Here is an interview from Desert Island Disks from November 30, 2007.
Click here for the interview
Monday, December 6, 2010
Writing Mary Ann by Armistead Maupin
Barnes & Noble Announces December “More In Store™” Offers Available Only on the NOOK™ Family of eBook Readers
Happy Holidays and Happy Reading
New York, New York – December 1, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the December line-up for the “More In Store™” program for the NOOK™ family of eBook Readers. Available only in Barnes & Noble stores and only on NOOK, the free More In Store program offers NOOK customers new, exclusive content from bestselling and new authors, special offers and savings, and weekly bestseller and new release lists.
Barnes & Noble’s free in-store Wi-Fi service makes access to More In Store content easy. With just a simple tap of the NOOK “shop” button, customers can explore content from such authors as Dean Koontz, Tony diTerlizzi and Armistead Maupin, and in-store promotions including special savings and free café offers. More In Store is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis. Once a customer downloads the content to their NOOK, it is saved to their digital locker and can be accessed at any time.
December 26
Writing Mary Ann by Armistead Maupin
Bestselling author Armistead Maupin is widely known for his wonderful, humorous novels of life in a tight-knit and eccentric San Francisco building. In this exclusive essay for Barnes & Noble, Maupin discusses the return of one of his most troublesome characters: the delightful and difficult Mary Ann Singleton.
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/2010_dec_1_more_in_store.html
Happy Holidays and Happy Reading
New York, New York – December 1, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the December line-up for the “More In Store™” program for the NOOK™ family of eBook Readers. Available only in Barnes & Noble stores and only on NOOK, the free More In Store program offers NOOK customers new, exclusive content from bestselling and new authors, special offers and savings, and weekly bestseller and new release lists.
Barnes & Noble’s free in-store Wi-Fi service makes access to More In Store content easy. With just a simple tap of the NOOK “shop” button, customers can explore content from such authors as Dean Koontz, Tony diTerlizzi and Armistead Maupin, and in-store promotions including special savings and free café offers. More In Store is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis. Once a customer downloads the content to their NOOK, it is saved to their digital locker and can be accessed at any time.
December 26
Writing Mary Ann by Armistead Maupin
Bestselling author Armistead Maupin is widely known for his wonderful, humorous novels of life in a tight-knit and eccentric San Francisco building. In this exclusive essay for Barnes & Noble, Maupin discusses the return of one of his most troublesome characters: the delightful and difficult Mary Ann Singleton.
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/2010_dec_1_more_in_store.html
Armistead Maupin's visit to the Armistead Centre in Liverpool.
Special thanks to Tim for this wonderful interview.
For more information on the Armistead Centre, visit http://www.armisteadcentre.co.uk/services/
For more information on the Armistead Centre, visit http://www.armisteadcentre.co.uk/services/
One Minute With: Armistead Maupin, novelist
Interview by Arifa Akbar
Friday, 3 December 2010
Where are you now and what can you see? I'm on a train on my way from London to Liverpool and there are English fields flying by the window and the sun is coming out. It's a milky view of an England that doesn't change.
What are you currently reading? Alexander McCall Smith's 'The Charming Quirks of Others' and Christopher Isherwood's diaries from the 1960s. He was an old friend of mine so it's like having him back for Christmas.
Choose a favourite author and say why you like her/him I would say Christopher Isherwood again because of the clarity of his voice and ever present wit. I have re-read 'A Single Man' many times, just to remind myself what beautiful writing looks like.
Describe the room where you usually write It's a garret at the top of my house and it overlooks a forest. There are a few books there but it's relatively pristine. I don't have a view from where I write. There's a studio couch where I can conk out.
What distracts you from writing? Facebook, occasionally television shows, walking the dog.
Which fictional character most resembles you? I don't identify with fictional characters. I've been trying most of my life to identify with myself!
What are your readers like when you meet them? They are generous, kind
, emotional, and many identify with the mistresses in my work. There's a lovely, familial feeling in the room when I go to readings. It's pretty evenly balanced in Britain between gay and straight.
