Former US President, and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jimmy Carter has been touring the US recently, signing copies of his new book – Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope.
This is a great shot of him at Borders Bookshop in Alexandria, Virginia on 9 October, 2007.
If you’d like to hear him talking about his new book on Larry King Live click here!
David Sedaris has been on a book signing and speaking tour in the US. There’s an interview here about his stint in Washington DC:
Author David Sedaris speaks at Lisner – Arts
Meanwhile, this is a wonderful signed by author copy by David Sedaris!
I recently came across this amusing take on the business of dealing in books which have been signed by the author!
Signed By Cast is a new sister site to Signed By Author – SignedByCast.com – The home of entertainment memorabilia signed by the cast of TV shows and movies – autographed movie posters, photographs, dvds and original film scripts.
J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has donated an entire set of the Harry Potter books for a charity auction in aid of the National Braille Press.
Source: Boston Herald
Italian artist Francesco Clemente was in New York yesterday at The Strand Book Store signing copies of Francesco Clemente: Works 1971–1979
Source: FreeNYC
6th September 2007: Jamie Oliver in Borough Market Originally uploaded by Matthew Armstrong Ever popular TV chef Jamie Oliver spotted at a slightly more unusual book signing venue, albeit entirely appropriate, for the launch of his new book ‘Jamie at Home‘.
The story of two New Zealand school girls and their trip to London to attend the midnight reading and book signing with J K Rowling at the Natural History Museum in London for the launch of the final book in the series – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
By Justin Power If the idea of making money from a hobby appeals to you, then you should consider collecting first edition books. Let me give you a real-life example. If you had bought a copy of the Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry, Death of a Naturalist, in 1999 you would have …
