The Baker’s Daughter Book Tour 2012

 

Thursday, February 16 | Dallas, TX
7:00 p.m.
a Real Bookstore, 113 Prairie Road, Fairview, TX

 

Sunday, February 19 | Concord, MA
3:00 p.m.
Concord Bookshop, 65 Main Street

 

Tuesday, February 21 | Clarksburg, MD
7:00 p.m.
Novel Places Bookshop, 23341 Frederick Road
A recap of the night by Savvy Verse & Wit.

 

Wednesday, February 22 | Literate Housewife Blog
Featured Q&A: The Literate Housewife and I are having a virtual Noke party.

 

Thursday, February 23 | WTVR CBS’s ‘Virginia This Morning’
9:00 a.m.
Chatting live about The Baker’s Daughter on CBS 6′s ‘Virginia This Morning’.

 

Thursday, February 23 | Arlington, VA
7:00 p.m.
One More Page Books, 2200 N. Westmoreland Street, Suite 101

 

Friday, February 24 | Richmond, VA
6:30 p.m.
Fountain Bookstore, 1312 E. Cary Street

 

Saturday, February 25 | The Page 69 Test
Featured guest post: What’s on page 69 of The Baker’s Daughter? Come find out of it passes the test!

 

Sunday, February 26 | Lititz, PA
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Luncheon as Aaron’s Book Club pick of the month.
Aaron’s Books, 43 South Broad Street

 

Monday, February 27 | Philadelphia, PA
6:30-8:30 p.m.
An Evening of “Daughters” with Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter)
The Spiral Bookcase, 112 Cotton Street

 

Wednesday, February 29 | What Women Write
Featured author interview.

 

Thursday, March 1 | The Lost Entwife
Featured blog review.

 

Friday, March 2 | Teresa’s Reading Corner
Featured blog review.

 

Monday, March 5 | Books Like Breathing
Featured blog review.

 

Tuesday, March 6 | Reading Lark
Featured blog review.

 

Wednesday, March 7 | Savvy Verse and Wit
Featured blog review.

 

Thursday, March 8 | A Cozy Reading Corner
Featured blog review.

 

Friday, March 9 | Amused By Books/ Broken Teepee
Featured blog review.

 

Saturday, March 10 | Reading With Robin Radio Show
Listen in from 7-8 a.m. EST or sign in as a Robcast Member to download the show!
Robin Kall and I are chatting about The Baker’s Daughter.

 

Saturday, March 10 | Tucson, AZ
1 p.m.
Capturing a Sense of Place in Fiction Panel with Ilie Ruby and Naomi Benaron.
The Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona Campus

 

Sunday, March 11 | Tucson, AZ
11:30 a.m.
Family Stories: What to Use, What to Lose Panel with Daniel Roth and Kristina McMorris.
The Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona Campus

 

Tuesday, March 13 | Jennifer Pooley’s Blog
Featured guest: A chat with my dear friend and former HarperCollins senior editor.

 

Wednesday, March 14 | The Divining Wand
Featured guest post: I return to TDW to answer the question: “Why I Write?”

 

Thursday, March 15 | Indie Reader Houston
Featured guest: The Indie Reader Houston gets a peak inside The Baker’s Daughter‘s test kitchen.

 

Tuesday, March 20 | Romance Readers Reading Challenge
Ask an Author, Win a Book
Featured author: Three-day online Goodreads chat.

 

Wednesday, March 21 | Romance Readers Reading Challenge
Ask an Author, Win a Book
Featured author: Three-day online Goodreads chat.

 

Thursday, March 22 | Romance Readers Reading Challenge
Ask an Author, Win a Book
Featured author: Three-day online Goodreads chat.

 

Thursday, March 22 | Writers Read
Featured guest post: I’ll be spending my Thursday Tea Party here talking about what book I’m reading.

 

Friday, March 23 | Denver, CO
7:30 p.m.
Tattered Cover Book Store, Highland Ranch, 9315 Dorchester Street

 

Sunday, April 15-30 | The Next Best Book Club
Online author-reader discussion as the April featured book club pick.

 

Monday, April 16 | NPR’s Hash Hags
Julie Klam, Ann Leary and Laura Zigman are my lovely hostesses.
Featured author interview.

