Book Tour
Bookstore and Media Events
Major Media Coverage for THE GIFT OF VALOR by Michael Phillips for Memorial Day and beyound…
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All dates are 2005
Saturday, June 11
WASHINGTON DC
12 Noon BY PHONE “Dwight Rabuse Show”
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm WWTC-AM 1280 news/talk (Minneapolis)
radio interview Interviewer: Dwight Rabuse, host
Sunday, June 12
JACKSONVILLE, NC
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 375 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville NC
Booksigning
Monday, June 13
JACKSONVILLE/CHERRY POINT/HAVELOCK
Arrive 10:30 AM Camp Lejeune TV10
10:30 am – 11:00 am At Marine Corps Association Bookstore
Television interview Marine Corps Exchange Annex
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM MCA Bookstore
Presentation/Q&A/booksigning
Arrive 2:30 pm 10th Marines PME
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Presentation, Q&A, signing Marine Corps Association
5:00 PM BY PHONE “Viewpoints”
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm WTFK/WJNC Radio
30 minute radio interview Interviewers: Connie Asero and Bill Lockwood, hosts
Arrive 6:50 pm Havelock Craven Public Library
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Craven Community College
Presentation/booksigning
301 Cunningham Blvd., Havelock, NC
Tuesday, June 14
JACKSONVILLE/NEW BERN/CHERRY POINT/WASHINGTON DC
Arrive 8:50 am “AM Show”
9:00 am – 10:00 am WRNS Radio interview
1361 Colony Drive, New Bern, NC
Arrive 10:50 am Cherry Point Marine Corps Exchange
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Cherry Point Marine Base
Booksigning
Wednesday, June 15
WASHINGTON DC
Arrive 6:40 pm “Focal Point Radio”
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm WEBR – Fairfax Community Access
60 minute radio interview 2929 Eskridge Road, Suite S, Fairfax, VA 22031
Thursday, June 16
WASHINGTON DC/ARLINGTON, VA
Arrive 6:50 pm Olsson’s Books and Records
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Arlington/Courthouse Store
presentation & signing
2111 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA 703-525-4227
Sunday, June 19
IDAHO/SEATTLE
8:00 am – 10:00 am KWOW-FM (NPR)
Radio interview 4518 University Way NE, Ste. 310, Seattle, WA
Tuesday, June 21
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
Arrive 10:50 am “Write on! Radio”
11:00 am – 12:00 noon KFAI Radio (Pacifica)
60 minute radio interview 1808 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN
Macalestar College Chapel
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 1600 Grand Ave.St. Paul, MN
presentiation & booksigning
Wednesday, June 22
MINNEAPOLIS
9:00 am – 10:00 am Minnesota Public Radio
20 minute radio interview 45 East 7th St. Paul, MN 55101
Thursday, June 23rd
ST LOUIS, MO
“The Jaco Report”
30 minute television interview 5915 Berthold Ave. St. Louis, MO
Interviewer: Charles Jaco, war correspondent
(Note: Charles Jaco is a former CNN war correspondent who has covered conflicts in Iraq, the middle east, and Central America for that network)
Saint Louis County Public Library
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 1640 South Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO
presentation & signing
Friday, June 24th
WASHINGTON DC
11:30 am – 2:00 pm Building 26, Henderson Hall
presentation & booksigning Corner of South Gate Rd and Orme St
Arlington, VA
Tuesday, June 28th
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Metro Networks
15 minute radio interview
Silver Spring, MD
Wednesday, June 29th
WASHINGTON DC/ARLINGTON VA
ARRIVE 6:20 PM USMC Combat Correspondents Association Dinner
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM At Chez Andree Restaurant
10 East Glebe Road, Alexandria VA
reception/dinner speech & booksigning
Friday, July 1
WASHINGTON DC/ARLINGTON
ARRIVE 10:55 AM Ft. Myer Post Exchange
11:00 am –2:00 pm Building 450, Arlington VA
Booksigning
Friday, July 29 – Saturday, July 30
KANSAS CITY, MO
Local media interviews
Friday presentation at Marine Parents United Conference
Saturday presentation/booksigning at MPU Conference
August (Aug. 21 – 27 – exact date tk)
RENO, NV
Presentation at U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Convention
