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Please click on the buttons above for additional details and information about John West’s appearances in the media, his personal appearances at bookstores and other venues, and links to book reviews and articles about The Last Goodnights.

Future Appearances Include:

None currently scheduled.

Recent Appearances:

Interview by Robert Gallagher:

The Last Goodnights from Robert Gallagher on Vimeo.

 

Capitol Civic Centre
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Tuesday, November 15th

University of Chicago
Monday, November 14

Hemlock of Illinois Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 12th
Skokie, IL

Book Clubs
(please see the bottom of the page)

Past Television appearances . . .
. . . and links to view them (where available):

“Good Morning America”
(ABC-TV)
Video:  http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6802176
Web article & comments:  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/story?id=6799398&page=1

“Connect the World”
(CNN – International Television Interview)

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/04/01/ctw.connector.john.west.cnn

KCBS-TV News Interview
Channel 2 in the greater Los Angeles Area

KCAL-TV News Interview
Channel 9 in the greater Los Angeles Area

“Up Front”
KING-TV News Magazine
Channel 5 — in the greater Seattle Area

KRON-TV News Interview
Channel 4 in the greater San Francisco area

Past Radio and Internet Appearances . . .
. . . and links to listen or view them (where available):

The Diane Rehm Show
(NPR’s Nationally Syndicated Program originating from WAMU-FM, Washington D.C.)
http://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/02/04.php#24629

The Alan Colmes Show
(FOX Radio – Nationally syndicated)

The Leonard Lopate Show
(WNYC  –  NPR affiliate in New York City)
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/02/06

Free Forum — with Terrence McNally
(KPFK – FM Radio, Los Angeles)

Washington Post On-Line Chat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/02/06/DI2009020602771.html

“Mind Over Matters”
(KEXP-FM Radio, Seattle, WA)

AARP Radio
(Nationally syndicated and on-line)

The Marc Steiner Show
(WEAA-FM — NPR affiliate in Baltimore)

Conversations With Joy Cardin
(Wisconsin Public Radio)
http://www.wpr.org/cardin/index.cfm?strDirection=Prev&dteShowDate=2009-03-05%2006%3A00%3A00

The Maurice Boland Show (Talk Radio Europe)
(REM – FM Radio — Marbella, Spain)

“View Points”
(Nationally syndicated radio show hosted by Pat Reuter)

The Ronn Owens Show
(KGO – 810 AM Radio — San Francisco, CA)

http://podcasting.fia.net/5151/3569642.mp3

“METRO” – Hosted by Johanna Gallers
(KGNU – 88.5 FM Radio — Denver/Boulder, CO)

http://www.kgnu.org/cgi-bin/programinfo.py?time=1238014800

“Morning Edition” – Hosted by Jeff Schechtman
(KVON – 1440 AM Radio — Napa, CA)

Special Edition Saturday
(WATR – 1320 AM Radio  –  Central Connecticut)

Write On Online
(Author Q&A by Debra Eckerling)

http://writeononline.com/2009/06/09/author-qa-john-west-the-last-goodnights/

The Joe Easingwood Show
(CFAX – 1070 AM Radio — Victoria, BC, Canada)

Dresser After Dark
Online web/radio interview

The Thom Hartmann Program
Nationally Syndicated Radio & TV talk show

The Meria Heller Show
Internet radio talk show

The Week news magazine (online and hard copy) excerpted The Last Goodnights in its February 26 – March 4 edition (Volume 10, Issue 453), and also linked the excerpt to their coverage of the MSNBC news story about Keith Olbermann and his terminally ill father.

The Times of London published a multi-page article about The Last Goodnights, calling it “deeply moving” (among other positive things).  The link is not included here because the article printed two excerpts from the book that constituted major “spoilers.”

Past Personal Appearances:

Capitol Civic Centre
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Tuesday, November 15th

University of Chicago
Monday, November 14

Hemlock of Illinois — Additional Meeting
Sunday, November 13th
Hyde Park, Chicago, IL

Hemlock of Illinois Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 12th
Skokie, IL

Occidental College
Special Presentation to the Psychology Department
Los Angeles, CA

Harvard-Westlake School
North Hollywood, CA

The Athenaeum
at Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA

“Life, Death, and Meaning”
- a Philosophy Class -
also at Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA

U.C.L.A.
“Mind, Medicine and Culture”
Los Angeles, CA

San Diego Hemlock Society
San Diego, CA

University of Southern California
“Psychological and Social Aspects of Death and Dying”
(At the Davis School of Gerontology)
Los Angeles, CA

U.C.L.A.
Special Presentation to the Psychology Department
Los Angeles, CA

Sepulveda V.A. Hospital
Special Presentation to the Grand Rounds of Psychiatry
Sepulveda, CA

Village Books
Pacific Palisades, CA

Book Soup
Los Angeles, CA

Brentwood V.A. Hospital
Special Presentation to the Grand Rounds of Psychiatry
Los Angeles, CA

University of Southern California
Special Presentation to the School of Gerontology
Los Angeles, CA

National Writers Association, Los Angeles Chapter
Burbank, CA

Vroman’s Bookstore
Pasadena, CA

Elliott Bay Book Company
Seattle, WA

Additional Info:

The Last Goodnights is being included in the course curricula at a growing number of educational institutions, from U.C.L.A.’s “Mind, Medicine, and Culture” to St. Edward’s University’s “Human Growth and Development” to Ashford University’s “Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals.”

Book Clubs: John West has appeared at various book club discussions across the country, usually via speakerphone but sometimes in person when scheduling allows.  Please feel free to contact him regarding participating in your book club’s discussion of The Last Goodnights.