Archive for March 2010
3/02/10
3/03/10
Julie Compton signs and discusses her thriller, Rescuing Ophelia.
3/04/10
Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari an Homer Hickam, author of October Skyand Rocket Boys, talk about the book, My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer, Ansari’s memoir, which Hickam co-authored.
3/05/10
LAUNCH PARTY for local Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry who will introduce and sign his two latest books: The Dragon Factory, the second book in the Joe Ledger/Patient Zero series; and a film novelization of The Wolfman.
3/06/10
3/09/10
Fiction writers Sam Lipsyte and Adam Haslett talk about their latest work. Jeff Blomquist & Dave Goldberg talk about and sign A User’s Guide to the Universe Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty.
3/10/10
Kevin O’Hara talks about and signs his new memoir, A Lucky Irish Lad. Philadelphia historian Larry E. Tise talks about and signs Conquering the Sky: The Secret Flights of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk.
3/11/10
Kwame Anthony Appiah 3rd Annual Author & Illustrator Reception at Harleysville Books, featuring authors Cyn Balog (Fairy Tale), Josh Berk (The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin); Lindsay Barrett George (Alfred Digs); Jennifer Hubbard (The Secret Year); Merry Jones (Deadly Neighbors); Marie Lamba (What I Meant…);Jonathan Maberry, The Dragon Factory & The Wolfman; Lisa Papp (P is for Princess, Patch, Penny); Rob Papp (Lanie, American Girl 2010, Rumble Tum, P is for Princess);Matt Phelan, (Storm in the Barn, a 2010 Scott O’Dell Winner); and Mara Rockliff(Busiest Street in Town).
3/15/10
Photo by April Narby
THINK TWICE Launch Party/Signing for Lisa Scottoline at Barnes & Noble-Exton(see also 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE. READ a chapter from Think Twice here.
3/16/10
Exiled Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o talks about and signs Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir.
Susan Barr-Toman talks about her novel,When Love was Clean Underwear, which is set in South Philadelphia.
Photo by April Narby
Local favorite Lisa Scottoline visits to sign and discuss her latest thriller, Think Twice atBorders- Philadelphia at 12:30 PM and at Chester County Book & Music Co. on Paoli Pike in West Chester at 6:30 PM (see also 3/15, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10).VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
3/17/10
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline talks about and signs her latest mystery, Think Twice, twice today. She will be at the Barnes & Noble in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia at 12:30 PM and at the Barnes & Noble in Valley Forge at 7 PM (see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
Howard Frank Mosher talks about and signs his Civil War thriller, Walking to Gatlinburg.
3/18/10
William Peter Blatty, author of the iconic, best-selling horror novel The Exorcist, visits The Free Library of Philadelphia to talk about his latest novel, a psychological thriller called Dimiter.
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline signs Think Twice at Barnes & Noble-Moorestown, NJ at 7 PM (see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/19, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
Sara Shephard signs Heartless: Pretty Little Liars #7.
3/19/10
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline at Borders-Bryn Mawr at 12:30 PM and at Barnes & Noble-Concord Pike, DE, at 7:30 PM.(see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
3/20/10
SPRING FLING at Children’s Book World featuringLaura Geringer signing her picture book, Boom, Boom Go Away!, from 1:30 PM to 3 PM. Springtime crafts, story time and snacks at 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM.
3/22/10
Susan Howe (see also 3/23)
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline at Borders-Newark, DE, 7 PM (see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/24, 3/27 & 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
3/23/10
Susan Howe (see also 3/22)
Tim O’Brien/ 20th anniversary celebration of the publication of his National Book Award-winning novel The Things They Carried.
3/24/10
Philadelphia muralist JANE GOLDEN discusses her anthology,More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, a follow-up to her 2002 book,Philadelphia Murals.
