I'm coming to YOUR town* in February!

Next Tuesday marks the publication of my latest YA novel, Homeland, and I'll be kicking off a month-long tour across the US on February 5 with a stop in Seattle, followed by Portland and San Francisco.

From there, I swing to the southwest -- a region I've never toured! -- with stops in Salt Lake City and Tempe. Then it's northeast to NYC, south to Cincinnati, Miami, Chapel Hill, Decatur, Oxford, MS, Memphis, and New Orleans.

Then I do two stops in Texas: Austin and Houston, before crossing northeast again to Portsmouth and Concord, NH; down to DC, over to Boston, then Albuquerque.

There's also a couple stops I'll be making after the tour proper: Lawrence, KS and Toronto.

I'll be reading from the book, talking about the themes and my inspiration for writing it, and about how Aaron Swartz contributed to it. I'm hoping that the public appearances turn into a chance to brainstorm about how to keep Aaron's work going. The events are all-ages and kid-friendly, and I'll be happy to sign your books, ereaders, floppy discs, laptops, or whatever.

I don't think that there are going to be any more cities added -- pretty much every day is a travel-day already. But there is some time for press interviews, podcasts, and so forth, so if that's your thing feel free to mail me and I'll forward you on to my publicist to see if we can schedule it in.

Touring is hard work, but I love it. Everywhere I go, I meet happy mutants -- young and old -- and get to talk with them about their passions and hopes. It's what keeps me going through the year. I really hope you'll come out and join the fun!

Here's the full schedule:

Homeland Tour/Cory Doctorow/February 5 - 26, 2013

Here's a long excerpt:

Homeland (Excerpt)

And here's some things the critics are saying:

"Outstanding for its target audience, and even those outside Doctorow’s traditional reach may find themselves moved by its call to action" - Kirkus

"Fans of Little Brother and the author’s other stories of technophiliac hacktivism ought to love this book" - Publishers Weekly

* Assuming your town is one of the ones I'm coming to, of course. Alert readers will have already noticed that there's not much action in the midwest, Rockies, or northeast, which is a deliberate decision in the hopes of minimizing weather delays during a jam-packed tour schedule. Sorry! I got to as much of the northeast and midwest as I could back on the Pirate Cinema tour in November.

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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vonbobo

Cool, see you in Lawrence!!

Let us know when the date and place is set?
Francis Delaney

Boston!

Brookline Booksmith?
lysdexia

Who do I gotta ! to get you to Cincinnati?
brucearthurs

Marked calendar for the Tempe date. (Changing Hands! Great bookstore!)
http://www.facebook.com/mikesilvermanks Mike Silverman

When will you be in Lawrence – it wasn’t listed on the publisher site. Thanks!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Here’s the details (they’ll go up later):
  
  “The Coming War on General Purpose Computing: every single political issue will end up rehashing the stupid Internet copyright fight”
  
  Cory Doctorow
  
  Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture
  Thursday, February 28, 7:30pm
  Kansas Union’s Alderson Auditorium
  - http://www.facebook.com/mikesilvermanks Mike Silverman
    
    Can’t wait!
davegroff

Toronto?
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Likely Mar 1, at the Merril Collection
  - davegroff
    
    Great, I’ll bring the kids. We’ll see you then.
Greg Webster

No, you are not. I live in Quesnel, BC. You are not going to be anywhere near here.

/Dwight
Felton / Moderator

See you in Decatur!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  HOORAY!
Matt Grimm

God, why do all the good authors have to read in Beavertronn? Powell’s downtown is where it’s at….
- Cory Doctorow
  
  They’ve got the big event-space — Powell’s downtown doesn’t, alas. I like the big store better, too.
signsofrain

Damnit Cory stop dissing Montreal!
http://twitter.com/athene8 athene8

Have already pre-purchased book//tickets for Tempe. My daughter and I are quite anxious to meet you in person.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Can’t wait!
vetnoir

SO jazzed that you are finally coming to AZ!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Me too!
http://www.facebook.com/james.gilbreath James Gilbreath

Sadly, can’t make it to Oxford or Decatur, but if you pass through Birmingham, I (or other Birminghamians) would happily provide info on the best grub.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12400104 Dana Curran

Super bummed that I will be stuck at work while you’re in NYC. I’m a huge fan, and can’t wait to read Homeland!
http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

I’d have more chance catching you at the airport. No UK tour?
- Cory Doctorow
  
  There’s a TON of UK stops this spring, all over, from the Shetlands to Wales.
  - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
    
    In which case ill just sit back down and wait patiently.
RayCornwall

What, did Philly spit in your cheesesteak or something?
…
OK, we did probably spit in your cheesesteak…
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Minimizing snowy stops this tour — because I’m in a new city every day, and one snow delay would be a massive screwup.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=11516085 Jesse L Mabus

two events in austin … i see only one.
horray! hopefully i can bring my copy of ‘little brother’ that was on loan the last time you i saw you for ‘ftw’. hope they won’t mind that i couldn’t wait and had to get a copy post haste.
http://blog.insightvr.com John Harrison

Cory, if you come to SLC and call it the “southwest” people will not be impressed. The region is known as the “mountain west” or more specifically “the Wasatch front”.

In any case you’ll love The Leonardo. I hope you get a chance to explore the museum.
Bloo

It would be great if you made it to Tallahassee – we have Nebula-nominated (in 2009) Jeff Vandermeer you could chum around with, other respected writers (Pulitzer winners, Godfather-series-continuers, award-winning children’s book authors, etc.) . If you time it in late May or something like that, you could also add a Gulf beach vacation, slide down to DisneyWorld, etc.
http://twitter.com/ohmz Omar Kooheji

Do you ever do book tours in the UK? You live in London don’t you? I live in Glasgow but I’d probably go as far as Edinburgh to see you give a talk. They do a book festival every year as part of the fringe.