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UK cover of Lights outUpcoming appearances for 2008

Thursday Sept 4 2008 @ 6:30 p.m.
Launch party for THE MAX by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr at The Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street NYC (all invited!!) Alison Gaylin will also launch her new thriller Heartless at the same event!

Tuesday Sept 30 2008 @ 19.00 pm
Jason Starr reads at Starbucks, "Coffee and Crime"
Starbucks Coffee House
Kurfürstendamm 26a
DE-10719 Berlin

Wednesday Oct 1 2008 @ 19.00 pm
Jason Starr reads at Starbucks, "Coffee and Crime"
Starbucks Coffee House
Bergstraße 14
DE- 20095 Hamburg

Thursday Oct 9 2008-  Sunday Oct 12 2008
Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Baltimore

Previous Jason Starr Appearances (some locations have signed copies)

Noir Con (Philadelphia, April, 2008) Jason Starr with interview Ken Bruen on stage!

Love is Murder Conference, Chicago Jan 31-Feb 2, 2008

2007 Appearances

Sunday Sept 9 2007 @ 3:00 Sunny's Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn 253 Conover Street (between Beard & Reed StreetsYou can buy books and get them signed by the authors. Suggested donation: $3. The bar (cash) will be open. Free coffee and Italian pastries and cookies will be provided. Bar telephone (only available when the bar is open): 718-625-8211.

Sunday Sept 15 @ 11:00 2nd Annual Brooklyn Book Festival, Hard-boiled panel.
Sept 27-30 Bouchercon, Alaska  (Panel on Sept. 27 at 9:00)

Sunday Oct 7@ 11:00 Signing at Pulp Expo, NYC

Thursday Oct 11@ 6:00 Launch party for SLIDE at Mysterious Bookshop, NYC (I'll be reading with Ken Bruen

Wednesday August 22 @ 7:00 
Reading, signing, and discussion of THE FOLLOWER at the KGB BAR in New York City

Thursday August 16 @ 7:00
Reading, signing, and discussion of THE FOLLOWER at Barnes and Noble, 240 East 86th Street in New York City

Saturday July 28 @ 5:00
Hard Case Crime reading. Jason will read from SLIDE (and give a sneak peak of THE FOLLOWER), and Charles Ardai will read from Songs of Innocence.
Freebird Bookstore, 123 Columbia Street, Brooklyn NY (www.freebirdbooks.com for directions)

Friday July  13 through Sunday July 15
ThrillerFest at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC

Monday June 11 @ 1pm
Signing of Wall Stret Noir (the latest Akashic Books anthology which contains my short story THE BASHER) at Borders, 100 Broadway, NYC.

Saturday June 2 @ 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Book Expo America, at the Dorchester Publishing/Hard Case Crime booth signing advance copies of SLIDE. Charles Ardai will be signing as well. There will be giveaways including free advance copies, T-shirts, limited edition art work, and Hard Case Crime cover models will be there!

Sunday April 22 @ 7:00 p.m.
KGB Bar, New York City
85, East 4th Street
Hard Case Crime Night: with Jason Starr, Charles Ardai, Pete Pavia, (hopefully) Ken Bruen. Jason will read from SLIDE (the sequel to BUST)

Thursday April 26 @ The Edgar Award Banquet at the Grand Hyatt, NYC, Jason will present the Edgar Award for Best Screenplay

Saturday April 28 @ The L.A. Times Book Festival
Jason will sign at the Mystery Bookstore booth (time TBA soon!)

THE JASON STARR 2006 U.S.A. TOUR FOR LIGHTS OUT

Tuesday Sept 19  @ 6:30 pm
Coliseum Books, New York City
with Steve Hamilton
 
Tuesday September 26 @ 6:30 pm
Black Orchid Mystery Bookshop, New York City
with Maggie Estep
(launch party)

Thursday September 28-Monday October 1
Bouchercon World Mystery Convention: Madison, WI
 
Monday October 2 @ 1:00 pm
Uncle Edgars, Minneapolis, MN
(note: this is a signing, not a formal reading...but, hey, maybe I'll read anyway!!)

Monday October 2 @ 7:00 pm
Once Upon a Crime, Minneapolis, MN

Tuesday October 3 @ 6:30 p.m.
Murder by the Book, Houston, TX
with Donna Moore, Joe R. Lansdale

Wednesday October 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ
with Steve Hamilton, Robert Ward, Eddie Muller

Thursday, October 5 @ 7:00
M is for Mystery, San Mateo, CA
 
Saturday, October 7 @ 1:00
Mysteries to Die For. Thousand Oaks, CA 

Saturday October 7 @ 4:00
The Mystery Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA

August 25-August 28
Melbourne Writers Festival: Melbourne, Australia

Jason will be appearing at 2 ticketed events:

