I WILL BE speaking, signing books, and sampling apples at a number of events in the next few weeks. In addition to copies of America’s Apple, I will have the 2014 New England Apples wall calendar for sale, featuring beautiful photographs of the region’s orchards and descriptions of some of its most interesting apples. All events are open to the public.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

“Everything Apple:
 How the Apple Changed America and How America Changed the Apple”

Keep Homestead Museum, 35 Ely Road, Monson, Massachusetts

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“Heirloom Apple Tasting”

River Valley Market, 330 North King Street, Northampton, Massachusetts

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7 p.m.

“Apple Growing In America”

Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire, Connecticut

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 11 a.m.

“Great New England Apple Pie Contest”

Applefest

Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton, Massachusetts

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

“Readings from America’s Apple”

New England Mobile Book Fair, 82 Needham Street # 84, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts

 America’s Apple can be purchased in hardcover or as an ebook at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Silver Street Media, and numerous bookstores and orchard stores.