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Thanks to everyone who has come out on tour and to everyone who had read Will Grayson, Will Grayson! The definitive information on the second leg of the tour:


Thursday April 22, 7PM
INDIANAPOLIS
Borders
6020 E. 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46250
Phone: 317-849-8660


Friday April 23, 6PM
LA MESA, CA
La Mesa Public Library
8074 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone: 619-660-6329


Sunday April 25
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
10:30AM -12:30PM
Korn Convocation Hall, Panel #2071
John Green & David Levithan in Conversation with Denise Hamilton
TICKETED: The tickets are free, but Ticketmaster charges $1 per ticket. (Which, I realize, means the tickets are NOT free, but right, yeah.)
Tickets: http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/tickets-faq/


Sunday April 25
LA Times Book Festival
2:00-3:00PM
Signing at Penguin/Mrs. Nelson's Booth #813


Sunday April 25
LA Times Book Festival
3:00-4:00PM
Signing at Mysterious Galaxy Booth #614


Monday April 26, 7PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Books Inc/Not Your Mothers Book Club
601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA
Contact: Jennifer Laughran
Phone: 415-776-1111

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, a book David Levithan and I wrote together, officially comes out today, April 6th. I'm about to leave for the tour (scroll down a bit for information about that), but I wanted to share some reviews and stuff:

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Green and Levithan craft an intellectually existential, electrically ebullient love story that brilliantly melds the ridiculous with the realistic. In alternating chapters from Will and will, each character comes lovingly to life, especially Tiny Cooper, whose linebacker-sized, heart-on-his-sleeve personality could win over the grouchiest of grouches."

Booklist Magazine has also given WGWG a starred review, calling it "a tale populated with young people engaged in figuring out what’s important and shot through with strong feelings, smart-mouthed dialogue, and uncommon insight."

And SLJ (also starred!) said the book is "powerful, thought-provoking, funny, moving, and unique."

All of these quotes, I assume, refer to David's half, but anyway, I am flattered.

Foreign editions of Will Grayson, Will Grayson are forthcoming in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Taiwan. (And hopefully more countries soon!)

The book should be available at bookstores around the United States; you can also order it from indiebound, amazon, bn.com, or borders.

If you've already read WGWG, let's talk about it in comments.NOTE: The comment section of this blog post will contain SPOILERS.

So in the last couple weeks, I have repeatedly released incorrect information about the tour David Levithan and I will be doing in April to support the release of our collaboratively written novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

The information below is guaranteed to be accurate, unless of course it later turns out to be inaccurate. Right, but anyway, here is the tour schedule...NOW WITH FOOTNOTES:


Tuesday April 6
7PM
Naperville North High School
899 N. Mill Street, Naperville IL 60563
Phone: 630-355-2665
TICKETED EVENT: Tickets are $5 or are free with a HC purchase of WILL GRAYSON WILL GRAYSON. Call 630-355-2665 for tickets.*


Wednesday April 7
7PM
The Theatre Building
1225 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago IL 60657
Phone: 773-293-2665
TICKETED EVENT: Tickets are $25 and include a HC copy of WILL GRAYSON WILL GRAYSON. Call 773.293.BOOK for tickets.


Thursday April 8
7PM
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl Street, Boulder CO 80302 **


Friday April 9
7PM
BookPeople
603 North Lamar; Austin, Texas 78703
Phone: 512-472-5050


Saturday April 10
7PM
Madison Congregational Church, Hubley Hall
26 Meetinghouse Lane, Madison CT
TICKETED EVENT: Tickets are $17.99 and include a HC copy of WILL GRAYSON WILL GRAYSON. Call 203-245-3959 or visit www.www.rjjulia.com to purchase tickets.


Sunday April 11
1PM
Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre and Café
2537 Broadway (at 95th Street)
New York, NY 10025
Phone: 212-864-5400
TICKETED EVENT: Call for tickets or click here.


Monday April 12, 7PM
Borders
461 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-980-6785


Thursday April 22, 7PM
Borders
6020 E. 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46250


Friday April 23, 6PM
La Mesa Public Library
8074 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone: 619-660-6329


And a couple more California events coming later in April!


I hope to see you there.


* Because touring is not free (or even cheap!) and because wonderful independent bookstores sometimes have to partner with off-site places, and because of various other things that we can get into if you are genuinely bored or curious, some of these events are ticketed, and to get a ticket you may have to purchase a book from the bookstore hosting the event or pay for a ticket or something. I am sorry if this is an inconvenience to you, and even sorrier if it will prevent me from meeting you, but it is an unfortunate necessity. So please call for tickets.

** Events that do not say TICKETED EVENT in big capital letters are free, although of course an excellent way of saying, "Thank you for bringing David Levithan and John Green to this city" is to buy a book from the bookstore that made it possible.