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July 15, 2014 Palacio Nacional, Mexico City 
5 pm
(in Spanish) Presentation and discussion of the novel El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano (the translation by Agustín Cadena of C.M. Mayo's The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire)
5 pm.
Salón de homenajes del Recinto a Juárez de Palacio Nacional.
Free and open to the public.
This event is part of the conference on the historical novel.
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February 12, 2013
6:30 pm
C.M. Mayo will participate on the panel presenting the new book by Konrad Ratz and Amparo Gómez Tepexicuapan, Los viajes de Maximiliano en México
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City
entrada libre
(In Spanish)

>Read C.M. Mayo's commentary about this book here.





October 18, 2011 Mexico City
Palacio Nacional, Recinto Homenaje a Don Benito Juárez
Interview with C.M. Mayo by Bertha Hernández about the historical novel based on the true story, El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano. 5 pm. Free. Part of the series on the Mexican historican novel hosted by Random House Mondadori and SHCP.



May 26, 2011 Mexico City
Book presentation, El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano
La novela por C.M. Mayo
Traducción de Agustín Cadena
(Grijalbo Random House Mondadori)
Palacio Nacional
18:30 pm
Details to be announced





February 18, 2011 Querétaro, México
18:00 hras
Presentación de libro, El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano
Galería DRT
5 de Mayo No. 80, esquina Altamirano, Centro Histórico
www.galeriadrt.com.mx





February, 20, 2011 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
San Miguel Writers Conference.
12:15
Brief reading from the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire during the conference lunch;

3:15 pm
Hotel Real de Minas conference room

90 minute workshop: "Techniques of Fiction: A Supersonic Overview"
For both beginning and experienced fiction writers, this 90 minute mini-workshop covers a broad array of techniques, from the basic to the rare, for creating and sustaining the "vivid dream" or "virtual reality" in the reader's mind. We will look at at specificity, point of view, synthesia, imagery, image patterning, plot, rhythm, and the use and misuse of dialogue. The goal is that the next time you sit down to write, your fiction will be of notably better quality.


January 19, 2011 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
PEN Writers Aloud Reading Series
3 pm, Sala Quetzal of the Biblioteca
C.M. Mayo will read from and discuss The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire and, time permitting, new work.
Cost: 70 pesos; students 50 pesos. All proceeds help support PEN and the Biblioteca Scholarship Fund.



Recent Events (2009 - 2011)

May 12, 2009 Washington DC
Reading & Booksigning
The Mexican Cultural Institute
6: 30 pm
C.M. Mayo reading and signing the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire Free; wine reception.
Introduction by John Tutino, Dept. History, Georgetown University.
2829 16th St NW, Washington DC
tel. 202-728-1628
icmdc@instituteofmexicodc.org
On-street parking and easy walking distance from Columbia Metro Station (click here for map)

>>Read the Madam Mayo blog post report about this event here.

May 17, 2009 Bethesda MD
Reading & Book Signing
The Writers Center
2 p.m.
C.M. Mayo reading and signing the novel The Last Princeof the Mexican Empire (With translator and poet Yvette Neisser Moreno, reading from her translation of poet Luis Alberto Ambroggio's Difficult Beauty.)
The Writers Center is located at 4508 Walsh Street, about 1/2 block off Wisconsin Ave. and there is parking directly across the street.
Click here for directions.

>>Read the Madam Mayo blog post report about this event here.




May 20, 2009 Palo Alto CA
Reading & Book Signing
Books Inc.
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
Town & Country Shopping Center
855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto CA 94301
Tel. (650) 321-0600
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Books, Inc., click here. For all ordering options, click here.

May 21, 2009 Corte Madera CA
Reading & Book Signing
Book Passages, Corte Madera Store
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Book Passages, click here. For all ordering options, click here.


May 22, 2009 Berkeley CA
Reading & Book Signing
Mrs Dalloway's
7:30 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
2904 College Ave, Berkeley CA 94705 tel (510) 704-8222.
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Mrs Dalloway's, click here For all ordering options, click here.

May 26, 2009 Pasadena CA
Reading & Book Signing
Vroman's
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from, discuss, and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101 tel (626) 449-5320
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Vroman's, click here For all ordering options, click here.


May 27, 2009 La Jolla CA
Book Discussion / Lecture
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD
12 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to discuss the original research behind the story of The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
IOA Complex: Deutz Room. Free and open to the general public. For directions to the Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, click here.
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? Click here.


May 27, 2009 Del Mar CA
Reading & Book Signing
The Book Works
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
2670 Via De La Valle, Ste A230, Del Mar CA 92014 tel (858) 755-3735
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from The Book Works, click here For all ordering options, click here.

May 28, 2009 Los Angeles CA
Reading & Book Signing
The Mexican Consulate of Los Angeles.
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
2401 W. 6th St, Los Angeles CA 90057 tel (213) 351-6800

June 3, 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Reading & Book Signing
Bookworks
7 p.m.
4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque NM 87107
tel (505) 344-8139
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from The Book Works, click here For all ordering options, click here.

