Welcome back to the weekly posting for Top Ten Tuesdays hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic is “Book Events/Festivals I’d Love to Go to Someday.” The events could be real or imagined. 
This one took a lot of thought and I originally thought I would have a really tough time coming up with even five events. Then, I started writing and ideas just kept popping through my head.
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First, my imagined events (and I might be stretching it a bit here):
- If we can ever actually socialize again, I would love to have a potluck dinner with all the Cook the Books co-hosts and regular participants.
- This one is totally imagined, but I would love to host a dinner party with these foodie authors: Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain, David Chang, M.F.K. Fisher and Ruth Reichl. Can you imagine the conversation (and drinking on Bourdain and Chang’s part)?
- Any author event at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane.
- The farmers markets depicted in Sourdough by Robin Sloane.
- A literary journey through New Mexico: Willa Cather and D.H. Lawrence are possibly the most famous authors that belonged to Northern New Mexico’s literary colonies. Arts patron and author Mabel Dodge Luhan had a fascinating life and I just read that Cormac McCarthy was also in the area during their time. I don’t know if a literary vacation tour package even exists, but I would definitely book it if it did (and throw in an O’Keeffe side trip). Actually, I just found this information which adds lots of stops and attractions to this dream vacay.
These are the real events (past and present) that I would like to attend:
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- As a personal life event, I would love to rummage through Larry McMurtry’s bookstore in Archer City, TX.
- Holland Hall, a private school in Tulsa, OK, has hosted the state’s largest book fair for the last 60 years. Alas, but this year’s event (February 2020) was the last one. Tearful sob. We usually buy at least 20-30 books at each event and have even gotten some rare, antique, and signed books. I will miss this event. This apparently will be an imagined event for me from now on.
- The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
- Poet Laureate Inaugural Reading (happened in September 2019): Joy Harjo gave her inaugural reading as 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. She was joined by Robert Muller and Howard Cloud in a special musical performance. Harjo is currently serving another term as Poet Laureate.
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An Evening with David Sedaris at the Gillioz Theatre (Springfield, MO) on June 25, 2021. Springfield is only about 3 hours away and hopefully in a year from now we can all start attending live events again.
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Well, that was easier than I thought.
Next week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, we can do whatever we want. I already have an idea.
Be safe and well!
Great list, could I join in on that dinner with Bourdain and Julia Child? I should have listed Rivendell as I’m such a nerd.
Yes, everyone is invited. Ha on the Rivendell comment. You should have so included that!
Those imagined events seem so much more fun than the real ones LOL…hopefully someday you get to organize one or two :-))
I really want to make that imagined NM trip a reality one day.
We stayed at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House one summer and I read books written by New Mexico author Frank Waters.
I’d love to join your dinner.
Adding Waters to my “check out” list. I’ve been fascinated by Mabel for a while now. She had such an interesting life.
I was raised in the PNW, but I never attended the Shakespearean Festival. It sounds amazing! My niece has designed sets for it – maybe I’ll get to go see one of them some day.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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I would love to attend that (and to visit the PNW). Thanks for stopping by, Susan!
Your imagined events are perfect! I want to join you on every one of them. The Robin Sloan ones are a brilliant choice. I’ve also been fascinated by the literary and artistic life in New Mexico nearly a century ago. And I think David Chang and M.F.K.Fisher at the same table is a wonderful fantasy.
be well… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
You are more than invited, Mae!
What a fun post! Great list. New Mexico would be fun. Aldous Huxley also was on the scene, and although she wasn’t a writer, Georgia O’Keefe was another giant who made her home there.
Didn’t realize Huxley was there. I am an O’Keeffe-o-phile. She’s always on my list.
I love seeing the inclusion of imagined/fictional events! If only they were real. Great picks!
Unfortunately, most events have to be imagined at this point. 🙁 Thanks for dropping by!