JUNE Book Events: New York

6/1, Tuesday

• "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" Oscar Hijuelos, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "My Name is Memory" Ann Brashares, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
• "Peep Show" Joshua Braff, "This is Where I Leave You" Jonathan Tropper, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

6/2, Wednesday

• "Elliot Allagash" Simon Rich, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

6/3, Thursday

• "Anthropology of an American Girl" Hilary Thayer Hamann, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "Dear Money" Martha McPhee, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm
  

6/7, Monday

• "Matterhorn" Karl Marlantes, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm

6/8, Tuesday

• "Medium Raw" Anthony Bourdain, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Unfinished Business" Lee Kravtiz, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
  

6/9, Wednesday

• "The Lion" Nelson DeMille, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "The Madonnas of Echo Park" Brando Skyhorse, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for "Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe" Jenny Hollowell, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

6/10, Thursday

• "Insignificant Others" Stephen McCauley, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm
  
• "Welcome to Utopia" Karen Valby, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

6/11, Friday

• "Color Me Grey" Michelle Janine Robinson, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  

6/14, Monday

• "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" Pat Benatar, B&N Fifth Ave, 12:30 pm
• "Scott, Atticus, and Boo" Mary Murphy, Wally Lamb, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• "American Music" Jane Mendelsohn, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

6/16, Wednesday

• "The Nobodies Album" Carolyn Parkhurst, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• "No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments" Brooke Berman, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

6/17, Thursday

• "Little Stranger" Sarah Waters, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
  

6/21, Monday

• "Mattaponi Queen" Belle Boggs, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Leaving the World" Douglas Kennedy, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm
  

6/22, Tuesday

• "Imperial Bedrooms" Bret Easton Ellis, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Promises to Keep" Jane Green, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• "The Boozy Baker" Lucy Baker, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

6/24, Thursday

• "Light Boxes" Shane Jones, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

6/28, Monday

• "How Did You Get This Number" Sloane Crosley, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

6/29, Tuesday

• "This is Where We Live" Janelle Brown, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

Last night in...Greenpoint

Last night I went to WORD in Greenpoint (which is a pretty great indie bookstore I'd never been to!) for the launch party of Emily St. John Mandel's new book, The Singer's Gun. You may remember Ms. Mandel from her previous (and first) novel, Last Night in Montreal, that was all the rage in the book blog community last summer. The Singer's Gun just hit shelves yesterday, but it's already getting rave reviews and is the #1 Indie Next Pick for May. I'm about a third of the way through it, and I'm loving it so far. She is BRILLIANT with how well she layers the story and reveals more information—brilliant to the point where it probably demands a second read to fully realize all of the brilliance [I realized a bit of it last night when she read aloud an excerpt I've already read and more details clicked into place now that I've read beyond that passage].

Anyway, after Emily did a brief reading, she answered a few audience questions [did you know she went to university for dancing and somehow ended up a writer?], administered a contest for WORD giftcards [with these cute little passports made by Emily herself], and signed some books.

I had a great time and was so excited to meet such a talented new(ish) author. You can check out the other stops on her book tour here. And just a heads up to those attending BEA: Emily will be there.

Review coming on this one soon!

Also, I met another newly published author, Joseph Wallace, whose debut novel Diamond Ruby was released by Simon & Schuster yesterday as well. It's another New York-centric book, so I'm prettttty excited to get my hands on it.

MAY Book Events: New York

5/3, Monday

• "Island Beneath the Sea" Isabel Allende, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Alone With You" Marisa Silver, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother" Bryan Batt, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

5/4, Tuesday

• "Dead in the Family" Charlaine Harris, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "I'll Mature When I'm Dead" Dave Barry, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for "The Singer's Gun" Emily St. John Mandel, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

5/5, Wednesday

• "Private Life" Jane Smiley, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "My Empire of Dirt" Manny Howard, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "Innocent" Scott Turow, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

5/6, Thursday

• "American Subversive" David Goodwillie, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for "And the Heart Says Whatever" Emily Gould, WORD Brooklyn, 7:00 pm

