuel Episcopal Church,\u00a0 Petoskey,\u00a0 MI<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, July 9, 2-4 PM &#8211; Book signing, McLean &amp; Eakin, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, July 16, 7 PM &#8211; Talk: Gardens, the Green Book and a Woman&#8217;s Journey, Little Traverse Historical Museum,\u00a0 waterfront, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, July\u00a0 20, 9-12 &#8211; Bay View, MI Treasures in the Trees outdoor Fair, Vorhies Hall Park<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, July 21, 11:30 AM &#8211; Talk, Unitarian-Universalist Church of Petoskey, 812 Petoskey Street<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 24,\u00a0 7 PM &#8211; Crooked Lake Yacht Club, 3708 US 31, Oden, Mi 49764 (Just east of Windjammer Marina)<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, August 3, 10 AM to noon &#8211; Book Signing, Horizon Books, E. Front Street, Traverse City, MI<\/li>\n<li>Monday, August 12, 3-5 PM &#8211; Author Fair, Petoskey District Library, MI<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, August 14-Thursday, August 15th &#8211; A Literary Tour of the Little Traverse Area with the Book Clubs of Stevens Point, WI &#8211; Author shares favorite spots used in her novels<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, August 18, 11:30 AM &#8211; Talk, UU Church of Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, September 1, 11:30 AM &#8211; Talk, UU Church of Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Monday, September 9, 7 PM &#8211; Book Talk, Book Club, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, September 17, Time TBA, Talk and Signing, RANGE OF MOTION at UMW, Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, MI<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, September 19, 1 PM, Book Talk: Life Lessons from the Garden and Gardening, Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 10, 11 AM &#8211; Book Talk: Life Lessons from the Garden, Fall MI Garden Clubs District IV Meeting, Deer Run Golf Course, Lowell, MI<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 10,\u00a0 5:30 PM &#8211; Author Chat and Signing at &#8216;Happy Hour&#8217;, The Book Nook, Montague, MI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AUTHOR EVENTS 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular guest speaker, Petoskey Unitarian-Universalist Church, MI<\/li>\n<li>Annual Author Fairs, Petoskey District Library, MI<\/li>\n<li>Annual Bay View, MI Treasures in the Trees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TOUR DATES 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, May 14, 10 AM- Speaker, Charlevoix Zonta Club &#8216;Literary Delights&#8217;, MI<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, May 15, 11 AM &#8211; Guest speaker, Universalist-Unitarians Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, June 25, 2-4 PM, Signing McLean &amp; Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Friday, July 8 &#8211; Keep Michigan Beautiful summer meeting, West Branch, MI<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, July 9 &#8211; 5-6 PM, Signing, Round Lake Bookstore, Charlevoix, MI<\/li>\n<li>Monday, August 15, 3-5 PM, Author&#8217;s Fair, Petoskey District Library, MI<\/li>\n<li>Monday, September 12, 11 AM, Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, MI<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, September 13, 5:30 PM, St. Vinnie&#8217;s Thrift Store, Stevens Points, WI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TOUR DATES 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, April 12, 11 AM &#8211; 2 PM, Gardening and spirituality Fair, Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, April 18, 1-3 PM, signing at Southwest Gardener, Phoenix, AZ<\/li>\n<li>Sunday,\u00a0 May 3, 11-12, book signing at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, June 7, 1 PM, book talk and signing, St. Vinnie&#8217;s on Rite Street, Stevens Point, WI<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, July 9, 2-4 PM, signing at Mclean &amp; Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 22, noon &#8212; Talk on community gardening at the Petoskey, MI Garden Club, <strong>NOTE VENUE CHANGE<\/strong>: Independence Village, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, August 1, 11 to 1 PM&#8212; Signing at Horizon Books, Traverse City, MI<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, September 9, 10:30 AM&#8212;Edelweiss Garden Club, Gaylord, MI, University Center, Gaylord, MI<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 12, 10 to noon&#8212;Local Author Book Fair, Charlevoix Public Library,\u00a0 MI<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, September 15, time and location TBA, Grosse Pointe, MI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TOUR DATES, 2013-2014 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#8212; Repeat visits to Stevens Point, WI; a featured author talk on BAY VIEW: IMAGES OF AMERICA and signings at Mclean &amp; Eakin, Petoskey and Stafford&#8217;s Bay View Inn, MI; a children&#8217;s gardening workshop at the Carnegie Library, Petoskey and the Bay View, MI library; a program and workshop on Easter Gardens at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ and a signing at Southwest Gardener; signing at the Chautauqua Trails conference, Bay View, MI.