The prestigious invitations for appearances keep on coming. Having spoken at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles and engaged in a riveting Q&A at the San Francisco Kinokuniya Bookstore, Vertical’s first-ever American novelist will now be heading to Texas.
On September 2, the National Museum of the Pacific War, also known as the Nimitz Museum and located in the legendary admiral’s hometown of Fredericksburg, will be celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the instrument of surrender. Invited for a book signing—the museum’s first—on that historic date is Michael Dana Kennedy, author of The Flowers of Edo, an astounding debut novel featuring a Japanese-American lieutenant who volunteers to infiltrate militarist Japan.
The new Barnes & Noble establishment in La Cantera in nearby San Antonio will also be hosting the author, on September 1, in what’s to be his first appearance at America’s largest bookstore chain.
Stay tuned for further engagements including one at the Boston Japan Society.
September 1, 2010 (Wednesday) 7pm
Location:
The Shops at La Cantera
15900 La Cantera Parkway Bldg 27
San Antonio, TX 78256
[Near the University of Texas at San Antonio]
Phone: (210) 558-2078
September 2, 2010 (Thursday) 2pm
Location:
The National Museum of the Pacific War
340 East Main Street
Fredericksburg, TX 78624
Directions: http://www.nimitz-museum.org/PlanYourVisit.asp
Phone: (830) 997-8600
Tags: the flowers of edo
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