5/7, Friday

• "Hank Zipzer: The Brand New Me!" Henry Winkler, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 4:30 pm
• "Glorious" Bernice L. McFadden, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm

5/11, Tuesday

• "The Cardturner" Louis Sachar, B&N 86th & Lex, 1:00 pm
• "No Wonder My Parents Drank" Jay Mohr, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "The Singer's Gun" Emily St. John Mandel, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "War" Sebastian Junger, B&N Union Square, 7:30 pm

5/12, Wednesday

• "Hand of Fate" Lis Wiehl, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Heart of the Matter" Emily Giffin, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles" Kira Henehan, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "Special Agent Pendergast: Fever Dream" Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

5/13, Thursday

• "It's Not Summer Without You" Jenny Han, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 4:30 pm
• "Ruby's Spoon" Anna Lawrence Pietroni, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for "Falling is Like This" Kate Rockland, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm
• "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn" Nathaniel Philbrick, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

5/14, Friday

• Debut Novelist Night Heidi S. Durrow, Michelle Young-Stone, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

5/17, Monday

• "I Loved, I Lost, and I Made Spaghetti" Giulia Melucci, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "The Last Ember" Daniel Levin, B&N Park Slope, 7:30 pm

5/18, Tuesday

• "The Seven Year Bitch" Jennifer Belle, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Slow Love" Dominique Browning, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "61 Hours" Lee Child, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

5/19, Wednesday

• "My Fair Lazy" Jen Lancaster, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "My Name is Mary Sutter" Robin Oliveira, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "Talk Softly" Cynthea O'Neil, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

5/26, Wednesday

• "Falling Is Like This" Kate Rockland, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Peep Show" Joshua Braff, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm

5/27, Thursday

• "Vanishing Point" Ander Monson, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

5/28, Friday

• "The Beautiful Between" Alyssa Sheinmel, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "For the Win" Cory Doctorow, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

Good Ol' Girls Gone Wild

One very important thing about me that you may or may not already know: I am Southern. I did grow up with running water (contrary to the belief of my Northern friends), I am not Republican, and I barely have an accent, but the South is in my blood. It's the characteristic about myself that I cling to the most while living up here in Yankee-land.

Another thing you may have noticed: Jill McCorkle is one of my favorite authors because she reaches out to that Southern part of me. She's able to capture that distinct Southern-ness without being too overt, by just describing day-to-day life.

So imagine my joy when I find out that a musical is opening Off-Broadway that is based on the stories of Jill McCorkle and fellow Southern author Lee Smith! And even better, my boyfriend Colin works for the theater agency that represents the writer and director, so he got us tickets during the show's previews!


Good Ol' Girls is a musical about life and love told through the stories and songs of five women of various age. For the most part, it celebrates life from beginning to end, including just a hint of the troubles everyone faces. To define it as a typical musical with a plot would be incorrect—it's more a series of vignettes broken up with songs that are just enough to get a deep look at one small aspect of a woman's life before it changes focus.

The music was great and the venue is small enough that the audience is real connected with the women and musicians on stage. And I found them all to be fabulous. Colin claims that parts felt a bit exaggerated...and maybe if I actually lived in the South, I'd feel a bit like it was portraying us a bit inaccurately. But you know what...I live in the North where people drink Pepsi and complain about humidity so I got a kick out of it all, exaggerated or not.

If you're in the NYC area, check it out sometime between now and April 11th!

FEBRUARY Book Events: New York

Why oh why do I always seem to forget about this until a couple days into the month?

2/4, Thursday

• "Secrets of Eden" Chris Bohjalian, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

2/5, Friday

• "Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot Like Laughter" Michael J. White, B&N Park Slope, 7:30 pm

2/8, Monday

• "Hot Springs" Geoffrey Becker, McNally Jackson Books, 7:00 pm

2/9, Tuesday

• "Brava, Valentine" Adriana Trigiani, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "The Other Side of Paradise" Staceyann Chin, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History" Scott Selby and Greg Campbell, McNally Jackson Books, 7:00 pm

2/10, Wednesday

• "The Postmistress" Sarah Blake, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "Lowboy" John Wray, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm

