Partial Lecture Schedule for 2013 

Jan 13 - Houston, TX - A Conversation with Author Nick Flynn, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Feb 2 - Houston, TX - Closing Keynote, Dad 2.0 Summit  
Feb 10 - Las Vegas,
 NV - Speaker, Citizen Paine
Feb 19 - Dallas, TX - Speaker, The Brain: An Owner's Guide, Center for BrainHealth
Feb 27 - Houston, TX - Speaker, Neuroscience and the Law, UT Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Mar 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Speaker, Private Event
Mar 4 - Portland, OR  - Speaker, Portland Oregon Brain Awareness
Mar 5 - Eugene, OR - Speaker, University of Oregon
Mar 19 - Wauwasota, WI - Speaker, Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation
Mar 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Speaker, Private Event
Mar 21 - Salt Lake City, UT - Speaker, The Nature of Things Keynote Address, University of Utah
Mar 25 - Houston, TX - Speaker, The Kinkaid School
Apr 2 - Houston, TX - Speaker, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, Jung Center Houston
Apr 10 - San Francisco, CA - 2013 Claire Matzger Lilienthal Distinguished Lecturer at the California Academy of Sciences
Apr 13 - Houston, TX - Speaker, Houston Psychoanalytic Society
Apr 14 - New York, NY - Speaker, Gods and Prophets Symposium, 92nd Street Y
Apr 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Speaker, Science on the Screen at BAM
May 2 - Houston, TX - Speaker, Private Event
May 15 - Houston, TX - Speaker, MiniUP
May 16 - Baltimore, MD - Speaker, Johns Hopkins
Jun 4 - Santa Fe, NM - Speaker, Santa Fe Institute
Jun 5 - Albuquerque, NM - Speaker, Private Event
July 25 - 28 - Aspen, CO - Speaker, Private Event
Aug 22 - 26 - Sun Valley, ID - Speaker, Sun Valley Writers' Conference
Sep 12 - Houston, TX - Speaker, "Time Perception" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Sep 28 - San Francisco, CA - Speaker, Being Human Conference
Nov 4 - Baltimore, MD - Keynote Address, Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools
Nov 6 - 10 - Pasadena, CA - Speaker, CalTech Public Time Symposium
Nov 10 - 13 - San Diego, CA - Speaker, Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference
Dec 2 -3, San Antonio, TX - Speaker, Mind Science Foundation 


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Newsflashes

Musician Jarvis Cocker reads from Sum

Listen to British rocker Jarvis Cocker read the story "Descent of Species" from Sum. He is one of the dozens of terrific voices who read for the audio book.

New York Times bestseller

IncognitoA 26 week New York Times bestseller, Incognito was named a Best Book of the Year by both Amazon and Goodreads. For a taste of the book, see a review in the Wall Street Journal, listen to a conversation on NPR's Fresh Air, or watch a video dialog with Wired Magazine. Reading Incognito now? We'd love to hear feedback!

Barnes and Noble Best Book

Barnes and Noble selected SUM as one of the Best Books of the Year.

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