Robert Wilder will be the lunchtime speaker for the 2009 Silent Samaritans Luncheon on Wednesday, September 9 at the Sheraton Uptown. For more info on the Samaritan Counseling Center, click here.

Portland (OR) peeps! Catch Wilder at Wordstock literary festival on Saturday, October 10, at 5:00 pm. Click here for more info.

National Book Awards! Wilder will be a special guest at the National Book Awards this November. Check out his piece on John Cheever for the NBF’s Book a Day Blog here.