2/11, Thursday

• "The Room and the Chair" Lorraine Adams, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival" Ken Wheaton, B&N Park Slope, 7:30 pm

2/16, Tuesday

• "Union Atlantic" Adam Haslett, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

2/19, Friday

• "The Man from Beijing" Henning Mankell, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

2/22, Monday

• "What Makes an African American Classic?" Henry Louis Gates, Jr., B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "The Three Weissmanns of Westport" Cathleen Schine, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm

2/24, Wednesday

• Launch party for Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home, Maria Finn, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm

2/25, Thursday

• "Horns" Joe Hill, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm

JANUARY Book Events: New York

I'm sorry. I've slacked off on this monthly event update. I think I missed a couple months in there, but you were all too busy with the holidays to even notice, right?? Anyway, I'm getting back on track. Also, I have included all appearances at which you can stalk the Real Housewives of New York City because they apparently all have books now. However, I refuse to address the "countess" with the title Countess. She's not one.

1/6 Wednesday

• "The Skinnygirl Dish" Bethenny Frankel, Borders Columbus Circle, 7:00 pm
  
• "The Theory of Light and Matter" Andrew Porter, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/7 Thursday

• "The Last Day of My Life" Jim Moret, Borders Columbus Circle, 7:00 pm
  
• "Ten Walks/Two Talks" Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/10 Sunday

• "The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker" Stu Silverstein, Idlewild Books, 4:00 pm
  

1/11 Monday

• "Beneath the Lion's Gaze" Maaza Mengiste, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/12 Tuesday

• "The Girl Next Door" Elizabeth Noble, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• "Unfinished Desires" Gail Godwin, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm
  
• "Cleaving" Julie Powell, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/13 Wednesday

• "No Mercy" Lori Armstrong, B&N Greenwich Village, 7:30 pm
  
• "Becoming Jane Eyre" Sheila Kohler, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
  
• "Cleaving" Julie Powell, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm
  

1/14 Thursday

• "The Overnight Socialite" Bridie Clark, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• Mary Jo Bang and Susan Wheeler, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/15 Friday

• "Duke, the Dog Priest" Domicio Coutinho, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/18 Monday

• "Vampire Academy" Richelle Mead, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
  

1/19 Tuesday

• "The Unnamed" Joshua Ferris, B&N 82nd & Broadway, 7:00 pm
  

1/20 Wednesday

• "The Swan Thieves" Elizabeth Kostova, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
  
• "Footnotes in Gaza" Joe Sacco, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/21 Thursday

• "The Melting Season" Jami Attenberg, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
  
• "Class with the Countess" LuAnn de Lesseps, Borders Columbus Circle, 7:00 pm
  
• "The Listener" Shira Nayman, Bookcourt, 7:00 pm
  
• "Everything Flows" Richard Howard, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm
  
• "Evening's Empire" Bill Flanagan, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
  

1/22 Friday

• "The Ticking is the Bomb" Nick Flynn, Bookcourt, 7:00 pm
  

1/25 Monday

• "I am Ozzy" Ozzy Osbourne, B&N 5th Avenue, 12:30 pm
  
• "Small Wars" Sadie Jones, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/26 Tuesday

• "I am Ozzy" Ozzy Osbourne, Borders Columbus Circle, 7:00 pm (in case you missed him last night or really want to see him again)
  
• "The Manual of Detection" Jedidiah Berry, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm
  

1/27 Wednesday

• Daniel Menaker and Jonathan Karp (editor of Twelve), McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  

1/28 Thursday

• "The Idea of Justice" Amartya Sen, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Youth Center (near McNally Jackson), 7:00 pm
  
• "Wild Child" T.C. Boyle, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
  
• "The Melting Season" Jami Attenberg, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm
  

OCTOBER Book Events: New York

An interesting mix this month. Some big author names like Audrey Niffenegger, Michael Chabon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Gore Vidal, Chuck Klosterman, and John Irving. BUT, you can also see the infamous Julie Andrews, Mario "AC Slater" Lopez, Andy Williams (he's still ALIVE??), Richard Belzer (SVU anyone?), and Paul Shaffer...yes, the obligatory musician sidekick of Dave Letterman.

