Now THAT Is What I Call A Book Tour – Thomas Riggs And Company

There are probably plenty of writers out there who kind of dread book tours, but author Jim Lynch isn’t one of them. He discovered a way to combine pleasure with work. An avid sailor, Lynch cruised from his home in Olympia, Washington, to various booksellers in the San Juan Islands (in the Seattle area) during a weeklong tour to promote two of his novels: The Highest Tide, his first novel, released in 2005, and Border Songs, which was selected as a finalist for the American Booksellers Award for best fiction of 2009.

Lynch’s sailboat is a 1970 Bristol 32. He kicked off his tour on July 24, 2010, on Shaw Island as guest speaker at the Shaw Island Historical Society Annual Meeting. His final stop was on July 31 in Anacortes at Watermark Books. Lynch also made stops on San Juan Island, Lopez Island, Orcas Island, and Lummi Island. Though Lynch encountered a number of mechanical issues with his sailboat, he did not miss a reading. Later in the summer his book tour continued on land in Oregon and Washington. For more information visit his website. Also check out this article about his nautical tour in the Wall Street Journal.

Mariko Fujinaka
Thomas Riggs & Company
Missoula, Montana; Nice, France

From Thomas Riggs & Co. Blog: www.thomasriggs.net/blog

Additional Resources:

Thomas Riggs and Company :: Listed on Firstwebhub.com

Thomas Riggs and Company :: Article on Newdataagency.com

Thomas Riggs and Company :: Information on Datanetgroup.com

Thomas Riggs and Company :: Article on Gatheringsource.com

Thomas Riggs and Company :: Listed on Informationhubinc.com