Kansas Book Festival

Kirk Millson will be a presenting author at this year's Kansas Book Festival at the State Capitol in Topeka on Sept. 13.

Up Next

I'll be at the Barnes & Noble in Sugar House, Utah, from 2-5 on Saturday.  It's on the corner of 2100 South and 1100 East.

Thanks to Jolene at the Book World in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and to Stephanie at the Barnes & Noble in Greenfield, Wisconsin, for hosting my signings last weekend. It was a blast.

Costco Appearance

Join me at the Costco in West Bountiful on Tuesday, June 10, from 4-7 p.m.  The address is 573 West 100 North.

Sheboygan Book World

I'll be at Book World in the Memorial Mall in Sheboygan on Friday, June 6, from noon until the books are gone.  The address is 3347 Kohler Memorial Drive, in Sheboygan.

Meet me in Milwaukee

Sunday, June 8, from 1-4 at the Barnes & Noble in Greenfield, 4935 South 76th Street.  

Book signing

See you at Costco in West Valley City, Utah, on Saturday, May 17, from 11 to 2. The address is 3747 South 2700 West.

Radio interview

Tune in Monday, May 5, at 9 a.m. MDT to the Access Utah program to hear more about the book.  I'm hoping the lovely and talented Alison will make an appearance as well.  The show is available on public radio stations throughout Utah, as well as via internet at this link.

Radio interview

Just got an invitation to be on the Bill Flynn show on AM 980 in Winston-Salem, NC, this Thursday at 8:09 A.M. EDT.

Thanks, Distant Lands

Distant Lands travel store in Pasadena,California, sent me a nice note to say they are carrying "9,000 Miles."

Thanks, Adrian!

Liftoff!

"9,000 Miles" is in select stores across the nation today.  

Kindle ready

"9,000 Miles" is available on Kindle as of this morning.  Amazon sold out of the paperbacks but has reordered.

Amazon sold out

Could be a delay in shipping some orders.  Amazon underestimated demand and sold out of the first batch of "9,000 Miles" 

A big THANK YOU to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT, for stocking "9,000 Miles."   

That first trip

Photos from the 1983 trip that inspired 9,000 Miles.               http://KirkMillson.com/1983.html

Independent bookstores

I've heard back from a few independent bookstores in the past few days, and I want to thank them for considering stocking the book.  I know that with 150,000 new books published each year, they must get deluged with emails and other come-ons.  But these few not only read my email but also the promotional material on the website.  It sounds self-serving to say this, since it's my book they're interested in, but I have a lot of respect for a bookseller who takes the time to dig up new books for their customers instead of waiting for the bestseller lists.  So thank you:

Annie's Book Stop, in Laconia, NH

Bank Square Books, in Mystic, CT

HeadHouse Books, in Philadelphia, PA
Lake Country Booksellers, in White Bear Lake, MN
Norwich Bookstore, in Norwich, VT
BookTowne, in Manasquan, NJ
Reader's World, in Lee's Summit, MO
Barbara's Bookstore, in Chicago
Yankee Bookshop, in Woodstock, VT

Galaxy Bookshop, in Hardwick, VT

Doylestown Books, in Doylestown, PA
The Galaxy Bookstore, in Hardwick, VT
Elysian Fields, in Sarasota, FL
Next Page Books, in Frisco, CO
That Bookstore in Blytheville, in Blytheville, AR
Eagle Eye Bookshop, in Decatur, GA
Avid Bookstore, in Athens, GA
The Bookmark, in Neptune Beach, FL
 JJ Books in Bothell, WA
The Book Shop, in Sweet Briar, VA
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, NY
Corner Bookstore, New York, NY
WORD, in Brooklyn, NY
Bob's Beach Books, in Lincoln City, OR
Book Woman Bookstore, in Austin, TX
Posman Books, in NYC



And thanks to Harvard's bookstore for letting me know that they definitely will not be carrying the book. I didn't really expect them to. Frankly, I'm surprised they even let my email into Harvard.

The blog is up

Here's Peter sitting on the flanks of Mount Rainier in 2009, surveying all the country we had crossed to get to that point.  I feel the same right now as I look at this website with all the video and other gizmos I had to learn during several frustrating weeks.  I'm exhausted but gratified that the toughest part is behind me, and it's all downhill from here.