A Memory of Light: Brandon Sanderson's Tour

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

(Apologies to Mods/Admins if this is in the wrong section).


As expected, Brandon Sanderson will be on tour for the release of A Memory of Light (just like for past books).
Originally the tour was to include more stops then will soon be announced because Brandon just had his third child and has had to scale back the number of stops. It will be US/Canada only.
Official Link:
http://www.tor.com/b...y-of-light-tour

- 12:00 a.m. on January 8th BYU in Provo Utah with Harriet McDougal
-Jan 8th 7pm Roseville, MN (TwinCities metro area) with Harriet McDougal
-Jan 9th 7pm Skokie, IL (northern Chicago metro area) with Harriet McDougal
-Jan 10th 7pm Beavercreek, OH (Dayton metro area) with Harriet McDougal
-Jan 11th 7pm Lexington, KY with with Harriet McDougal
-Jan 12th 2pm Charleston SC with Harriet McDougal

-Feb 1st 7pm Salt Lake City, UT
-Feb 6th 7pm San Diego, CA
-Feb 7th 7pm Huntington Beach, CA ( greater Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area)
-Feb 8th 7pm Citrus Heights, CA (Sacramento metro area)
-Feb 9th 3pm San Francisco, CA
-Feb 11th 7pm Beaverton (Portland area), OR
-Feb 12th 7pm Seattle, WA
-Feb 14th 7pm Vancouver, BC
-Feb 15th  (Time?) Toronto, ON
-Feb 16th 2pm Milford, NH
-Feb 18th 7pm Hanover, MD (Baltimore metro area) with Harriet McDougal
-Feb 19th 7:30pm Philadelphia, PA with Harriet McDougal
-Feb 20th 7:30pm Raleigh, NC with Harriet McDougal
-Feb 21st 7:15pm Norcross, GA (Atlanta metro area) with Harriet McDougal
-Feb 22nd 7pm Birmingham, AL with Harriet McDougal

Previously scheduled stops that have been cancelled/rescheduled:
-NYC (Cancelled) Brandon will likely go to NYC sometime next year.
-Raleigh NC (No longer Jan 13, on Feb 20th)

-Calgary (Cancelled)


http://www.tor.com/b...y-of-light-tour
http://www.brandonsa...-Release-Events
http://store-locator...nderson/2095284

Memory Keeper applications are up:
http://www.dragonmou...on-process-r479

[JenniferL]

We're still waiting for the finl list. When we have it, we will post it on the front page.

[Carnacarn]

are there plans for meet ups at specific book stores for the release? i am going back to the states in part (besides first holiday season off in five years that i can be home for) for the release of AMoL.

[HighSimms]

>mfw the world ends and we never get to read the book.

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

Dates to be announced soon. BYU confirmed for a midnight release. Birmingham (Alabama) tweeted as likely tour stop. US/Canada only confirmed. Europe tour later in 2013.

[Davrick]

I'd love it if BS would stop in MN

[csarmi]

Well, have fun :)

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

I'd love it if BS would stop in MN

Well, he will. And early. He'll be in Roseville on the 8th at 7pm. So he should nice and exhausted after the midnight release (and Mormons, I believe, abstain from caffeine).

His Barnes and Noble schedule (not sure if full or partial) is up:

http://store-locator...nderson/2095284

 

EDIT:

Wow, fail on my part. I didn't realise there was another thread here:

http://www.dragonmou...rson-tour-2013/

and more tour dates listed here:

http://www.goodreads...andon_Sanderson

 

The curious(possibly sad?) thing is that the NYC tour stop is not listed on Barnes&Noble's website. Was the store a victim of Hurricane Sandy? Did they cancel it?

[jmniles]

>mfw the world ends and we never get to read the book.

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You can't green txt here and you have no face so mfw doesn't work.

[TootThatHorn]

>mfw the world ends and we never get to read the book.

\

You can't green txt here and you have no face so mfw doesn't work.

 

>mfw i did

[Southpaw89]

these signing locations are kinda strange.. Why not just have the signing in Chicago instead of Skokie? Blah further drive for me on a college night :/

[jmniles]

>mfw the world ends and we never get to read the book.

\

You can't green txt here and you have no face so mfw doesn't work.

 

>mfw i did

 

Haha. I almost did that too.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Yeah, some of these are wrong...the official announcement will tell us which ones.

[MrMatrim]

these signing locations are kinda strange.. Why not just have the signing in Chicago instead of Skokie? Blah further drive for me on a college night :/

 

The Skokie store (where I work, actually) is the only one big enough. There really aren't many B&Ns downtown.