June 8, 2009 Houston, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
Blue Willow Bookshop
7 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from, discuss and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
14532 Memorial Drive at Dairy Ashford, Houston TX 77079
tel (281) 497-8675
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Blue Willow, click here For all ordering options, click here.

June 9, 2009 Houston, Texas
Book Presentation (Reading, Discussion & Book Signing)
Consulate General of Mexico 4506 Caroline Street, 4th. floor|
Houston, TX 77004 . tel (713) 778-6101
12 p.m.
Among other presenters, John Mason Hart, Professor of Mexican History at the University of Houston, and Rogelio García-Contreras, Professor at the University of Saint Thomas, will introduce the author and provide a historical context for the book’s subject matter. Location: Consulate General of Mexico Free admission. |Light lunch will be provided RSVP: culturaleshouston (at) sre.gob.mx

>>Read Rose Mary Salum's blog post about the event here.
>>And mine (at Madam Mayo blog) here.



June 10, 2009 San Antonio, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
The Twig Book Shop
5 pm (Please note change in time!!)
C.M. Mayo to read from, discuss, and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
5005 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209, Tel: 210-826-6411
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from The Twig, click here For all ordering options, click here.


June 11, 2009 Austin, Texas
Reading & Book Signing
Book People
7 pm
C.M. Mayo to read from, discuss, and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.
603 N. Lamar Austin, TX 78703 tel. (512) 472-5050 and (800) 853-9757
At the corner of 6th & Lamar, across the street from Waterloo Records and right next door to REI & Anthropology.
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Book People, click here For all ordering options, click here.

June 13, 2009 Washington DC
American Independent Writers Association Conference
Cafritz Conference Center, George Washington University
C.M. Mayo to participate on a panel about fiction with Wayne Karlin, Olga Grushin and Ferederick Reuss.

>> Read the Madam Mayo blog post report about this event here.


June 15 -28, 2009 Cyberspace
On-Line Interview / Discussion
Library Things Author Chat
Ask your questions about The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, and other books by C.M. Mayo, anytime all this week at www.librarything.com/groups/authorchat

June 18, 2009 Bethesda MD
Reading & Book Signing
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
7 p.m.
4801 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda MD 20814
Can't make this reading but want to buy the book? To order direct from Barnes & Noble, click here For all ordering options, click here.

>>Read the Madam Mayo blog post about this event here.



July 7, 2009 San Miguel de Allende
The Writing Workshops of San Miguel de Allende / University of New Orleans Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing
6 p.m.
C.M. Mayo to read from The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire

July 16, 2009 Washington DC
PubSpeak
For the American Independent Writers Association
Program 7:00-9:00 p.m., food and beverage orders starting at 6:30 p.m.
Mackey’s Public House
1823 L Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 tel. (202) 331-7667
Metro: Farragut North (Red) or Farragut West (Blue or Orange)
C.M. Mayo will give a talk about the Washington DC history behind the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
Who knew that Mexico once had a half-American prince? Or that this little boy’s future was hotly debated not just in Mexico but in Washington D.C. and in every court in Europe? Set in the mid-19th century when Maximilian von Habsburg was Emperor of Mexico, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is based on the true and never before completely told story about a half-American boy who, as in a fairytale, became the heir presumptive to the throne of Mexico and then, when his American mother wanted him back, a pawn in the struggle-to-the-death over Mexico's destiny. This novel incorporates original research into what is also a very Washingtonian story, for the prince's mother, née Alice Green, was from a prominent Washington family, and his father, Angel de Iturbide, second son of Mexico's first deposed emperor, Agustín de Iturbide, had come to Washington as a young boy and eventually served as the Mexican legation's secretary.
Photographs, excerpts and more can be found at www.cmmayo.com. In her Pubspeak presentation, C.M. Mayo will detail the story behind the story of the prince and why it has been obscured for over 150 years.

Member cost is $10 with advance payment; $15 at the door. Nonmember cost is $15 with advance payment; $20 at the door. Reservations are required. To RSVP, call (202) 775-5150, send e-mail to rsvp@aiwriters.org or register online at www.aiwriters.org. Please mention the event for which you are responding and your membership status.



July 20, 2009 Washington DC
Library of Congress
12 p.m.
Mary Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave SE. Note: This is not the Library of Congress building next to the Capitol, but just across the street. Nearest (very near) Metro: Capitol South.
C.M. Mayo will give a talk about the research in the Library of Congress archives (including the Emperor Iturbide and Iturbide Family archives and the Kaiser Maximilian von Mexiko archive) for the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire . Read the Library of Congress press release for this event here.

>>Listen to the complete Library of Congress lecture here.


