Archive for January 2010
1/08/10
Michael Gates Gill talks about How to Save Your Own Life.
1/11/10
Sonia Sanchez reads haiku at Moonstone Arts Center.
THE BRANDYWINE VALLEY WRITERS GROUP with special guests Dena Blizzard, a former Miss New Jersey and a stand-up comedian, and Taylor Mason, a comic and the author of the forthcoming work, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ventriloquism.
Richard D. Bank talks about and signs his book of advice on writing and publishing non-fiction.
1/12/10
Tracy Chevalier signs her new novel, Remarkable Creatures, historical fiction inspired by the life of British fossil hunter and dinosaur discoverer Mary Anning.
Jewish Views of the Afterlife reading with author Simcha Raphael.
1/14/10
Televison news journalist Mika Brezkinski talks about and signs her new book, All Things at Once, a motivational book for women on balancing one’s personal life and family with a one’s career (interestingly, Brezkinski once held her baby during an interview with a senator on TV). Mika Brezkinski will be appearing with her MSNBC Morning Joe show co-host, Joe Scarborough.
1/17/10
Philadelphia Stories hosts a free open house/reading to celebrate the release of the literary magazine’s winter issue. Readers include: Mark Wolverton, Liz Abrams-Morley, Nina Israel Zucker, Jonathan Kemmerer-Scovner and Jenny Lentz. This event is free and open to the public and takes place from 2 to 4 PM at Robins’ Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia.
1/19/10
Rebecca Goldstein talks about and signs 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction.
Lise Funderburg signs her memoir Pig Candy: Taking my Father South, Taking My Father Home. (See also 2/3/2010)
1/21/10
Elizabeth Kostova, author of the New York Times #1 best-selling debut novel, The Historian, talks about and signs her eagerly anticipated second novel, The Swan Thieves.
1/24/10
Jeff Fekete talks about and signs Making The Big Game: Tales of an Accidental Spectator, a memoir of attending Super Bowl XLII.
1/25/10
Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, talks about current U.S.-Iran relations in conversation withPhiladelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin.
1/26/10
The Villanova Literary Festival presents Elizabeth Strout, author of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winningOlive Kitteridge .
Journalist David Sax talks about the history of Jewish food and his book, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen. This event features (non-kosher) food from Philadelphia’s 80-year old Famous Fourth Street Deli.
1/27/10
Ozzy Osbourne discusses and signs his just-released autobiography, I Am Ozzy.
1/28/10
Joshua Ferris talks about his latest novel, The Unnamed. He will be appearing with with Jonathan Dee, author of The Privileges.
