Tim Wendel

Fall for the Book, Thursday, Sept. 25, 1-2 p.m. at the Cherrydale Library in Arlington, Va.

Baltimore Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Mt. Vernon Center, Baltimore.

Moderating a discussion with New York Times best-selling thriller writer Daniel Silva on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. at the Fairfax County (Va.) Government Center.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Saturday, Oct. 25, at Montogmery College, Md., 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m, with Shana Yarborough, CEO of Writer's Lair Books.

Recent events

The signing with Hall of Famer Stan Mikita on July 18 for my kids' sports novel, My Man Stan, was a huge hit. Thanks to everybody for turning out at the Hawkfest convention at the Hilton in Chicago. Special thanks to Stan, the Blackhawks' marketing staff and Stan's daughter, Jane. For the signing we shared the booth occupied by the Blackhawks' cheerleaders. As Stan said when he arrived, "Tim, I like your neighborhood." If only all signings came with cheerleaders and a Hall of Fame hockey player.

Varsity Letters -- July 3, 2008
It was a great scene in New York with Milton Jamail, author of "Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom" and Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney, co-authors of "It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball."
Here's a link to that gig from Gelf Magazine.

Unforgettable Sports Stories
Virginia Festival for the Book
with Marc Bloom (God on the Starting Line), Neal Thompson (Hurricane Season: A Coach, His Team and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina) and Peter Zheutlin (Around the World on Two Wheels).

Black Oak Books in Berkeley.
Screenwriter Melanie Dixon and I read from Castro's Curveball, the novel and the script.

U-California at Berkeley, Globalization Comes Home conference.

Slide show/lecture on the rise of Latinos in baseball at Baseball Forever Conference in Frostburg, Md.

Great Lakes Booksellers, Dearborn, Mich.