Last night was a lovely night to be a booklover in San Francisco. and a user of BookTour. Earlier this week, I found out (from her BookTour page) that Anne Fadiman, one of my heroes, would be reading at Book Shop West Portal, not too far from my house and proudly respresented on BookTour. The owner of the store is an old friend so I phoned and begged him to let me introduce Ms. Fadiman. To which he graciously said yes.
Ms Fadiman gave a fantastic reading from her new essay collection At Large and At Small. attended by several members of her family who live in the Bay Area, Hut Landon, president of the Northern California Independent Bookellers Association and renowned science writer Ellen Ullman. Me, I felt like the third relief pitcher on the All Star Team.
Ms Fadiman enjoyed my introduction and I even got to give her a signed copy of my book. All because of a gentle tip-off from BookTour.
Hooray!
