HarperCollins has released this “excerpt” of The Gathering, which is actually the first 90 pages

I think I promised this one for Friday. Whoops!

My tour schedule is mostly complete. There may be a few Canadian dates added (we know where they’d be, just finalizing with the stores) To see the most recent version, click here.

A few of these events are an “advance signing.” That means they’ll have the books early.

For those who’ve never been to a book signing, I usually do a very short reading (5 min) then answer questions and give away swag. Then I sign books. The stores will appreciate it if you could buy the latest book there (or a book of some kind), but most allow you to bring others from home. I’ve put store policies where I have them. If one isn’t listed, please call the store first if you plan to bring in a bag of books from home.

I also promised to give away my last advance copy. Now, you’ll notice most of my events are in places you may never have heard of, like Wayzata, MN. That’s because signings are often in small cities right outside a major one. So for the contest, go through the list and find two American signings in places you’ve never heard of and tell me what’s the major city nearby. For example, Wayzata is just outside Minneapolis. Send your entry to contest@kelleyarmstrong.com by midnight Wednesday March 16. I’ll choose one correct entry to win the last ARC.

April 3. 2 PM.
Indigo, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, ON. The Gathering launch! Reading, Q&A and signing. The Gathering will be available early for this event.

April 5. 7 PM.
Book Soup, 8818 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. Signing with Melissa Marr, Melissa de la Cruz, Sarah Rees Brennan, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Note: The Gathering will be available early for this event. Also, this is the official US release date for Waking the Witch in paperback, so I’ll have that, too, as well as early paperbacks for The Reckoning. Yes, April is mega-release month for me 

April 9 11AM-2PM.

Book Fair at RT Convention. 300+ authors. $5 admission. Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA.  NOTE: The Gathering will be available early for this event.

April 10. 4 PM.
Kepler’s Bookstore, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA. Reading, Q&A and signing. The Gathering will be available early for this event.

April 11. 7 PM.
Arboretum Barnes & Noble, 10000 Research Blvd #158, Austin, TX. Reading, Q&A and signing. The Gathering will be available early for this event.

April 12. 7 PM.
Roseville II Barnes & Noble, HarMar Mall, 2100 North Snelling Ave, Roseville, MN. Reading, Q&A and signing. This is actually the release date for The Gathering, so it’s the first event that will have it on time, not early  Store policy: max 6 books from home per person.

April 13. 7 PM.
Bookcase, 607 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN. Reading, Q&A and signing.

April 14. 7 PM.
Ann Arbor Barnes & Noble, Huron Village, 3235 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI. Reading, Q&A and signing. Store policy: no limit on books from home.

April 15. 7 PM.
Mansell Crossings Barnes & Noble, 7660 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta, GA. Reading, Q&A and signing.

April 16. 4 PM.
Cool Springs Barnes & Noble, 1701 Mallory Lane, Brentwood, TN. Reading, Q&A and signing. Store policy: max 5 books from home per person.

April 23. 1:30 PM.
Coles, Argyle Mall, London, ON. Signing. Note: this is a mall store, so there’s no official Q&A/reading…though I do usually treat the front of the line to a brief Q&A and swag giveaway before I start.

April 30. 2:30 PM.
SmithBooks, Elgin Mall, St Thomas, ON. Signing. Note: this is a mall store, so there’s no official Q&A/reading…though I do usually treat the front of the line to a brief Q&A and swag giveaway before I start.

May 7. 3:00 PM.
Stoney Creek Indigo, 1783 Stone Church Road East, Stoney Creek, ON. Signing, reading, Q&A.

I really should keep track of these so I can do better subject lines.

I still have a few ARCs to give away and I want to do those this week. I’ll do one Friday, when I announce my tour dates. And I’ll do one now.

So, speaking of tours… I have school visits for the rest of the week. I was looking up the address of the one tomorrow morning so I’d see how god-awful early I need to get up to drive to it. When I googled the school name, though, I got pages of hits for a Miley Cyrus song. Weird. Turns out, she has a song by the same name…because the woman who wrote it went to that school here in Ontario.

Let’s have some fun with this odd tidbit of trivia, then, as I send you on an Internet scavenger hunt for the answer.

Email contest@kelleyarmstrong.com with:

1) the name of the school I’ll be visiting

2) the “real” address of it. In Ontario, not in the song. Give me the street address and city name.

I will accept entries until noon tomorrow (March 9), when I’ll draw from correct ones and notify the winner via email.

DO NOT POST THE ANSWER HERE. YOU’LL DECREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING BY GIVING IT AWAY…AND PISS OFF EVERYONE WHO RESEARCHED IT