Patti Smith to release new book, announces book tour

Patti Smith will be releasing a new book. It is called A Book of Days and will feature 365 photos taken during a year as well as vintage photographs. It was inspired by her Instagram account. The book will be out November 25 via Penguin and the description for the book reads,

"In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes—William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith’s archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world."

She has also announced a book tour and two shows in New York with her band. Check out the dates below.

Date Venue City
Nov 14 Strand Books New York, NY
Nov 17 Lisner Audiotorium Washington, DC
Nov 18 Miami Book Fair Miami, FL
Nov 20 Chicago Humanities Festival Chicago, IL
Nov 21 OZ Arts Nashville, TN
Nov 22 Free Library Philadelphia, PA
Nov 28 Sydney Goldstein Theater San Francisco, CA
Nov 29 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 30 Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA
Dec 01 Schnitzer Hall Portland, OR
Dec 02 Town Hall Seattle, WA
Dec 05 Saban Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Dec 29 Brooklyn Steel - with her Band Brooklyn, NY
Dec 30 Brooklyn Steel -with her Band Brooklyn, NY