Public appearances
I love listening to authors read their own writings. In the process of looking for recordings of Annie Dillard reading her work, I've gathered together this list of public appearances (mostly readings) she has made. It is not comprehensive, and additions are welcomed.
February 26, 1975, 8 p.m. - International Poetry Forum (Pittsburgh, Carnegie Lecture Hall)
June 9, 1978 - Fairhaven College graduation address
June 14-21, 1978 - Saranac Writers' Conference (Saranac Lake, NY)
September 1982 - Chinese writers conference (UCLA)
November 19, 1982 - The Boston Globe Book Festival
June 7, 1983 - delivered an address (a chapter of Encounters with Chinese Writers) at the Phi Beta Kappa literary commencement exercises (Harvard/Radcliffe)
October 22, 1984 - Hilles Library Cinema (Harvard; sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room)
February 5, 1985 - Donnell Library (New York)
October 24, 1986, 8 p.m. - International Festival of Authors (Toronto)
October 25, 1986 5.30 p.m. - International Festival of Authors, "Boundaries Of Fiction" (Toronto)
February 25, 1986 - The Art and Craft of Memoir (New York Public Library)
June 28 - July 25, 1987 - Bennington Writing Workshops [read from An American Childhood one day]
March 30, 1989 - Portland Arts & Lectures series (First Congregational Church)
October 30, 1989 - PEN/Faulkner award celebration (Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library); one of seventeen authors to speak about their beginnings as writers
December 4, 1989 - Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y (New York)
September 16, 1991 - Three Rivers Lecture Series (Pittsburgh); also called the Drue Heinz Lectures
April 28 1992, 7:30 p.m. - Seattle Arts & Lectures
May 4, 1992, 7:30 p.m. - Portland Arts & Lectures series (First Congregational Church)
Saturday October 24, 1992, 9 p.m. - International Festival (Toronto, Premiere Dance Theatre)
November 18, 1992, 6 p.m. - Voices Louder Than Words (Sanders Theatre, Harvard Square)
1994 - Writing and Arts Festival (Wichita, Milton Center)
November 2, 1994, 8 p.m. - Other Voices / Literary Evenings Series (Columbia University, Miller Theatre)
late January 1995 - Morgan Writer-in-Residence Program (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Memorial Hall)
November 13, 1995, 8 p.m. - 92nd Street Y (New York)
January 11, 1996 - "John Hersey Memorial Lecture," American Writers and the Natural World: Key West Literary Seminar
April 13, 1996 - "Personal Readings," the Wiersma Memorial Lecture in Heritage Hall at the Calvin College Conference on Faith & Writing
September 15, 1996, 8 p.m. - Lowell Lectures (Boston College, Robsham Theater)
October 3, 1996, 4:30 p.m. - featured guest at a tea (Yale, the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St.)
February 7, 1997, 7 p.m. - New York University (D'Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street, Greenwich Village)
late spring 1997 - ground-breaking ceremony for Wyndham Robertson Library (Hollins College)
October 10, 1997, 6:30 p.m. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Friends of the Library (Grand Ballroom, Carolina Inn)
March 10, 1998, 8 p.m. - Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture (Arizona State University, Armstrong Hall at the College of Law)
April 4, 1998, 4 p.m. - North Carolina Literary Festival: A Celebration of Southern Writers and Readers (Hamilton 100)
April 25, 1998, 4 p.m. - Cinema, Wesleyan University
May 10, 1999, 8 p.m. - 92nd Street Y (New York)
October 28, 1999, 7 p.m. - International Festival of Authors (Toronto, Lakeside Terrace)
October 29, 1999 - International Festival of Authors (Toronto, Brigantine Room)
May 25, 2000 - Harper's Magazine 150th Anniversary (The New School Auditorium, New York)
October 24, 2000, 7:30 p.m. - An Evening With Great Writers (Hillsborough's Orange High School Auditorium)
February 20, 2001, 8 p.m. - The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, sponsored by Inprint Inc. and the University of Houston Creative Writing Program (Moores Opera House, University of Houston)
September 29, 2001, 7:30 p.m. - Fall Arts Festival (Provincetown)
November 4, 2001, 10-11 a.m. - Chicago Tribune Lecture (Armour Stage, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan)
August 12, 2005 - Fine Arts Work Center in (Provincetown)
October 4, 2006 - Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Wollman Hall