<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUS TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wed., June 6, 6:30 &#8212; The Life in the Garden Novels, Stevens Point &#8211; Frame Presbyterian Church, WI<\/li>\n<li>Sat., June 9 &#8212; Day-long appearance at the Mosquito Hill Nature Center, outside of New London, WI &#8211; 10:30-11:15 AM Adult Workshop: Life in the Garden; 1-1:45 PM Children&#8217;s Workshop: Second Leaves GROWING YOUNG GARDENERS Workshop.<\/li>\n<li>Mon., June 25, 7 PM &#8212; Petoskey Public Library, Petoskey, MI; GARDEN OF EVE and the Life in the Garden Novels<\/li>\n<li>Sat., June 30, 1-3 PM &#8211; Signing of SECOND LEAVES, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcleanandeakin.com\/event\/mary-agria-store-signing\">Mclean &amp; Eakin Booksellers<\/a>, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>Tues., July 17, 2 PM &#8212; Petoskey Public Library, Petoskey, MI; SECOND LEAVES: GROWING YOUNG GARDENERS Workshop<\/li>\n<li>Mon., July 23, 6:30 PM &#8211; Cheboygan Public Library, Cheboygan, MI &#8211; Author Chat, The Life in the Garden Novels<\/li>\n<li>Sat., Aug. 4, 11 AM to 1 PM &#8211; Signing, Horizon Bookstore, Traverse City, MI<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>AND FROM OUR ARCHIVES:\u00a0 2011 TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/em>\n<div id=\"attachment_830\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/book-signing-at-the-anchor-026-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/book-signing-at-the-anchor-026-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Staff at the Anchor in Naubinway, MI celebrate signing for the U.P. based-novel IN TRANSIT\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff at the Anchor in Naubinway, MI celebrate signing for the U.P. based-novel IN TRANSIT<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>FRI., APRIL 8, 6:30 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library, Cutchogue, NY<\/li>\n<li>WED., MAY 4, 7 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Southold Free Library, Southold, NY<\/li>\n<li>WED., MAY 11 &#8212; Begin daily blog,northforkpatch.com<\/li>\n<li>WED., MAY 11, 9-10 AM &#8212; Interview on WPPB-FM (NPR), Southampton, NY &#8211; FOR REBROADCASTS (Morning Lounge) go to http:\/\/www.peconicpublicbroadcasting.org\/site2009\/<\/li>\n<li>SAT., MAY 21, 11-4 PM &#8212; Signing, Sang Lee Farms, Cutchogue, NY<\/li>\n<li>WED., MAY 25, 5:30-7:30 PM &#8212;Talk, Greenville Area Public Library, Greenville, PA<\/li>\n<li>THURS., MAY 26, 3 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Alma College Library, Alma, MI<\/li>\n<li>SAT., MAY 28, 1 PM &#8212; Talk\/Signing, River Lights 2nd Edition, Dubuque, IA<\/li>\n<li>FRI, JUNE 3, 5:30-7:30 PM &#8212; Signing, Book World, New London, WI<\/li>\n<li>THURS., JUNE 9, 11 &#8211; 1 PM &#8212; Talk, Lensmire Village Gardens, Stevens Point, WI<\/li>\n<li>FRI, JUNE 10, 1-3 PM &#8212; Jerry&#8217;s Pages &amp; Pipes, Appleton, WI<\/li>\n<li>WED., JUNE 15, 12 &#8211; 2 PM &#8212; Signing, Book World, Marinette, WI<\/li>\n<li>WED., JUNE 15, 5-7 &#8212; Signing, Book World, Escanaba, WI<\/li>\n<li>SAT., JUNE 25, 11 &#8211; 1 PM &#8212; Signing, Book World, St. Ignace, WI<\/li>\n<li>SUN., JULY 10, 1-3 PM &#8212;Talk\/Signing, Mclean &amp; Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>FRI., JULY 15, 10:30 &#8211; noon &#8212; Signing, True North, Mackinaw City, MI<\/li>\n<li>FRI., JULY 15, 3-4 PM &#8212; Signing, Official 2011 Great U.P. Book Tour Event, The Anchor in Naubinway, MI &#8212; appearing along with Steve Hamilton, author of the Alex McKnight series and winner of the 2006 Michigan Author of the Year award<\/li>\n<li>TUES., JULY 19 &amp; 26, 2 PM &#8211; 4:30 &#8212;Bay View Writing Seminar, TRUTH THROUGH FICTION &#8211; Bay View Assn. Education Seminars, Bay View, MI<\/li>\n<li>FRI., JULY 22, 11 &#8211; 1 PM &#8212; Signing, Bay View Post Office, Bay View, MI<\/li>\n<li>SUN., JULY 24, 2 PM &#8212; Chat and Signing, Three Pines Studio, Cross Village, MI<\/li>\n<li>SAT., JULY 30, 2 PM &#8212; Signing, Horizon Books, Traverse City, MI<\/li>\n<li>SAT., AUG. 13, 11 &#8211; 1 PM &#8212; Signing, Book World, Charlevoix, MI<\/li>\n<li>MON., AUG. 29, 7 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Petoskey District Library, Petoskey, MI<\/li>\n<li>TUES., AUG. 30, 6:30 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Charlevoix Public Library, Charlevoix, MI<\/li>\n<li>TUES., SEPT.13, 9:30 AM &#8212; Book Group Author Chat, Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, MI<\/li>\n<li>SAT., OCT. 15, 1 &#8211; 2 PM &#8212; Author Talk, Starbucks Coffee, Greenport, NY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your book or garden club, library, church group or other organization would\u00a0 like to arrange for a Skype or phone Author Chat, a signing or reading, talk on the writing process, community building or the spirituality of gardening, write &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/?page_id=80\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":126,"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812,"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryagria.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}