 

Thursday, May 17 | Nashville, TN
TBD
Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pike

 

Saturday, May 19 | Gaithersburg, MD
TBD
Featured Author
The Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds

 

 

Past Events

 

Tuesday , January 17 | The Divining Wand
Featured Q&A: Larramie (a.k.a. the “author’s fairy godmother”) returns from hiatus to asks me some signature, divine questions.

 

Friday, January 20 | Magical Musings
Featured guest: I’m giving author Marilyn Brant a recipe from the book you won’t find in the book.

 

Tuesday, January 24 | Goodreads
2 p.m. ET
Live video launch party with Jael McHenry (The Kitchen Daughter).
All readers are invited to the The Baker’s Daughter celebration. Ask questions online and chat live with the authors.

 

Wednesday, January 25 | Brava! with Beth Hoffman
Featured guest post: ”Who is that Man in the Moon?“ Popping in for tea on Beth’s purple velvet sofa to talk about The Baker’s Daughter‘s fathers and my own.

 

Thursday, January 26 | Great Thoughts Blog
Featured guest post: Writing about my first plane ride memory as a child in “The Journey is as Great a Story as the Destination.”

 

Friday, January 27 | Beyond The Margins
Featured guest post: “The Significance of Settings: Bee Mindful.”

 

Saturday, January 28 | The Debutante Ball
Featured Q&A: Quirky and fun questions from the Debs plus my poetic answer to the question: “If you were an animal, what kind would you be and why?”

 

Monday, January 30 | Caroline Leavitt’s Blog
Featured Q&A: The lovely Caroline has me over to Leavittville.

 

Tuesdsay, January 31 | BermudaOnion’s Weblog
Featured Q&A: My fellow Hokie, Bermuda Onion, and I will sit down for a chat.

 

Wednesday, February 1 | The Pencil Box
Featured guest on Someone’s Awesome Nightstand: Take a peek at my nightstand with Victoria Loustalot.

 

Thursday, February 2 | BethFishReads
Featured guest: Mrs. BethFishReads and I will have Thursday Tea together.

 

Friday, February 3 | Writer Unboxed
Featured guest post.

 

Monday, February 6 | Diary of an Eccentric
Featured review: ”The Baker’s Daughter is, hands-down, the best book I’ve read so far this year, and I am confident that it will be on my “best of” list for 2012… a perfectly crafted novel…”

 

Tuesday, February 7 | You GOTTA Read This!
Featured review: “The story in turns melted my heart and broke it… McCoy adds her beautiful and gentle prose to make it seem almost like a love song.”

 

Wednesday, February 8 | The Feminist Texan Reads
Featured review: “The Baker’s Daughter is vividly written and highly entertaining; I couldn’t put it down…Whether you read this for a book club or just for your own pleasure,The Baker’s Daughter offers plenty for you to munch on.”

 

Thursday, February 9 | Girlichef
Featured review: “This is my first ‘favorite’ read of the year.  Great character development, picturesque historical descriptions, and skillful balancing of past and present are gracefully woven together like a cozy afghan that I wanted wrap myself in for extended periods of time.”

 

Friday, February 10 | Unabridged Chick
Featured review: “… an engrossing, engaging, and moving exploration of love, family, obligation, and the terrible gray area we live in…This would make a great book club pick — so many facets to invite conversation and discussion — and it would make a good gift for someone who isn’t sure they like historical fiction.”

 

Monday, February 13 | Book Snob
Featured review: “The Baker’s Daughter is a multi-layered book with themes of war, immigration, and human cruelty.  It is also a story of full of love, food, compassion and survival. This is a book you will definitely want to savor. Gutenacht.”

 

Tuesday, February 14 | Life in the Thumb
Featured review: “What an emotional powerhouse! I love books that make me weep with sadness and feel such empathy to the characters. This book does that and so much more… Her story will stay with me. I have her tucked under my heart.”

 

Tuesday, February 14 | Women’s Fiction Writers
Featured Q&A: In my second visit to WFW, Amy Sue and I chat about The Baker’s Daughter and more.

 

Wednesday, February 15 | BookNAround
Featured review: “In Sarah McCoy’s fantastic novel, Elsie Schmidt and her family, the bakers of the title, are just these people and her portrayal of them takes the normal black and white morality and turns it into just about every permutation of grey possible… The book is well written and engaging and I found myself unable to put it down once I was fully invested in the story.”

 

I’m adding stops every day! Booksellers, bloggers and readers, feel free to contact me at sarah@sarahmccoy.com if you’re interested in adding your city or blog to the list. I’m excited to meet everyone!