And perhaps my most favorite...should you be a huge fan of Clueless, you're in luck—Alicia Silverstone and Wallace Shawn in the same month! Inconceivable!

10/1 Thursday

• "Shootin' the Sh*t With Kevin Smith" Kevin Smith, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "The Financial Lives of the Poets" Jess Walter, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Stardust" Joseph Kanon, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "In the Falling Snow" Caryl Phillips, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/5 Monday

• "Her Fearful Symmetry" Audrey Niffenegger, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Jhumpa Lahiri reads Mavis Gallant" Jhumpa Lahiri, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/6 Tuesday

• "Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies" Julie Andrews, B&N Tribeca, 5:30 pm
• "Wordy Shipmates" Sarah Vowell, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for Poem Strip, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm
• "Spooner" Pete Dexter, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

10/7 Wednesday

• "Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son" Michael Chabon, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth" David Alan Grier, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Essays" Wallace Shawn, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/8 Thursday

• "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" Jeannette Walls, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for Best American Travel Writing 2009, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm

10/9 Friday

• "Good Eats: The Early Years" Alton Brown, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm

10/10 Saturday

• "Family Affair" Caprice Crane, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

10/12 Monday

• "The Kind Diet" Alicia Silverstone, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm

10/13 Tuesday

• "Moon River and Me" Andy Williams, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

10/14 Wednesday

• "Hell's Kitchen Homicide" Charles Kipps, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for Tokyo Vice, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm
• "We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga" Paul Shaffer, B&N Union Square, 7:30 pm
• "Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife" Francine Prose, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

10/15 Thursday

• Scott Westerfeld, James Dashner, Michael Grant, Carrie Ryan, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• "Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife" Francine Prose, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "I Am Not a Psychic!" Richard Belzer, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm
• "When You Reach Me" Rebecca Stead, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

10/16 Friday

• "Mud Tacos" Mario Lopez, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 6:00 pm

10/19 Monday

• "A Quiet Belief in Angels" R.J. Ellory, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Mathilda Savitch" Victor Lodato, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/21 Wednesday

• "Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare" Gore Vidal, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" Richard Dawkins, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "Chronic City" Jonathan Lethem, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/22 Thursday

• "I Am the New Black" Tracy Morgan, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "Mere Future" Sarah Schulman, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

10/23 Friday

• "Chronic City" Jonathan Lethem, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

10/26 Monday

• "Eating the Dinosaur" Chuck Klosterman, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm

10/27 Tuesday

• "Upstairs at the Square" Sherman Alexie, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance" Elna Baker, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm

10/29 Thursday

• "Last Night in Twister River" John Irving, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
• "The Story of Edward Sawtelle" David Wroblewski, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

Saturday Afternoon with John

This is mostly a gushy girl post, but books will be briefly involved.

I spent a nice little Saturday afternoon at the McNally Jackson bookstore in Soho with John Krasinski. Did you know that your favorite star of The Office has recently written and directed his very first movie? He has, and that movie is Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, based on the novel of the same name by author David Foster Wallace.

The reading was set for 5:00pm, but, to be honest, I got my boyfriend to call the bookstore ahead of time and find out what time I should show up to "avoid the screaming girls." [Obviously I couldn't call, because I am a girl and my request would not be as believable.]

My friend Kati and I arrived around 4:00 and hovered around the set-up of chairs to ensure a close spot. As we sat in our coveted 2nd row seats [because 1st row is just too close to un-awkwardly take pictures of someone standing right in front of you] and as 5:20 rolled around, we see through the storefront windows a tall, dashing man jogging down the sidewalk towards the bookstore door as pedestrians turned their heads and probably said, "Wait, wasn't that...."

He did a reading from the book, which was very funny and introduced me to a book I knew little about. Then he did a Q&A. But he was admittedly nervous and doing that trick where you look just above the audience to avoid direct eye contact [which I understand...I mean, I was in the 2nd row and only about 6 feet away from him]. I was, therefore, determined that I WOULD make eye contact with John Krasinski and asked him [with a semi-functioning voice] if he wanted to write and direct in the future, or if it needed to be a project that was special to him. He said something about passion fueling your drive and energy for a project, so it needed to be special. But I'm gonna be honest...I was too occupied with the realization that JOHN KRASINSKI was speaking to ME for those glorious 45-60 seconds, that I can't recall everything he said.