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline at Barnes & Noble-Cherry Hill, NJ (See also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22, 3/27 and 4/10). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
“The Night of the Living Fred” Philadelphia launch party for APPETITE FOR AMERICA: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West by award-winning local author and journalist Stephen Fried. Power Plant Studios, 230 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM. DIRECTIONS (See also April 21)
3/25/10
3/27/10
Photo by April Narby
Lisa Scottoline at Costco #24, King of Prussia, PA from noon until 2 PM and at Sam’s Club in Whitehall, PA from 4 t 6 PM (see also 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/22 and 3/24). VIEW LISA SCOTTOLINE’S COMPLETE Think Twice Book Tour SCHEDULE.
Actress and national autism spokesperson, Holly Robinson Peete, and her daughter, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, introduce their new picture book, MY BROTHER CHARLIE at Children’s Book World in Haverford.
3/31/10
Winners of The Annual City Paper Fiction & Poetry Contest read at 7:30 PM at The Tin Angel at Serrano, 20 S. Second St, 215-928-0978.
Archive for February 2010
2/02/10
Sonia Sanchez reads from her new book of poems, Morning Haiku. The collection celebrates the lives and mourns the deaths of revered African-American leaders.
2/03/10
Lise Funderburg signs her memoir Pig Candy: Taking my Father South, Taking My Father Home.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and critic Gary Wills talks about and signs Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State.
2/09/10
AuthorFrancine Prose (above, right) talks about her new book, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife. The book analyzes The Diary of Anne Frank as a work of both intended literature and art. PHOTO: Francine Prose at First Annual Free Library of Philadelphia Book Festival, 2006, by Kathye Fetsko Petrie.
2/10/10
Donald Welch discusses the Philly-based novel In My Sister’s House.
2/13/10
Michael Townsend signs his latest book in the the graphic novel series, KIT FEENY, and demonstrates how graphic novels and comic books are made.
2/15/10
Joyce Carol Oates (see also 2/16)
2/16/10
Joyce Carol Oates (see also 2/15)
2/17/10
Drexel University Professor Scott Knowles talks about and signs his book, Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, in which Knowles looks back at Bacon’s ideas and outlines his own visions for our city.
2/18/10
Jazz master and Philadelphia native Jimmy Heath talks about The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath with co-author Joseph McLaren.
Fresh Air television critic David Bianculli talks about and signs Dangerously Funny, his book about the Smothers Brothers.
Eat, Pray, Write: An Evening with Sisters Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray, Love and Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage) and Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Princess Ben, Front and Center and Dairy Queen), in a ticketed event at the Loews Hotel to benefit the Spells Writing Center.
2/19/10
Ghostbread Reading with Sonja Livingston. (WRITERS AND THE PROCESS SERIES atBig Blue Marble Bookstore).
2/21/10
Local author HOMA SABET TAVANGAR visits to discuss her book, Growing Up Global: Raising Children to be at Home in the World.
2/23/10
Model-turned-weightloss-writer Kim Barnouin, co-author of the bestselling vegan diet book, Skinny Bitch, talks about and signs the new Skinny Couple in a Box, a boxed set of the hardcover versions of Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bastard.
2/24/10
Activist and University of Pennsylvania alum Andrew Lewis discusses The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation.
2/25/10
Chris Cleave, author of the acclaimed Little Bee: A Novel; appearing with Susan Abulhawa, author of Mornings in Jenin: A Novel.
Literary historian and Rutger’s University English professor Jack Lynch discusses his book, The Lexicographer’s Dilemma:The Evolution of ‘Proper’ English, from Shakespeare to South Park, at 7: 30 PM at Head House Books, 619 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA.
2/26/10
John Banville, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sea, reads from and signs his newest novel, The Infinities.
2/27/10
Photo of Jennifer R. Hubbard © by Kathye Fetsko Petrie
Local writer Jennifer R. Hubbard signs her debut Young Adult novel, The Secret Year, at Borders Express in Exton, PA, 1 to 3 PM.
Alan Gordon signs The Parisian Prodigal.