Who is your hero/heroine from outside literature? Ian McKellen because of his generosity, and his complete willingness to sacrifice his time to the causes of gay rights, which is utterly inspirational. At the moment he is travelling around the schools of Britain telling kids they can live their lives honestly and openly.
Armistead Maupin's novel, 'Mary Ann in Autumn' is published by Doubleday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/one-minute-with-armistead-maupin-novelist-2149542.html
Friday, 3 December 2010
Where are you now and what can you see? I'm on a train on my way from London to Liverpool and there are English fields flying by the window and the sun is coming out. It's a milky view of an England that doesn't change.
What are you currently reading? Alexander McCall Smith's 'The Charming Quirks of Others' and Christopher Isherwood's diaries from the 1960s. He was an old friend of mine so it's like having him back for Christmas.
Choose a favourite author and say why you like her/him I would say Christopher Isherwood again because of the clarity of his voice and ever present wit. I have re-read 'A Single Man' many times, just to remind myself what beautiful writing looks like.
Describe the room where you usually write It's a garret at the top of my house and it overlooks a forest. There are a few books there but it's relatively pristine. I don't have a view from where I write. There's a studio couch where I can conk out.
What distracts you from writing? Facebook, occasionally television shows, walking the dog.
Which fictional character most resembles you? I don't identify with fictional characters. I've been trying most of my life to identify with myself!
What are your readers like when you meet them? They are generous, kind
, emotional, and many identify with the mistresses in my work. There's a lovely, familial feeling in the room when I go to readings. It's pretty evenly balanced in Britain between gay and straight.
Who is your hero/heroine from outside literature? Ian McKellen because of his generosity, and his complete willingness to sacrifice his time to the causes of gay rights, which is utterly inspirational. At the moment he is travelling around the schools of Britain telling kids they can live their lives honestly and openly.
Armistead Maupin's novel, 'Mary Ann in Autumn' is published by Doubleday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/one-minute-with-armistead-maupin-novelist-2149542.html
Friday, December 3, 2010
Be among the first to buy tickets to Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City!
A new page has been added to Armistead Maupin's website, courtesy of the ACT, to pre-order tickets to Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City musical debuting at the American Conservatory Theater next Spring.
To visit the Armistead Maupin page, click here
Join the TALE Chasers at www.act-sf.org/TaleChasers to get exclusive first looks, messages from the creative team, and much more.
To visit the Armistead Maupin page, click here
Join the TALE Chasers at www.act-sf.org/TaleChasers to get exclusive first looks, messages from the creative team, and much more.
American Conservatory Theater: A limited-time offer to buy TALES tickets now!
Be among the first to buy tickets to
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City!
Dear Tale Chaser,
After an exciting workshop production this fall, the countdown to Tales has officially begun! And now you have an exclusive, limited-time opportunity to purchase tickets—before they go on sale to the general public.
Click here or call 415.749.2228 to order your tickets! Don't delay—sales end at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, December 9.
The capstone of A.C.T.'s 2010–11 season, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City will unleash an exuberant celebration of the irrepressible spirit that continues to define our City by the Bay. Performances begin May 19.
Interested in bringing a group of 15 or more? Enjoy free tickets for group leaders and amazing discounts! Call 415.439.2473 for details.
Don't miss out on the magic of this unprecedented theatrical event—and your chance to see Mary Ann, Mona, Mouse, and Mrs. Madrigal take the stage. Lock in your seats today!
See you at the theater!
http://www.act-sf.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=11802.0&dlv_id=15002
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Seeking to Create Buzz, Tales of the City Musical Will Get "Flash Sale" Dec. 5-9
By Kenneth Jones
30 Nov 2010
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will put single tickets for the world-premiere musical Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City on the market in an early "flash sale" offer Dec. 5-9.