Then he did a signing, and because of our location and willingness to help move chairs away from the autograph table, we were right at the front of the line. So we spoke to John even more, and he wrote my name and 'Thanks for the question!' And I walked out of the bookstore feeling both successful and all tingly inside.

Check out the trailer for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Or read the book!

SEPTEMBER Book Events: New York

What an increase from last month! The book world is officially done with summer hiatus!

9/1 Tuesday

• "Miles from Nowhere" Nami Mun, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
  
• "Essays" Wallace Shawn, B&N Lincoln Triangle, 7:30 pm

9/3 Thursday

• "Hope for Animals and Their World" Jane Goodall, Barnes & Noble Union Square, 7:00 pm
  

9/8 Tuesday

• "Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Memoir" Sue Monk Kidd, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin" Kathy Griffin, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
  
• "Raising Jake" Charlie Carillo, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• Launch Party for New Stories from the South, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm

9/9 Wednesday

• "The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed" Judy Shepard, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "Guide to Sustainable Living; Learning to Conserve Resources and Manage an Eco-Conscious Life" Ed Begley, Jr, The Strand, 7:00 pm
  
• "Prospect Park West" Amy Sohn, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
  
• Jessica Shattuck and Binnie Kirshenbaum, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
• "Speed Shrinking" Susan Shapiro, B&N Greenwich Village, 7:30 pm
  
• "Breaking the Bank" Yona Zeldis McDonough, B&N Park Slope, 7:30 pm
• "The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love" Michelle Maisto, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

9/10 Thursday

• "Homer's Odyssey" Gwen Cooper, B&N Greenwich Village, 7:30 pm
  
• "The Magicians" Lev Grossman, WORD Brooklyn, 7:30 pm

9/11 Friday

• Launch event for Rawi Hage's Cockroach, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm
  

9/13 Sunday

• Brooklyn Book Festival, Borough Hall and Plaza, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

9/14 Monday

• "The Last Song" Nicholas Sparks, B&N Fifth Ave, 12:30 pm
  
• "Day After Night" Anita Diamant, McNally Jackson, 7.00pm
  
• "The Death of Bunny Munro" Nick Cave, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "After You" Julie Buxbaum, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm

9/15 Tuesday

• "Homer and Langley" E.L. Doctorow, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• Official Launch Party for Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Idlewild Books, 7:00 pm
• "Crossing Washington Square" Joanne Rendell, B&N Greenwich Village, 7:30 pm
  

9/16 Wednesday

• "In This Way I Was Saved" Brian DeLeeuw, Rocky Sullivan’s Pub, 7:00 pm
  
• "The White Queen" Philippa Gregory, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

9/21 Monday

• "A Gate at the Stairs" Lorrie Moore, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• Adrienne Rich, 92nd St Y, 8:00 pm
  

9/22 Tuesday

• "A Rover" James Ellroy, The Strand, 7:00 pm
  
• "Bicycle Diaries" David Byrne, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "Lies My Mother Never Told Me" Kaylie Jones, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm

9/24 Thursday

• "American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot" Craig Ferguson, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "Julie & Julia" Julia Child forum with Julie Powell, Judith Jones, and Amanda Hesser, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm
  
• "The Longshot" Katie Kitamura, B&N Tribeca, 7:00 pm
• "A Change in Altitude" Anita Shreve, B&N 86th & Lex, 7:00 pm
• Steven Millhauser and Annie Proulx, 92nd St Y, 8:00 pm
  

9/26 Saturday

• "Purple Heart" Patricia McCormick, B&N Park Slope, 3:00 pm
  

9/29 Tuesday

• "Juliet, Naked" Nick Hornby, B&N Union Square, 7:00 pm
  
• "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" William Kamkwamba, 7:00 pm
• David Small talks to Jules Feiffer, McNally Jackson, 7:00 pm

Any interest from other New Yorkers?

