Events & Appearances in 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 p.m. - "Goodmon Scholar" Lecture at Peace College, Raleigh, NC.

Monday, February 18, 9:15 a.m. - "What is a Planet?" symposium, American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Boston, MA.

Wednesday, February 20, 6:30 p.m. - "Great Nonfiction Writers" lecture series, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Saturday through Wednesday, March 1-5 - Shanghai Literary Festival, China.

Thursday through Tuesday, March 6-11 - The Man Hong Kong Literary Festival, China.

Monday, April 14, 7 p.m. - Authors Theatre staged reading of "And the Sun Stood Still" at New York State Writers Institute, Performing Arts Center, SUNY Albany, NY.

Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27 - L. A. Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

Sunday, April 27, 6 p.m. - K. C. Cole's "Categorically Not" at Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA.

Monday, May 12 to Thursday, May 15 - CEO (Chief Executives Organization) Florence University program, Italy.

Monday, June 2, 8 p.m. - American Astronomical Society / Astronomical Society of the Pacific public lecture: "How Galileo and the Telescope Changed Everything," Convention Center, St. Louis, MO.

Monday, June 23, 8 p.m. - Staged reading of "And the Sun Stood Still" at City Theatre, Zielona Gora, Poland.

Monday, June 30, 1:30 p.m. - Lecture on "The A to Z of Popularizing Science" for Writers' and Literary Translator's International Congress, Stockholm, Sweden.

Wednesday, July 9, 9 a.m. - Lecture on "The Measurement of Longitude" for the BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) Summer School in Metrology, Paris, France.

Monday and Tuesday, August 25 and 26 - Convocation and public presentation on "Longitude" at The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.

Thursday, October 9, 8 p.m. - "Skywatch" Lecture, Dudley Observatory, Albany, NY.

Friday, October 24, 7 p.m. - "The Planets" talk at Four Corners Arts Council, Tiverton, RI.

Saturday, October 25, 11 a.m. - Keynote speech at Connecticut Science Teachers' Association professional development day, New Britain High School, New Britain, CT.