Join Erin Blakemore and HarperCollins for the Heroine’s Bookshelf Heroines of Literature Walking Tour in Greenwich Village, NYC on the evening of Tuesday, October 26!

The tour will be co-hosted and curated by Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, and Glamour columnist/NYU adjunct journalism professor Jessica Siegel.

The Schedule:

Tuesday, October 26th

6:15 p.m. – Meet at bookbook bookstore, 266 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10014; (212) 807-8655

6:30 p.m. sharp – we will leave on the walking tour

7:30 p.m. – Book Launch party and book signing event at bookbook

R.S.V.P. to Heather Drucker, HarperCollins Publicity at heather.drucker@harpercollins.com or 212-207-7468

On the docket are an exploration of the homesites and haunts of some of literature’s greatest heroines, culminating in a launch party and book signing at an independent book store. Prepare to see:

...The street where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women
...The place where Laura Ingalls Wilder’s daughter Rose Wilder Lane lived in bohemian splendor as a “bachelor girl” ...The home of Edith Wharton where she lived with her mother at age 20
...From Wharton’s House of Mirth – the former Benedick men’s residence where Lawrence Selden, Lily Bart’s friend and confidant, lived
...The former home of Alice Walker and husband Mel Leventhal...
...Edna St. Vincent Millay’s house (the smallest house in NYC!), and the many places that she lent her “heroism”
...and much, much more!