[dhammett11]

Any idea how certain the Alabama signing is, and which part of the tour it will be in? That would be awesome for me coming from Mississippi. Usually the closest stop is Dallas, but if I'm going that far out of my way I'd rather book a week vacation in LA. TOR has been about to announce the tour schedule "any day now" for weeks and time is running out for finding cheap plane tickets. Surely they'll do it sometime this week right???

[Barid Bel Medar]

Hey guys, just a quick note.

 

Questions and speculation is perfectly fine, but I would ask you to please refrain from posting specific times and venues as truth.

 

As Peter has said, many of these times are just plain wrong, and I would ask you to refrain from potentially misleading people.

 

As mentioned, the official times will be published via various sources, including Dragonmount when it has been finalized.

 

Until then, lets keep it at speculation.

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

Hey guys, just a quick note.

 

Questions and speculation is perfectly fine, but I would ask you to please refrain from posting specific times and venues as truth.

 

As Peter has said, many of these times are just plain wrong, and I would ask you to refrain from potentially misleading people.

 

As mentioned, the official times will be published via various sources, including Dragonmount when it has been finalized.

 

Until then, lets keep it at speculation.

 

Understood; added a disclaimer in the first post.

[Barid Bel Medar]

No problems. It is a good thread, it just needed the disclaimer.

[arianrose]

Well, authors have been to the Roseville B&N before, so it seems a likely venue. I'll be dragging myself out there if it happens. I wonder, though, how likely it would be that I can get someone at the store to set aside a chair for my girlfriend. She's got a back issue that doesn't allow her to stand long, and I'd hate to have to go without her.

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

Updated the first post. Where incorrect info was listed, it should be corrected (including what the change was). The first post is still unofficial and contains speculation on further dates to be added (likely the Canadian component of the tour).

[Chesus]

I can understand that you guys do Provo and Charlotte every year, but why not branch out on the rest of the tour and hit some different places for a change? Completely skipped Louisiana and Mississippi on all three tours yet Hanover, MD makes the cut all three times. Fortunately I have family in Baltimore so I was able to get signed books the first two rounds, but I was hoping New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Biloxi, or Jackson would make the cut this time around.

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

I can understand that you guys do Provo and Charlotte every year, but why not branch out on the rest of the tour and hit some different places for a change? Completely skipped Louisiana and Mississippi on all three tours yet Hanover, MD makes the cut all three times. Fortunately I have family in Baltimore so I was able to get signed books the first two rounds, but I was hoping New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Biloxi, or Jackson would make the cut this time around.

I think you meant Charleston not Charlotte but your point is valid. Even though they skipped NYC and Boston this time 'round, they have been there before. For Utah and Charleston, it makes sense seeing as they are where Brandon and Harriet each respectively live. I was hoping for an Ottawa/Montréal stop because Brandon was just in Toronto. I couldn't make the 2hr commute to Montréal last time Brandon was there. Maybe the turnout était horrible à Montréal la dernière fois?

[Chesus]

Yes, Charleston. C words, kinda close to one another. Of course Charleston and Provo make sense, and I completely support those stops. I don't have TGS and TOM lists in front of me, but I'd be willing to bet there were other repeated stops besides those two and Baltimore. I'd be willing to make a bit of a drive to hit a tour stop but the closest would be 6 1/2 hours to Birmingham which is a bit much.

[Olver_is_a_Forsaken]

the closest would be 6 1/2 hours to Birmingham which is a bit much.

Ya, 61/2 is far. Toronto is 41/2 from my place. If it were scheduled for one week later it would be during "Reading Week" the "spring break" equivalent for Canadian universities and I could go. Seems like I'll be out of luck. I'm sure Herid will ask some great questions if he's at the Toronto event.

 

I don't have TGS and TOM lists in front of me, but I'd be willing to bet there were other repeated stops

There were.

Gathering Storm Tour:

http://us.macmillan....r=macmillansite

 

Towers of Midnight Tour:

http://www.tor.com/b...edule-announced

 

Not sure if either list was complete. Hanover is indeed a 3-peat. Some other locations have had many in their area.

For example in 2009 Dayton and Lexington also had signings.

Cincinnati (within 100 miles of both cities) had 1 in 2010. Reasonable driving distance.

For 2012 back to Dayton and Lexington. No one in those 3 cities can complain. (However if you live in Cleveland, then go ahead and vent-lol).

[Bromo Sapien]

 

Even though they skipped NYC and Boston this time 'round, they have been there before.

 

They didn't really skip Boston this time. Milford, NH is about an hour north and is an incredibly drive, so anyone that would go to Boston could just make the trek up. It should be interesting to see the tour hit a smaller town after spending time in the big cities.