The SHIPPERS – BOOK TOUR!

Join Katherine Center on tour for THE SHIPPERS!

*Starred events are ticketed!

KATHERINE CENTER is heading out on a coast-to-coast book tour for The Shippers from mid-May to mid-June! This tour has a little bit of everything—with stops on the U.S. east coast, west coast, upper midwest, south, and, of course, as always, a whole lotta Texas!

*Please note: Katherine doesn’t get to pick the stores/cities she goes to! So please don’t be offended if you don’t see your hometown or favorite bookstore. The best way to get Katherine to come to your town is to encourage your favorite bookstore to invite her next year—or to ask your local library or a bookish group in town to bring her in through Macmillan Speakers Bureau.

Most events are ticketed! LINKS BELOW! {NOTE! There are still a few stores we don’t have links for! So sorry about that—please check back! Will update this page ASAP!} Register early, if you can! If you have questions about procedures, please check with the stores.

Bring your friends! Bring your grandmas and your kids! Bring your book clubs! The more, the merrier! KC can’t wait to see you!!

THURSDAY, May 14 | Houston, TX

Blue Willow @ Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

11612 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024

7 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a VERY large venue with plenty of room! Tickets are required, and include a signed book. Buying your tickets early helps the store know how many books to order. Thank you!

Monday, May 18 | Indianapolis, IN

* SOLD OUT!!! *

Wild Geese @ Historic Artcraft Theatre

57 N. Main Street, Franklin, IN 46131

6:30 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Tuesday, May 19 | Chicago/Antioch, IL

* SOLD OUT!!! *

Little Bean Books @ Antioch Public Library

757 Main Street, Antioch, IL 60002

7 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Wednesday, May 20 | Waco, TX

* STANDING ROOM ONLY!!! *

Fabled Bookshop

215 S. 4th Street, Waco, TX 76701

6 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note: Fabled does tend to sell out, so grab those tickets early!

Thursday, May 21 | Dallas, TX

Dallas Arts & Lectures Live @ First United Methodist Church

1928 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75201

7:30 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a VERY large venue! Plenty of room in Dallas!!

Friday, May 22 | St. Louis, MO

St. Louis County Library w/ the Novel Neighbor

Clark Family Branch – Post Event Center

1640 S. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63131

7 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a lovely, large venue! Plenty of room in STL!

Saturday, May 23 | Georgetown, TX

* SOLD OUT!!! *

Lark & Owl @ Doug Smith Performance Center

206 W 2nd Street, Georgetown, TX 78626

7 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a nice, big venue! Plenty of room in Georgetown!!

Sunday, May 24 | Webster, TX

Barnes & Noble – Baybrook Gateway #2671

1029 W Bay Area Blvd, Webster, TX 77598

1 PM CST {MID- DAY EVENT}

Pre-order your book and get details HERE!

Sunday, May 24 | The Woodlands, TX

Village Books – The Woodlands

Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church, 7550 Crownridge Drive, The Woodlands, TX, 77382

5 PM CST {Evening EVENT}

Get TICKETS HERE!

Tuesday, May 26 | Orlando, FL

* SOLD OUT!!! *

The New Romantics @ Azalea Lodge @ Mead Botanical Garden

1300 S Denning Drive, Winter Park, FL 32789

7 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Wednesday, May 27 | Westerly, RI

Martin House Books @ The Ocean House

1 Bluff Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891

6 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note: This is an in-conversation author series hosted at a gorgeous historic hotel!

Thursday, May 28 | Plainville, MA

* SOLD OUT!!! *

An Unlikely Story

111 South Street, Plainville, MA 02762

6:30 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Friday, May 29 | Cambridge, MA

Lovestruck Books @ FIRST PARISH

446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

7 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Ticket link to come!

*Note! This is a nice, large venue! Plenty of room in Cambridge!

Saturday, May 30 | Nashville, TN

* SOLD OUT!!! *

Parnassus Books

3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215

6:30 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Sunday, May 31 | Huntsville, AL

* SOLD OUT *

Snail on the Wall @ Walker’s Market

809 Wellman Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801

6 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Monday, June 1 | Washington, DC

The Smithsonian @ Ripley Center

1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, DC 20004

6:30 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

NOTE: *Note! This is a very large (and very cool) venue on the national mall—the original of the Smithsonian buildings! Plenty of room in D.C. !!

Tuesday, June 2 | Raleigh, NC

Page 158 Books

415 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587

6 PM EST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Wednesday, June 3 – Houston, TX – {CENTRAL}

Brazos Bookstore

2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005

6 PM CST*

Pre-order your copy of The Shippers from Brazos HERE!

*NOTE: Your pre-order of The Shippers counts as a ticket that reserves you a priority place in line for this event!

Also, Brazos is not a large store, and parking spaces go fast, so get there super early if you can!

Thursday, June 4 – San Antonio, TX

Nowhere Bookshop @ Malú & Carlos Alvarez Theater

321 W Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

6 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note: This event is NOT in-store this year! It’s the first year we’re moving it off-site to have a little more space!

Friday, June 5 – Austin, TX

Vintage Books @ The State Theater

719 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701

8 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note: This is a lovely, large venue in a historic theater! Plenty of room!

Saturday, June 6 – College Station, TX

Barnes & Noble – Lone Star Pavilions – #2875

771 Texas Avenue, College Station, TX 77840

1 PM CST

Get info and pre-order HERE!

Monday, June 8 – Salt Lake City, UT

* SOLD OUT!!! *

The Book Box @ Miller Free Enterprise Center

9750 South 300 West, Auditorium Room 101, Sandy, UT 84070

6 PM MST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Tuesday, June 9 – Tucson, AZ

Stacks Book Club

2920 East Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ

6:30 PM MST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Wednesday, June 10 – Temecula, CA

In Bloom Bookery @ Temecula Old Town Loft

28551 Rancho California Rd, Temecula, CA 92590

6 PM PST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

Thursday, June 11 – San Diego, CA

Warwick’s @ The University of San Diego’s Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theater

5555 Marian Way, San Diego, CA 92110

7 PM PST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a nice, big venue!! Bring all your friends!

Saturday, June 13 | Galveston, TX

Then & Now @ The Grand 1894 Opera House

2020 Postoffice Street, Galveston, TX 77550

6:30 PM CST*

Get TICKETS HERE!

*Note! This is a massive, gorgeous, historic venue, and it’s SO amazing that we get to be there! Bring all your friends! Bring a whole tour bus of book buddies and make a glorious bookish beach weekend of it!

ADDITIONAL EVENTS!!!

Tuesday, June 16 | Opelika, AL

Opelika Public Library

1100 Glenn Street, Opelika, AL 36801

Ticket link TK!

Wednesday, June 17 | Los Angeles/Santa Monica, CA

Zibby’s Bookshop

1113 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403

6 PM

FORMAT/EVENT DETAILS: Solo talk, Q&A, book signing. Katherine Center will be available after the author discussion to sign and personalize copies of her books.

Reserve a spot HERE!