January 18, 2008, 11:05–11:30 a.m. - In Conversation with Jake Silverstein: Key West Literary Seminar
February 26, 1975, 8 p.m. - International Poetry Forum (Pittsburgh, Carnegie Lecture Hall)
June 9, 1978 - Fairhaven College graduation address
June 14-21, 1978 - Saranac Writers' Conference (Saranac Lake, NY)
September 1982 - Chinese writers conference (UCLA)
November 19, 1982 - The Boston Globe Book Festival
June 7, 1983 - delivered an address (a chapter of Encounters with Chinese Writers) at the Phi Beta Kappa literary commencement exercises (Harvard/Radcliffe)
October 22, 1984 - Hilles Library Cinema (Harvard; sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room)
February 5, 1985 - Donnell Library (New York)
October 24, 1986, 8 p.m. - International Festival of Authors (Toronto)
October 25, 1986 5.30 p.m. - International Festival of Authors, "Boundaries Of Fiction" (Toronto)
February 25, 1986 - The Art and Craft of Memoir (New York Public Library)
June 28 - July 25, 1987 - Bennington Writing Workshops [read from An American Childhood one day]
March 30, 1989 - Portland Arts & Lectures series (First Congregational Church)
October 30, 1989 - PEN/Faulkner award celebration (Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library); one of seventeen authors to speak about their beginnings as writers
December 4, 1989 - Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y (New York)
September 16, 1991 - Three Rivers Lecture Series (Pittsburgh); also called the Drue Heinz Lectures
April 28 1992, 7:30 p.m. - Seattle Arts & Lectures
May 4, 1992, 7:30 p.m. - Portland Arts & Lectures series (First Congregational Church)
Saturday October 24, 1992, 9 p.m. - International Festival (Toronto, Premiere Dance Theatre)
November 18, 1992, 6 p.m. - Voices Louder Than Words (Sanders Theatre, Harvard Square)
1994 - Writing and Arts Festival (Wichita, Milton Center)
November 2, 1994, 8 p.m. - Other Voices / Literary Evenings Series (Columbia University, Miller Theatre)
late January 1995 - Morgan Writer-in-Residence Program (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Memorial Hall)
November 13, 1995, 8 p.m. - 92nd Street Y (New York)
January 11, 1996 - "John Hersey Memorial Lecture," American Writers and the Natural World: Key West Literary Seminar
April 13, 1996 - "Personal Readings," the Wiersma Memorial Lecture in Heritage Hall at the Calvin College Conference on Faith & Writing
September 15, 1996, 8 p.m. - Lowell Lectures (Boston College, Robsham Theater)
October 3, 1996, 4:30 p.m. - featured guest at a tea (Yale, the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St.)
February 7, 1997, 7 p.m. - New York University (D'Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street, Greenwich Village)
late spring 1997 - ground-breaking ceremony for Wyndham Robertson Library (Hollins College)
October 10, 1997, 6:30 p.m. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Friends of the Library (Grand Ballroom, Carolina Inn)
March 10, 1998, 8 p.m. - Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture (Arizona State University, Armstrong Hall at the College of Law)
April 4, 1998, 4 p.m. - North Carolina Literary Festival: A Celebration of Southern Writers and Readers (Hamilton 100)
April 25, 1998, 4 p.m. - Cinema, Wesleyan University
May 10, 1999, 8 p.m. - 92nd Street Y (New York)
October 28, 1999, 7 p.m. - International Festival of Authors (Toronto, Lakeside Terrace)
October 29, 1999 - International Festival of Authors (Toronto, Brigantine Room)
May 25, 2000 - Harper's Magazine 150th Anniversary (The New School Auditorium, New York)
October 24, 2000, 7:30 p.m. - An Evening With Great Writers (Hillsborough's Orange High School Auditorium)
February 20, 2001, 8 p.m. - The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, sponsored by Inprint Inc. and the University of Houston Creative Writing Program (Moores Opera House, University of Houston)
September 29, 2001, 7:30 p.m. - Fall Arts Festival (Provincetown)
November 4, 2001, 10-11 a.m. - Chicago Tribune Lecture (Armour Stage, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan)
August 12, 2005 - Fine Arts Work Center in (Provincetown)
October 4, 2006 - Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Wollman Hall
January 18, 2008, 11:05–11:30 a.m. - In Conversation with Jake Silverstein: Key West Literary Seminar
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