COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

A discussion of The Pride of Park Avenue over coffee and funnel cake coming Dec. 4 at Funnel Cake Creations in Kansas City. For more info call 314-565-8901

Pride of Park Avenue gets some pub

The Envoy, the student newspaper at William Chrisman High, documented my visit to the school on Monday. (http://envoy.indep.k12.mo.us/readArticle.php?aId=292)

Conversation and Cocktails at the SOHO Lofts in Kansas City

Conversation and Cocktails is a Sunday evening conversation with journalist and author Toriano Porter at the elegant SOHO Loft Apartments in downtown Kansas City from 6 to 8 p.m Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Toriano will read from, discuss and sign copies of his first book, The Pride of Park Avenue.

The Pride of Park Avenue in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jane Henderson, book editor at the STL Post-Dispatch, showed me mad love on the stltoday.com website.
http://bit.ly/3NrMBe/

Conversation and Cocktails, Part II: The South City Edition - Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of The Pride of Park Avenue was a smash

Family, friends and fans all came out to the Carpenter Library on Tuesday and had a grand old time. Afterwords we headed over to Absolutli Goosed on South Grand and got...well...absolutely goosed!!!

MY GOAL: DEBUT MY NEW BOOK AT THE 2010 BIG READ FESTIVAL

I had such a wonderful time this year at the Big Read Festival, I have set a goal. Next year, I want to be invited back as a featured author and debut my new book Circa 1985. Mark it down here!

Conversation and Cocktails, Part II: The South City Edition - Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of The Pride of Park Avenue

Authors @ Your Library Presents Toriano Porter

Come help celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Pride of Park Avenue. Toriano Porter will discuss and sign his first published book, The Pride of Park Avenue, a collection of emotionally charged personal essays about life, loss and pain and coming-of-age short stories centered on the pursuit of the American Dream. Born and raised in South St. Louis, Toriano Porter is currently a news reporter with the Examiner news paper in Independence, Missouri. His work has appeared in publications such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Riverfront Times, Kansas City Pitch, inBox Magazine and the Houston Press. The author and former minor league football All-American for the St. Louis Bulldogs will be @ the Carpenter Branch library, 3309 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63118 on Tuesday, November 17 from 7 to 8 p.m. Books will be available for sale.