Journalist and author Mark Anderson devoted more than a decade to researching the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, publishing articles on de Vere in Harper’s, The Boston Globe, and on PBS.org. Holding a masters degree in astrophysics, he has also written articles on science, technology, the environment, the arts and politics for Rolling Stone, Wired, Discover, Science, New Scientist, National Geographic online, and Plenty. He lives in Massachusetts. "Shakespeare" By Another Name is his first book.

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Thursday, March 27: "Shakespeare's New Clothes: The Bard as Autobiographer and Why the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy Matters." This talk will examine the persistently biographical -- arguably autobiographical -- themes throughout the Shakespeare canon when viewed through the lens of the court poet and playwright Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. It commemorates the incorporation of the Isabel Holden Shakespeare Authorship Collection of books into the City College of New York/CUNY library system. 
NOTE NEW LOCATION: City College of New York, New Academic Center (NAC), fifth floor, Cohen Library (5/301), 160 Convent Ave., New York City. 6:30 p.m., free.
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Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1: "Shakespeare's Secrets: How Twelfth Night Reads Like an Elizabethan Courtly Gossip Sheet, circa 1580" and other talks. At the first Concord Shakespeare Festival and Conference, further details TBA, Concord, Mass.

Friday, July 11: "Who Wrote Shakespeare?" A debate between Mark Anderson, Prof. William Rubenstein (advocating for Henry Neville) and Prof. Alan Nelson (advocating for Will Shakspere of Stratford). At Freedom Fest, Bally's, Las Vegas. Time TBA.
C-SPAN Book TV will be covering the conference and, we hope, the Shakespeare debate. (If you'd like to help ensure that Book TV does cover the event, please contact them and kindly pass along your request. Thank you!)

Previous lectures and school appearances: Nov. 26, 2007: The City College of New York; Sept. 25: The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.; May 7-11: Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan; May 7: SooChow University, Taipei, Taiwan; May 8: National Ilan University, I-Lan, Taiwan;
May 6, 2006: The Key School, Annapolis, Md. (The Annapolis Book Fair); Apr. 21-23: The Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference, Concordia University, Portland, Ore.; March 1: City College of New York.;
Oct. 26, 2005: Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.; Oct. 24: Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.; Oct. 4: Nevada Union High School, Nevada City, Calif.; Sept. 23: Puget Sound Community School, Seattle; May 16: Springfield Central High School, Springfield, Mass.;

Previous appearances on the “Shakespeare” By Another Name Book Tour:
Aug. 15, 2005: Boston (Brookline Booksmith); Sept. 9: Minneapolis (Barnes & Noble, Galleria, Edina); Sept. 14: Carleton College Bookstore, Northfield, Minnesota; Sept. 16: Chicago (DePaul University Bookstore); Sept. 17: Madison, Wisconsin (Borders); Sept. 24: Seattle (Elliott Bay); Sept. 28: Portland, Oregon (Powell's City of Books); Sept. 29-Oct. 2: Ashland, Oregon (Bloomsbury Books); Oct. 5: Sacramento (Border's); Oct. 7: Stanford University Bookstore; Oct. 7: San Francisco (Cody's); Oct. 19: Northampton, Massachusetts (Broadside Bookshop); Apr. 12, 2006: Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.; Sept. 16: Keene, N.H. (Borders); Sept. 21: Winchester, Mass. (Book Ends)