Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. LAUNCH PARTY AT BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH! This will be a party to celebrate the book's launch and the local writers/mentors/teachers who helped it come to fruition. Come for champagne, wine, juice, chocolate covered strawberries, and more. Reading and Q&A, with a prize for best question. 279 Harvard St., Cambridge, MA.
http://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html

March 22, 7-9 p.m., Four Stories Reading: "The Places We Go," held at the Enormous Room, 567 Mass Ave, Cambridge. I'll be reading with Jeff Talarigo, Ladette Randolph, and Ethan Gilsdorf. Free drink for best question asked. More info at http://www.fourstories.org/events-upcoming.html.

DATE TBA: Art2Art in Boston's South End. Reading from Where the Dog Star Never Glows. Reception follows. FREE and open to the public. Watch for more info at http://art2artboston.blogspot.com/.

April, Time TBA. RiverRun Bookstore, 20 Congress St., Portsmouth, NH. Reading from Where the Dog Star Never Glows at this popular bookstore. More info at http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/events.

April 7-10, AWP Conference, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, more info at http://awpwriter.org/conference

• April 9: I'll be part of the Q&A session of a flash panel, featuring Robert Shapard, Lex Williford, Kim Chinquee, Randall Brown, Sherrie Flick, and Abby Beckel. CCC-303 at 10:30 a.m.

• April 9: Book signing for The Rose Metal Press Flash Field Guide at RMP table at 2 p.m.

• Date and Time TBA: Meet-and-Greet for Where the Dog Star Never Glows at Naugatuck River Review table

April 23-24, Newburyport Literary Festival. I'm moderating a flash panel with Pam Painter, Steve Almond, Stace Budzko, and Myfanwy Collins. More info TBA.
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/

May 1-2, Grub St.'s Muse and the Marketplace. Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA. More info TBA. http://www.grubstreet.org/index.php?id=173   

May 7, 8 p.m., Dire Literary Series' "Dire de Mayo" night. Come see me and two other featured readers at this popular event hosted by Tim Gager. I hear tequila will be served. 106 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA. More info at http://www.direreader.com/.

May 20, 6:30-9 p.m. The Book Revue, Huntington, NY. After a brief discussion of flash fiction, I'll be reading some of the shorter pieces from Where the Dog Star Never Glows. We'll break for a reception, then I'll workshop flash stories participants prepared before the event. For exercises and more info, go to http://www.bookrevue.com/events.html.

June 5, time and place TBA. Emerson College's Off the Page: reading from Where the Dog Star Never Glows.

June 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The Rise of Flash: Part II, Grub St., Boston, MA. This will be a more advanced worskshop on flash for returning students and for writers who have previously experimented with it. More info at http://www.grubstreet.org/

March 13, 8 p.m., EARSHOT + SMALL PRESS MONTH, Rose Live Music, 345 Grand St., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Featuring: TARA L. MASIH (Rose Metal Press); IDRA NOVEY (Alice James Books); Austin LaGrone (New York University); Anne Pelletier (Columbia University); Mira Ptacin (Sarah Lawrence College). Admission is $5, and includes one free drink. More info at http://earshotnyc.com and http://smallpressmonth.org.

April 26, 9:45-11 a.m., The Muse and the Marketplace, "The Rise of Flash," Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA. I'll be moderating a panel of experts on flash fiction: Dinty W. Moore, Steve Almond, Pamela Painter, and Stace Budzko. Panel description and more info at http://www.grubstreet.org/index.php?id=176 under Session 4.

April 29, 7:30 p.m., Waking Dream Press Reading Series, Sudbury, MA. I'll be reading flash stories from The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction (due out in May), as well as my own flash. Other authors reading are: Juliette Fay (Shelter Me), Jacqueline Sheehan (Lost and Found), and Katrin Schumann. The venue is a wonderful old, renovated barn. Visit http://www.60nobscot.com for directions. FREE, with wine and cheese served!

June 11, 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St. (617)566-6660. Launch party and reading for The Field Guide. Featuring myself and contributors Steve Almond, Pamela Painter, Stace Budzko, and Jennifer Pieroni. We'll be reading and doing a Q&A. The press promises "fun and festivities."

July 18, The Rise of Flash Fiction: History and Practice. I'm teaching a one-day seminar at my favorite place, Grub Street. For a course description and further details, go to http://www.grubstreet.org/. Spaces are already filling, so don't wait! 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Grub Street, 160 Boylston St., 4th floor, Boston, MA 02116. Call 617-695-0075 to register.

July 22-23, Asian American Writers' Workshop, "Flash Fest." 16 West 32nd St., Suite 10A, NY, NY. I'll be teaching a workshop on flash fiction on the 22nd, and reading with Shouhua Qi, contributor to The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, and Nina Sharma, on the 23rd. The second night, FREE and open to the public, will feature a flash contest, based on the stories completed in the previous night's worshop, read by local actors and voted on by the audience. More info at http://www.aaww.org/aaww_events.html

Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., North Reading, MA. I'll be reading with local flash fiction author Sue Williams, and answering questions. www.flintmemoriallibrary.org

Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m., Art2Art in Boston's South End. I'll be reading with a variety of writers and artists, focusing on art and creativity. Reception follows. FREE and open to the public. Watch for more info at http://art2artboston.blogspot.com/.

Oct. 17, The Rise of Flash Fiction: History and Practice. I'm teaching a one-day seminar at Grub Street. For a course description and further details, go to http://www.grubstreet.org/. Spaces are already filling, so don't wait! 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Grub Street, 160 Boylston St., 4th floor, Boston, MA 02116. Call 617-695-0075 to register, and feel free to email me with questions.