September 6, 2009 Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico
La Sombra del Sabino
1 p.m.
La Sombra del Sabino: tel. (01 739) 395-0369 Av Revolucion No. 45, Barrio de San Jose, Tepoztlan, Morelos.
C.M. Mayo will read from, sign, and discuss the novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.

>>View poster




September 26, 2009 Fairfax VA
Fall for the Book Festival
3 pm - 4 pm .
Novelists Pam Jenoff and C.M. Mayo
Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, VA 22180 (map)
Description: The secrets of World War II cast a murderous shadow on the present in Jenoff’s latest novel, Almost Home, and a little-known chapter of U.S. and Mexican history — and local history too! — comes to light in Mayo’s The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire.


>>Fall for the Book Festival (George Mason University): David Heath interviews C.M. Mayo about The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire and the story behind the story of Mexico's half-American prince. September 2009. Read this and more interviews here.


September 30, 2009 Mexico City
Amigos de la Universidad de Chicago te invita a la presentación del más reciente libro de C.M. Mayo (MA'85) titulado The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire con la participación de Javier Garcíadiego (PhD'88), Luis Cerda y Alejandro Rosas.
Lugar: Club de Industriales, Andrés Bello # 29, Col. Polanco, Tel: 52.82.9500
Hora: 7:00 pm. Presentación del libro; 8:30 pm. Vino de honor
amigos@amigosdechicago.org Click here to view photos of this event.

October 18, 2009 Washington DC
Historical Society of Washington
Sunday Afternoon Author Series
2:30 pm
Historical Society of Washington, 801 K St NW at Mount Vernon Square, Washington DC 20001
Who knew that Mexico once had a half-American prince? Or that this little boy’s future was hotly debated not just in Mexico but in Washington D.C. and in every court in Europe? Set in the mid-19th century when Maximilian von Habsburg was Emperor of Mexico, C.M. Mayo's novel The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is based on the true and never before completely told story about a half-American, half-Mexican boy who, as in a fairytale, became a prince and then a pawn in the struggle-to-the-death over Mexico's destiny.

Published by Unbridled Books this May, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire has already received numerous glowing reviews, including from Publisher's Weekly, Latin American Review of Books, the Austin American-Statesman, Mexico Connect, and Library Journal, which said, "Mayo’s cultural insights are first-rate, and the glittering, doomed regime comes to life.This novel incorporates original research into what is also a very Washingtonian story, for the prince's mother, née Alice Green, was from a prominent Washington family, and his father, Angel de Iturbide, second son of Mexico's first deposed emperor, Agustín de Iturbide, had come to Washington as a young boy and eventually served as the Mexican legation's secretary.

"Epic in scope...impressively researched...Mayo's reanimation of a crucial period in Mexican history should satisfy history buffs and those in the mood for an engaging story brimming with majestic ambition."
— Publishers Weekly

C.M. Mayo will detail the story behind the story of Mexico's last prince, a descendant not only of an emperor of Mexico, but of an old Washingtonian family, and why it has been obscured for nearly 150 years.

>> Click here to hear the lecture on-line.



October 21, 2009, New York City
6 - 9 pm.
A Panel Discussion in Celebration of National Reading Group Month
Women’s National Book Association, NYC Chapter
WNBA–NYC at the Mint Theater
311 W. 43rd Street
Moderators
Rosalind Reisner (Read On . . . Life Stories and Jewish American Literature, Libraries Unlimited)
Miriam Tuliao (Assistant Director, Central Collection Development at New York Public Library)
Authors
Zoë Heller (The Believers, Harper)
Eva Hoffman (Appassionata, Other Press)
C.M. Mayo (The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, Unbridled Books)
Julie Metz (Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal, Hyperion/Voice)
Roxana Robinson (Cost, Picador)

Members and friends welcome! Admission free for paid-up members; $20 for nonmembers. RSVP required to programs@wnba-nyc.org

>> For more information and to sign up, click here.
>>View flyer.



November 1, 2009 Austin, Texas
Texas Book Festival
2:00 - 3:00, Senate Chamber
Imagination Sin Fronteras: Four Novelists Wrestle with Mexico
with Jimmy Santiago Baca, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, C.M. Mayo, and Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Katherine Durham Oldmixon

December 3, 2009 Guadalajara
Feria Internacional del Libro
Book Presentation 1:00-1:50 (13:00 a 13:50hrs) The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
Location: Salon Alfredo R. Pascencia, Salones planta alta de Expo Guadalajara
Presented by Rose Mary Salum, editor, Literal.


December 10, 2009 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Author's Sala Reading and Booksigning
5:00pm - 7:00pm St Paul's Church, Cardo 6.
Cost: 70 pesos, includes wine reception
C.M. Mayo to read from and sign The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire together with Robert de Gast, author of The World of San Miguel de Allende: An Uncommon Guide.

6 pm
San Miguel PEN 2010 Winter Lecture Series
Miguel Malo auditorium in Bellas Artes.

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