AUGUST Booking Events: New York

Normally, I would've had this up at the actual beginning of the month, but this week has been a bit CRAZY. So, I apologize for the delay in release of the August booking events! It won't happen again, I (hopefully) promise!


Tues 8/11, 7:00pm: "That Old Cape Magic" w/ Richard Russo & "South of Broad" w/ Pat Conroy, B&N Union Square

Thurs 8/13, 6:30pm: "Food as Fuel & Memory" w/ Moira Hodgson & Tim Stark, Madison Square Park

Mon 8/17, 7:30pm: "Just Working on My Novel" w/ Emily Mandel, The Tank (W 45th St)

Tues 8/18, 7:00pm: "The Big Machine" w/ Victor LaValle, McNally Jackson

Tues 8/18, 7:00pm: "Tales Designed to Thrizzle" w/ Michael Kupperman, Strand

Wed 8/19, 7:00pm: "A Mercy" w/ Toni Morrison, B&N Union Square

Tues 8/25, 7:00pm: "Spin" w/ Robert Rave, B&N Tribeca


As always, please add anything new!

JULY Booking Events: New York

Seeing as how we're based in the Big Apple, the capital of the publishing world and a hot-stop for many author tours, I've decided to start posting a monthly list of author or book events at local bookstores, libraries, or parks.  I'll try to keep it well updated throughout the month and will announce anything new on Twitter.

Be sure to send me any exciting events you hear about, since I know I'll never be able to catch everything by myself!

Sun 7/12, 12:00 pm: "Basketball, Brunch, and Books" w/ Dave Reidy, WORD Brooklyn

Mon 7/13, 7:00 pm: "The Art of Racing in the Rain" w/ Gareth Stein, McNally Jackson Books

Tues 7/14, 7:30 pm: "Irreverent Curiosity" w/ David Farley, B&N Greenwich Village

Tues 7/14, 7:30 pm: "Best Friends Forever" w/ Jennifer Weiner, B&N Lincoln Triangle

Wed 7/15, 7:30 pm: "Heirloom: Notes From an Accidental Tomato Farmer" w/ Tim Stark, B&N Greenwich Village

Thurs 7/16, 6:30 pm: "Mystery Night: Jack Reacher Comes to New York!" w/ Lee Childs, Madison Sq. Park

Thurs 7/16, 7:00 pm: "The Winter Vault" w/ Anne Michaels, Strand

Thurs 7/16, 7:00 pm: "The Double Life is Twice as Good" w/ Jonathan Ames, BookCourt

Sun 7/19, 6:30 pm: "The Show That Smells and Blue Boy" w/ Derek McCormack & Rakesh Satyal, WORD Brooklyn

Mon 7/20, 7:00 pm: "Glover's Mistake" w/ Nick Laird, McNally Jackson Books

Tues 7/21, 7:30 pm: "The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream" w/ Patrick Radden Keefe, B&N Greenwich Village

Tues 7/21, 7:30 pm: "Hot and Wicked Botanical Book Night" w/ Margot Berwin, Amy Stewart, and Andra Miller, WORD Brooklyn

Tues 7/21, 7:30 pm: "Defector" w/ Daniel Silva, B&N Lincoln Triangle

Wed 7/22, 12:30 pm: "Word for Word" w/ Frank Delaney, Bryant Park Reading Room

Thurs 7/23, 6:30 pm: "Food as Fuel and Memory" w/ Moira Hodgson & Tim Stark, Madison Sq. Park

Mon 7/27, 7:00 pm: "American Nerd: The Story of My People" w/ Benjamin Nugent, McNally Jackson Books

Wed 7/29, 7:00 pm: "Old Girlfriends" w/ David Updike, McNally Jackson Books

Thurs 7/30, 6:30 pm: "Cheever: A Life" w/ Blake Bailey, Susan Cheever, Bret Anthony Johnston, & Max Rudin, Madison Sq. Park

Thurs 7/30, 7:00 pm: "Once You Go Back" w/ Douglas Martin, McNally Jackson Books

Thurs 7/30, 7:30 pm: "YA Not?" w/ Sheba Karim & Abeer Hoque, WORD Brooklyn

Does anyone know of anything else?