Saturday August 26, 10:00 am
Has Sam Spade dug his grave?
Remember when all a crime novel needed was a corpse, a mystery and a hired gumshoe with a hunch and hangover? Now the DNA lab and the forensic pathologist seem to have taken over. Crime writers Shane Maloney, Barry Maitland and Jason Starr discuss the breadth of crime writing and why (or whether) lab coats outnumber trench coats in today’s crime fiction.
MERLYN THEATRE EVENT 11

Sunday August 27, 4:30 pm
Lights on Jason Starr
The streets don’t get any meaner than in Brooklyn, and no one knows those Brooklyn streets better than Jason Starr, the US crime writer. In this festival spotlight, he reads from his work and tells how he fell into this writing game.
TOWER THEATRE EVENT 45



July 6-July 16
Semana Negra Crime Festival: Gijon, Spain

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @ 10:30 am
NYC, Edgar Symposium
Jason and Ken Bruen will participate in a discussion on
writing teams. Signing at Border's to follow.
(see www.mysterywriters.org for details and reservations)

Monday May 8, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
Houston, TX
Noir Night at Murder by the Book bookshop
Reading and discussion of Bust with Ken Bruen
(Jason and Ken will be co-signing Bust, so this is your best chance to get a co-signed copy of the book!!)
Bust with Jason Starr, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Bill Crider, Steve Brewer, Peter Spiegelman, Duane Swierczynski
www.murderbooks.com

July, 2006
Semana Negra, Spain

Thursday September 28-September 30, 2006
Madison, WI
Bouchercon World Mystery Convention


Monday March 13, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
New York City
Coliseum Books
Reading of the short story collection Dublin Noir
with Jason Starr, Jim Fusilli, Peter Spiegelman, Reed Farrell Coleman
11 W.42nd Street, New York, NY

Jason Starr,  UK and Ireland, Tour 2006

Jason attended Left Coast Crime in Bristol, where Orion launched the UK edition of his new novel Lights Out. Jason also made several appearances with Denise Hamilton, author of the Eve Diamond series of crime novels.

Friday March 17, 2006 @ 1 pm
Gloucester, UK
Gloucester Library Luncheon and Book Talk with Denise Hamilton.
Quedgeley Library - Gloucester
Tickets: 2 pounds
Quedgeley Library Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester GL2 4PE
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=163

Saturday March 18, 2006 @ 10:30 am
Left Coast Crime in Bristol, UK
Panel: Walking the Mean Streets
Donna Moore moderator, with Jason Starr, Ray Banks, Allan Guthrie, Charlie Williams

Saturday March 18, 2006 @ 3:00 pm
Left Coast Crime in Bristol, UK
Panel: Maximum Exposure: How to Make the Most of Your Marketing Budget
with Jason Starr, Barry Eisler

Sunday 19 March, 2006 @ 9:00 am
Left Coast Crime in Bristol, UK
Panel: Drama Adaptations
with Jason Starr, Peter James, Jeffrey Deaver, Cath Staincliffe, Rebecca Tope

Monday March 20, 2006 @ 6:00 pm
London, UK
Mystery Women Event
Goldsboro Books, 1 Cecil Court
with Jason Starr, Vicki Delany, Margaret Dumas, Kerry Greenwood, Denise Hamilton, Ann Parker, Jacqueline Winspear

Tuesday March 21, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
Cambridge, UK
Heffer's Books Mystery Author Panel
Cambridge, England
with Jason Starr, Denise Hamilton, Vicky Delaney and Kerry Greenwood
Heffers Bookshop, Trinity Street, Cambridge.

Wednesday March 22, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
Glasgow, Scotland
Crime in the City
Discussion with Denise Hamilton and Allan Guthrie
Ottakars Buchanan Galleries Glasgow.
Ottakar's, Unit 6, Buchanan St, Glasgow, G1 2FF

Thursday March 23, 2006 @ 7:00 pm
Belfast, Ireland
No Alibis Bookstore
reading, signing with Jason Starr and Denise Hamilton
83 Botanic Avenue
Belfast
Northern Ireland
+44 (0)28 90-319601
www.noalibis.com


German/Austrian Tour 2005
Jason toured in Germany and Austria in July, 2005. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see me. View some pictures of the tour!
July 5 Hamburg 9:00 p.m. Buchandlung Cohen & Dobernigg Sternstr. 4
July 14 Vienna 7:00 p.m. Amadeus Buch & Medien BmbH Landstasser Hauptstr. 2a/2b
July 15 Munich 9:00 p.m. Org. Glatteis Kriminalbuchhandlung Corneliusstr. 31
July 21 Stuttgart 8:30 p.m. Undercover Krimi und Horbuch Nesenbachstr. 50
July 24 Wustrau 11 a.m. Cafe Constanze Am hohen Ende 4
July 26 Nurnberg 7:30 p.m. Stadtbibliothek Nurnberg, Zeitungscafe Hermann Kesten, Eingang: Peter-Vischer-Str.
July 28 Berlin 8:00 p.m. Literarisches Colloquium Am Sandwerder 5
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