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I’m still revving up my tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother, and tonight I’ll be at Booksmith in San Francisco. I’m lucky enough to get two days in SFO and tomorrow I’ll be at Borderlands, before I head to Salt Lake City for an appearance at The Leonardo on Saturday. From there, it’s off to Tempe, AZ for a gig at Changing Hands on Sunday, and then off to many more cities (here’s the list). Last night’s event in Portland at the Beaverton Powell’s was amazing, with more than a hundred lovely folks in attendance, a lively Q&A and the swell atmosphere of one of the world’s great bookstores.

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Last night, I kicked off the tour for Homeland (the sequel to Little Brother) with an amazing event at the Seattle Public Library, and now I’m hitting the road! I’ll be in Portland tonight, at the Powell’s in Beaverton at 7PM. Tomorrow I hit San Francisco with a stop at Booksmith on the 7th, then another at Borderlands on the 8th. From there, I’m off to Salt Lake City’s Leonardo museum for an event on Feb 9. There’s 22 cities in all — here’s the list!

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Last night, I kicked off the tour for Homeland (the sequel to Little Brother) with an amazing event at the Seattle Public Library, and now I’m hitting the road! I’ll be in Portland tonight, at the Powell’s in Beaverton at 7PM. Tomorrow I hit San Francisco with a stop at Booksmith on the 7th, then another at Borderlands on the 8th. From there, I’m off to Salt Lake City’s Leonardo museum for an event on Feb 9. There’s 22 cities in all — here’s the list!

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In a couple of hours, I’m getting on a plane from London to Seattle to kick off the tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother. My first stop is tomorrow (Feb 5) night, at the Seattle Public Library, and then I head to Portland for Feb 6, where I’ll be at Powell’s in Beaverton. Then it’s off to San Francisco, where I’ll be at Booksmith on Feb 7, and Borderlands on Feb 9.

There’s a lot more cities on this US tour, mostly in the warm spots (we’re trying to minimize weather delays, because the schedule is so tight). And though it’s not on the calendar yet, I’ll be Lawrence, KS on Feb 28 at the Kansas Union’s Alderson Auditorium at 7:30 and in Toronto on Mar 1 for a presentation at the Merril Collection at 7PM.

If you’re wondering what the book’s all about, The Oregonian ran an interview with me this weekend about the book:

A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like “terror” meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.

But this permanent emergency didn’t have any visible battlefront — it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.

I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn’t have to be that way, that they could push back.

I’ve heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by “Little Brother,” kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.

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Correction: The Borderlands event is on Feb 7, not Feb 8.



In a couple of hours, I’m getting on a plane from London to Seattle to kick off the tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother. My first stop is tomorrow (Feb 5) night, at the Seattle Public Library, and then I head to Portland for Feb 6, where I’ll be at Powell’s in Beaverton. Then it’s off to San Francisco, where I’ll be at Booksmith on Feb 7, and Borderlands on Feb 8.

There’s a lot more cities on this US tour, mostly in the warm spots (we’re trying to minimize weather delays, because the schedule is so tight). And though it’s not on the calendar yet, I’ll be Lawrence, KS on Feb 28 at the Kansas Union’s Alderson Auditorium at 7:30 and in Toronto on Mar 1 for a presentation at the Merril Collection at 7PM.

If you’re wondering what the book’s all about, The Oregonian ran an interview with me this weekend about the book:

A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like “terror” meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.

But this permanent emergency didn’t have any visible battlefront — it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.

I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn’t have to be that way, that they could push back.

I’ve heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by “Little Brother,” kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.

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Correction: The Borderlands event is on Feb 7, not Feb 8.



In a couple of hours, I’m getting on a plane from London to Seattle to kick off the tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother. My first stop is tomorrow (Feb 5) night, at the Seattle Public Library, and then I head to Portland for Feb 6, where I’ll be at Powell’s in Beaverton. Then it’s off to San Francisco, where I’ll be at Booksmith on Feb 7, and Borderlands on Feb 8.

There’s a lot more cities on this US tour, mostly in the warm spots (we’re trying to minimize weather delays, because the schedule is so tight). And though it’s not on the calendar yet, I’ll be Lawrence, KS on Feb 28 at the Kansas Union’s Alderson Auditorium at 7:30 and in Toronto on Mar 1 for a presentation at the Merril Collection at 7PM.

If you’re wondering what the book’s all about, The Oregonian ran an interview with me this weekend about the book:

A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like “terror” meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.

But this permanent emergency didn’t have any visible battlefront — it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.

I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn’t have to be that way, that they could push back.

I’ve heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by “Little Brother,” kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.

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I did a Q&A with The Oregonian to help publicize my stop at the Powell’s Books in Beaverton, OR on Feb 6 at 7PM. It’s the second stop in my 22 city tour.

What prompted you to write “Homeland,” the sequel to “Little Brother,” and what’s the impact of “Little Brother” been, especially among younger readers?

A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like “terror” meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.

But this permanent emergency didn’t have any visible battlefront — it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.

I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn’t have to be that way, that they could push back.

I’ve heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by “Little Brother,” kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.

Bookmarks: Q&A with Cory Doctorow, science fiction and Internet activist

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I did a Q&A with The Oregonian to help publicize my stop at the Powell’s Books in Beaverton, OR on Feb 6 at 7PM. It’s the second stop in my 22 city tour.

What prompted you to write “Homeland,” the sequel to “Little Brother,” and what’s the impact of “Little Brother” been, especially among younger readers?

A couple of years ago, it occurred to me that the emergency had become permanent. Declaring war on an abstract noun like “terror” meant that we would forever be on a war footing, where any dissent was characterized as treason, where justice was rough and unaccountable, where the relationship of the state to its citizens would grow ever more militarized.

But this permanent emergency didn’t have any visible battlefront — it was a series of largely invisible crises in the form of brutal prosecutorial overreach, police crackdowns, ubiquitous surveillance, merciless debt-hounding and repossession.

I wanted to write a story that helped kids see this invisible, all-powerful crisis unfolding around them, and helped them see that it didn’t have to be that way, that they could push back.

I’ve heard from thousands and thousands of kids who were influenced by “Little Brother,” kids for whom it was an inspiration to become makers, programmers and activists. I wanted to reach these kids again, and their little sisters and brothers, and show them that the fight goes on and it needs them.

Bookmarks: Q&A with Cory Doctorow, science fiction and Internet activist