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All aboard! Time for us deliver on our motto, "have baklava, will travel." Travel for the first leg of the Baklava Express tour is underway now. We're launching at the BookExpo America in NYC on June 3rd and will hit 36 states in two months and in three separate tour legs. Check out more detailed info on stops below! Email us by clicking here if you are at a or if you know the perfect stop, or if you're on the route and up for a drive-by baklava drop! Also, pass on your name so we can be on the lookout for you. (We hear there's an RV park next to the RWA conference site in Reno, so we're thinking partee at the Karayianni mobile digs! Anyone up for a Zorba 'opa' dance?) We hope to see you somewhere along the way!

Click on the map below to see the route we're taking. Then check below for a calendar of stops. Please note that the route may change as the tour develops. (Plans for a 4th leg through the Pacific NW are still up in the air. If you'd like to see us come thru on that leg, possibly in October, email us!)

Tour Map


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Tour Calendar of Stops
Email us by clicking here if you are already at or if you know the perfect stop,
or if you're on the route and up for a drive-by baklava drop! Pass on
your name so we can be on the lookout for you.

LEG #1

Saturday, June 4th
BookExpoAmerica-NYC
4:30 pm - Table 5
Autographing area:
Celebrating the Mystery salute!

Monday, June 6th
E. Brunswick, NJ
7:00 pm
Borders
300 Route 18

Tuesday, June 7th
West Chester, PA
7:30 pm
Chester County Bookstore
975 Paoli Pike
West Goshen Center

Wednesday, June 8th
Wilmington, DE
7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble #2949
4801 Concord Pike

Friday, June 10
Charlotte, NC
7:00 pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
South Park Mall
4345 Barclay Downs Dr

Sunday, June 12th
Sarasota, FL
1:00 pm
Circle Books
478 John Ringling Blvd

Tuesday, June 14th
Birmingham, AL
11:30 am
Crosshaven Books
3916 Crosshaven Dr

Wed, June 15th
New Orleans
7:00 pm
Borders
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Suite 100
Metarie, LA

Thursday, June 16th
Knoxville, TN
7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
8829 Kingston Pike

Friday, June 17th
Dayton, OH
7:00 pm
Books & Co.
Town & Country Shopping Center
350 E. Stroop Rd. Kettering

Saturday, June 18th
Cincinnati, OH
12:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
9455 Civic Center Blvd. West Chester

Troy, OH
4:00 pm
Around About Books, 8 W. Main St.

Sunday June 19th
Toledo, OH
2:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
4940 Monroe St.

Monday, June 20th
Ann Arbor, MI
7:00 pm
Borders
3527 Washtenaw Ave

Thursday, June 23rd
Warren, MI
4:00 pm
Paperback Outlet
29170 Hoover Rd.

Friday, June 24th
Indianapolis, IN
7:00 pm
Borders
8673 River Crossing Blvd.

Saturday, June 25th
Peoria, IL
1:00 pm
A Little Romance Book Discussion Group,
Peoria Public Library, Lakeview Branch,
1137 W. Lake Ave.

Chicago, IL
7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
47 E. Chicago Avenue
Naperville, IL

Sunday, June 26th
Chicago, IL
2 pm
Borders
909 N. Elmhurst Rd
Mt. Prospect, IL

LEG #2

Thursday, July 7th
New Hartford, NY
7 pm
Barnes & Noble #2133
4811 Commercial Dr.

Friday, July 8th
Kingston, MA
7:30 pm
Borders #445
101 Independence Mall Way,

Saturday, July 9th
Sharon/Boston
1:00 pm
Annie’s Book Stop
362 S. Main St.


Sunday, July 10th
Webster, MA
2:00 pm
Booklovers Gourmet
55 E. Main St.
LEG #3

Thursday, July 14th
7:00 pm
Borders #114
6685 Poplar Ave.
Germantown, TN

Friday, July 15th
4:00 pm
Bent Pages
1422 Barrow St.
Houma, LA

Saturday, July 16th
Houston, TX
1:00 pm
Katy Budget Books
2540 Fry Rd.

3:30 pm
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet St.
(Be sure to stay for the group signing at 4:30 featuring bud Julie Kenner, Laura Bradley and Florence Weinburg!)

5:30 pm
B. Dalton Books #95
379 Memorial City Mall
I-10 & Gessner

Sunday, July 17th
Dallas/ Hurst, TX
2 pm stock signing
Waldenbooks
Northeast Mall
1101 Melbourne Rd

Dinner with Sara Reyes & members
of her DFW Tea readers groups. Contact Sara via http://dfwtea.com if you'd like to attend!


LEG #4


Tuesday, July 26th
Reno, NV
July 27-30, 2005 – RWA Annual Conference
Reno, NV - www.rwanational.com
Wednesday, July 27th
Librarian Day - all day
Readers for Life Literacy Booksigning
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Mini-Greek Fest
at The Baklava Express!
(Check back for details for Wed nite!)

Friday, July 29th

Workshop 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Go For It! Taking Calculated Risks with Your Career and Winning


Sunday, July 31st
Murray/Salt Lake City, Utah
3:00 pm
Borders
132 E. Winchester

Tuesday, August 2nd
Colorado Springs, CO
11:00 am
Beth Anne’s Book Corner
2204 E. Pike’s Peak
Lunch & Signing

Wednesday, August 3rd
Overland Park, KS
6:30 pm
The Last Chapter
11128 Antioch Rd.

Thursday, August 4th
Des Moines, IA
TBA

Saturday, August 6th
Minneapolis/Osseo
1:30 pm
A Novel Place
202 County Rd. 81

Media Events

Saturday, May 28th
NYC
Aktina Radio
Phone interview

Monday, June 6th
The Greek News - Astoria
In-office interview
Greeknewsonline.com

Tuesday, June 7th
Philly
In-studio interview THE WOMEN’S FILE on WBEB FM
3:00 pm

Saturday, June 11th
Oldsmar, FL
WPSO-AM Greek Radio
In-studio interview
www.wpso.com


Thursday, June 16th
“Noon News”
Three minute live interview WVLT-TV (CBS)
www.volunteertv.com

“Style”
4 minute taped interview WBIR-TV (NBC)
www.wbir.com


Please keep posted for further details!

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