San Francisco area appearance

I’ll be in the Bay area this weekend reading and signing copies of The Maharishi Effect. I hope you’ll come see me at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 5:00 PM November 5th. Click here to see the Book Passage web page for the event.

Launch day plus one

The Maharishi Effect is now available in bookstores in the United States and Canada. If you’re near one of the big chains, there’s a good chance you’ll find it on the shelves. If your local independent bookstore doesn’t stock it, they can order it for you. I hope you enjoy reading it.
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Thanks to everybody who showed up for my appearance yesterday at the Wisconsin Book Festival. We had a full house of 40 or so people. There was lots of laughter and good discussion.

First media coverage

The first article about my book is available online here:

Isthmus: Guru Reality

I couldn’t have asked for a better article. Writer Frank Bures definitely “got it.” 

LibraryThing gallery

I just added a photo to my author profile page on LibraryThing. One cool feature of that site is that you can see a portrait gallery of all the authors in your library. (At least all the ones that have a picture in the LibraryThing database.)

Check out the photos in my gallery. Currently, I’m between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Stephen Jay Gould.

Book launch

The book tour for The Maharishi Effect begins on the publication date–October 19, 2006. I’ll be appearing here in Madison as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival. The event is at 5:30 in the Wisconsin Historical Museum on the capitol square. Check their web site for directions. I’ll be reading selections from the book, answering questions, and autographing copies for sale by the museum. Please come and join the fun!

Isthmus photos

Here are some of the photos taken by Mark Sibley for the article about my book in the September 7 issue of the Madison Isthmus.

General discussion

If you have any comments, queries, or discussion topics, this is the place to post them.

Welcome

Hello. I’m Geoff Gilpin, an author of literary nonfiction. This blog is devoted to my new book The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey Through the Movement That Transformed American Spirituality. To learn more about the book, take a look at my web site. You can use this blog to discuss the book and keep up with ongoing events such as author appearances, media coverage, and book reviews. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.