The highly-anticipated show from the writer and director of Avenue Q is based on the popular novels (first seen as newspaper-serial columns) by Maupin, who wrote of life, love and friendship in pre-AIDS San Francisco. The limited-time opportunity to purchase single tickets begins 10 AM Dec. 5 and ends 11:59 PM Dec. 9. A.C.T. performances in San Francisco are expected to sell out quickly, and single tickets will not be available for purchase again until January 2011.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City will play May 17-June 19, 2011, at the American Conservatory Theater at 415 Geary Street in San Francisco. No casting has been announced, but it's thought that Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will play Anna Madrigal, a part she performed in the recent workshop of the show.
According the not-for-profit A.C.T., "Three decades after Armistead Maupin mesmerized millions with his daily column in the city's newspapers, detailing the lives and (multiple) loves of Mary Ann, Mouse, Mona, Brian, and their beloved but mysterious landlady, Mrs. Madrigal, his iconic San Francisco saga comes home as a momentous new musical from the Tony Award–winning creators of Avenue Q (librettist Jeff Whitty and director Jason Moore) and the musical minds behind the glam-rock phenomenon Scissor Sisters (composers Jake Shears and John Garden). The capstone of the 2010–11 season, A.C.T.'s world premiere musical adaptation of Tales of the City unleashes an exuberant celebration of the irrepressible spirit that continues to define our City by the Bay."
Tickets will be available on the A.C.T. website at www.act-sf.org.
"Tale Chasers," members of A.C.T.'s email fan club, will be able to purchase tickets beginning Dec. 2. To join "Tale Chasers" — and to receive exclusive first looks, presale ticket information, and other special offers — visit www.act-sf.org/TaleChasers.
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Development of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City was supported by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center during a residency at the National Music Theater Conference of 2009.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145408-Seeking-to-Create-Buzz-Tales-of-the-City-Musical-Will-Get-Flash-Sale-Dec-5-9?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cf5da978b5e1961%2C0
30 Nov 2010
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will put single tickets for the world-premiere musical Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City on the market in an early "flash sale" offer Dec. 5-9.
The highly-anticipated show from the writer and director of Avenue Q is based on the popular novels (first seen as newspaper-serial columns) by Maupin, who wrote of life, love and friendship in pre-AIDS San Francisco. The limited-time opportunity to purchase single tickets begins 10 AM Dec. 5 and ends 11:59 PM Dec. 9. A.C.T. performances in San Francisco are expected to sell out quickly, and single tickets will not be available for purchase again until January 2011.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City will play May 17-June 19, 2011, at the American Conservatory Theater at 415 Geary Street in San Francisco. No casting has been announced, but it's thought that Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will play Anna Madrigal, a part she performed in the recent workshop of the show.
According the not-for-profit A.C.T., "Three decades after Armistead Maupin mesmerized millions with his daily column in the city's newspapers, detailing the lives and (multiple) loves of Mary Ann, Mouse, Mona, Brian, and their beloved but mysterious landlady, Mrs. Madrigal, his iconic San Francisco saga comes home as a momentous new musical from the Tony Award–winning creators of Avenue Q (librettist Jeff Whitty and director Jason Moore) and the musical minds behind the glam-rock phenomenon Scissor Sisters (composers Jake Shears and John Garden). The capstone of the 2010–11 season, A.C.T.'s world premiere musical adaptation of Tales of the City unleashes an exuberant celebration of the irrepressible spirit that continues to define our City by the Bay."
Tickets will be available on the A.C.T. website at www.act-sf.org.
"Tale Chasers," members of A.C.T.'s email fan club, will be able to purchase tickets beginning Dec. 2. To join "Tale Chasers" — and to receive exclusive first looks, presale ticket information, and other special offers — visit www.act-sf.org/TaleChasers.
*
Development of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City was supported by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center during a residency at the National Music Theater Conference of 2009.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145408-Seeking-to-Create-Buzz-Tales-of-the-City-Musical-Will-Get-Flash-Sale-Dec-5-9?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cf5da978b5e1961%2C0
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