Talks and Presentations

Past Events
 



"The Bats of Central Park" (Children's version)
Series: A Clearing in the Forest
Where: The Peter Jay Sharp Children's Glade (located outdoors; inside Central Park near West 106th Street)
When: Sunday Oct. 9, 2011
Time: 1-2 PM
Info: (212) 860-1370
www.centralparknyc.org/clearing
"Dark Banquet" lecture plus book signing
Event: Ostrom Program Series
Where: Auditorium, Yale Peabody Museum
When: Wed. Oct. 13, 2011
Time: 5:30-6:30 PM
Info: TBA

"The Bats of Central Park"
Where: Belvedere Castle
When: Fri. Oct 21, 2011
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Info: TBA

"Bats: Fact and Fiction"
Where: Cold Spring Harbor Library
When: Monday April 16, 2012
Time: 7 PM
Info: TBA



For a neat video of a Dark Banquet talk/book signing at Cornell University, please check out the following link...
Cornell University


For review copies of Dark Banquet, press materials, and author photographs, or to schedule a book signing or interview, please contact:

Crown Publishers, Random House, Inc.
1745 Broadway; md 13-2
New York, NY 10019
212-572-8756

 

Bill Schutt's literary agent is Elaine Markson, Markson Thoma Literary Agency, 44 Greenwich Ave, New York, New York, 10011. (212) 243-8480.

You can also contact Bill Schutt at darkbanquet@hotmail.com.

 

 

 

 

Dark Banquet was named one of the "Best  Books of 2008" by Amazon.com.


Library Journal named Dark Banquet "One of the Best Sci-Tech Books of 2008".


Barnes and Noble selected Dark Banquet for its 2008 "Discover Great New Writers" program.

 Dark Banquet was the featured (and cover) article in Natural History Magazine (Nov. 2008 issue).

Pulitzer Prize winner, Natalie Angier's article on Bill Schutt and Dark Banquet headlined the Science Times section of The New York Times .


Dark Banquet was mentioned on the Front Page of The New York Times (Oct. 21, 2008).

Alice Cooper talked about Dark Banquet during a "Freaky Facts" segment of his internationally syndicated radio show, "Nights with Alice Cooper."

DB garnered great reviews in The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Orion.  

Bill Schutt appeared on the Halloween edition of NPR's award-winning "Science Fridays" as well as "Talk of the Nation",  "Citiscapes" and "Living on Earth."


Schutt was interviewed by Boyd Matson for "National Geographic Weekend", and appeared on "Quirks and Quarks" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.


Please see "Articles and Interviews" for links to all podcasts.